WHAT DOESN'T KILL US ONLY MAKES US STRONGER
Attitude. A positive attitude is essential. The belief that things will get better is closely related to Faith. The willingness to do what it takes to improve your situation is where Attitude comes in. It’s also refusing to attend The Pity Party and making your life the best it can be.
Determination. Also known as tenacity, will, fortitude, persistence, or even stubbornness. It’s the little voice inside that says, “Don’t give up” whenever things get especially tough.
Barely six months after starting to workout at Curves for Women, Merla Tilley is a new woman. Toxins from medications prescribed by doctors were dragging her down and made her gain weight. Before long, she was confined to a wheelchair and homebound. With steely determination and the help of the health club staff, she has [...]
Tina Nash talks about her ordeal a year after being blinded by boyfriend A woman whose partner gouged out her eyes has told how she has turned her life around, as the man responsible is due to be sentenced. Shane Jenkin, 33, launched his “premeditated, sustained and vicious attack” on Tina Nash last year, [...]
The first annual “No Limits” award, started by Patrick Lennon, founding partner and CEO at ROI Media Direct, is accepting nominations. They are looking for executives from all walks of life who refused to let physical limitations limit their professional success, and are willing to share their experience, strength and hope with others. He knows quite [...]
Larry Fritzlan, 70, is not shy about talking about how alcohol has affected his life. He is running for California’s 2nd Congressional district. His father was a functioning alcoholic, which led to a great deal of instability while he was growing up. It would take several years for him to understand he had a [...]
Jockey Marlon Dolendo was sidelined from horseracing when his kidneys failed. Now he’s off to the races again (and wins!) after a life-saving kidney transplant. READ FULL STORY
When Joe Matthews was told by doctors he would never play rugby again, it was a crushing blow. He lived for the game, but a dangerously enlarged heart landed him in the hospital, where he waited for a transplant. Four years later, he’s thought to be the current fastest man in Britain on his second [...]
Two women set to become the faces of the London Paralympics rose to the top of their sports after being severely injured in road accidents. British racer Nikki Emerson, 23, was left without feeling in her legs but now hits more than 46mph in her pink wheelchair. Russian swimming champion Olesya Vladykina, also 23, [...]
Sometimes all it takes is someone else believing in us and showing us how to get back on track. Arthur Boorman was a 297-pound, disabled Gulf War veteran and one-time paratrooper who was told by doctors that he’d never walk without support. Countless jumps had ruined his knees, making escersice dificult. Extra weight gain only [...]
Cheryl Strayed‘s story of a summer spent on the arduous 4,200-kilometre Pacific Crest Trail is not just a story of blisters, bruises and bear encounters. And it’s not just a story of family trauma and grief. It’s a hiking book that will inspire readers who only experience the wilderness through a plasma screen. It’s a [...]
Homeless, abandoned by her parents and once declared a high school dropout, a hardworking 18-year-old has turned her life around earning her acceptance into Harvard University with scholarship this fall. High school graduate Dawn Loggins says her life in Lawndale, North Carolina first started out in decay, among bullying and a broken home surrounded [...]
He was only given 48 hours to live after suffering a stroke on board an international flight fromAustraliaa year ago. Now Eddie Pleban is preparing to carry the Olympic Torch through the Royal Sandringham Estate on its journey across the country to the London Olympics. The stroke left him unable to speak, swallow, or breathe [...]
RAISING MONEY: Maggie Turbitt with a collection of her pictures which she started painting as part of her therapy following her stroke in 2007 photo: in-cumbria.com JOE RILEY A stroke left Maggie Turbitt unable to move her right arm. She had to learn to write with her right hand. That would be a daunting task [...]
Shortly after running in a half-marathon, 31 year-old Alyssa Phillips faced the toughest, most grueling race of her life. She was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cervical cancer with only 65 documented cases and was given less than a 5 percent chance of survival. Her story, “Against All Odds,” in the February 2012 [...]
June Wooding survived osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, and is now cancer free. Now she’s all about living life to the fullest. For her, that’s operating Fanauticals, a store devoted to art, decor, and clothing inspired by the Carribean. The light, colorful, lively feel of the store matches her personality. She often plays the steel [...]
Above + Beyond Cancer is a non-profit group started last year by Charlie Whitmack and oncologist Dr. Richard Deming. In April, 2011 they assisted cancer survivors in a climb to the top of Mt. Everest. Earlier this year, they led a second group to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The survivors included eight men and [...]
What happens when an actor loses his ability to speak? After a major stroke affected 85 percent of the left hemisphere of Carl McIntyres’s brain (the part responsible for language skills) he suffered from aphasia, a common disorder among stroke survivors which makes it difficult to speak. A well-known actor in the Charlotte, NC area, [...]
You might think having her leg shattered in an Iraqi mortar attack was bad enough. It took two hours to dig her out of the rubble left by the blast. But for Hannah Campbell, the only mother in the British Army to lose a limb in a war zone, it was just the [...]
“We have the capacity to redefine the limits of our own potential,” said Spencer West, Me to We motivational speaker and author. West, who at the age of five lost his legs, is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro – the tallest mountain in Africa – as part of his new Redefine Possible mission, while raising money [...]
Throat cancer left Dunedin firefighter Mike Lowry in constant pain and made swallowing difficult or at times impossible, requiring a feeding tube. On May 3, 2011, just five months after his diagnosis, Lowry returned to work, where he drives a fire engine, acts as a paramedic and teaches new recruits, in addition to fighting fires. This was [...]
He could hop out of bed, get dressed, and dart out the door in five minutes. He prided himself on that. He took five-mile runs just to relax. He considered himself more physically fit than soldiers less than half his age. What good would that do now? First Sgt. Brent Jurgersen lay in critical condition [...]
Facebook organ-donation option gives ‘an immediate spike’ to California registration – San Jose Mercury News What began as a freshman-year friendship resulted in Facebook’s announcement Tuesday that the world’s largest social network will offer help for the global shortage of donor organs, an effort that in its first day signed up tens of thousands [...]
Article Excerpt- The voice of addiction is like the worst peer pressure and temptation you’ve ever experienced times a hundred and it lives in your head 24/7. The only escape is escapism, which we take to unhealthy extremes. Ultimately the path toward freedom is the same as it was in the incredible film, Shawshank Redemption. [...]
Derek Steele, author of “Addict at 10.” Derek Steele is an author, public speaker, retired business owner and recovered drug addict. Steele is the author of the book “Addict at 10″, which details his triumph over long-term drug and alcohol addiction. Steele suffered abuse and neglect during his childhood, and turned to drugs and [...]
11-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Publishes Cookbook Jack Witherspoon lives in Redondo Beach, California, with his parents , and his brother Joshua, whom is two years his junior. Information gathered from his website biography tells his amazing story. Jack was born a healthy child, but when he was only two years and three months old Jack [...]
After an aggressive form of tongue cancer left Patrick Molloy unable to speak for several months, facing a boxing opponent twenty years his junior might not have seemed intimidating. After 30 founds of radiation and chemotherapy, few things would. A month in the hospital and unable to eat solid foods for several months helped prepare [...]
This is a specialized portion of the site for Inspirational Stories of the Can-Do, Never Quit attitude of Our Troops, as they overcome what many average citizens would consider insurmountable odds.
Samantha Garvey has an inspirational story of surviving an obstacle that more than 600000 Americans are currently enduring, homelessness . The 18 yr. old Long Island, NY High School student and her family were evicted ..
Lizette Salas beat the odds and went from a socioeconomically disadvantaged town inSouthern Californiato college. Now she has qualified for the L.P.G.A. Her story of hard work and perseverance along the way is inspiring to sports fans and immigrants alike. Her father, Ramone, struck a deal to work in exchange for golf lessons for his [...]
Marko Hamlin: One Man's Story Of Overcoming Child Sexual Abuse and Depression. Posted on April 10, 2012 by Ressurrection. Marko Hamlin Dunking.
The most common inspirational stories of inner-city youth escaping poverty are centered around sports. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with using athletic talent as a ticket to a better life, it just isn’t an option for all kids from economically depressed areas. Brooklyn Castle follows 5 kids from one public school in a tough area [...]
The effect has been stronger in Europe than in the U.S. This difference probably reflects ideological differences: Some 70% of Americans believe that the poor have a chance of escaping poverty , compared with only 40% of …
This guest post from Karin is part of the reader stories feature at Get Rich Slowly. Some stories contain general advice; others are examples…Read more.
The film focuses on the personal lives and experiences of people in the US and Japan who have been affected by organ donation . For more information about the screening, click here.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — When Andy Blacksmith from WHEB and Rock 101's “Greg and the Morning Buzz” opened up about his search for a new heart, he was hoping to get people to sign up to be organ donors . Tuesday, April ..
After three years of dealing with a severe injury he received on the ice in 2008, Sean Venedam decided amputation was the lesser of two evils. He began using and walking on his prosthetic leg sooner than most amputees. Within a few more weeks, he was skating again. Now he’s among 27 contenders for the [...]
TED Talks Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty , of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.
Vikki Tulcus is an amazing advocate for organ and tissue donation . She has spent the last 10 years of her career building organ and tissue donation awareness and encouraging Illinois residents to register as lifesaving …
dnainfo.com This non-profit group was started by 31 year-old Anne Mahlum who overcame a troubled childhood by jogging. Already helping people in eight cities, including Chicago, Boston, Dallas, and Washington, D.C., it has recently started operating in New York. Participants who stick with the program advance in stages making them eligible for educational opportunities [...]
You never know when or where inspiration will come from. It helps to keep your eyes and ears open. It helps to be ready and open to accept it, even if it comes in the form of a homeless person. A chance encounter with a fascinating woman in a hospital led Krysten to write [...]
isk adversity makes Americans stronger. Bad luck might be good luck for your longevity. A recent national study involving almost 2,400 people of various age groups found that people get reinforced mentally by things that don’t kill them. A recent study conducted by University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine claims that people [...]
When the Nightmare is Real Ann Holbrook One woman’s battle with ovarian cancer How does a woman react when told she has ovarian cancer, one of the deadliest kinds? What response can she have when informed the survival rates for this disease are disturbingly low? This happened to me in my thirties, and [...]
I was twelve, I was diagnosed with juvenile-onset (Type 1) diabetes. That’s a tough age to find out you have a condition that makes you different from everyone else. In the late 1970s America was much less diet-conscious than it is today. Most restaurants didn’t serve diet soda. NutraSweet and Splenda were still decades [...]
Article by Graham Yemm describes 6 Components of Personal Resilience Sense of purpose Positive realism Self-awareness Self-management Determination Relationships Click link for this thought-provoking article. http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Personal-Resilience-And-Emotional-Intelligence—Are-They-Linked-/2289331
I rarely call much attention to my own birthday, especially since I passed 40 so long ago it’s almost disappeared from my rear view mirror. If you count the two transplant surgeries, I get to celebrate three birthdays a year. Unlike the original one, I can remember those two. But, this year is different. Last [...]
On Friday I picked up my new pair of prescription glasses. I’m gradually working up to wearing them all day. There’s a noticeable difference in how well I can see with them on. They’re tented, which cuts down on glare inside as well as outside. My eyes are just that sensitive to glare. A couple [...]
