Tallahassee, Fl--2/2/2012

"Take what makes you different and use it to change the world."

That's the message one anti-bullying advocate delivered to hundreds of Leon county students this morning.

Ronnie Bachman knows bullying first hand.

"I know. Later on today I will go to get gas and then someone will shoot a picture or giggle or laugh," said Bachman.

But it's his up-close knowledge of teasing that makes his anti-bullying message so clear to kids.

"Just to treat everyone the way you wanted to be treated," said one middle-school student.

"It was really good it made me cry," said another.
"Everybody is special in their own way," said a another middle-school student.

"When Ron comes around the corner, and Ron has lost his legs of course, these kids understand in a millisecond, this guy knows what he's talking about," said Bachman.

Ronnie's message is very simple. It's just one word. Love.

"It's about you feeling good about you and who you are first. And then after you've taken care of it and fed your spirit, your personality your everything, then you go out and share that with the world," said Bachman.

And if you're being bullied, Bachman wants to tell you something.

Don't let them win. Have so much self assurance that you know you belong here. You know how right it is for you to be in this world," said Bachman.