One of the many inspiring West Wing moments takes place in Season 4 Epsode 1 (Part II) in which the President makes a speech just a few hours after there was a bombing in an American university sports facility.
“We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil.” So much of this speech can be inspirational to those of us with chronic musculoskeletal and/or neurological conditions.
We often wonder “How did this happen to me?” “I was not looking for this way of life”. “I never thought something like this would happen to me!” “ I just did my work every day which involved 7 or 8 hours per day of heavy computer use. Is that why I am in so much trouble now?”
President Bartlett goes on to say “Every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we’re reminded that that capacity may very well be limitless”. This fortitude rings so true for us. We have been tested. We have had to find a way to get through the day despite indescribable pain. For so many of us, the days have turned into months and the months quickly become years. This situation does require that we find that part of ourselves that provides strength we never even dreamed of.
“We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil.” So much of this speech can be inspirational to those of us with chronic musculoskeletal and/or neurological conditions.
We often wonder “How did this happen to me?” “I was not looking for this way of life”. “I never thought something like this would happen to me!” “ I just did my work every day which involved 7 or 8 hours per day of heavy computer use. Is that why I am in so much trouble now?”
President Bartlett goes on to say “Every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we’re reminded that that capacity may very well be limitless”. This fortitude rings so true for us. We have been tested. We have had to find a way to get through the day despite indescribable pain. For so many of us, the days have turned into months and the months quickly become years. This situation does require that we find that part of ourselves that provides strength we never even dreamed of.
The West Wing Season 4 DVD
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