Hooman's Story

We all have heard the compelling stories of greatness, where people have stretched their abilities to achieve success at levels that were way beyond their current abilities. The human mind is so powerful, it is amazing what we can achieve when our thoughts and actions are in the right state of mind. We have to condition our thoughts to constantly focus on always getting better and better. We can never control the cards we are dealt in life. What we can control, is how we play with those cards. What happens if we are not in the right state of mind? 

In the summer of 2007, I was not in the right state of mind. I was depressed, I wasn’t happy with the way my life was going. I had been labeled a racist by people who didn’t know me. This led me to be banned by the NBA. For those of you who don’t know the story please check out this Orlando Sentinel story at http://hoomancan.com/blog/?p=42. I just wasn’t happy with anything in my life. I was asking all the negative why me questions. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. The only person who could get my life back together was me. I realized that if I wanted things to change, then I had to change immediately. It was my life’s defining moment. Was I going to respond to the situation, or was I going to react to the situation?

Whether you choose to respond to the events in your life, or whether you choose to react to the events in your life, the difference in outcomes can be a matter of life and death. I chose to respond to the greatest negative in my life, by turning it into the biggest positive in my life. I am now living the life I have always dreamed of as a motivational speaker. The fact that I am making such a huge difference in people’s lives is making me feel so incredible, I just can’t tell you how amazing it feels. My dreams have come true because I have helped other people to make their dreams come true. I am so grateful that I chose to get back up after life had dealt me its hardest blow. Sure it hurt, it hurt real bad, but it made me so much stronger that I now feel like I can face anything that life throws at me. 

Some people haven’t been as fortunate as me, because they have chose to react to their situations. They have chose to end their lives. It seems like another athlete has reacted to the challenges of life by choosing to go the route of murder suicide. Athlete Justin Levens and his wife were found dead by gunshot wounds in their Laguna Niguel, CA condo earlier today. Please check out this TMZ.com story

 http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/18/mma-fighter-and-wife-found-shot-to-death/

  Suicide is the worst thing you can possibly do because it just destroys the people that you leave behind. Did I think of suicide? Sure I did, for a second. Then I thought what would happen to my son, my daughter, my family, my friends. It is the most selfish thing you can do. History has proven that anyone can overcome the greatest of challenges as long as they believe and they never lose hope. Please, I am asking you to look out after the people in your lives. If you know they are having a tough time, keep close to them. Help them in anyway that you can. Suicide will never solve anything. We need to look out for our friends and families. We can make a difference in other people’s lives if we just care enough. Justin 28 and his wife Sarah 25, were young, they could have made it if they knew that there was hope. I ask you to look out for people who may be depressed, do everything you can to help them believe in the future. Anyone can change, they just have to believe. If you are thinking of suicide, please email me at hooman@hoomancan.com. I will tell you my story in detail, we will overcome your problems. Don’t become another statistic. If I changed my life completely, so can you.

Hooman Hamzehloui 2008

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