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Thanks, everyone for posting.
Art, I'd like to specifically address you, because as usual you have effectively played devil's advocate. Mr. Rohn has another piece where he describes how boring music would be if we only had 'happy little high notes', and none of the contrast. Some of the other philosophers to whom I give my attention also talk about how we often form a desire for what we want because of identifying what we don't want.
It's good that you are one of those rare souls who can not only weather and overcome, circumstances that would crush most people. We need to hear how people like you embrace trials and still manage to love life and keep going.
Still, if you could have changed something and thereby alleviated the worst of the circumstances you have partially revealed in your posts, wouldn't you have done so?
I've had the privilege of hearing in person (twice) a motivational speaker here in the US who went out on a carefree summer day to do some swimming in the ocean. His mother insisted he take his younger brother along, and, resenting that, he left in a huff without giving his mom a hug. In a fluke accident, he broke his neck diving into a sandbar that wasn't as far under water as he thought. It was his brother who pulled him out of the sea, just before he would have drowned. He has been paralyzed from the neck down ever since. His one regret? That he missed his last chance to hug his mom. Given the ability, he'd change that.
Has he overcome it? I'd say so. He has devoted his life to helping people understand that they have choices. His, when he learned he would be paralyzed, was between being miserable himself and making everyone around him miserable, or using those negative circumstances as an opportunity to help people think about their choices. I'm sure Mr. Rohn meant the same thing.
Thanks for your input, Art. You always make me think.
Cheri
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