‘Superman’ speaks at BWHS Peace Week

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

When Big Wal­nut stu­dents returned from Spring Break, mem­bers of the high school’s Stu­dent Coun­cil hosted the Sec­ond Annual Big Wal­nut High School Peace Week. But turn­ing student’s atten­tion from spring break activ­i­ties and get­ting them to focus on the Peace Week agenda was no easy task – they had to call in “Superman”.

Lit­er­ally.

Super­man was Ryan “Super­man” Moran, an Indi­anapo­lis based moti­va­tional speaker who describes him­self as a standup come­dian with a mes­sage. Moran is a bit of a Super­man; he’s on the road two to three days each week all over the United States telling per­sonal sto­ries with a moti­va­tional mes­sage about devel­op­ing a pos­i­tive atti­tude, find­ing your tal­ents, and includ­ing oth­ers in you life.

“When you’re a leader, take your tal­ents and gifts and use then for the bet­ter­ment of the group,” Moran told stu­dents dur­ing assem­blies in the high school audi­to­rium. “Set the bar high for those who come after you; amaz­ing things can hap­pen when we all work together.”

Moran said he had a five-part mes­sage that he wanted to leave with the students.

“One, be pos­i­tive,” he said. “It’s all up to you. Your atti­tude decides how your day is going to go.”

Sec­ond, Moran encour­aged stu­dents to be open to new ideas, new things, places and peo­ple; he told them that if they were open to other peo­ple, other peo­ple would be open to them.

“Three, be sin­cere,” Moran said. “If you’re 100 per­cent hon­est 100 per­cent of the time, your friends, teach­ers and par­ents will know they can trust you all of the time, and trust goes a long way.”

Moran’s fourth point was to be inclu­sive, not exclu­sive. He said when stu­dents exclude oth­ers then they miss out on what oth­ers have to offer, and oth­ers miss out on what they have to offer.

“Finally, share your gifts and tal­ents, what you do well,” Moran said. “Every­body is good at some­thing; nobody is per­fect at every­thing. It takes each and every one of our indi­vid­ual tal­ents to make the world go round. Take advan­tage of every­thing and get involved,” Moran added. “Try every­thing and find where your gifts and tal­ents lie, and encour­age the gifts and tal­ents of others.”

For addi­tional infor­ma­tion about Ryan “Super­man” Moran go to < www.ryanmoranspeaker.com >.

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