Inspired Minds
Thursday 1 January 2015
Story of Lance Armstrong
Story of Lance Armstrong
Diagnosed
with advanced testicular cancer at the age of 25, doctors gave Lance Armstrong
less than a 40 percent chance of recovery. Tumors were discovered in his lungs
and stomach along with multiple lesions on the brain.
His
biking career was over or so everyone thought; but no one counted on the
indomitable belief Armstrong had in himself and the lessons which his mother, Linda
Walling had taught him.
One of
the first things that he did was to acknowledge the disease that had captured
him in its talons and learn everything he could about it. He devoured books,
resources and found help in support groups with people going through similar
difficulties.
Lance
sought strength in three things his mother had instilled in him
“Make
every obstacle an opportunity”, “Always work hard and good things will happen”
and “Don’t believe it when other people say you can’t”.
His first
comeback after beating cancer was not a success and he finished fourteenth in
the race. He even thought about retirement but constant support from his
fiancée, mother and buddy Chris Carmichael soon had him training for his next
race in the Appalachians.
He
returned from his training a transformed man and never let the constant
difficulties plough him down again.
True, the
doping scandals have destroyed Lance’s reputation as a professional biker. But
one cannot but admire his sheer will power and dedication through which he
turned the odds in his favor at a time when everyone thought his life was over.
Tuesday 2 September 2014
Saturday 30 August 2014
Thought of the day 31st August
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your
enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill
Monday 25 August 2014
Thought for the day- 25th Aug 2014
“To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by
day is to make it happen.”
― Stephen Richards
Sunday 24 August 2014
Challenges make us stronger
Once a small gap appeared in the cocoon, through which the butterfly had to appear. A man, who accidentally passed by, stopped and watched how the butterfly was trying to get out of the cocoon. It took a lot of time, the butterfly was trying very hard, and the gap was as little as before. It seemed that the power would leave the butterfly soon. Then a man decided to help the butterfly. He took a penknife and cut the cocoon. The butterfly immediately got out, but her body was weak and feeble, and the wings were barely moving. A man continued to watch at the butterfly, thinking that now her wings would spread and she would fly. However, that did not happen. The rest of her life the butterfly had to drag her weak body and wings that weren’t spread. She was unable to fly, because a man who wanted to help her did not realize that an effort to enter through the narrow gap of the cocoon was necessary for the butterfly, so that the life-giving fluid would move from the body to the butterfly’s wings and that the butterfly could fly. Life forced the butterfly to leave her shell hardly, so that it would become stronger and would be able to grow and develop. If we were allowed to live without meeting difficulties, we would be via-ble. Life gives us challenges to make us stronger. |
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