If They Can Do It…
Have you ever noticed the way some people react when their lives have been upended by a tragedy?
A story on yesterdays news highlighted the resilience and courage of a woman who lost both her legs in the terrorist attacks on London last July. She now has mechanical legs which are state of the art and “have to be charged overnight like a mobile phone”, according to this lady.
She also stated that as Doctors are prone to do, they told her that she would not be able to walk again and all that nonsense. She is now declaring that she will soon be able to drive again and that she wants to learn how to fly a plane.
Now, she also has that “live life to the full each day” attitude that people get when their lives are changed in this way. However, I was wondering why more of us are not able to make this type of declaration regardless of whether or not we have been through a near death experience.
After all, to declare that you want to live each day to the fullest and do just that is surely not reserved for those who have suffered a tregedy, is it? It is much easier for us to hear this woman state her goals as a victim of an horrific event in her life and smile and nod to ourselves that some people are very courageous and wish them well in their recovery to living a normal life once more.
Yet they are not returning to their old life at all. In fact they are liberated from it. They want to live their life to the full and we don’t blame them for this attitude. But what if I want to live my life to the full each day? Will you accept that? I have not suffered a tragedy so do I have to wait until one befalls me?
The reality is, we generally go with the belief that we have to struggle and suffer each day in dealing with out dull repetitive lives and unless something terrible happens to us it is not “allowed” for us to just say, bugger it all, I want to do what I want from now on. That precious awakening is reserved for victims of terrorism.
Don’t get me wrong here. I am just pointing out that it seems easier for people to grasp the idea of someone changing their life drastically if they have been through a terrible ordeal. But I would like to think that anyone can do the same and not have to feel that they should be forced to go along with the masses.
What do you think?
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