Physically disabled = more mentally able?

Lately I’ve been really surprised and inspired by two amazing women, who, despite their disability, have shown strong will and hard work could make their dreams come true and the physical limitations could not stop them from achieving what they want.

Fist of them is Christine Ha – the winner of the Amercian MasterChef season 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7gxi.... She is an absolutely amazing cook and she is blind. Can you imagine cooking with closed eyes? If you can’t watch this MasterChef episode from minute 20:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwK_X... What was fantastic to watch in the 3rd season of MasterChef was the development of Christine. When you see her in the eliminations, she’s very shy. Throughout the competition the judges have to convince her many times she’s amazing, because she thinks she’ll go home. She worries that she’s only a burden in the team challenges. But slowly, she starts to know her value. And in the final episode, when she answers to Josh: “The title is mine, baby” – it says it all. The competition gave her faith and strength, I guess she never expected to have. After watching this season, I really believed even more than ever, that everything is possible. Here you can visit Christine’s website: http://www.theblindcook.com

Some of you might have not even heard of the second woman I want to describe yet, but I’m sure you will do soon. Victoria Modesta is a disabled Latvian pop artist. You can see her music video, called “Prototype” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA8in...

One of the Modesta’s legs was amputated. But instead of hiding it, as is a common behavior, she’s showing it off! She uses different artificial limbs as if they were pieces of fashionable! Sometimes, watching her, you might even have this weird thought come to your mind: ‘Wow, I don’t have such an awesome leg’ – which obviously a moment later you call yourself stupid. Modesta also appears in her music video without any artificial limb, showing her short leg. I was absolutely blown away when I saw it.

And it’s not about tastes, if you like it or not. I saw some comments saying that she’s overexposing her disability. Your opinion is up to you. What it’s all about, is that it’s about the power of her dreams. Can you imagine how hard It was for her? It is difficult enough to become a pop star. And for a disabled? It seemed simply impossible until she appeared. Image how many times she heard refusal, how many times people laughed at her. For me, she showed a lot of courage to fight with the stereotypes and prejudices against the disabled.

She becomes famous now, but before it all happened, she must have fought many battles, failed many times and cry numerous nights. She must have put much more energy than a healthy person, to achieve what she did. And she did it, although so many healthy people fail at doing it. And even though I’m not the fan of the video or the song, I’m the total fan of this woman’s strong will.

Those women show there are no limitations except for those you set for yourself. Imagine: if you were disabled, would you think you can become a MasterChef or a Pop Star? Well, probably I wouldn’t. Until I saw Christine and Modesta. They showed to all of us that all you need is hard work, faith, dreams and a lot of sweat. I know, they are only examples of amazing disabled people showing us miracles happening every day. When I have days of doubt, I remind myself about them and they give me strength to go ahead. I hope after this article, they’ll do for you too.