Athlete Aimee Mullins
“Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee’s medical prognosis was discouraging; she was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life using a wheelchair. In an attempt for an outside chance at independent mobility, doctors amputated both her legs below the knee on her first birthday. The decision paid off. By age two, she had learned to walk on prosthetic legs, and spent her childhood doing the usual athletic activities of her peers: swimming, biking, softball, soccer, and skiing, always alongside “able-bodies” kids.”
(via npr)
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A Daily Email for Aspiring Writers is Truly Inspired
If your resolution this year is to write more, the challenge is twofold. Cultivating a daily practice takes discipline, while the search for inspiration can feel time-consuming and fruitless. Figment, a digital community for young fiction writers, is tackling both impediments with its new “Daily Themes” newsletter. Every morning between January 2 and March 30 Figment will hit subscribers’ inboxes with a different writing prompt, reminding aspiring writers to put their thoughts into words every day and giving them fresh guidelines to get started.
“Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary.”
Uta Hagen
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
—Maya Angelou (via thatkindofwoman)
20 of the Best Motivational and Inspirational Pictures on the Web
I needed this today, the past three days have been mentally and physically draining.
We spend January 1st. walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
—Ellen Goodman (via julie911)
(via quote-book)
