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4 Names That Overcome The Barriers

You Won't Give Up After Reading These 4 Names' Lives

By Gizem OkutPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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How do you feel during your unsuccessful moments? Many of us will immediately get desperate and wonder how incompetent we are for sure. Don't worry, you are not alone. Thousands, even millions of people can be pessimistic sometimes. Believe me this is so normal. “I can't do this, I'm not like them, I am not successful…” Many more thoughts pass through our minds in such situations.

When these thoughts start to annoy you, bring to mind all the examples that the famous influencers who couldn't be successful in the first place. Who knows what bumpy were the roads that they have passed to achieve success...

Especially the ones that fascinate all of us, despite their physical disabilities. I think words are not enough to describe the tenacity and achievement of them. I would like to share with you some brief information about 4 of the amazing successful people that impresses me mostly.

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Frankly speaking, I don't know what to say about this amazing lady or where to start. Imagine a person who is both visually, hearing and speech impaired. Despite this, she fascinates all the people with what she had done and achieved.

Helen Keller was born as a healthy baby in 1880. Unfortunately, as a result of an illness before the age of 2,   she became blind and deaf . Until she is 7, she communicated with her family members with the help of signs arranged at home. Perhaps, Helen's biggest chance was meeting with Anne Sullivan, her trainer and her best friend, with whom she will spend about 50 years.

If you don't have any idea about Helen Keller, I recommend you to read the books written for her and watch the movies about her life. You can be sure that it will take quite a bit of your time if I start listing all the amazing works she had done. 

I think the most important lesson we can learn from her is; no matter where we start our life, there is nothing we cannot achieve with good education and a bit of determination.

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

For Stephen Hawking, it wouldn't be wrong to say that he was the most genius person who has ever lived. The reason why this genius is different from other scientists is that he fought ALS for more than 50 years, while making his successful works. 

Of course, many of you have heard of ALS with the ice bucket challenge that shook the world years ago. But do you really know about this disease? After learning about the lives of people with ALS, I'm sure you'll understand why I called Stephen Hawking was the most genius person of all time.

If Stephen Hawking was able to make so many scientific studies using only his eyes, think about what we can achieve if we really want to be successful...

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

I really don't have any idea what I'd do without music in my life. Although there are many bands, singers and musicians that I admire and listen to music of all kinds, I find peace in the voices of a few.

Would you be surprised if I say one of these amazing musicians is Andrea Bocelli?

In my opinion, even though he was luckier than the other names on the list, he could have taken a completely different path after his world went dark, but he chose to accompany the world with his voicewhen he went blind. We are so lucky that this magnificent voice brought our lives peace with his beautiful music.

Please don't forget the fact that he is riding a horse even though he is visually impaired. Who knows, maybe this will inspire me to try as I have so much wanted but never tried...

Lauren Wasser

Lauren Wasser

Unfortunately, there are those who do not know this magnificent woman. This beautiful person, who returned from death and lost one leg due to Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), which she had while being a successful model, unluckily lost his other leg after a while.

Despite all this, instead of giving up modeling, she clings to life and returns to the fields with the nickname "Golden Legs".

Considering that the first thing that comes to mind when it comes modeling is walking, you can think how hard it was for a legless model to hold on in this sector. Despite all the challenges she had, rather than be weary of life, she is using her reputation to raise awareness so other women can learn about this disease and to protect themselves.

For me, @Theimpossiblemuse is one of the best examples to never give up when life gets hard. 

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