I found the story during my everyday gossip reasearch. It really made me think about my own problems and reconsider them as serious.
Lizzie Velasquez is only 22 years old, but looks three times older and the life experience she has is impressive.
Once she was born, her parents were told she would be unable to live on her own; they simply didn't give her any chances. She was supposed to be totally dependent on her parents, unable to learn how to walk or speak.
The disease she has is extremely rare and only 3 people in the entire world, including Lizzie, have got it. It still has got no name. The main symptom is being unable to gain weight. She is not fragile or has any eating disorders. She has to eat in every 15-20 minutes, and the total energetic value of her daily meals reaches 8000 calories.
Now, she is a student, has published a book about her fight with the undiagnosed disease and is dreaming of finding the diagnosis and naming it 'Lizzie syndrom'. What is more, she wants to become a motivational speaker and she works very hard in order to achieve the goal.
Now I see that some of my major problems seem to be minor in comparison to Lizzie's. I wish I had her strength to overcome the life difficulties.
Here is the link where you can read the story and watch some movies.
http://www.zeberka.pl/art.php?id=12206
Hope we are going to exchange our opinions on that topic.
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I must admit the picture is difficult to look at. But you're right - stories like this help us see our problems in the right perspective.
OdpowiedzUsuńIt's good to have your blog on the list, finally. Please change the interface language into English to make your blog consistent. You can do this in the Dashboard (I'm not sure what the Polish for that is, precisely - 'panel sterowania' or something of that sort).