Overcoming the Odds Christopher J. Bouril 2010-04-19T18:12:42Z 2010-04-19T18:12:42Z

[size=4][b][font=Comic Sans MS]I can recall one incident in grade-school that really put me to the test. Being liked by my peers was not the main struggle I had, even though that did play a major roll in my life. I'll brush up more about that later on with you. One afternoon in a gym-class, the objective was to practice for the forty-yard dash. As the class was warming up, the teacher told me that I needed to sit out. Now in those days, I was assisted with a walker, and I also had to wear a brace on my leg. When I heard that...as if I didn't have enough problems already, I asked myself, "Why am I letting this hold me back from doing this"? Seeing those others kids enjoying themselves, I leaned against the front of my walker and off I went; running with the rest of the class. Since I've turned my walker into a "speedracer", I was still dissatisfied with these clamps in my life! Even though I'm not in need of those devices anymore, Cerebral Palsy still had me trapt. My disabily, or in other words, my physical limitation was still dictating what I was able to do. Just like those support tools, I worked with what I had. The same things goes now, my congenital limitations will not... by any means hold me back! Instead of your disability telling you, "You need to sit out", why don't you just work with what you have, so you can "run with the rest of the class"? [/font][/b][/size] [size=4][font=Comic Sans MS][b]My name is Christopher J. Bouril, and I have Cerbral Palsy. If you find this encouaging; helping you to "get out of the boat", check me out on Facebook[url=http://www.facebook.com/cjbouril?ref=profile]Not4Sale![/url].[/b][/font][/size]

Christopher J. Bouril 2010-04-19T18:12:42Z