[Nfbmo] What is Impossible?

[Roger Crome]

Does the fact that he refused to fight somehow negate the inspiration that he was and is.  Look at all the good he did with his success.

Thank you for sharing.

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> On Jun 6, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Bryan Schulz via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A pet peeve is how media spins stories for only the positive side then
> shoves it down your throat for days.
> It wasn't impossible to dodge the draft either!
> Bryan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of nancy Lynn via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 5:09 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: nancy Lynn
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] What is Impossible?
> 
> That's a good quote. I always found him inspiring.
> -Original Message----- 
> From: Daniel Garcia via Nfbmo
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 4:58 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Daniel Garcia
> Subject: [Nfbmo] What is Impossible?
> 
> Yesterday my nephew graduated from high school. Many speeches were given by 
> various individuals including students, but the one that stuck in my mind 
> was given by the class sponsor. I do not know when she wrote the speech, but
> 
> it was timely since she quoted the late great boxer and civil rights icon 
> Muhammad Ali who said:
> 
> "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier
> 
> to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have 
> to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a
> 
> declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. 
> Impossible is nothing."
> 
> Whether we are advocating for ourselves or on behalf of someone else we will
> 
> invariably be confronted with  the sentiment that is impossible for blind 
> people to do this, or that or the other thing. When this happens, we should 
> take a step back and reflect on the above quote. Through the efforts of the 
> NFB, the list of things that are impossible for blind people to do is 
> growing shorter and shorter by the day. So Muhammad Ali was correct in 
> saying that "Impossible is temporary."
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Daniel Garcia
> 
> 
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