I keep running into people who've been permanently disabled by massive head injuries. They're friendly and coherent, but something's obviously wrong. For instance their speach is slurred, or they walk strangely. After a bit of conversation comes the inevitable story about the biking or climbing accident, followed by coma and months spent in a hospital re-learning everything from talking to walking, and even to thinking. My reaction is a mild panic, and a resolution to stop all my activities with high injury potential, like unicycling the wrong way through traffic. Life is precious and all too easy to take for granted.
These people are truly heroic because they've been dragged through mud and they've found it within themselves to get up again. Getting up again is really the only thing in life that matters.
These people are truly heroic because they've been dragged through mud and they've found it within themselves to get up again. Getting up again is really the only thing in life that matters.
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