Inspirational article

Inspirational article: I want to put my destiny in my own hands


Inspirational article: I want to put my destiny in my own hands

There is such a person, when he was 19 years old, skiing, he played games with friends, and slipped from the legs of his friends, but he slammed into the friend’s body, broke his neck and caused the whole body below the neck. paralysis. Since then, this tall and handsome young man has become a disabled person who can only shake his head and live in a wheelchair for life.

Besides the second person, he will drive a car, will open a ship, and become a pilot, free to fly in the air. When he was 33, he was elected to the Vancouver City Council and succeeded. After 12 years of municipal councillors, he was pushed to the mayor's throne by the citizens of Vancouver.

There is also a third person, who is an MBA, is the founder of several non-profit disability groups, is the inventor of a variety of disability equipment, or a Canadian medal winner, he is enthusiastic about social welfare, wherever he goes, he can get everyone Welcome.

How about these three people? There is nothing about a single person, but if these three people are actually one person, it is very legendary. In fact, they were originally the same person - Sam Sullivan of Canada, a strange person.

How did Sullivan turn from a severely disabled person into a strange person?

In the few years after breaking his neck, Sullivan staying at home fell into the struggle of choosing to live or die. He took out the money earned from working before the injury and bought a car designed specifically for the disabled. In order not to make his parents too sad, he designed the suicide method of driving a cliff. Fortunately, his "falling cliff training" has not been successful. After that, Sullivan, who was strong, couldn't bear to drag on the two old people. He insisted on leaving his home and moved to a semi-profit and semi-profit apartment.

One night, Sullivan once again tasted the pain of despair in the room alone. He stared at the blank walls and felt his life as empty as they were. He came to the outdoors in a wheelchair and saw the distant city being hidden in the afterglow of the setting sun. He wants to have a boiling vitality, people are shaking the sails of life and sailing forward. At this moment, Sullivan suddenly thought that his brain is very easy to use, can also eat and dress independently, and even smile. Sullivan is determined to be one of them. "I want to be a complete person, I want to work." Sullivan said to himself at this time, "I have a billion chance before the injury, and now I still have 500 million. From that moment on, a new Sam Sullivan was born.

Since then, Sullivan has been extensively involved in knowledge and has the courage to challenge life. He not only learned to fly the plane, but also taught another 20 disabled people to fly. As more than one-third of the Chinese in Vancouver, Sullivan, who was born and raised in Canada, also learned Chinese Cantonese, which was particularly effective in his later elections. When Sullivan speaks Cantonese, he will get applause and encouragement from the Chinese. In the mayoral election, the Chinese almost voted for Sullivan.

What mysterious power has given this legendary experience to Sam Sullivan?

The answer is the spirit of rebelliously fighting life, which is a tenacity. He once said: How far a person can go depends on his performance in the face of challenges, which has nothing to do with whether he is in a wheelchair.

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