Peyton Manning has such an enormous head.

Injured or Damaged?

When does injury turn into damage. I haD (emphasis on the passive voice) a brain injury, and now I haVE brain damage. When did I go or did I go from being injured to being damaged?

It's wierd how when I forget about weekends and holidays, I become very happy.

I don't have half of my mom's DNA. I do have half of a copy of my mom's DNA.

dis·a·bled [dis-ey-buhld] Show IPA adjective 1. crippled; injured; incapacitated.

My dad's friend has a daughter and that daughter has a fiance who has cerebral palsy. My dad and I saw my dad's friend with his daughter's fiance at a Rutgers' football game the other day. This man with cerebral palsy has a very friendly personality. Afterward, my dad told me this guy never backs down from a challenge. This man has always lived with a "disability", and thus he has become accustomed to facing challenges. I once thought of having a "disability" as looking weak. Actually, the opposit is true. I once had triathletes and marathoners as heroes. Now, I think I have "Special Olympic" athletes as heroes. These athletes have to face challenges in everyday life, along with self-imposed challenges. I once thought I was on the trail of running again. I now think I'm a strong person who faces challenges everyday while trying to do the best I can, and running again will just be a result of my hard work. Don't ever call me "crippled" or "incapacitated". I am injured, but aren't most people?

Reasons Why I Feel Lucky

1. I'm not dead 2. The recovery from my accident has taught me a lot about life. 3. I feel enlightened. 4. Although I have a lot of work to do to run again, the recovery from my accident has taught me I can do a lot with determination. When I do run again, I'll feel great that I've gotten to that point, and I'll be a better runner than I ever was. 5. I've made many awesome friends in my therapies. 6. If I forget things, I can just blame it on my brain injury.

I hope you didn't miss the "News12" feature on my friend and me entitled "The Arrogant Prick and the Tardy Schmuck".

A fine line exists between "going with your gut" and being impulsive, and a fine line also exists between multi-tasking and being distracted.

Achieve the Alignment of the Internal-self and the External-self

A person often tells me he or she wants me to return to the way I was before my accident. I wish I could, EXTERNALLY, return to my former self, but I think I've really, INTERNALLY, matured. I have a much more positive outlook on living. Prior to 2011, I had a relatively negative outlook on life and human beings. Now, I feel very positive. Now I just want to have the external self be as awesome as the internal self.