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08/23/2008 02:26:42 AM · #1 |
...hit the brick wall, and just can't go on any further.
When the challenges of life interrupt the meaning of life.
When one day you discover that you can't run that marathon any more.
Think of this kid, and your challenges are worth nothing.
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08/23/2008 03:13:12 AM · #2 |
| I'm speechless. That kid is unbelievably inspiring. Thanks for sharing. |
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08/23/2008 03:15:26 AM · #3 |
If you think that's inspiring, here's another one. It's been posted before but worth another look.
//potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/64390/what-are-you-looking-at
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08/23/2008 03:20:10 AM · #4 |
| Thankyou! Inspirational link. |
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08/23/2008 03:30:58 AM · #5 |
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08/23/2008 09:53:32 AM · #6 |
Can I use this opportunity to share the truly inspirational story of another young person (also heavily involved in baseball)? John Challis is from my area, growing up in a very small town just 5 miles from here. Sadly, his funeral is today as he lost his courageous battle with cancer this week, but he touched many, many people along the way with an attitude toward his disease that was mature well beyond his 18 years.
His story made national (and international) headlines after a couple stories in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. My brother was the photographer/videographer who followed him through many of the stories they published (including the main picture on this page).
Message edited by author 2008-08-23 10:01:03. |
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08/23/2008 11:57:12 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Can I use this opportunity to share the truly inspirational story of another young person (also heavily involved in baseball)? John Challis is from my area, growing up in a very small town just 5 miles from here. Sadly, his funeral is today as he lost his courageous battle with cancer this week, but he touched many, many people along the way with an attitude toward his disease that was mature well beyond his 18 years.
His story made national (and international) headlines after a couple stories in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. My brother was the photographer/videographer who followed him through many of the stories they published (including the main picture on this page). |
Courage + Belief = Life.
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08/23/2008 03:31:02 PM · #8 |
Not the same kind of inspiration from the OP, but none the less a lesson on the value of life, and the p.o.v. on how one spends their life.
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08/23/2008 09:11:00 PM · #9 |
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08/23/2008 09:33:55 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
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thanks for the bump........these stories are amazing. |
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08/24/2008 12:19:05 AM · #11 |
I've looked at both links, and I think that for both people, the whole point of their attitude is that they don't want to be seen as inspirations. Rather, they want to be seen as people, since that's how they see themselves. People who, sure, face physical challenges, but who have personalities, likes and dislikes, and everything else that comes with being human.
I mean, when that baseball catcher gets knocked down by a kid running home, and instead of everyone going crazy, he just gets back up and keeps playing, that's progress as a society.
It reminds me of a conversation I had with my daughter about 3 years ago, when she was in 3rd grade. There are a couple of boys in her class who have been in wheelchairs for a long time, and probably will be for their entire lives. I commented how great it was that they were in the classroom with everyone else, and that their disability was simply dealt with as something to work around, not as something bad. She was genuinely confused, and didn't understand what I was talking about. She wasn't sure why being in a wheelchair was even thought of as a bad thing.
Similarly, when we bought a Fisher Price toy school bus, it had a slot for a wheelchair, along with a kid in a wheelchair.
All of this gives me hope for the future, where we recognize everyone has issues - they're just not all visible - and we all treat each other as people, not as blindness, deafness, a missing limb, etc.
Message edited by author 2008-08-24 00:21:18.
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