I tend to get inspiration from all people & things. Last week, taking a mental break, I was scouring my fave celeb gossip blogs and came across a story that had nothing to do w/celeb bashing, but was such a poignant story, it helped to fuel all those pre-bday thoughts that lead to the declaration of the 'Year of Me'.
Kyle set his eyes on another sport—wrestling.Again Kyle was at a disadvantage. He went a year and a half without a win. "He lost and he lost," says Scott, Kyle's father, "I started to think this wasn't such a good idea." But Kyle stuck it out.
"He uses an electric razor to shave," Anita says, "an electric toothbrush to brush his teeth. He can put on his socks. The typewriting is what amazes me—he types 50 words a minute!"
"I've always said it's not about what I can do," Kyle says. "It's what I will do, and what I will go out and do is exactly what I have my mind set on doing."
"'No excuses' to me," Kyle says, "is just an attitude. It's an attitude that says I can accomplish anything. No matter what it takes, I'm going to go out there and achieve my dreams. If I made an excuse early on in my life, I would have given up a lot of things. But I'm here with you today because I made no excuses."
"I think God made me the way I am because now I have the opportunity to go out and speak and write this book. I have the opportunity to reach other people and tell them that anything's possible as long as you carry this attitude with you." [source]
Nothing more I can add to this.
I missed the show. @ first I was kicking myself, but the blessing in disguise was, I still found the message. Granted it came via a superficial site. Even the commenters were grateful for the post that day. With the simple lesson that by having an attitude of no excuses, even w an/extreme disadvantage, one can do anything.
Even type, with no hands.
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10.05.05 | Queen commented: I think that's what ELLA was talkin' about. Sometimes, I think it's all about what we're willing to do for it -- whatever our IT is. 
I have always believed in MAKING IT HAPPEN. 
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Watching Oprah always reminds me that I don't have it so bad and should stop whining about my ass.