RE: Rest....a sign of weakness or necessary?

DAB — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:35:21 GMT

Congratulations Sam,

I think you put down an important truth about life. Being disabled is irrelevant. You have to enjoy your life, every day. Sometimes you get so focussed on the future, that you forget to live today.

Since my disablity, I have learned to live a completely different lifestyle. Yes I miss those physical things I used to do without a second thought, but I am now determined to do what I can as best I can. I know I will never run again, drive a car or do any of a huge amount of physical tasks I once enjoyed. But that does not mean that I cannot spend every day enjoying life and others around me.

Some people think winning is everything. To me, the real victory is wanting to still try even knowing that just surviving the event is a significant accomplishment. Yes winning is important, but having the satisfaction of winning a personal goal is better than all of the medals and ribbons I ever won in competion.

So make sure you spend time watching your daughter grow up, enjoy your wife's company and smell the roses and the little joys of life. They are all as important as anything else you might do. Life is a journey. If you hurry to get done first, you will only realize that you missed most of it along the way.

Enjoy life, we only get one chance.

DAB