Wheelchair Lifestyle
Moving around the Toronto Region in a wheelchair is certainly not the easiest mode of mobility. In fact going anywhere in a wheelchair is a pain. I bump into people; people let the doors slam onto me; younger people are too ambarrassed to wait and try to sneak in ahead of me when I’m trying to open the door; a 2 inch rise in the sidewalk and I get stuck. Ai! What I’d do to have both my legs working again.
But then as I sit here and browse the you tube’s little movies and news, I remembered something about the Paralympics. You know, the Olympics for those that often can’t walk; can’t see; can’t…?
Can’t? Don’t tell all these people they can’t! Just look at them. Just look at what they can do on wheelchairs at the basketball court. Watch them run, swim and….Here just watch this video. You’ll realize as I did what incredible atheletes they are.
Story from “60 Seconds” – watch!
“Now, if only I wasn’t in so much pain…and 25 years younger….and…”That’s what I heard a fellow hot-rodder lament.
The greater pain is in giving up and refusing to find ways to live and be as productive and competitive as you can be.
Now those atheletes, I congratulate you all. They didn’t roll over and play dead as so many sorry a**** do. You are all heroes.
Is it any wonder that many of the great achievers are more likely now to be made known via the internet? Think about it. more than 20% of the people on earth are already using the internet. That’s many more times than the more ancient newspaper readership.
In fact, (I had stopped here on Sept. 20th 2008 because I had fallen over…con’t almost a year later).
Great post, very informative. Have learned a lot from your site.
It was interesting. You seem very knowledgeable in your field.
Hello to all
I can’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Help me, please.
Hey very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds also…
Hey, Thanks for the encouragement.
Been feeling a little down lately (all 4 limbs don’t want to do what I want them to – not that I’m complaining) and as such, not updating this blog very much.
Maybe I should strap my self into a go cart with 100 hp?- lol.
I think I like this WP Theme right now…clean and easy to use. Besides, the header graphics are sort of what’s going on in my head right now…(chuckle).
So many offers to do up my hair too!!!
Anyway, keep ‘em coming.
And thanks.