Can you imagine a world where everybody is equal? Discrimination is the result of fear, the different is unknown and represents a threat to the trembler and inexperienced. The individual who values the differences gain in all aspects - in the difference universe the possibilities of choices and exchanges are unlimited. Everyone loses with discrimination: the person who is discriminated loses for not being accepted and the person who discriminates loses the opportunity of enriching himself with the other´s contribution.

Thursday 11 August 2011

Stories of life and overcoming

My maternal instinct always made me reluctant to tell Arthur´s story, to protect him, to share his suffering with others seemed very invasive.

On the other hand, after a few years, I realized that everything in Arthur's life is only achieved through a battle, and there were so many .... hospital, home care, health insurance, school, special milk formulas ...
But Arthur is here and nothing and nobody in the world will make me give up on fighting for him - every obstacle makes us stronger!

Yesterday, after meeting an old friend from school days after so many years and sharing a bit of our story, once again, I heard someone saying that a lot of people are in need of an example of strength like ours. Thus, under requests, I decided to post here a brief of Arthur's life story,  hoping that his daily struggle and victory will be a source of inspiration for so many people under similar situations or worse and that, sometimes,  lose the strength to keep going.

Our biggest secret is the fact that all the problems are faced as a family - a family that sticks together no matter what and enjoy every day of our lives with happiness and faith.

I take this opportunity to leave a space open to anyone who wants to do the same - your story can give someone strength to continue ...

To participate, just send your story with the title "Life Story" to tellmystory@consuelomachado.com.

Consuelo.