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Day 1123: Who do you believe yourself or other people?

If it’s a choice between believing what the world believes about you or believing what you know to be true about yourself always believe what you know to be true about yourself – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 22 PM on day 1123 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes and a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, pray, read 1 Kings 2, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign -after my Twitter exchange with Dave Batsone, the founder of the Not For Sale Campaign, I’m even more determined to raise as much money as possible for NFS he’s such a nice guy – and practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles.

Yesterday afternoon reading Internalizing What Others Believe I thought back to the time when I believed I was “the sick one” because that’s how people kept referring to me when you’re a child you see yourself through other people’s eyes and believe about yourself what they believe about you thankfully somewhere along the line I stopped believing what other people believed about me and started believing what I knew to be true about myself. Do you believe what other people believe about you or do you believe what you know to be true about yourself?

Day 1122: 1930 Rare footage of Helen Keller

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A true champion can adapt to anything. – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1122 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read 1 Kings 1, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign -$1020 raised 6 days to go – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings, spend time outside – it’s such a beautiful day outside I thought it would be a shame to waste it sitting inside I think when we look back on our lives all we’ll remember are the small things which are actually the big things so I try to make people smile and appreciate the things that most people don’t notice – and listen to music – I love The Script I used to be opposed to musicians using swear words in their lyrics but I’ve come to realize I have no right to judge how choose to express themselves.

Yesterday I saw footage of how Helen Keller,the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, taught herself to speak by imitating the sound vibrations she felt with her hand it’s remarkable to watch. Watch 1930 Rare footage of Helen Keller below:

Day 1121: Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela

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“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It’s 12 : 55 PM on day 1121 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 24, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign -7 days to go still on $1020 at least the goal has already been surpassed (thank you to everyone who has donated and helped spread the word I REALLY appreciate it) – and practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles.

Last night after I finished reading Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela I was even more in awe of him than I was prior to reading this book he never compromised on his beliefs, he respected everyone he came in contact with and no task, no matter how disgusting, was beneath him. How do you treat those who can do nothing for you?

Day 1120: Live in the what is

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Live in the what is and not in the what could have or should have been– that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 1 : 21 PM on day 1120 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, pray, read 2 Samuel 23, publish my Disability of the Day feature and tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either in spite of my best efforts.

Recently someone close to me said again poor thing if you could walk you would have done so many things I’ve heard variations of that from many people and I know it’s not meant as an insult but when you wake up every day and try to make the world a better place and still hear people say if you could walk you would have done so many things you can’t help but feel insulted I guess I have to be patient and show people that I can do great things even if I can’t walk. Are you always thinking about what could have or should have been instead of making the best of what is?

Day 1119: Using and being used

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We use people and we are used it hurts but we must forgive because all of us are only human – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 1 : 05 PM on day 1119 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read 2 Samuel 22, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature. feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, continue reading Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela and tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 9 days to go.

Today I realized yet again that there are people in this world who will use the fact that I have Cerebral Palsy to get what they want that’s life I guess we use people and we are used it hurts but we must forgive because all of us are only human. Do you forgive all the wrongs committed against you because you have been forgiven on numerous occasions and understand that none of us are perfect?

Day 1118: Don’t have enough time?

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We have enough time for everything we just choose to waste it– that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12 : 07 PM on day 1118 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read 2 Samuel 21, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself All Bran Flakes and a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast and tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 10 days to go.

Yesterday I disconnected from the internet, switched off the TV and spent the whole afternoon reading and to my surprise I had managed to read a hundred pages of Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela just goes to show we have enough time for everything we just choose to waste it. Do you waste your time then ask yourself where has all the time gone?

Day 1117: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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Life is about the journey not the destination – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12 : 53 PM on day 1117 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 20, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 11 days to go – stretch my hamstrings, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and start reading Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela – again.

Two days ago I finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho the book is about a shepherd named Santiago who leaves his whole life behind to follow his dream of finding treasure in Egypt what I love most about this book is that it’s more about what Santiago learns on his journey than about the treasure he eventually finds. Are you in such a hurry to get wherever it is that you’re going that you’re missing out on this journey called life?

Day 1116: Inspiring or Bragging?

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There’s a fine line between trying to inspire and bragging – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12 : 54 PM on day 1116 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 19, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 12 days to go – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and spend some time outside – sitting in the sun looking at the sky I realized nothing is as big as we make it out to be there is no question without an answer and no problem without a solution 🙂

A couple of days ago AZ over at AZ is Amazing asked me to send her two pictures of myself for her World CP Day photo montage I sent her one of me just sitting on my wheelchair and another of me making sandwiches for the kids in our housekeeper’s neighbourhood on Mandela Day 2013 I was on the fence about whether I should or shouldn’t send the second picture because on the one hand I knew that seeing a picture of me making sandwiches could inspire people to do something greater than themselves while on the other hand helping people, taking pictures of it and submitting it to be a part of photo montage seemed a bit boastful to me in the end I did send the picture because my intention in doing that was to inspire people to do something greater than themselves. When you tell people about all the things you’re doing do you do it with the intention of inspiring them or are you doing it just to brag?

Day 1115: World Cerebral Palsy Day and life with Cerebral Palsy

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All problems are opportunities in disguise. Every problem is a prospective opportunity”- M.V.Hansen & R.Allen

It’s 12 : 02 PM on day 1115 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 18, publish my Disability of the Day feature and tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 13 days to go.

As you may or may not know today is World Cerebral Palsy Day living with Cerebral Palsy is frustrating you know what you want to do and you know how to do it (in theory) but when it comes to execution of the desired movement it’s like there’s a disconnect between your brain and your body parts, having said that, Cerebral Palsy has taught me perseverance, acceptance and empathy and for that I will always be grateful. Do you find opportunities in every “problem”?

Day 1114: Wastefulness

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And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” – John 6:12

It’s 1 : 03 PM on day 1114 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 14, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 14 days to go I’ve surpassed my goal but I want to raise as much money as possible for the Not For Sale Campaign they do such great work it’s the least I can do – take off my dirty jacket and top and put on a clean t-shirt – I learn some of the most valuable life lessons from doing simple things I usually take my t-shirt off by pushing my right hand out through the sleeve then I would get my head out then I would pull the t-shirt off over my left shoulder but today because I was wearing an Indian top it didn’t work so I pulled the right sleeve over my right elbow and did it that way in life we often do something one way and fail but there’s more than one way to do something and if we don’t give up we will eventually find it 🙂 – stretch my hamstrings and practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles.

Yesterday afternoon I was thinking about how wasteful we are as people we waste food, we waste water, we waste money, we waste time there are people out there who pray for the things we throw away without a second thought it makes me so sad. Do you waste everything you have thinking there’s more where that came from?