Disability is strength..

Few years back when i first stepped into a home of disabled people, i was so depressed that i couldn't eat for days or even sleep...to see them like that almost killed me..at that point of my life i was enjoying the so called perfect world and perfect life...though i was young it was like a huge eye opener for me to see the special people in that condition..when i cried,my father was beside m and he smiled at..he said its funny that i'm crying for them when they are actually smiling..it is true actually.when i went there and met them,all they were doing is smile..all of them..no one was crying there..even the caretakers and the parents were smiling..at that age,i was pretty annoyed because i thought we are suppose to be sad there and at least show our sad face when we're there and smiling was a big no no..i was angry at them for smiling and i was angry at God for making them like that..when i spoke to my father again about that he keep referring to them as special people..i got angry all over again, how can they be called when they are in this condition??i never got the answer until i grew up bit and when i went back to the same place..the kids there smiled at me so broadly when i went in..and the way they spoke to me,gestured at me,all this really touched me..they were happy..they're special and they're happy..that is when i know why are they special...how can they not be?? :)..here we are, very much perfect i with all our legs and hands and blah blah but yet we still have all kind of selfishness in us that makes us so moody and low in confidence and sad and frustrated with life and most of the time giving up in life though we don't really admit that..but look at them, disabled, but that they're strength..they smile and what a genuine smile that is..they live their life, just like us but in a more special way and thats not because they depend on others all the time, it is because they live their life with more confident and more happiness than any of us..one might argue,they don't have the worries we have,don't have the responsibilities we have..but yet we must not forget that we are more fortunate than them,in many ways,though, they are more fortunate than us in one huge way,that is they live their life in a better way than we do..if we get frustrated in life,just imagine them..they should be feeling depressed every second of their life..but they are not! why? because they are special..they look at life in a different way,the same way we should be looking at life..with confidence,with beauty,with the feeling that we are not the only citizen of this earth,there are others and all of us are equal and of course with the happiness that should always be in us so that we we're sad,depressed,frustrated the happiness will be there to help us through that tough times..one should always remember that the negative feeling that we feel,let it be sadness,revenge,frustration or anything else, all these feelings should just be a mask that covers our happiness,it should be temporary and we have to believe that no matter how long it takes, one day the mask will have to be taken off...the mask should not be made permanent, because that is when life becomes not worth living for...when i looked into their eyes,i see that they are happy..and that is one of the biggest inspiration in my life..appreciating life is something they do alot....that the life and thats what they appreciate..we live once,at least this life we live it only once and appreciating is so so compulsory! its not easy to be in that position and appreciate life but when they do, it shows the tremendous strength in them that we can only wish for because all of us, so called 'perfect' are actually so much weaker than them,we are scared of life...nothing is perfect in life,absolutely nothing is..so why waste time looking for a perfect life? being happy with what we have and making it better sounds like a more sensible idea isn't it??...they are disabled and different from us in many ways, but they can teach a lot, about life anf the way to live it..their disability is their ultimate strength...