Every once in awhile, advertising dollars are spent on a message that actually touches lives rather than sells merchandise.  I was recently reminded of the power that advertising has and wanted to share an ad that literally changed how I viewed the world and my role in it.  This is Nike’s message (and no, I don’t receive a single thing for sharing this message):

“All your life you are told the things you cannot do.  All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough, they’ll say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this.  They will tell you no, a thousand times no until all the no’s become meaningless.  All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly.  They will tell you no.  And you will tell them yes.“