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Day 927

You can or you can’t you’re right either way– that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 11 : 49 AM on day 927 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to stretch my hamstrings, take off my dirty t-shirt and put a clean t-shirt on, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, try to wheel myself around – the blisters I got from pushing myself around yesterday made it hard for me to push myself around today but I tried my best and will keep on trying tomorrow – brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes with Soy Milk for breakfast, pray, read Leviticus 7, publish my Disability of the Day feature and practice typing with both hands.

Yesterday after I had done everything I had to do I decided to push myself to my bedroom instead of asking our housekeeper to do it, it took 40 minutes and a lot of sweat but eventually I made my way from our dining room to my bedroom now that I’ve seen that I can do it after my blisters have healed I’m going to buy myself a pair of gloves and push myself wherever I need to go. Can you or can’t you?

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Day 583

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You are the only person who can get in the way of what you want – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 2: 38 PM on day 583 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, exercise my hands, drink tea by myself, work, exercise my hands some more and watch TV.

Today as part of exercising my hands I held a coffee mug with my right hand which probably isn’t a big deal for most people but for me it was a HUGE DEAL considering I use my left hand for everything I do I think I succeeded in holding the cup today because I believed I could do it so from today onwards I will believe, think and say I can until I do. Are you getting in the way of what you want?

Day 539

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If you believe you can, you can – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8: 32 PM on day 539 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, edit my Firstgiving page thanking and informing people that the page no longer accepted donations, post message on Twitter and Facebook thanking people for their support (thank you guys – again – for all you done in support of my campaign), work, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, drink tea by myself, feed myself a mango pickle sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, brush my teeth once more and exercise.

As most of you know from reading my tweets and Facebook postings my campaign ended today which made me think me about all the times I plowed through and didn’t give up when people told me no one will donate just goes to show if you believe in yourself rather than in what people say to you there’s nothing you can’t achieve. Have you reached your goals in spite of your detractors?

Day 375

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I am as stubborn as they come– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 13 PM on day 375 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink coffee in a glass, practice writing by hand, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – prepare my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, go to physiotherapy, watch some more TV, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my campaign some more–still no luck :(– and feed myself oranges for dinner.

Today as I was practice writing by hand I wondered why it meant so much to me to be able to sign my own name in that moment the memory of my sister telling me that the clerk at Home Affairs – a place where South Africans go to apply for passports, id’s etc – told her that I couldn’t sign came flooding back into my mind and I realized that that situation was a perfect illustration of who I am as a person when somebody tells me that I can’t do something I know I can I spend every waking hour trying to do it if only to prove them wrong. Is stubbornness your fatal flaw or saving grace?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!