Thanks Gwen for sharing this story and it's a miracle . Addison O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:42 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: 09.19: A Miracle "Funny" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikey's Funnies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:30 AM > Subject: 09.19: A Miracle "Funny" > > > : You're subscribed to MIKEY'S FUNNIES as [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > : Change your email address...Unsubscribe...Subscribe here: > http://www.mikeysFunnies.com/sub/ > : > : today'sFUNNY=========================== > : > : A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES: REALIZING AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM > : By Saralee Perel > : > : "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem > improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become > inevitable." Christopher Reeve > : > : Recently, for the first time in 5 years I simply went out back, put my > cane down, and started walking. I made it 42 yards. > : > : Today I walked 5 miles. > : > : My medical team had said this would be impossible. My brain could no > longer send the signals for walking because those nerves in my spinal cord > had been destroyed. Though certainly unintentional, my doctors did take > something very important away from me: hope. > : > : A while back, a psychologist pal of mine urged me to try to help myself. > I was angry. I said, "They're four of Boston's leading neurologists. They > all said I'd never get any better." > : > : "They could have all been wrong." > : > : "They said there's nothing I can do! No rehabilitation. No physical > therapy. I'm not putting any effort into trying to walk and then be > miserable when I fail." > : > : "Trying is never failure." > : > : I'd get steaming mad at people like her. What did they know? They came > out in droves. I heard various things I should try: a soy-based diet, > massage, Yoga, acupuncture, positive thinking. All of these well-meaning > non-experts believed that traditional medical doctors do not know > everything about human potential. > : > : However, there was a common denominator in my friends' advice. And that > was the word, "Try." > : > : What made me finally try? The answer is simpler than I'd have ever > imagined. That day I tried walking on my own, I had simply said to myself, > "Why not?" > : > : When I walk I have a Frankenstein-style gait. I get embarrassed so I > explain. I met a gal who said, "Stop excusing yourself. Walk proud!" She's > just one of the many who've taught me that if I open my heart to > acceptance, the world is filled with support teams. > : > : I've also resolved to open my obstinate mind and really listen to > others, experts or not. This not only fosters my own sometimes-frail > belief in my abilities; it fosters faith in miracles. > : > : One morning my husband, Bob, said there was a huge present for me in our > driveway. He had researched "bicycles for disabled people." It was a 300 > pound cycle for two. The seats were side by side. He could pedal while I > sat by him and enjoyed the outdoors again. > : > : Um . . . did I mention it came assembled with a set of pedals for me > too? > : > : Now, hundreds of miles later, after exhaustive hours of pedaling along > beautiful bike trails, I only wish that we owned stock in Ben-Gay. > : > : Bob needs a tube a day to keep up with me. > : > : Last week he repeated, "There's a huge present in our driveway." He led > me outside. "Voila!" he said. "Oh no," I moaned. Bob dubbed it "The > One-Woman Dynamo Power Bike." > : > : "Sweetheart? You know I can't bike on my own." > : > : He laughed sweetly. "I know. And you can't walk either. Then why does > the pedometer I bought you have 74 miles on it?" > : > : And so, I made a now often repeated declaration that I am praying others > will say to themselves as well. "Yes. I can." > : > : Think I love my bike? You bet. Think I love Bob? Of course. Think I love > life again after cloistering myself in a self imposed no-can-do closet? > Goodness! You have to ask? > : > : How do we find hope when hope seems impossible? Do we simply believe in > our hearts, our minds and our very souls that we can beat the odds? > : > : Yes. > : > : Christopher Reeve said, "When we have hope, we discover powers within > ourselves we may have never known. Once we choose hope, everything is > possible." > : > : His immutable words still ring in my heart and I so hope they will in > everyone else's: "And you don't have to be a 'Superman' to do it." > : > : Award-winning columnist, Saralee Perel, welcomes e-mails at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy her website: www.saraleeperel.com. > : > : today'sTHOT============================ > : > : Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to > dance in the rain. > : > : ======================================= > : > : PASS IT ON! > : Yeah, you can send this Funny to anybody you want. 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