Courage in the face of adversity
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I'm not a "god botherer" or a particular fan of any organised religion but I did receive an uplifting email from my friend, "Trigger", today (who IS a bit of a god botherer, but each to their own) about a Christian festival she went to in Lincoln over the weekend. She particularly enjoyed listening to one speaker and told me:
"Both sermons were interesting, especially the one in the evening. He was an American minister and you immediately think of a 'bible basher', but in fact he was a very good speaker. He suffers from cerebral palsy and his catchphrase is ' I have Cerebral Palsy, what's your excuse!'. Basically the talk was about overcoming adversity. He was born with the disease, both his parents died when he was young and he was immediately told he wouldn't become anything. He learnt to walk, talk and go to school. He went through school and college OK, even though it took him a bit longer to do. He became a minister and even met a lady who wanted to marry him, had 4 beautiful children and now he is going to be a grandparent. It was amazing and kept your attention as you did have a bit of difficulty understanding him, but it was good."
Food for thought when your own particular gripe of the day may be the organised horror of the daily commute or something else equally trivial in the grander scheme of things!
"Both sermons were interesting, especially the one in the evening. He was an American minister and you immediately think of a 'bible basher', but in fact he was a very good speaker. He suffers from cerebral palsy and his catchphrase is ' I have Cerebral Palsy, what's your excuse!'. Basically the talk was about overcoming adversity. He was born with the disease, both his parents died when he was young and he was immediately told he wouldn't become anything. He learnt to walk, talk and go to school. He went through school and college OK, even though it took him a bit longer to do. He became a minister and even met a lady who wanted to marry him, had 4 beautiful children and now he is going to be a grandparent. It was amazing and kept your attention as you did have a bit of difficulty understanding him, but it was good."
Food for thought when your own particular gripe of the day may be the organised horror of the daily commute or something else equally trivial in the grander scheme of things!