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A manga artist once wrote: I am the hope
of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace.
I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness.
I am truth.
His name was Akira Toriyama, and he taught us many things through the characters he created.
The characters of Dragon Ball.
Through the story of Son Goku,
we learned that we can be whoever we choose. If you meet Goku, Vegeta,
Gohan, Trunks, all of them, you know that it's never over when you lose,
it’s over when you quit. And they never stop fighting.
Limitations can only exist if you let them. And a true hero isn't necessarily
the strongest or the fastest,
but the bravest. Goku wasn’t always the strongest one,
we all know that. And many times he was defeated. But in the end,
he always won because he was the bravest who never quit.
The bravest are those who go that extra mile
in order to protect the ones they love.
When they had problems,
and it was often, they didn’t know what to do. But that didn’t stop them.
Toriyama tries to teach us that there is always something we can do,
no matter how hopeless we feel. You may not know the answer,
but that doesn’t mean the answer is nonexistent.
If you trust in your heart everything will work out in the end.
Goku he never eased up, no matter how difficult things became.
Why can’t we all do the same? We see them falling,
beaten and defeated, over and over again, and what do they do? They get up one more time.
We all have moments of weakness, but what matters most is
how we rise up from it, like they do.
Goku’s son, Son Gohan,
was afraid to fight in the first place, but his potential was needed to save
the world.
We all feel afraid at some point. And that’s OK. Just remember, as Goku taught Gohan,
that your fate rests in your own hands. What you do with it, is up to you.
Whether you waste your potential, or choose to excel
beyond all expectations, it is YOUR choice.
You are only as important as you allow yourself to become.
Because greatness is a journey.
Greatness isn’t given. Greatness it’s earned.
So work harder, dream bigger.
And that’s why “Dragon Ball Z” is one of the most epic
and inspiring stories ever told.
It’s more than just a cartoon.
So, like Goku and the others…
Become a legend.
Because legends live forever.