My Story | The Air Force, SERE and all that followed

I grew up in st. Louis Missouri the show-me-state my dad always told us he said you want to do this good actions speak louder than words I'm from the show-me-state so show me so that's what I tried to do I knew I was made for big things I knew that I wanted to make a difference in this world around me but I didn't know how for quite a bit of time I was stuck in a rut I felt like I hit rock bottom but you know when she hit bottom there was no way to go but up so that's when I decided to make the best decision of my life and to join the United States Air Force I trained day and night I worked my ass off for the job of my dreams a job that I was told I would likely never get because I was a female that wasn't going to stop me nothing was going to stop me so I overcame each hurdle placed in front of me I let my actions speak for themself I became a United States Air Force sere specialist training our most valuable assets with life-saving skills but with success came a lot of adversity people who hope to see me fail in life rather than succeed at moments I felt like I was hitting rock bottom again but then I remembered family faith and fitness all these things have never failed me whether I was going through good times or bad they were always there for me with my faith in my family by my side I started to use Fitness to ease the pain the pain from others hate go run the pain from a broken heart go left not only was I getting physically stronger but mentally as well I started to truly love myself for who I was despite what others would say I gained enough confidence and self-respect to free my life of those who held me down I rose up out of the pain and became strong once again I entered into multiple competitions with a lot of hard work and a little help from first form I secured first places in all my events but those trophies mean nothing to me we're calling these wise words it's not about the size of your muscles but the size of your heart I wanted to help others I figured sharing my story my life and my struggles would help remind others that they are not alone we are all so much alike I know if I can do it they can too sometimes we just need to be reminded of it so I turned my Instagram into my personal diary sharing my fitness journey my struggles and my life if I could help just one person I would have succeeded I never would have imagined getting hundreds of messages from people tell me how much I have inspired them but it's really my self who's inspired by all these amazing people who share their journey with me we know it won't always be easy we know there will be struggles and we know that we might even fail at times but we know we have what it takes to succeed and we will not stop until we get there according to the dictionary an athlete is a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical activity you don't have to play a sport to be an athlete your sport is life and you compete against yourself I don't just stay fit for myself I upkeep my health so I can live a long happy life with my husband so I can play for hours with my stepdaughter and so that one day I can easily run after my own little ones we all have a reason we all have a way it doesn't matter if you're a soccer pro trying out for the team two girlfriends catching up on life while sweating a couple who enjoys quality time on walks a grandfather stayin limber for his grandkids or new mom getting back in a groove of things we are all around this journey the journey may be long we know there will be hard times but the end result is always worth it you'll look back one day and how far you've come and you will laugh at the thought of your once struggles they are no longer struggles because you have grown so much stronger just look at what you have done you have so much to be proud of your journey does not stop here this is just the beginning of your story a story with a phenomenal ending [Music]

Channel: Tiffany

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Length: 4min 58sec (298 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 28 2017