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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.08,0:00:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really, really, really\Nexcited to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.09,0:00:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kind of want to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.95,0:00:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit more of the -\NI don't want to say basics -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.74,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we really don't know\Nanything about my syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.96,0:00:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with this very rare syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.64,0:00:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only two other people in the world\Nincluding myself, that we know of, have.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.49,0:00:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically what this syndrome causes,\Nis that I cannot gain weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.32,0:00:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it does sound as good as it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.38,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.93,0:00:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could eat absolutely\Nwhatever I want, whenever I want
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.44,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I won't really gain any weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be 25 in March,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.80,0:00:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've never weighed over\Nabout 64 pounds in my entire life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.98,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in college, I hid -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.74,0:00:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I didn't 'hide' it,\Neveryone knew it was there -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.85,0:00:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a giant tub\Nof Twinkies, donuts, chips, Skittles,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.18,0:01:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my roommate would say,\N"I could hear you at 12:30 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.21,0:01:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaching under your bed to get food."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.75,0:01:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm like, "You know what?\NIt's alright, I can do these things!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.23,0:01:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there are benefits\Nto this syndrome.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.24,0:01:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are benefits\Nto not being able to gain weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.14,0:01:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are benefits\Nto being visually impaired.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.81,0:01:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are benefits\Nto being kind of really small.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.21,0:01:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.51,0:01:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lizzie, how in the world\Nare you saying there are benefits
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.77,0:01:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you can only see\Nout of one eye?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.06,0:01:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me tell you\Nwhat the benefits are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.78,0:01:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they are great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.01,0:01:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wear contacts--conTACT.\NHalf-off conTACTS.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.18,0:01:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.02,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I wear my reading glasses:\Nhalf-off prescription.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If somebody is annoying me,\Nbeing rude:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.88,0:01:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stand on my right side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.32,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.78,0:01:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you're not even there.\NI don't even know you're standing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.57,0:02:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, if I stand like this,\NI have no clue
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.76,0:02:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's this whole side of the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.61,0:02:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, being small,\NI am very willing to volunteer myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.21,0:02:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to Weight Watchers\Nor to some gym, and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.46,0:02:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi, I'm Lizzie.\NI will be your poster child.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.59,0:02:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put my face on whatever\Nyou need, and I will say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.53,0:02:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Hi! I used this program.\NLook how well it worked.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.69,0:02:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.23,0:02:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though there are amazing things\Nthat have come from this syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.77,0:02:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are also things that have been\Nvery, very difficult, as you can imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.10,0:02:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, I was raised 150% normally.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.85,0:02:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was my parents' first child.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.62,0:02:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I was born,\Nthe doctors told my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.06,0:02:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your daughter has no\Namniotic fluid around her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.78,0:03:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At all."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.02,0:03:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was born, it was a miracle\Nthat I came out screaming.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.84,0:03:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The doctors told my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.74,0:03:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We just want to warn you:\NExpect your daughter to never be able
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.14,0:03:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk, walk, crawl, think,\Nor do anything by herself."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.97,0:03:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as first-time parents,\Nyou would think that my parents would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.93,0:03:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh no. Why?\NWhy are we getting our first child
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.74,0:03:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all these unknown problems?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.83,0:03:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.38,0:03:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing they told the doctor was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.44,0:03:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We want to see her,\Nand we are going to take her home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.31,0:03:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and love her, and raise her\Nto the best of our abilities."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.30,0:03:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.60,0:03:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I credit pretty much everything\Nthat I've done in my life to my parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.90,0:03:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad is here with me today,\Nand my mom is at home watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.45,0:03:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi mom! \N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.13,0:03:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's recovering from surgery.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.63,0:04:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has been the glue\Nthat's held our family together,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.50,0:04:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's given me the strength\Nto see that she's going through so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.90,0:04:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she has this fighting spirit\Nthat she's instilled in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.46,0:04:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I have proudly been able\Nto stand in front of people and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.52,0:04:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know what?\NI've had a really difficult life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.74,0:04:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's okay."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.75,0:04:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's okay. Things have been scary,\Nthings have been tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.23,0:04:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the biggest things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.48,0:04:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had to deal with growing up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.17,0:04:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something I'm pretty sure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.74,0:04:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single one of us in this room\Nhas dealt with before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you guess what that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.64,0:04:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts with a 'B'.\NCan you guys guess it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.96,0:04:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Boys!\NLizzie: Boys?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.74,0:04:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.94,0:04:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bullying!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.29,0:04:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.79,0:04:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what you all are thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.77,0:04:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.74,0:04:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't I sit here with them?\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.88,0:04:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to deal with bullying a lot,\Nbut as I said, I was raised very normally,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.82,0:04:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when I started kindergarten,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.79,0:05:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had absolutely no idea\Nthat I looked different.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.82,0:05:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No clue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.14,0:05:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't see that I looked\Ndifferent from other kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.17,0:05:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of it as a big slap\Nof reality for a five year-old,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.06,0:05:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I went in to school the first day,\Ndecked-out in Pocahontas gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.86,0:05:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.73,0:05:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.34,0:05:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went in with my backpack
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.69,0:05:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looked like a turtle shell\Nbecause it was bigger than me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.82,0:05:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I walked up\Nto a little girl and smiled at her,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.50,0:05:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she looked up at me\Nlike I was a monster,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.83,0:05:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I was the scariest thing\Nshe had ever seen in her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.82,0:05:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first reaction was,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.15,0:05:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She is really rude.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.09,0:05:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.50,0:05:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a fun kid,\Nand she's the one missing out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.82,0:05:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll just go over here\Nand play with blocks. Or boys."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.16,0:05:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.23,0:05:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lizzie laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.94,0:05:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought the day would get better,\Nand unfortunately, it didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.22,0:05:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day got worse and worse.\NA lot of people just wanted to have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.57,0:05:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely nothing to do with me,\Nand I couldn't understand why.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.57,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? What did I do?\NI didn't do anything to them!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my mind I was still a really cool kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.06,0:06:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to go home and ask my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.85,0:06:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's wrong with me?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.03,0:06:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did I do? Why don't they like me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.25,0:06:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sat me down and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.65,0:06:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lizzie, the only thing\Ndifferent about you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.03,0:06:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you're smaller\Nthan the other kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.19,0:06:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have this syndrome,\Nbut it's not going to define who you are."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.44,0:06:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, \N"Go to school, pick your head up, smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.84,0:06:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to be yourself,\Nand people will see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.11,0:06:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're just like them."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.81,0:06:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that's what I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.23,0:06:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think, and ask yourself\Nthis in your head, right now:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.75,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What defines you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.89,0:06:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.56,0:06:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it where you come from?\NIs it your background? Is it your friends?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.40,0:06:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What defines who you are as a person?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.05,0:06:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's taken me a very long time\Nto figure out what defines me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.87,0:06:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For so long I thought what defined me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.95,0:06:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my outer appearance.\NI thought that my little tiny legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.40,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my little arms,\Nand my little face were ugly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:06:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I was disgusting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hated when I'd wake up in the morning\Nwhen I was going to middle school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.29,0:07:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would be looking in the mirror\Ngetting ready, and thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.45,0:07:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can I just scrub this syndrome off?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.48,0:07:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would make my life so much easier\Nif I could just scrub it off.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.99,0:07:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could look like other kids;\NI wouldn't have to buy clothes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.08,0:07:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had Dora the Explorer on them.\NI wouldn't have to buy stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.75,0:07:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was 'Bedazzled', when I was trying\Nto be like the cool kids."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.100,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would wish, and pray, and hope,\Nand do whatever I could
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I would wake up\Nin the morning and be different,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.91,0:07:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wouldn't have to deal\Nwith these struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.36,0:07:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what I wanted every single day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.21,0:07:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every single day I was disappointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.49,0:07:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have an amazing\Nsupport system around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.93,0:07:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who never pity me, who are there\Nto pick me up if I'm sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.76,0:07:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are there to laugh with me\Nduring the good times,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.59,0:07:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they taught me that,\Neven though I have this syndrome,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.94,0:08:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though things are hard,\NI can't let that define me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.07,0:08:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My life was put into my hands,\Njust like your lives are put into yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.91,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the person\Nin the front seat of your car.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the one who decides
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.65,0:08:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether your car goes down\Na bad path, or a good path.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.81,0:08:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the one\Nwho decides what defines you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.28,0:08:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now let me tell you:\Nit could be really hard to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.58,0:08:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what defines you,\Nbecause there were times
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.34,0:08:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'd get so annoyed\Nand frustrated, and say:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.79,0:08:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't care what defines me!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.38,0:08:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in high school I found a video,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.56,0:08:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, that somebody posted of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.93,0:08:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labeling me the world's ugliest woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.14,0:08:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were over four million views\Nto this video; eight seconds long,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.64,0:08:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no sound, thousands\Nof comments; people saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.59,0:08:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lizzie, please - please -\Njust do the world a favor,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.26,0:08:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put a gun to your head,\Nand kill yourself."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.19,0:09:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that,\Nif people told you that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.87,0:09:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if strangers told you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.75,0:09:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cried my eyes out of course,\Nand I was ready to fight back
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.82,0:09:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and something\Nkind of clicked in my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.26,0:09:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought,\N"I'm just going to leave it alone."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.08,0:09:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started realizing\Nthat my life is in my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.93,0:09:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could either choose\Nto make this really good,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.31,0:09:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I could choose\Nto make this really bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.86,0:09:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could be grateful,\Nand open my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.04,0:09:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and realize the things that I do have,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.98,0:09:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make those the things that define me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.74,0:09:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't see out of one eye,\Nbut I can see out of the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.39,0:09:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might get sick a lot,\Nbut I have really nice hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.75,0:09:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.29,0:09:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) You do, you do!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.59,0:09:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.79,0:09:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys are like\Nthe best little section right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.40,0:09:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.67,0:09:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lizzie laughs)\NYou made me lose my train of thought!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.40,0:09:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.14,0:09:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay... where was I?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.17,0:09:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audience: Your hair!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.41,0:10:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hair! Hair. Ok, ok, thank you.\NThank you, thank you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.16,0:10:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I could either choose\Nto be happy or I could choose
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.86,0:10:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be upset with what I have\Nand still kind of complain about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.24,0:10:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then I started realizing:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.80,0:10:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I going to let the people\Nwho called me a monster define me?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.25,0:10:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I going to let the people who said,\N"Kill it with fire!" define me?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.92,0:10:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No; I'm going to let my goals,\Nand my success, and my accomplishments
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.48,0:10:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the things that define me -\NNot my outer appearance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.95,0:10:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the fact that I'm visually impaired,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.96,0:10:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the fact that I have this syndrome\Nthat nobody knows what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.89,0:10:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I told myself\NI'm going to work my butt off
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.58,0:10:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do whatever I could\Nto make myself better,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.23,0:10:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in my mind, the best way\Nthat I could get back at all those people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.91,0:10:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who made fun of me, who teased me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.74,0:10:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who called me ugly,\Nwho called me a monster
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.23,0:10:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to make myself better,\Nand to show them:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.56,0:10:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.47,0:10:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me those negative things,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.09,0:10:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to turn them around,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.67,0:11:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to use them as a ladder
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.56,0:11:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to climb up to my goals.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.58,0:11:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.94,0:11:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told myself that I wanted\Nto be a motivational speaker,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.77,0:11:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to write a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.04,0:11:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduate college, have my own family,\Nand have my own career.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.00,0:11:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight years later,\NI’m standing in front of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.43,0:11:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still doing motivational speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.07,0:11:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First thing, I accomplished it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.31,0:11:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to write a book;\Nin a couple of weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.93,0:11:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will be submitting\Nthe manuscript for my third book.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.61,0:11:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.23,0:11:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to graduate college,\Nand I just finished college.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.23,0:11:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers and applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.91,0:11:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm getting a degree\Nin Communication Studies
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.53,0:11:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Texas State University in San Marcos,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.12,0:11:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have a minor in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.24,0:11:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really, really tried to use\Nreal-life experience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.56,0:11:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was getting my degree,\Nand my professors were not having it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.98,0:12:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to have, lastly,\Nmy own family and my own career.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.46,0:12:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family part is kind of down the line,\Nand my career part,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.94,0:12:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like I'm really doing well with it,\Nconsidering the fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.80,0:12:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I decided I wanted to be\Na motivational speaker, I went home,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.11,0:12:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat in front of my laptop,\Nwent to Google, and typed in:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.29,0:12:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How to be a motivational speaker."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.31,0:12:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.18,0:12:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not even joking.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.78,0:12:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked my butt off.\NI used the people who were telling me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.02,0:12:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I couldn't do this\Nto motivate me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.37,0:12:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used their negativity\Nto light my fire to keep going.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.46,0:12:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Use that. Use that.\NUse that negativity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.41,0:12:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have in your life\Nto make yourself better,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.03,0:12:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I guarantee you -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.60,0:12:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guarantee you -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.44,0:12:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will win.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.15,0:12:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to end, with asking you again.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.38,0:12:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to leave here,\Nand ask yourself what defines you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.30,0:12:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.20,0:12:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brave starts here.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.04,0:13:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.21,0:13:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)