Very interesting article. I was talking with my wife about this young lady I saw being interviewed on tv. She has prosthetic feet. Don't know how it is she lost them but she'd been on 'dancing with the stars'. They showed a clip from the show and I had no idea watching her that she had any problem at all. I did see her working out and pushing a weighted sled. She's got real guts and works herself hard.
It made me think that when things happen to us and we become 'disabled or challenged' in some way that those things can make us stronger. It becomes a crucible to forge our character in. Perhaps it's just denial of the obvious that we won't give in to. It makes us work harder.
Like all of us, I wish I didn't have PTSD or was wounded like I was. Can't change that though. I don't know what kind of person I'd be had I not had those things come my way. Different, for sure, but better, I'm not sure. I do know that those things that I mentioned gave me a greater appreciation for and desire for life.
