The following is a video of Porter Ellet, a student at Wayne High School in Utah, who lost the use of his arm in an automobile accident when he was 4, and recently had to have it amputated.
But rather than giving up sports he loved - basketball and baseball for instance , he stuck to it, determined to not let people tell him no. Of Porter, his basketball coach says “He’s the perfect example of how far attitude can take you” and “it’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it and how you deal with it that matters in life.
Porter is a lead scorer on his basketball team and is a pitcher and first basemn on his baseball team.
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlE0MGddLHU]
Porter is another example that we should relentlessly pursue our dreams in spite of whatever disability we might have that would otherwise stand in our way. The future is only what we make it to be.
There’s a nother great video with an interview of Porter here.
Rusty
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An amazing story that shows that anything is possible as long as you have heart and passion and that kid definitely has both! Thanks for sharing it!
If you live near Chicago, you might be interested…
The Inner City Youth Charitable Foundation
is proud to sponsor –
Keeping a Winning Attitude
A motivational talk for youth and their families
Special Guest Speaker
Porter Ellett
Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 7pm
Chicago Stake Center,
3250 S. Pulaski, Chicago
Very awesome!