Ben Breedlove, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Sufferer, 1993-2011
This is My Story, Part 1
This is My Story, Part 2
Thank You For Your Time
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It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man from the next door.
College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.
Over the phone, his mother told him, “Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday.”
Heart Travel: Travel Agency With A Heart
Image via Wikipedia Heart Travel might look like a regular travel agency, with its colourful posters of holiday destinations and racks of vacation brochures.
But, operating from a space in a community club in Ang Mo Kio, it does not just sell holiday packages: It also trains needy Singaporeans to be travel consultants, though they may have neither prior experience in the field nor the expected educational qualifications for the job.
Heart Travel, the first ‘social enterprise’ in this field, hopes these individuals can find work in other travel agencies after about six months on the job.
I Am Potential: Patrick Henry Hughes
Image via Wikipedia Patrick Henry Hughes was born blind and without the ability to fully straighten his arms and legs, making him unable to walk. Additionally, two steel rods were surgically attached to Patrick’s spine to correct scoliosis.
Despite the overwhelming circumstances, Patrick has overcome his physical issues to excel as a musician and student. He is usually a straight ‘A’ student, having received only 5 ‘B’s’ since 6th grade up to and including his sophomore year of college.
Too Old To Die Young
Image via Wikipedia If life is like a candle bright
Death must be the wind
You can close
Your window tight
And it still comes flowing in
So I will climb the highest hill
And watch the rising sun
And I pray that I
Don’t feel the chill
Till I’m too old to die young
Let me watch my children grow
To see what they become
Oh Lord don’t let
That cold wind blow
Till I’m too old to die young
Tongue Control Gives Hope To Disabled
The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.
Georgia Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled person’s mouth into a virtual computer, teeth into a keyboard – and tongue into the key that manipulates it all.
“You could have full control over your environment by just being able to move your tongue,” said Maysam Ghovanloo, a Georgia Tech assistant professor who leads the team’s research.
Triumph Over Old Age
Image via Wikipedia To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
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