If They can... You definitely can!!

      I know it's really hard sometimes to get out of a funk, or even take the next step for fear of the unknown. We think we have it so bad. Life is awful! We didn't choose this for ourselves. I have heard all the complaints before. I am guilty for saying a few of those myself. But sometimes I think it's important to recognize what we have, to be grateful, and realize it could be worse, so much worse. There are so many others out there that have it worse than you and I do. So I wanted to recognize some very amazing people that despite their "handicaps" or "disabilities" or "circumstances" they still somehow knew there was so much more out there. They knew that nothing would stand in their way to go after what they wanted. And because of their positive attitudes... they achieved greatness. They created a better reality in spite of all they lacked (at least what they lacked in "our" eyes).

Here are a few that are very well known in history:

Helen Keller
She was an American author, political activist. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree. Her story was famously portrayed in the play and film, The Miracle Worker, which documented how her teacher Anne Sullivan was finally able to develop a language that Helen could understand.
She wrote a total of 12 published books, including her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, and was also a member of the Socialist Party in America. She also campaigned heavily for women’s rights and other labor rights.

Stephen Hawking
He is one of the most well-known physicists in the world, and he was able to achieve that in spite of being diagnosed with ALS when he was 21.
He can now only speak with the assistance of a computer and has been a fulltime powerchair-user since the 1980s. But, his disability, has never been an excuse to give up on his desire to study the universe.

Robin Williams
  We all know this man. He recently passed. But he was diagnosed to be suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a child. He became one of the most beloved well known actors.

Tom Cruise
I bet you didn't know he was very dyslexic. Which is a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols. But he is also a great actor who overcame his learning disability. 

Neale Donald Walsh
Before writing the Conversations With God series, He worked variously as a radio station program director, newspaper managing editor, and in marketing and public relations. But, in the early 1990s he suffered a series of crushing blows—a fire that destroyed all of his belongings, the break-up of his marriage, and a car accident that left him with a broken neck. Once recovered, but alone and unemployed, he was forced to live in a tent in Jackson Hot Springs, just outside Ashland, Oregon, collecting and recycling aluminium cans in order to eat. At the time, he thought his life had come to an end. Now.. He is very famous in the New Age community with many published books. I own a few of them myself actually. 

I am certain that (the few of you reading this blog) your lives are not nearly as complicated. And if they are, look to these stories of success as inspiration. There are so many people out there that struggle everyday. Each situation is unique in their own. But as you can see above.. They chose to overcome those obstacles and beat the odds. They chose to go after what they aspired to be. You might be having a bad day, financial hardships etc., but there is nothing that can't be overcome. All you need to start is a positive outlook... and a new thought. 
Good Luck!