Yesterday, and I mean it, yesterday I met up with a group of people and everyone had two legs. Now I am sure you are wondering, what is the story here? People generally have 2 legs unless there is some disability. Anyway back to my meeting. The meeting was a business meeting and we started off talking about things we all have in common in the business world. These was all well and good, the gathering was unplifting to me and I was learning a lot. At a point without warning, the meeting took an unexpected turn, started slow but picked up speed, They were discussing the importance of legs in business, and people started talking about the size, strength of their legs, how legs allowed them to get around swiftly and transact more business. A subtle competition emerged amongst half a dozen or so people, trying to fight it out, who has the greatest set of pins.
I noticed my mood changing, I felt more and more distanced from what was going on. A lump developed in my throat, there was an uneasiness, the type that happens when dry bones are mentioned around an old woman. You see I don’t have two legs, I had one leg, but right now I have no legs, I hobble around in business with my crutches, so all these talk about legs was alienating to me. I wanted to scream out for the people to ‘stop’! Can’t they see that some people haven’t got legs? Can’t they see there are exceptions and uniqueness to the experience of individual human being and running their business. I was without a doubt the outsider. The thought of packing it all up crossed my mind more than once. I felt that this was a world that belonged to only people with two legs and then I remember Nick Vuljicic, he has no legs or arms. I took some comfort that there is a place for everyone, leg or no leg. They create their leggy world, I create my legless world. Some things I have, some I don’t, and atimes what I don’t have is what majority of people have, but that is neither here nor their, with what I have I transact in business and life and if the association of two legged people is choking I move on to a more palatable group or go solo. Whichever way there is a place for me with my lacks.
God bless two legged people and God bless legless people, we are all here to thrive. Do not let your lacks stop you.
Beautiful Ivory 