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INSPIRATIONAL!!!! The Greatest Comeback In History by chybykee(m): 3:06pm On May 27, 2015 |
Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was retrieved more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of the body. His mother was told that he was sure to die – which was for the best, really – for the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be a cripple throughout his life. But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be a cripple. Much to be amazement of the doctor he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just dangled there, all but lifeless. Ultimately he was discharged from the hospital. But his determination to walk was undiminished. At home, when he was not in bed, he was confined to the wheel chair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him . He reached the picket fence, raised himself up and then stake by stake, he began dragging himself along the fence, resolved that he would walk. He did this everyday, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron persistence, and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk haltingly, then to walk by himself and then to run. He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the sheer joy of running. Later in college he made the track team. In February 1934, in New York City's famed Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run – this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile. An epitome of the power of positive thinking and faith in one's self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant testimony to how one can bounce back even when all odds are stacked against one, to the extent that death seemed the preferable option. Impossible Is Nothing |
Re: INSPIRATIONAL!!!! The Greatest Comeback In History by demmy0325(m): 3:07pm On May 27, 2015 |
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