Sometimes it is hard to find a little inspiration. But inspiration is never far away, sometimes we just need to know where to look for it.  Author Unknown.

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Despite having lost his arm in a farming accident at age 6, Pete Gray became a baseball wonder.  He was a successful minor league outfielder with a batting average of .333 and a stolen base record of 63.  Pete was also appointed the MVP of his league and the 1944 Southern leagues most valuable player. 

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. Alexander Graham Bell

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Despite the fact that FDR contracted an illness that left him paralized from the waist down, he became govenor of New York, and president of the United States for four terms. He led the country into WWI and helped to bring the U.S. out of a depression.   He did this by refusing to believe that he was paralized and fit his hips and legs with iron braces, teaching himself to walk by moving his torso and supporting himself with a cane.  Had he resigned himself to a wheelchair, the public never would have believed him capable of becoming a political figure, much less the president of the United States. 

Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped. James Corbett

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Triple Amputee Kelli Lim lost her arm and both legs at age 8 to bacterial meningitis.  Deciding she would do something for other sick children, she became a doctor and graduated this year from UCLA medical center.  She performs most procedures with one arm.  What keeps her going? Kellie says I hate failing,” she said. “It’s one of those things that’s so ingrained in me.”

We will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal