When Brook Peters set out to make his film about living through 9/11 as a child, he didn’t realize THE SECOND DAY would convey a universal story of inner strength and resilience that could inspire people around the world. In response to Brook’s Show Your Strength Campaign, over 150 young people submitted their personal stories of courage and hope. And the band Simple Plan supported the campaign by offering their song “What If”.
Watch the music video below to see how others face life’s challenges, and share the video to inspire people you know. Play it forward by sharing your story.
Award-winning Canadian rock band Simple Plan supported the Show Your Strength Campaign to inspire youth across the globe. “I approached Simple Plan to use the song What If as the soundtrack to the Show Your Strength video because I feel it makes listeners question what they can do to change themselves and, in turn, help to change the world,” said Brook Peters.
HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY:
Though the music video is completed, we continue to encourage you to share your story or message of inner strength below to inspire others who will view it here.
1. Get a marker and write your personal statement or story about your inner strength on your body (or a piece of paper)
2. Take a photo and submit it below with your message (and remember to read the legalese here).
share your story, change the world
Scroll down to the bottom of this page to SUBMIT BELOW
(and don’t forget to see the film and encourage your teacher or youth group to show it!)
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I have a tattoo of this quote on my foot to remind myself that I can’t let others define me. I need to remember that I am strong enough to decide my own future, and if I believe in myself, and stop doubting myself, I can achieve anything I set my mind to.
I thought everyone telling me I had no talent during high school really meant I had no talent. I was to afraid of telling them to stop. Finally, with a little help, I knew what to do to stand up to them all and tell them what they were doing was wrong, so I got up on stage and belted out a lead in the school show. After that they finally stopped, and I graduated happier then I had ever been.
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“We are what we imagine ourselves to be.”
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i stopped pretending to be someone else when, I finally saw that i was okay just the way i was.
Someone saids ”My life sucks!” Well, who isn’t???? So move on and stop complaining! That’s life! Never choose a easy wall but a hard way!
Someone saids ”My life sucks!” Well, who isn’t???? So move on and stop complaining! That’s life! Never choose a easy wall but a hard way!
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I had been bullied since i was 8, i didnt know and still dont know why i was the odd one out back then. but i didnt gave in and i didnt gave up (and still do) i believed in my inner strength. now i have friends who are like siblings to me.
so please, never lose your inner strength, sometimes its the only thing left. but it will be better some day (:
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never let your inner strength fade away,
even when you are laying kicked on the ground
and your soul bleeding~
greetings from austria (:
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I think that sometimes bad things happen and that they can really hurt. The only way to move on is to move forward one day at a time, and keep in mind that while life will continue with its ups and downs, the blows that you are dealt make you stronger and make future hurt easier to deal with: life gets easier 🙂