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Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

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Bethany Hamilton
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: February 8
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Fear is something that can really hold us all back from different things in life. It's important to notice what your fears are and try to conquer them.
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Being out there in the ocean, God's creation, it's like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
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To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.
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Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle it's my passion, my love and it's a part of me.
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It's hard for me to describe the joy I felt after I stood up and rode wave in for the first time after the attack. I was incredibly thankful and happy inside. The tiny bit of doubt that would sometimes tell me you'll never surf again was gone in one wave.
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It's sad to hear that 1 in 3 girls have an eating disorder, because they're trying to be something that they think they need to be, when it's such a lie that they believe. Meanwhile all over the world there's people that are starving or dying of something crazy that we forget, and we think we're the only ones in this world.
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God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.
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That's really what ultimately matters - the emotions and feelings that you experienced and people around [whom] you experienced [them].
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I can't change it, That was God's plan for my life and I'm going to go with it.
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Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had.
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My only real fear was that I would not be able to surf again because I was concerned that I would not physically be able to do it. I knew that if I wasn't able to surf then my life would really change.
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God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it's much easier with Him by our side.
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Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometimes you don't do as well as you want to. It can be discouraging at times. But whenever I do get frustrated, I just focus on God.
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Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of the heck with sugar and spice.
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Being able to turn to Jesus after the shark attack kept me alive.
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