Nagging guilt has actually made me
avoid the Cow for a while…
But, I found something that made me think
and made me smile this
morning.
Here’s a re-hash of the story
I found this morning:
A lady in China never went to school…
she was never taught to read
or write.
She has cerebral palsy,
so expectations were lowered for her.
She can’t
stand. She can’t use her hands.
And yet, she has published her own book…
A book she wrote herself.
It’s titled: Greet You with a
Smile.
It took her three years to write this book.
And, she wrote it using
her nose and her chin!
She typed the story on her ipad
and her mobile phone.
She taught herself to read
while watching television programs
and by
looking at a dictionary.
She has also written two short stories.
I love this quote from the author, Huang Yang: “Everyone encounters
difficulties
and setbacks in their lives.
Some feel down about it
and some
solve it optimistically.
Lying dead, or standing alive,
it all depends on you.”
Huang Yang Photo credit: Women of China |
While the news article calls Huang a girl, she is 28.
This is another story that proves that we should never set limits on
what people can or can’t do.