Learn how Lauren Heath’s passion for ballroom dance became a driving force to turn rejection to triumph. Lauren teaches each of us to not give up when the criticism comes and it will come. If we can learn to push through criticism, we will find its gift. This year, all of Lauren's hard work paid off. Lauren and her dance partner, Quinton Williams, qualified for the United States National Amateur DanceSport Championship.
Justin looks up at Lone Peak summit from his house each day. He has always wanted to climb to the top of it on skis. He set a goal to do it. Lone Peak is located in the Utah Wasatch Mountain Range. The top of Lone Peak is 11,235 feet tall and you need to climb 7,750 vertical feet to reach it’s summit. There are not ski lifts to the top of this summit. It requires a person to climb to the top of it by putting one foot in front of the other.
What would you do if you started to lose your eyesight and go blind? Would you give up on life and lay down. Would you complain that life isn't fair? Would you get angry? Or would you push forward until blindness became your strength, your way to inspire others to not give up when life gets tough? That's what David Brown a Missouri native did. He pushed through blindness caused by Kawasaki disease to become the fastest blind sprinter in the world and a Gold Medalist in the RIO 2016 Paralympic Games.
