789Melissa sent this in from Maynooth, Ireland. She wrote: “My English teach in high school told me this once when we were getting ready to apply for colleges. Though it's really only two simple words, they have had a profound affect on my life.

"So simply did she say those words, probably not even thinking much of it, I still remember though. I'm in Ireland studying abroad now and taking a plane by myself, going to a different country for school by myself and having to make new friends, all because I decided to 'Be Brave'."