The story is about two parapalegics in the news. One was Kenneth
Wright, a high school football star and later, an avid wrestler,
boxer, hunter, and skin diver. A broken neck sustained in a
wrestling match in 1979 left him paralyzed from the chest down.
He underwent therapy, and his doctors were hopeful that one day
he would be able to walk with the help of braces and crutches.
But, apparently, the former athlete could not reconcile himself
to his physical disability. Kenneth Wright,
twenty-four, committed suicide.



   The second paraplegic in the news was Jim McGowan. Thirty
years ago, at the age of nineteen, Jim was stabbed and left
paralyzed from the middle of his chest down. He is now confined
to a wheelchair. But he made the news recently when he made a
successful parachute jump, landing on his target in the middle
of Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos. Newspeople learned a
number of things about Jim. He lives alone, cooks his meals,
washes his clothes, and cleans his house. He drives himself in
his specially equipped automobile. He has written three books,
and he did the photography for our country's first book on the
history of wheelchair sports.



   Two men with handicaps: one chose life and the other one
didn't. We can become either "bitter" or
"better" through every situation. Choose BETTER!!!


Sometimes we can all use a little inspiration in
our day...bet you know someone who could use it today!!