A Blending of Technology and the Human Spirit
Technology enables us to do some pretty amazing things. The human spirit can as well.
When there is the will, and determination, seemingly insurmountable obstacles can be overcome.
Such is the story of these 4 young athletes.
Just consider, if you can even imagine, what you see before you!!
I suspect we all take our mobility for granted. We can walk, or run, wherever we want. We can hike through beautiful forests or up the sides of mountains, take leisurely strolls with a loved one along the beach in the sunset.
We go shopping, out for dinner, on art walks, to fairs and festivals. We play yard games with our friends and family. We take a child to school, walk a daughter down the aisle.
Imagine, if it's possible, all this we take for granted, and give little thought to, ripped from our lives by some horrible accident or disease.
Imagine a major part of your body, your anchor to the earth, your ability to go wherever you want and whenever you wish, gone forever.
These 4 young athletes have lived through just that.
They no longer have to imagine what it would be like, but live it everyday, the mobile lives they gave little thought to, altered forever. And perhaps as athletes, the loss of that mobility was even more devastating.
Thanks to amazing technology, and the will to overcome life's challenges, these 4 athletes can again run walk, ride bicycles, ski, swim, and so much more. They are anchored to the earth again, by technology and human spirit.
The story behind this photo is this - the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), holds an annual event, the San Diego Triathlon Challenge, in La Jolla. The event is open to all, physically challenged and able boded, to raise funds to support CAF. I attended this event a couple of years ago, not as participant, but as observer and supporter. It is through CAF that athletes such as these can again have what we all give no thought to, as well as live their dream of athletic competition.
I wish I could truly convey what seeing this event, and athletes such as those you see before you, meant to me, and what it says about the human spirit in the face of significant challenge.
Perhaps the photo says it all.
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