My dad lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident when he was 21. He never let it slow him down. He hunted and fished with the best of them. He once climbed a 12′ chain link fence with a Y of barbed wire at the top to sneak into a farm pond that he was convinced had some good fish in it. When he would encounter stories like this on TV, he would say, “Another poor cripple story.” There’s some inspiring wisdom in that take, about how to deal with your own situation, if you really think about it. In my own health “journey,” I have come to admire his resolve and stoicism.
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