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TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALITY! TO INSPIRE! HELP FIND WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE BY FACING FEARS & SERVING AT THE SAME TIME. BEING THE DIFFERENCE WE WANT TO SEE!
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MY INSPIRIATION TO START THE “BYM”
FIRST OFF... I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ AND CHECK OUT WHAT THIS IS “BE YOU” IS ALL ABOUT!
MY NAME IS BRUCE MITCHELL. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH BEND, IN. I LEFT TO SERVE OUR GREAT NATION FOR FIVE YEARS (2009 - 2014) IN THE ARMY. I MEDICALLY RETIRED FOR BAD LEFT SHOULDER AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD). AFTER DISCHARGE, I DIDN’T SEE ANY BRIGHT LIGHTS AHEAD. PLAN A, B, AND C ARE NO LONGER OPTIONAL. THROUGH MY STRUGGLES I CHOSE TO ISOLATE AND DO ALMOST EVERYTHING ALONE. NOT THE BEST WAY BUT IT HELPED ME FIND MY PASSION FOR SERVING BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY NOW. I REMEMBER BEING IN IRAQ AND RECEIVING CARDS FROM KIDS IN NEBRASKA. IT MEANT MORE THAN ANYTHING TO COME HOME TO AIRPORTS FILLED WITH AMAZING PEOPLE HOLDING THE GREATEST SIGNS EVER! SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE TO DO MY PART AS OFTEN AS I CAN TO BE THAT SMILE BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY HOW POWERFUL IT IS. LAST YEAR ONE WEEK AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY I FLEW TO TEXAS TO TAKE CARE PACKAGES MYSELF. MY MISSION IS TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO BE THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO ENCOUNTER AND BE AROUND. TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALITY. TO INSPIRE YOUTH TO BE THEMSELVES. TO SHOW BEING “YOU” IS COOL TOO! I FEEL WITH THE “BYM” AND GETTING OTHERS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES FROM YOUTH TO ADULTS, WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL HAVE BETTER TURN OUTS WITH INDIVIDUALS VOTING, DONATING (TIME OR MONEY), VOLUNTEERING, WORKING, EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR FASHION/MUSIC ETC.. I ENVISION CRIME LOWERING AFTER WE BUILD MORE LEADERS THAT WON’T FALL TO PEER PRESSURE. I WANT TO DO THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR MULTIPLE CAUSES. I WANT TO HELP SHOW IMPORTANCE OF LIFE AND FIND WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE BY TRYING TO LEAD THE WAY AND SUPPORT ANY DREAM THEY HAVE! NOT EVERYONE CAN LEAD BUT IF WE CAN GET THEM TO AT LEAST FOLLOW SOME GOOD LEADERS WE SHOULD BE IN A BETTER PLACE! BE SAFE! BE YOU! #BEYOU
