What are the odds of someone doing extraordinary things if that person lost their sight, hearing and speech at nineteen months of age? Helen Keller overcame enormous disadvantages to influence the world. Although her teacher and mentor, Anne Sullivan, achieved great results with her, ultimately, Kellers success was up to Keller.
How many of you feel sorry for yourselves because you cant do something? Keller had so many reasons to wallow in self-pity. She was born in the late nineteenth century and did not have the technical advantages that physically-challenged people now have. Keller made the most out of her situation.
Here are a couple of examples of how Keller succeeded:
1. As a little girl, Keller said, Someday, I shall go to college.
Keller received her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904 from Radcliffe College. How many of you have been persistent enough to earn a bachelors degree? Congratulations to those who have earned a Bachelors degree, like Keller did. If you earned your degree, you could have given plenty of reasons to have given up on earning your degree. What was Kellers excuse? She didnt have an excuse! Keller, blind and deaf,...