The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe even 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head. It is about the real value of a real education, which has almost nothing to do with knowledge, and everything to do with simple awareness; awareness of what is so real and essential, so hidden in plain sight all around us, all the time, that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:

“This is water.”

“This is water.”

– David Foster Wallace, This is Water

It’s 12  : 13 PM on day 1075 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,  feed myself boiled egg and Bran Flakes  for breakfast,  read 1 Samuel 9,   publish my Disability of the Day feature, read and comment on Was “One PIssed Off Mother” Right When She Suggested Her Neighbor’s Euthanize Their Autistic Son?  – it’s basically a different point point of view on the post I wrote yesterday –  tweet and Facebook about my campaign -no one donated so far today either I’m sure people would be more inclined to donate if I told them I had Cerebral Palsy but I made the conscious choice not to use the fact that I have Cerebral Palsy to get anything I want I want people to donate to this campaign because they care about human trafficking and slavery not because they like me and my story – and practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles – my right leg is still not a 100% healed so I’ve settled for doing sitting exercises better than nothing I suppose.

Two days ago watching This is Water – a  Kenyon College Commencement Address by David Foster Wallace – I realized education is more than knowledge education is realizing you have a choice about how you see things.  Watch This is Water below: