Hello friends of the Freecompliments community! Today on sports Saturdays I wanted to talk to you about a story of improvement like few others. It is about the life of Bethany Hamilton, a Hawaiian surfer who has managed to overcome her misfortune and turn it into her strength so she can continue doing what she loves most, surfing.
Bethany Hamilton was born in Kauai, Hawaii in 1990 and she loved surfing from a young age like many other Hawaiians. When she was only 13 years old, during one of her surf days she was attacked by a tiger shark that tore off her left arm. Luckily she survived and was able to fully recover. So much so that in just over a month she returned to doing what she liked most, surfing.
Bethany's attack and the loss of her arm did not stop her from moving forward with her life as she had imagined it. She has won several surfing championships and wrote her autobiography to be a source of inspiration for other people who may have suffered misfortunes in her life. She has shown them that there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome.
You can read her autobiography or for those of you who are more lazy or visual of her, her story was made into a movie. “Soul Surfer” is the adaptation of her autobiography starring actress AnnaSophia Robb, it is a fairly faithful reflection that will surely move you. Of course it did to me.
Remember to never give up.
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