Youth give hands to Paralyzed man

 Hi, this is Ron Heagy with you Motivational Message:

My family and I would like to extend a sincere “Thank You” with gratitude to the youth group and leaders from Morningstar Church.

I hope this message brings you strength, gives you inspiration, and brightens up your day.

My opinion about teenagers being “lazy” was drastically challenged this past weekend, and I feel refreshed in my soul concerning teens after a recent experience.  After talking with youth leaders in various churches and in particular, those at Morningstar Church in Salem where my family and I attend, I have found that teens need to feel valued.  Many of the teens that I see seem to be moping around, riding skateboards and just hanging out in the mall.  I often find myself thinking “don’t they have anything better to do?”   Yet, I am not a part of the solution because I have not given them anything better to do.  Our society perpetuates the attitude of the under-valued teen.    Many times it is the teenager that is not motivated however, when teens are given the opportunity and the direction they will come together and work side-by-side on a project.  Not only does it help our community as a whole but it gives a teen purpose and value within that community.  They will experience how they can make a difference and put that into action.  If we value teenagers at this stage in their lives, hopefully they continue to see their value as they grow into adults.   

Watch the following video and take a look at the photograph of the group of teens that became hands for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssLdzWCKL6A

Thank you for your financial support that has allowed me to give my life’s testimony to many people including teens.  My hope is that they will take what they’ve heard and turn it into some blessing.  That blessing may just be you. 

As always, to give a gift, click: https://www.ronheagy.com/donate-ron-heagy.php

To your inspiration,

Ron

A Story of Impact

This Roll on Ron with your Motivational Message: 

In several of my past blogs I have mentioned how at times I feel a bit inadequate, a whiner, or life’s not fair.  Then the Spirit of God sends me something special to help remind me that my life does matter.

I recently thought that as much as I have done in the past 31 years–all the speaking, artwork, and hard work paralyzed from the neck down.  I wonder why in the world do I struggle financially?  And then I received an email which totally knocked me out of my chair reminding me that it is not the money, it’s the mission: 

“Dear Ron, my name is J.P. and I have a high level spinal cord injury much like  yourself.  I broke my neck in 1990 at C3-C4 at the age of 20 which paralyzed me from the neck down.  Several years ago when I was going through one of the many challenges as a quadriplegic (As you can imagine), a dear friend who was dying of cancer, gave me your book “Never Give Up”.  I was in quite a bit of depression at the time and so I set it up on the shelf where it sat for many months along with several other “self help books” people had given me.  Then on one sunny day I was staring at the cover and felt your book calling to me to read.  Once I opened it, I could not and did not put it down.  I ended up staying up late that night reading it all until I finished it.  Your book and your testimony of your life and sharing so much   completely changed my life.  It planted a seed of strength, hope, love and faith that is beyond words Ron. That seed had a ripple effect throughout my life, from that day forward.  Since then so many positive things have happened. The list is to long!

I too am now a public speaker and I am going out and sharing my story and testimony in hopes of giving people strength through any hard times and challenges that they may have in their life and to help give them faith and become closer to God. 

With the help of my uncle who just retired as the Vice President of Hallmark Hall of Fame Movies, he has helped make me a DVD of my testimony and life; plus Hallmark wants to write a book about my life and do a movie.  In that DVD I have shared about how you have touched my life.  Also it shows the cover of your book, “Never Give Up” to help give people a visual- and to help promote your book. I can not emphasis how much you have touched my life.  The finalized version of the DVD is being sent to me for my ok as I write this.   Before I start to share the DVD with others I wanted to make sure to have your permission to mention you in the DVD and show the cover of the book.  Obviously it would help promote your book and story, but I don’t want to assume anything and would just really love your blessing too.  I also have planned to send you a copy of the DVD  of my life next week.   I have a feeling just maybe it might touch your life and a blessing may come back to you when there is darkness in your own life. It might blow you away when you see how much impact that seed you plant in my life has had!

On my living room wall is a painting of yours a stranger blessed me with. It has three crosses on a hill. It lifts my spirit every time  I look at it!”

Please be inspired by this story.  Because, well, whether you like it or not, your life has significant impact! So, keep on, keepin’ on!

If you have not read my autobiography, Never Give Up, that J.P. refers to, please click the link below:

https://www.ronheagy.com/shop-books-videos.php

At the end of each message I mention that you can give a gift—since I do not receive a salary, these gifts go to caring for my family.  However, I sometimes forget to mention that you can make a donation that is not a gift, but is a tax-deductible donation.  Never Give Up is the non-profit organization that is responsible for getting my message out!  When you give to Never Give Up it covers the cost of the office, its employees, and other expenses that are essential to our outreach opportunities.  If you are interested, please visit the link below to give a tax-deductible donation:

https://www.ronheagy.com/donate-never-give-up.php

And to all that have given support—I really could not do any of this without your help.  You all are a blessing to my  family and for that, I could never be more grateful.

To your inspiration,

Date Night with a Quad

This is Ron with your Motivational Message—encouraging you to Never Give Up and live with an Attitude of Gratitude.  If you are married and have children you would understand the difficulty of what you could call a “date night.”  My wife and I have found ourselves dateless for quite some time.  Relationships must have personal time not spent on the cell phone or through text messaging but from one-on-one communication together in the same room. 

This activity is becoming more scarce in our age of technology.  I want you to consider taking an opportunity on a more consistent basis to sit down with someone you care about (or even a stranger) and have a conversation that is uninterrupted.  It is so vital for human health and it particularly strengthens the human emotions and is good for your heart and soul.  And let’s face it, we could all use a little more energy. 

It is proven psychologically that human beings need to connect without adding the distractions that would not be normal (sounds, airplanes). I’m not suggesting complete solitude, I’m suggesting focus.  Boy! Just saying this creates a longing in my soul.  The following video is my wife and I’s “date night.”:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOTh37QSN1Y

I’m feeling much better today—thanks for all of your prayers and support!  I have not been able to do much of any work with this illness so my family is very grateful to those of you that have been supporting us on a monthly basis. Thank you!

If you would like to help me during this physically challenging time, please visit https://www.ronheagy.com/donate-ron-heagy.php  and make a small monthly donation.  It definitely helps keep the electricity paid! 

Also, please feel free to email your phone number to office@ronheagy.com if you would like a personal chat with me–I would enjoy the opportunity for us to encourage each other!

To your inspiration,

Ron

https://www.ronheagy.com/

Homeless Bring Hope to Ron Heagy

This is Ron with your message of hope.  It’s truly been a tough couple of weeks for me–I’m on a new anti-biotic that is making me feel terrible, but in the midst of my illness I’ve found some inspiration where I didn’t expect it.

Thank you so much for your monthly support! A team wins because of individuals working together.

Please consider a gift to Ron and his family–it’s simple, just click: https://www.ronheagy.com/donate-ron-heagy.php

Be encouraged by this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U4eofuKYfc

“You know I am just not doing so well,”

 This is Roll on Ron with your Motovational measage…

Over the past year, I made a realization:  When someone asks me “How are you doing?” they do want to hear from me, but what they want to hear is “good”, “fine” or something like it.  I recognized that although we live in a world that tends to wear us down on many levels, people tend to respond in a positive way when asked, “How are you?”  If you spend more time to listen to the answer, you quickly learn that a lot of people are not doing so fine or so good.

I am very thankful that God has given me the strength to choose a positive outlook in the midst of my struggles. It is nice on occasion to have someone with whom you can be totally honest with and say, “You know I am just not doing so well,” without being rejected.  I do have friends I am comfortable sharing my deeper feelings with and they are the same friends who give me either emotional support and or positive words of encouragement.  Both responses help me to roll on.

My friend, if you’re having one of those days and all you just need a big hug of reassurance… I reach out with my paralyzed arms and offer you a hug and emotional support.  No matter what, you have a friend in me! If you need a good word I will tell you today. Attitude, focus, courage, and action coupled with moral support can help make a significant change in your life.

We all have a choice in our attitude and how we will approach each day.  We are each able to make a choice about our focus.  It can be adjusted to give attention to the good things, the blessings in our lives and instead of dwell on the things that go wrong.  We can realize that courage and bravery are less about having no fear and more about not giving up, even when you are afraid.  We can choose to take action and move forward.  Finally, we can all make a choice to be a friend to someone.  You just never know when you might need a friend too!     

To your inspiration!

With an attitude of gratitude,

Ron Heagy

www.rollonron.com

Thank you for your monthly gift, I could not do this without you, be blessed.

Move By Your Words Of Encouragement

Hello,

My daughter Natalie, recently attended an assembly at Cal Young Middle School in Eugene, Oregon. Following the event she returned home and was so moved by Mr. Heagy words of encouragement. She said that many of the kids that attend the assembly are still talking about the positive inspiring experience.  I can’t thank you enough for sharing your experience with my daughter and giving her and the school such great learning lesson.  That night we gathered our family around the computer to visit your web site. The information and videos  are inspiring. Although what struck me most, was your ability to move forward and remain positive with such a difficult situation. The points that you discuss are not only helpful for the moment    but are life long lessons that everyone will learn from.

Thank you for sharing.

Scott
Eugene, Oregon

Just going pee pee

 

Hello, this is Ron Heagy (“Roll on Ron”) with a motivational message; I hope the following helps you in keeping the day positive!

My following video is a cute story of how young children can destroy privacy:

http://www.youtube.com/user/rollonron#p/a/u/0/I37IrlmUTuc

   Can you relate to the times your family has made the truth be known?

    My friend, if you’re having one of those days where you just need a big hug of reassurance, I reach out with my paralyzed arms and offer you a hug and emotional support.  No matter what, you’ve got a friend. If you need a good word, I would tell you today: attitude, focus, courage, and action coupled with moral support can help make a significant change in your life.

Thank you for keeping my wheels rolling through your generous gifts!

https://www.ronheagy.com/donate-ron-heagy.php

To your inspiration…

With an attitude of gratitude,

Ron Heagy

Small Packages

Good day my friend this is Ron with you motivational message.

Did you ever have a day where you were so excited for something big to happen, but it ended up being cancelled? I had a day like that and in the middle of my grumbling something even better happened.  Please watch my video as I tell you my short story!

Small packages…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRUgtZm8ZFM

Thank you for becoming one of our monthly supporters just $5 can change a person’s life.

With the attitude of gratitude,

Ron and Family

A driving system with my teeth is impossible, so they say…

This  is Ron Heagy with your motivational message.

As most of you know, I had a dream, or you could say a strong desire, to drive a car again. I lost that ability in 1980 after breaking my neck on Spring Break my Senior year of high school . Wow! Can you believe on March 17th 2011, it will be 31 years. Driving a car with just the use of my teeth, using all standard driving systems is impossible, so they say…

I did not give up the dream, and during one of my speeches a few years ago, a man named Ron Phillips (www.hoperod.com) took on the task. Ron established a team we called the “Quad Squad.”   With the help of a great God, a dedicated group of guys, the generous donations of Dignified Motors and many other businesses, the impossible was realized . In the summer of 2009, we took the car, the team and the dream to the race track!  The following video captured that historic event…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvmsG2LOU5o

But wait! That was not the goal… be ready for the finale coming to you soon…. finally, “100 miles per hour on the Alvord Desert in Fields Oregon”. 

I hope with all the discouragement you may face, that you don’t give up on your dreams.  At times, things seem impossible, but if you continue to have faith, God created you to accomplish great things.  Driving the car was not just for my enjoyment, because to be honest, I was scared to death.  It was to inspire others to keep the hope, and to Never Give Up! 

I am thankful for your friendship.  I hope you visit my website at www.ronheagy.com , and consider becoming a monthly financial partner with us. 

Keep looking up,

Ron and family