Soviet and Latvian chess player, eighth world champion, grandmaster, Mikhail Tal, was born with a rare pathology – he had only three fingers. This did not prevent him from becoming the youngest world champion in history and learning to play the piano.

Hero of the Soviet Union, fighter pilot Alexei Maresyev, was seriously wounded during the Great Patriotic War, as a result of which he lost both legs. but then he did not lag behind the others and again flew into the sky with prostheses. in total, during the war, he fought 86 times, shot down 10 enemy planes: three before being wounded and seven after. Boris Polevoy, a writer without two legs, but amazed by his zest for life, wrote a book about the exploits of a Soviet pilot, which he called «The Story of a Real Man.»

The life of the British musician Rick Allen did not start out tragically. But in 1984, while he was driving his car, another driver began to threaten him on the road. Rick was young, angry and loved racing. So he gets into a car accident and loses his arm. Doctors tell Allen (at age 21) «Forget the drum, thank God you’re alive.» But he did not want to give up music no matter what. Rick was soon fitted with a custom prosthesis to hold the cane. In addition, he learned to use his legs. Since then, he always went barefoot at concerts. Allen returns to the stage as the drum tunes to his liking. Since his return in 1986, he released 8 albums. In 2001, he and his wife founded the Raven Drum Foundation, an organization that promotes healing through active participation in art music therapy. He is one of the TOP drummers on UK Gigwise. Fans call him «Thor», the god of thunder.

«I will never agree to turn back the time I lost my hand. Without him, I wouldn’t know how strong I am,» he says.

I won’t talk about Nick Vujicic, who I think you know better than I do. Now let’s focus on one more special person:

Did you know that the richest man in the world (in 2021) Elon Musk, an American entrepreneur, engineer and billionaire, was very withdrawn as a child? His classmates at school beat him several times in the toilet, abused him and did whatever he wanted. Elon’s peers at school beat him and broke his nose many times. He saw the divorce of his parents due to daily quarrels and fights.

Think once more about your desires, dreams, goals, and plans stored in your soul, heart, and inside (brain). Re-evaluate the arguments you’ve made up, don’t support excuses like «it’s impossible», you’re doing yourself a disservice, destroy their eyes. Revisit the arguments you’ve come up with as to why you can’t make your dreams come true. Realize that these excuses are false. Put them aside and make sure that your wishes come true and realize that their fulfillment depends on your brain alone. remember: The only person holding us together is ourselves. We are the only ones who are turning the face of our dreams and goals. It is we who are tying our fate, limiting our consciousness, creating an artificial handicap. The only obstacle to happiness in both lives is ourselves.

Many years ago, the Viceroy of Naples, the Duke, visited Barcelona, Spain. At that time, there was a galley (a warship or boat in Europe that was rowed by slaves, convicts, or prisoners) in the harbor (a convenient place for ships to stop and come and go by the sea), where the oarsmen (rowers of the boat) were convicts. The duke went on board this galley and went through all the prisoners, asking each about the crimes that had brought him to the galley, and listening to their sad stories.