Hello Fellow Travelers!
Last week I saw a feed of Giants' fan, Bryan Stow, throwing out the first pitch at a minor league game in San Jose. Bryan was the previously healthy guy who was brain damaged in an altercation in LA with two Dodger fans. He was injured about the same time I was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2011.
While Mr. Stow's injuries are vastly different than my own, his long (seemingly, never-ending) journey from severe brain injury to throwing out that opening pitch looked all-too familiar!
Mr. Stow is still profoundly impacted. But he has come remarkably far in a relatively short (4 yrs.) amount of time. I find that very inspirational! And I'll take inspiration wherever I can find it!
Despite our entirely different circumstances Bryan and I share a few similarities: he was blindsided with a severe brain trauma. Bryan underwent years of strenuous physical rehabilitation, He has a strong family with him. And baseball! We both are Giants' fans! Like me, Bryan will never be the same.
It's what we decide to do after the trauma that defines us! Whether we write, or build empires or throw out first pitches. Living can be hard work! Harder, even! But well worth it! I have a huge mountain to climb and maybe I'm at base camp. Maybe. I'm probably only up to some Himalayan village.. I have a long way to go but go I shall!
Bryan Stow is remarkably inspiring to me because he's overcame what others said couldn't be overcome. He's deaf to all naysayers. I can relate, I never hear those voices either. I only hear voices that urge me to move forward, that demand more, to keep pushing all the limits! I dismiss anything else as "noise". I'm only interested in one outcome, one result. I don't care how much work is required, I'm all in.
So I have yet another reason to love SF - not that I needed one!
Last week I saw a feed of Giants' fan, Bryan Stow, throwing out the first pitch at a minor league game in San Jose. Bryan was the previously healthy guy who was brain damaged in an altercation in LA with two Dodger fans. He was injured about the same time I was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2011.
While Mr. Stow's injuries are vastly different than my own, his long (seemingly, never-ending) journey from severe brain injury to throwing out that opening pitch looked all-too familiar!
Mr. Stow is still profoundly impacted. But he has come remarkably far in a relatively short (4 yrs.) amount of time. I find that very inspirational! And I'll take inspiration wherever I can find it!
Despite our entirely different circumstances Bryan and I share a few similarities: he was blindsided with a severe brain trauma. Bryan underwent years of strenuous physical rehabilitation, He has a strong family with him. And baseball! We both are Giants' fans! Like me, Bryan will never be the same.
It's what we decide to do after the trauma that defines us! Whether we write, or build empires or throw out first pitches. Living can be hard work! Harder, even! But well worth it! I have a huge mountain to climb and maybe I'm at base camp. Maybe. I'm probably only up to some Himalayan village.. I have a long way to go but go I shall!
Bryan Stow is remarkably inspiring to me because he's overcame what others said couldn't be overcome. He's deaf to all naysayers. I can relate, I never hear those voices either. I only hear voices that urge me to move forward, that demand more, to keep pushing all the limits! I dismiss anything else as "noise". I'm only interested in one outcome, one result. I don't care how much work is required, I'm all in.
So I have yet another reason to love SF - not that I needed one!
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