Every once in a while, we get inspired by great stories with happy endings. Also, every once in a while, we get inspired by great stories with not so happy endings, and the true story of Jessica Pierce is one of them.
You might have heard about three American high school students and their teacher drowning recently during a school trip to Costa Rica. The news has been all over the Web.
Well, they were from my high school. And I wanted to tell you about one today because had she not perished, I know I would have been writing plenty about her later.
Her name was Jessica Pierce. And she had something special. Call it initiative, call it courage, call it whatever you want, but she was going to use it to make great things happen. She wasn’t about to live by default like most people I run across.
Ian tells his personal experience with Jessica, and I admire how he draws meaning from such an otherwise sad story, and how inspiration can be ultimately be found from her example that helps transcend her death from a meaningless act to one of purpose.
I know I, for one, have been moved and inspired.
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