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It’s one thing to be a celebrity, and quite another to be a heroine.
Olympic gold-medal swimmer Amy Van Dyken is now both, ironically due to a physical paralysis.
Jonna Lorenz of Newsmax
reports that Van Dyken “severed her spinal cord… after an ATV accident this summer.”
She is not only “determined to walk again,” but has also gained a whole new perspective on life.
Van Dyken now realizes that she (and we) are on “borrowed time,” and sees the preciousness and fragility of life on this planet.
As a result, she has gained an “increased appreciation” for time spent with friends and family. Van Dyken explains: My life, and its meaning have changed
dramatically.
Sometimes “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” bring forth the hero within.
Why
not short-circuit some of the angst by beginning life’s heroic journey right here and now?
Resources
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/amy-van-dyken-accident-2015-awesome/2014/12/23/id/614799/
Copyright December 25, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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