[Lisa Perez]

I read It's Not About the Bike, by Lance Armstrong, two years ago. After doing so, I changed my attitude on life pretty much as a whole.

I saw that obstacles could ALWAYS be overcome, no matter how huge (as demonstrated by Mr. Armstrong in his victories after recovering from cancer). I guess I had always known this.. but seeing what he had been through really made me rethink how I reacted to the slightest problems. My views all depend on how I choose to interpret something, like the saying "Do you see the glass as half-full, or half-empty?"

I also realized that I needed to surround myself with people I care about both in and out of my times of need, because, in the end, they would make any situation turn into a good one.