Please take four minutes from your day to watch the linked video, and read this post. I have always been asked by everyone Ive mentored, or even anyone that heard/seen me doing it - over the years why I do it. Aside from the answer I typically give that regards Jimmy ( My old coder that was amazing, and just disappeared one day, and I later found he died of cancer at fourteen.) Theres also this answer that couldnt be said any better than it is by this fire fighter. You all are just a portion of the shoes that Ive ran into burning buildings to save, and Id do it all over again for you if I ever had the chance. I love you all as living beings, friends, colleagues, brothers, and sisters, and even some of you as unclaimed children. Youre all very dear to my heart in one way or another, and the reason that I do what I do is to help people like you that need someone sometimes that just knows, and understands. Empathy, TRUE Empathy is a powerful tool to utilize. I hope that you all go on to find your shoes, and be the hero without waiting, just as I did for you. ted/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter#t-220380 Wesley Valentijn, Aeden Cormack, Joseph Ferrell, Allen Huynh, Joseph Webber, Kenny Mair, Joseph Tripp, William Yang, Ian Vizina, Matthew VanWilder Law, Alex Witherspoon, Zachary Martin, Doop Doopy Doop, Kyle Joseph Side, Emil Storm Andersen, Travis Theel, Taln Frost, Mike Curtis, Bart Van Herck, Nick Boer, Alex Fingers Gibbons, Alex Garay, Nico Delonge, Jan-Stefan Janetzky, Nathaniel Fotheringham, Erika Megan Chevillot, Clarence Ewing, Elwood M Artis, Marcello Silvestri, Josh Dubinsky, Aurora Claire, Richard Borg, Roberto Romero, Robi Rasta, Mari Miharuo, Kristian Vekve, Dylan McShera, Ariella Baum, Nikole Bowen, Tai Uri, Kai Uri, Alina Şeu, Robin Lee, Sebastian Alexander
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