LIVING BEYOND HARDSHIPS
Lord Nelson, England’s famous naval hero, suffered from seasickness throughout his entire life. Yet the man who had destroyed Napoleon’s fleet did not let illness interfere with his career. He not only learned to live with his personal weakness, but he also conquered it. An eminent plastic surgeon told of a boy who lost his hand at the wrist. When he asked the lad about his handicap, the boy replied, “I don’t have a handicap, sir. I just don’t have a right hand.” Dr. Brown went on to discover that this boy was one of the leading scorers on the high school football team. It’s not what you have lost, but what you have left that counts.
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