Stephen Hawking motivates me to keep my eye on science and to keep pushing, despite the obstacles I may face, forward with my life that I have officially dedicated to science. Astrophysics in particular. Also, he motivates me to embrace my intelligence. Moreover, he never fails to leave me mind-blown with his remarkable genius.
Marilyn Manson motivates me to embrace my apparent individuality, to question everything, to not let social norms dictate my thought process and actions, to lift my head high and to be confident, to walk tall and proud, to embrace my sexuality, to be the rebel that I am, to fight for the truth, to not be weak, and to be the person that I want to be. His “I don’t give a fuck” attitude rubbed off on me at a very fragile and young age, as well.
Thank you, Stephen Hawking and Marilyn Manson, for all of the influence. You both don’t know how much you mean to me or how much you both impacted my life for the better.
people want to shoot you or other people down who want to do outstanding things with your/their lives, by saying it’s unrealistic, unobtainable, wishful thinking, “a lot of time”, “a lot of money”, out of your/ their reach, etc. My advice is not to listen to any of these people because their only goal is to intimidate you or others into living an average, and unfulfilled life such as they are. They aren’t stating the reality. The reality is, surprisingly, most goals ARE actually obtainable. You just have to plan, and find the right steps in order to get where you want to get in your life. I know this isn’t a good example, because I suffer with anorexia nervosa, but people told me that I’d never be able to lose the weight that I did, and that my body wouldn’t allow it. I proved them wrong by formulating steps and systems in order to get the weight off, just as I’m formulating steps, systems and planing my way to obtain my PhD in astronomy or astrophysics. Anything worth while in live isn’t going to come easily and if your life’s foundation is laying on average or below average work, your life isn’t worth while.
