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Here’s more inspiration. Meet Michael Oher, a homeless kid living on the streets who was adopted by a caring family and enrolled in prep-school, then became a college football standout and this weekend the Baltimore Ravens made Michael their first draft round pick:

Like many people, I first learned about Michael Oher during the draft and now I’m really pulling for him. You should too! He’s living proof that hard work pays off.

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Continuing our salute to inspiration, get a load of this video from Playing For Change. They traveled the world, from New Orleans to Russia, recording local musicians and singers performing the classic song “Stand By Me.” It’s a heartwarming pick-me-up:

Just living-proof that everyone, all over the world, needs a little help now and again. Hopefully you’re digging this new series. I plan on making it a regular thing.

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Sometimes I look at the treadmill and say. No, not today! I’m too pooped. I’m sure it happens to you too. But don’t let it stop you. It never stopped Oscar Pistorius a double-amputee sprinter, who despite running on metal legs qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Here he talks about running:

Sadly Blade Runner, as he has been nicknamed, failed to qualify for Beijing, but he’s got his sights set on the 2012 Olympics in London, England. I’ll be pulling for him.

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You don’t have to be an animal lover or to appreciate this. Back in the late 1960s, two men found a lion cub in a department store in London. They rescued the little guy, named him Christian, raised him and later released him back into the wild. Christian never forgot what they did:

I know this video is more about animals than people, but that’s not the point. It tells me you never know how actions, check that, how love forever effects those around you.

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Matt Harding is a video game designer, which is cool enough, but last year he took to the global and traveled all over the place, destinations like Ireland, Japan, Tonga, Brazil, Israel, South Korea and beyond! I blogged about Matt’s first video before but the outtakes are just as great:

I am chronically “waiting for my real life to begin” but Matt’s odyssey, even his embarrassing jig, makes me want to get out there and mix it up. Hopefully you feel the same way.

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This dude really touches my heart. I’ve done comedy. It’s hard enough as is, but Josh Blue, winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, U.S. Paralympic Soccer player, painter and living with Cerebral Palsy, defies the odds. He’s hysterical and shows a beautiful mind knows no bounds:

Josh is awesome on so many levels. I don’t watch Last Comic Standing and it wasn’t until I saw him on Comedy Central that I discovered this fantastic human being.

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Sometimes life beats you down and you don’t want to get back up. Now, meet Nick Vujicic, even though he was born without arms and leg, he doesn’t stay down. In this video, Nick says if you fall, get back up, because it doesn’t matter how you start, but how you finish. Are you going to finish strong? He will:

Okay, I consider myself a tough guy, but the first time I watched Nick I welled up like a wuss. I know you did too. All this week I’ve lined up a bunch of super people.

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