Handicapped - The End Of A Life??

Handicapped - The End Of A Life?? 

I'm not talking about handicapping a horse race - I'm talking about being handicapped or disabled and how it affects your life. Describing a handicapped or disabled person is not straight forward. Someone who has lost a body part(s) is obvious. However, people can be handicapped via mental illness, phobias, weight (obese or too thin), fears, problems with anger and major problems with insecurity or dyslexia. 

I'm sure everyone who reads my blogs is either handicapped in some way or knows someone who is handicapped. Is this the end of your or their life? It depends on how you or they look at it.

My wife's uncle was extremely handicapped because he had Muscular Dis-trophy. However, his brain was intact and he was brilliant. He was interesting to talk to because he had past and current knowledge about many, many subjects. The thing I was shocked to see was the control he had over the people that loved and supported him. He got what he wanted even though he had limited use of his limbs.

Was he unhappy about his situation - YES! Was he depressed about his situation -NO! He loved life and found a way to get the most out of life even with his limitations.

We read so many stories about handicapped people who have made a great life for themselves - can you spell Stephen Hawking. These stories are heartwarming, powerful and should remind us that life is worth living even if things aren't perfect.

What I refuse to understand why people, who are not handicapped in any way, believe life is not worth living or are just going through the motions of life unhappy. Life is never perfect, but it has to be better than the alternative. Handicapped people are just happy to be alive. How could we believe they must be happier than us non-handicapped people?

The bottom line is that handicapped people are focused on what they can do to get as much out of life as they can. Too many of us are focused on what's wrong with our life and why those things are making us unhappy. To stop this negative way of living your life:

Try, For One Day, Reading Or Viewing Handicapped People And Their Quest For A Better Life Without Thinking About Your Life. Maybe Some Of That Positive Energy Will Rub Off On You.