When I was in Cambodia not that long ago I was blessed to have the opportunity to visit the Sacred Temple of Angkor Wat. The sun rose over the big main gate with onlookers in awe of the beauty . The Khmer were master stone carvers and massive Buddha”s were everywhere in sight to remind us of their beliefs. I came upon a group of men playing the most beautiful strains of music. The band was a special band though. They were all victims of land mines that crippled and maimed all of them. One of the men was blind. But they all had smiles on their face. They let me join in and play some drums. The first thing that came to my mind was. Here’s this group of men who have been physically damaged so bad, but on almost a daily basis they play beautiful music for visitors that compensate them with tips. No matter how bad it gets there’s always someone worse off. It also shows that despite handicaps we can all use our strengths to benefit others. My hat goes off to people that overcome physical and mental handicaps and do great things. Nothing is impossible, only if we make it out to be. If you think you can’t, odds are you won’t! If you think you can…odds are you will succeed.
Much Love Ryan Phillips