Ultimate Career

I once saw a blind man at the MTR station making his way from the Hong Kong Central island line to the Tung Chung line (which is a good 10 minutes walk for me).
 
He used a walking stick and used the markers on the floor to guide him along. Along came a man in a hurry and knocked off the blind man’s walking stick. To his credit, the hurried man turned around, picked up the stick in the midst of the peak hour crowd, and placed it back in the hands of the blind man, who continued walking.
 
I decided to walk behind this blind man just to be sure he found his way to the train and also out of my own curiosity of how he manoeuvred the world on a daily basis – where there are no floor markers, how will he walk? When he comes to the escalator, how will he get onto it? How will he know which side of the platform the train is? I had so many questions!
 
As he neared the Tung Chung line, the floor markers made a left turn but somehow he continued to walk straight right into the crowd which came at him in the opposite direction.
 
So, I quickly walked up to him, held his arm and said, “Let me help you.” I must say that it is such a relief for me to get him onto the train. He got off an Olympic Station and I wished him well.
 
Through this incident, I was reminded that I have so much resources available to me everyday. I am alive and well. I have hands and legs. I can walk, jump, run, swim, cycle.
 
I can see, hear, smell, touch and feel with ease. I have food and drinks whenever I need them. I have work and income. I have family. I am loved and I have many to love.
 
Yet, I know that I take these things for granted sometimes.
 
Do you know what it is like to live without limbs?
 
Look at this website www.lifewithoutlimbs.org and you will realise what “challenges” really mean.
 
Nick Vujicic was born without hands AND legs. Yet, he chose not to be disabled and chose not to be handicapped. He chose to live a life that makes a difference.
 
By the way, Nick is coming to Hong Kong on 23 November 2008 at the Asia World-Expo to share about how life can be fulfilling even when he was born with disadvantages. Check it out at www.getup.hk.