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The Revolution Will Be Lemonade 

Andres Velasquez

Today I read two articles, both of them related in some way to people affected by limb loss. Gil Scott-Heron said that “the revolution will not be televised…” well, I agree with you Gil Schott-Heron! However, the revolution that I am writing about is the one going on in each one of our lives as we come to terms with the hand that we are dealt, or we make lemonade with the lemons we have!

 

As I read both articles it dawned on me more and more that we are all responsible for how sweet we want to make our lemonade; that it is all about taking that “disability” and turning it into ability, and although I do not suffer from limb loss I agree with Paralympian Scott Winkler when he said, “Everybody somewhere in some shape or form has a disability.” Therefore, I am fighting my own revolution as well! Working hard at making me some sweet lemonade and I want to encourage everyone reading this blog to do the same!

 

The human spirit knows no bounds! We are only limited by our own limitations. A perfect example is the revolutionary story of Tanesha Jones from Ontario, Canada. Tanesha suffered and infection triggered by pneumococcal pneumonia that resulted in sepsis. The infection left doctors with the tough decision of amputating her hands above the wrist and her feet above the ankle in order to save her life, but Tanesha now a quadruple amputee kept a positive attitude over all adversity, taking responsibility for her life and making life adapt to her limb loss.

 

The only thing constant is change! Like the change triggered by the revolutionary story of Oscar Pistorius the “Blade Runner” who took the IAAF to court in 2008 because they tried to ban him from able-bodied competitions, claiming his artificial legs gave him an unfair advantage. Now we get to see him compete at both the Paralympics and Olympics in 2012.
At times we might feel like we are all alone in whatever situation we are in; but is all just an illusion, all we have to do is look around and we’ll find that we are not alone, everyone is fighting a revolution! Everyone is making lemonade! Every time I read stories like the ones above it empowers me to keep on fighting, to keep on squeezing those lemons as hard as I can because like Gil Scott-Heron said, “the revolution will not be televised, the revolution is live!”
 

Tnesha Jones Revolutionary Story

 

The revolutionary story of Oscar Pistorius the "Blade Runner"



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