[music]Please welcome Amy Perie. Amy, come on up. [cheering] up. [cheering] up. [cheering] >> Parolympian Amy Pury, a Wonder Woman, and she is. >> You got a bronze medal at [music] the Olympics. You got a gold medal in the ch.>> Hey you guys, it's Amy Pertie. I have two [music] prosthetic legs. I lost both my legs at the age of 19 from something called bacterial menitis. Everyone told me I wouldn't be able to snowboard again, but it just takes a little bit of creativity and a [music] lot of drive. >> [music] >> You just redefine what is possible. >> I hope that you know what you are doing for people. anyone who's facing a challenge, you are letting them know that they too can begin again a new. >> You know, looking back at all of the challenges and all of the obstacles that I've faced andthe accomplishments that I've had, I realize that I wouldn't be where I'm at today had I have not lost my legs. Had I have not faced some of the greatest challenges of my life, I wouldn't have gone on to have some of the greatest experiences of my life. So this is what's taught me to appreciate change and challenge because challenge creates opportunity. We just have to get really,clear on our darkest days. We have to allow ourselves to daydream like we did when we were little. We have to allow ourselves to visualize. That's how we reimagine the possibilities and we have to get creative. When we view our challenges through the lens of curiosity, that's what sparks us to get creative and find a way. And we have to get committed because when you are truly committed to your dreams and your goals, it does not matter what comes your way. You will find a way. But if you aren't committed, you will find an excuse because there's plenty of those out there. So this is how we thrive in the face of change. We make adversity our ally. So whether it's the change that we choose like to become a professional athlete or it's the change that chooses us like a global pandemic, we always have the choice whether we're going to let those challenges break us down or we're going to use those to build us up. so we can become stronger than we ever were before. So really, true resilience has nothing to do with bouncing back to what we once were. It has everything to do with accepting what is and leaning into where we're at so that we can bounce forward and become everything that we can be. You know, another thing about challenge and opportunity that I learned, and I'm sure all of you will agree as well, is that the two go hand in hand. You cannot have one without the other. It's like sometimes the biggest opportunities in your life are also the most challenging things you'll ever go through. But I've learned it's that change and it's that challenge that forces us to figure out what we're really made of. It makes us dig deep. It makes us find our fire and it makes us get creative because that's the only way to reach beyond the reality of this current moment is by accepting what is and most importantly daydreaming of what could be. When I was young, if somebody had told me that at the age 19 I was going to lose my legs, I was going to lose my kidneys, my health, and the life that I knew, I would have said because I believed it at that time that there is no way that I'd be able to handle that. But if you asked me today if I'd ever want to change my situation, I would tell you no. Because my legs haven't disabled me. If anything, they enabled me. They forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in the possibilities. And that's why I believe that our imaginations are huge tools for breaking through all the borders in our mind because in our mind we can do anything and we can be anything. It's believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits. So, a thought that I'd like to leave with you today is that maybe instead of looking at all of our challenges and all of the obstacles that we all face as something that's negative or bad, maybe we can begin to look at them as blessings, as these ironic little gifts that can ignite our imaginations and help us go further than we ever knew we could go. because it's not about overcoming our obstacles.It's about using them. It's about pushing off of them and seeing what amazing places they might bring us. Now, I'd like to end this with the question that changed my life for forever.If your life was a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go?Thank you so much.