A friend of mine lost both his arms and half his face in a corn picker when he was in his 20's.
On top of his new extreme physical handicap, he had to endure what I think must be at least as bad, if not worse - the psychological side of his injuries, especially from the horrible disfigurement.
His face can be pretty hard to look at when you first meet him. He can be hard to understand when he speaks, and he's got two mechanical hooks for arms/hands.
He went from a strong active young man just out of the army, to what some would understandably call a monster.
But my friend is a good man to his core. He's a lot older than me, he married a true angel, and has a son my age that's become a good fishing buddy.
He has difficult, bitter moments of regret and sorrow, but he always picks himself back up. He has lived a happy and complete life. He ran a wrought iron business out of his shop for decades. He still does it, but is slowing down now.
I could go on about how amazing he is in what he can do with his hooks in his shop, but I think the truly amazing thing to take a way from any person like my friend, or the guy in this video is this:
You can take so much away from a person and still not reduce their value - that comes from within.
That's what I find so inspirational. We all have it in us, and it's under our control. Nobody can take it away.
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