Did The Earth Move For You?
Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to walk and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They predicted shed spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if any, were able to come back to normal after contracting this disease. The little girl was undaunted. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would vow to anyone whod listen that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.
She was transferred to a specialized rehabilitation hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever therapies could be applied to her case were used. The therapists were charmed by her undefeatable spirit. They taught her about imaging about seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would at least give her hope and something positive to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy, in whirlpools and in exercise sessions. But she worked just as hard lying there faithfully doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!
One day, as she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: the bed moved! It began to move around the room! She screamed out, Look what Im doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved!
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running for cover. People were screaming, equipment was falling and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco earthquake. But dont tell that to Angela. Shes convinced that she did it. And now only a few years later, shes back in school. On her own two legs. No crutches, no wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a piddling little disease, cant they?
辅助阅读:
安吉拉因为神经系统衰弱而不得不靠轮椅行走,连医生对她的康复都不报希望。但安吉拉始终没有放弃,在康复医院一直坚持与疾病抗争。她坚信,终有一天她会再次站起来。
一天,她惊奇地发现她的腿能动了,为此她欢欣无比。安吉拉对自己的成功坚信不疑,没有人告诉她那实际是一次地震带来的震动。
怀有坚定的信念与希望的人终会成功。几年后安吉拉真的靠自己的双脚重新走进学校,明白地向我们证明了这一点。
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