The Power of Doing Life Together (Monday Moment ep. 333)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

Jimmy Choi is an accomplished marathon runner, triathlete and participant on American Ninja Warrior. Remarkably, he’s done all of this after his diagnose of early onset Parkinson’s disease.

During an emotional inflection point a decade ago, Jimmy Choi made a a promise to his family that he’d no longer simply surrender his life to a disease.

What he’s learned since is that the daily decisions we make profoundly influence the life we live. That while we can’t always choose the path we walk, we can always choose the manner in which we walk it.

He’s also learned that by himself he could do so little. Together, driven by a compelling purpose and cheered by a generous community, we can do so much.

Valuable lessons we all must remember in the race of life.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday morning moments with John
0:15.5	O'Leary.
0:16.4	Hopefully by now, you know that I record these so that you and I can begin our weeks in awe and on fire with the burst of inspiration.
0:24.6	And who better to inspire us today than one of the most remarkable individuals ever born?
0:29.1	Her name is Helen Keller.
0:31.0	One of my favorite quotes from Helen goes like this.
0:33.4	Alone, we can do so little.
0:36.0	Together, we can do so much. So on this episode today, I want to focus
0:42.5	our attention on what we can get accomplished when we decide not to try to do it by ourselves
0:48.1	and when we decide not to accept a victim-like mindset, but when we lean into whatever the
0:53.5	adversity might be, when we push against whatever the headwind might feel like, but when we lean into whatever the adversity might be, when we push
0:55.1	against whatever the headwind might feel like, and when we do these things together.
1:00.7	There's maybe not a better example that I've heard of recently than my new friend, his name,
1:05.5	is Jimmy Choi.
1:07.1	Jimmy is an accomplished marathon runner.
1:09.7	He's a triathlete, and he's a participant on American Ninja Warrior.
1:15.0	Remarkably, he's done all of this after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
1:22.0	You see, after almost a decade of passively accepting declining health.
1:32.1	Jimmy had an experience that inspired him to push back against the progressing disease.
1:33.6	What happened was this.
1:37.6	He was beginning to walk down the steps at his home.
1:40.6	He was holding his infant son, Mason in his right arms.
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