Inspired

My brother in law is a fantastic athelete. He is the captain on his high school baseball and football teams and the chances of him playing at the collegiate level are looking better and better everyday. With this skill comes an awful lot of pressure to be stronger, faster, and perform better. Unfortunately many high school atheletes are turning to performance enhancing drugs such as steroids in order to obtain these results. Luckily through the increase in new media and increased access to professional sports icons around the world my brother in law has been inspired to take the higher road. Through twitter and increased online blogs and articles, atheletes are more able than ever to connect with their fans. While there are plenty of poor examples in the sports world, there are even more good examples to inspire the youth of America. Everyday my brother in law reads tweets from some of his favorite players such as Brandon Phillips and Lebron James. These tweets are often full of stories of helping others and how hard work and sweat are the only ways to get ahead in this life. These tweets and online articles show my Brother in law that the only real way to be both succesful and happy is to not cut corners and do things the hard way. This influence leaves both my brother in law and myself truly...inspired.