“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”
? Allen Saunders
This past weekend I volunteered at my alma mater and gave a campus tour to a couple dozen incoming freshman. There was a young man in a wheelchair in the group who chatted with me all morning and never stopped smiling. He had a positive energy about him that was absolutely contagious. At the end of the tour I found out he had a scholarship to play basketball before a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He told me, “It didn’t ruin my life, it just changed my circumstances. I’m happy to be here with you right now, with so many opportunities in front of me.”
His positivity simply blew me away. And honestly, we could all use a bit more of his sentiment.
We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so we can make the best of the life that’s waiting for us.
Next time things don’t go your way, remember this…
- You will be changed by what happens to you, but you don’t have to be reduced by it.
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