"Once upon a time...a little baby cried in an orphanage. She sobbed 21 years later when her adopted parents died of cancer. Alone again, I was that baby - about to wallow in my own self-pity and feeling so far down that getting up seemed just impossible. Never in my wildest imagination would I have imagined visiting every continent on earth as a 'motivational speaker'. Never would I have dreamed of meeting Sir Edmund Hillary or Nelson Mandela, or hanging out with Olympic athletes, Prime Ministers and business leaders. No life is quite as rosy at it appears in the spotlight but there are common threads of success between those who choose to look at change as victims or as victors. Just remember, it's OK to be down in the dumps so long as you don't stay there too long!" - Catherine de Vrye.
