In town today I saw a man making his way around without legs. There was no wheelchair, no crutches - nothing to help. Yet nothing seemed to stand in his way as he got on and off the bus and moved around town.
My first thoughts - honestly? Pity. But that helps nobody, so I asked God for compassion and understanding.
And I learned a lesson. This man had things to accomplish today, and to do that, he had rather obvious obstacles to overcome. Yet those obstacles were not going to get in the way. Rather than someone to be pitied that man has become for me an inspiration.
No obstacle is big enough to get in the way of what God means for me to do today. I can achieve it all. Of course I know all this, but today I had the thoughts and words come graphically to life in a stranger.
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