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Donating #1159 · From Chad

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  Michael Waters died more than 20 years ago but will still make it
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  to his brother's wedding next month.
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  There's a story behind that. This is your daily message from
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  Chad #1159 to upgrade your mental game today by telling
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  yourself a better story. Because the most important story
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  you hear is the story you tell yourself.
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  This message is dedicated to Brooklyn Dotson.
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  You can get a free copy of my book, The Most Powerful Story in
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  the World, a tool for upgrading the story you tell yourself by
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  going to from Chad dot Gumroad dot com.
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  The transcript of this message and hundreds of others are
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  always available at www.fromchad.com.
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  Here's the upgrade. You may never see how far your
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  good goes, but upgraded thinking knows that one small yes can
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  continue your story long after you're gone.
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  Here's the story. In Kentucky, a baby named
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  Brooklyn was born with a rare liver condition.
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  She was months old when the doctors ran out of options.
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  They told her mother to call the Funeral Home and make
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  arrangements. The doctors give her three days
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  to live in Ohio. A 10 year old boy named Michael
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  had already made-up his mind about something most grown men
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  avoid. He told his family he wanted to
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  be an organ donor. He was the kind of kid who'd do
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  anything for anybody. He taught his little brother to
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  ride a bike, sat with him through surgeries.
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  His family said he was an old soul, very mature for his age.
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  Then Michael was hit by a car and killed.
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  In the worst week of their lives, his parents honored his
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  wish. His heart, his lungs, his
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  kidneys, his eyes all went to strangers and his liver went to
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  a dying baby girl in Kentucky named Brooklyn.
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  She lived and is now 24. The two families stayed in
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  touch. Brooklyn grew up knowing
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  Michael's little brother Noah. Childhood friends.
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  Then they were Facetiming each other 8 hours a day and it
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  became more than a friendship. Noah proposed last Christmas to
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  Brooklyn and next month, on September 26th, Brooklyn walks
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  down the aisle to marry the brother of the boy whose liver
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  saved her life. Noah said.
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  I had no idea my brother was going to save my wife's life. 20
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  years later, Michael never saw any of this.
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  He said his one yes and then he was gone.
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  But that yes is still moving and part of the making of a
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  marriage. The better story to tell
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  yourself is my yes doesn't need to see the result.
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  You will not see most of where your good lands.
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  That's not a reason to hold it back.
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  That's the reason to give it now.
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  By the way, another person who will be in attendance will be
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  the man who received Michael's heart.
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  Tell me a story of a small yes that changed the life to from
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  chadsmith@gmail.com. Send someone a text and ask them
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  are you an organ donor?