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Show Awareness 8 going on sixty, and you can take people who are sixty going on sixteen. I t ' s in their minds. People with minor afflictions can be very disabled. People with major afflictions can be minor disabled. Some people with a limp foot can be t o t a l l y disabled. "Your mind i s in your body. Your mind i s your soul. Your mind i s your l i f e . I t ' s the computer of the body, and i t can be programmed any way you want. Just like a computer, you can erase bad programming and put in good. "You can have the world by the t a i l on the downhill drag and s t i l l get depressed. And you can have nothing and think you've got the whole world by the t a i l . I t ' s a matter of mind. That's why I say t h i s handicap of mine was a rebirth. "I feel sorry for people who have never had any tragedy. They've nrissed half of living. I t ' s like a b a l l . It bounces to i t s equivalent of drop. If you hold i t above your head and drop i t , i t bounces high again. Sometimes you bounce up higher than you were before. That's the way Nancy and I feel. We're happier than we've ever been. "Now i f we can help others to feel t h i s way, t h e y ' l l overcome t h e i r bitterness about t h e i r rights. In t h i s great country, given time and awareness, we'll surpass the world. Handicapped people will know they have the right to pursue l i f e , liberty and happiness." |