SHUT YOURSELF FROM "CAN'T"

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How many times in life have you thought you could never do something even if you wanted to? How many times have you complained that you did not do something because everybody thought you were incapable? Have you ever felt so stupid later in life when you remember how you would complain so much about the little things in the World only to meet a street kid so happy, without shoes and no idea how and where he/ she get their meals.



I was watching the video of a girl by the name Jennifer Bricker that was shared on Facebook by a friend, and before I got to finish watching, I felt so bad and angry at myself for taking life the way I did. This girl was born with no legs and I assume the parents were not sure how they would take it, so they abandoned her in the hospital.

A Good Samaritan and a woman with the heart of God raised her to think and believe that you can never say "Can't". The idea of believing she was capable of whatever it is in life that she wanted to do, made her so strong and capable that she started training as a gymnast at the age of 7 with the help of her adopted dad. She drew her love for gymnasium from Dominique Helena Moceanu who is a retired American gymnast by watching her on TV. She was a member of the Olympic Gold medal winning 1996 U.S. Women's Gymnastics team in Atlanta. 

Jennifer later came to discover after questioning her adopted mum about her past that her last name was Moceanu same as Dominique's, later on after Jennifer wrote a later to Dominique with her birth certificate among other identity copies that the two were actually sisters. How wonderful to know that your inspiration is actually your sister.

Jennifer has since become a familiar face on the Television and has become an inspiration to many souls including mine. With the many medals to her name, how else can you think of making the impossible possible. This is true life story one that should make the rest of us who complain so much about unfair life is based on our selfishness and attention seeking, sit to think of how to be thankful.

Life cannot always happen in the way we want it to. Life does not always have to be fair to our wants and needs. There is 7 Billion of us, so life has to favor all of us at different points of time. I have learnt that not everyone will love me, leave alone like or even want to talk to me, but as long as I am doing the right thing, I should be able to appreciate me. We should also learn to appreciate other peoples' talents and efforts, this makes a whole difference to leave a smile on peoples' faces without having to expect a 'Thank you' note at the end of it.

The World would be such a wonderful place if we all learnt to be patient, appreciative, and receptive to who we are. Accepting our situations and working to better the situations without stepping on other peoples' toes will give life a new meaning. Helping the needy in the streets without questioning so much on why they chose you to borrow money and why they smell. Life is meant to be beautiful, make someone smile by tonight, trust you will feel a lasting satisfaction deep within, I so not mean you go about trying to please everyone because you will only get hurt, but make an effort to make life worthwhile. 

My hope before I put my fingers to rest is that you will learn something positive from the video below. 

Below find Jennifer's story: 



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