Our borders and our obstacles can only do two things: (1) stop us in our tracks, or (2) force us to get creative. Amy Purdy More Quotes by Amy Purdy More Quotes From Amy Purdy It’s believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits. Amy Purdy fear dream inspirational Instead of looking at our challenges and limitations as something negative or bad, we can begin to look at them as blessings, magnificent gifts that can be used to ignite our imaginations and help us go further than we ever knew we could go. Amy Purdy blessing positive inspirational If your life were a book, and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? Amy Purdy stories life book It's not about breaking down borders. It's about pushing off of them, and seeing what amazing places they might bring us. Amy Purdy amazing-places borders might We can either see our circumstances as a set of random cruelties and then allow those hardships to turn us into bitter victims; or we can recognize the fact that, though we may never comprehend why hard things happen, they do, and when they do, we can reach for a larger purpose beyond the pain. Amy Purdy pain may facts We all have disabilities. Just some are more visible than others. We all have challenges, we all have obstacles Amy Purdy disability obstacles challenges When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind. Amy Purdy suicide motivational inspirational When we embrace the things that make us unique, our true and remarkable capabilities are revealed Amy Purdy embrace remarkable unique You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts. Amy Purdy most-amazing share stories We live as if we know how everything will turn out. I certainly lived that way. But we don't know anything. Really, we don't. Amy Purdy turns ifs way I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves. Amy Purdy waves ocean rain love We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them. Amy Purdy you obstacles use challenges For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on. Amy Purdy day bad me bad-day Just because I've got two prosthetic legs, yeah, I had to adapt in ways, but I've also become a lot stronger. It doesn't mean I'm at any disadvantage, really. Amy Purdy just-because just legs stronger I got this second chance at life, and I live it. Amy Purdy live second-chance chance life My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others. Amy Purdy will try me inspire I lost the life that I knew, and I really had to rethink my future and think about my core values and the things that I love, and my passion, and that's really what helped me move forward. Also, for me just being grateful for what I had in my life versus on focusing on what I was losing, that really helped as well. Amy Purdy me future love life I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins. Amy Purdy story where borders imagination If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless. Amy Purdy limitations possibilities see past I have two prosthetic legs. This is my life; what am I going to do with it? And it's put me on this amazing journey. I can look back and be completely grateful and say I would never want to change anything. Amy Purdy me change journey life
