“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy
Ghost.”-- Romans 15:13 (KJV)
- Financial independence
- College education
- Good health
- Business ownership
- Well-adjusted family
- Spiritual awareness
Amberley Snyder (born January 29, 1991)
Some information taken from Wikipedia
This
persistent rodeo star is the subject of the excellent movie biopic, Walk, Ride Rodeo. By the age of 19, the
young lady had competed in several events. She seemed to excel at barrel
racing.
In
2010, Ms. Snyder crashed her car. She became paralyzed from the waist down. This
setback only made the star more determined. After 18 months, she began to
compete again. She did grueling physical
therapy. The achiever also attached a
seat belt to her horse’s saddle.
By
2015, Amberley was ready for America’s biggest rodeo, The American, in
Arlington, Texas. She won a fan waver to participate. Her finishing time was
15.3 seconds, only .6 seconds slower than the winning time. Please enjoy the brief video:
Quotes
on hope from goodreads.com
“There
is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of
one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best
able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die,
Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
"
Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that
until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is
contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”― Alexandre Dumas (author of Les Miserables and other historical
fiction)
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“You
can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”― Pablo Neruda
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“Strange
as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an
interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be
lost so easily.”―Lemony Snicket, The
Beatrice Letters
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“There
is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.”― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
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“Never
lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”― Roy T.
Bennett, The Light in the Heart
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“It
is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.”―Richard L Evans
My Conclusion
Amberley
Snyder didn’t give up. She rides the rodeo circuit as a professional now. This
winner is a motivational speaker and a video blogger. Ms. Snyder is also the author and illustrator
of a children’s book entitled, appropriately, Walk, Ride, Rodeo. Oh, by the way, she did her own stunt riding in
the film of the same name. We can say that people like Amberley are “Rejoicing
in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”-- Romans 12:12 (KJV)
How’s Your Level of Hope?
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