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A One-Legged Messenger of Hope
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Ways to Think Positive
By Christina Ryan Claypool
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
~Maya Angelou
One cold and gray March morning a few years back, I admit I was feeling sorry for myself. After months of hobbling around on the slippery, snow-covered ground on crutches, my mood matched the dreary weather. That was, until I watched a courageous child make the best of a situation far worse than mine.
It began with a Christmas Eve phone call from an orthopedic physician following a diagnostic MRI, confirming my fears. “I will need to see you in the office the day after Christmas,” the young doctor said with compassion.
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