hope

Imagine if you were a prospective athlete with a promising future ahead of you, when suddenly, a tragic and horrible accident happens and you’re left paralyzed. Unable to move even your fingers a slightest bit and carry out your routines,  young Zac Bradley was left hopeless. Playing basketball his whole life to a  scholarship basketball career at college, Bradley was a typical athlete that loved to do what he did.  He was well behaved and well disciplined. The accident was not his fault at all unlike many other athletes who ruin their own career and future due to the lack of discipline.  Bradley was just driving under some harsh weather conditions when a huge tree fell and hit his car while on the road. He was hospitalized for a full month.

Truthfully, if was in his situation, I would feel completely hopeless and be in despair. Being injured and in tremendous pain is one thing, but not knowing what would happen to him in the future would just be horrible. To lose something that he has worked for all his life to be just lost in the blink of an eye on top of the enduring physical pain that will remain with him for the rest of his life would be just too much to bare. However, Bradley was different. He thrived to make up for his disability and decided to work even harder. A noble attitude we all can learn from.

As he was able to move with a wheelchair, Bradley went to school and studied to make something out of his career. He achieved good grades but being an athlete, he was unable to stay away from sports. So, he took up wheelchair rugby and developed a passion for that.

Zac Bradley’s unyielding attitude and determination to never give up is a lesson for all of us to never give up.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/real-people-wheelchair-athlete-turns-injury-into-i/nR79C/