What if I told you a story about a man named Richie Parker that is a designer for Hendrick Motorsports and due to his contribution has spent 8 years with them and helped them win 5 NASCAR championships.  You might pay attention if you were a NASCAR fan, especially and Hendrick Motorsports fan, but other than that, you probably wouldn’t care much.  Though, there’s something I left out…Richie was born without any arms!  Watch this inspiring video on how Richie as accomplished what he has:

Wow, what a story, right?  Does it give you a bit of perspective on your day? Week? Life?

Here’s a guy that has been told “no,” “you can’t,” “that’s impossible” over and over in his life, but he made a choice to not believe a word anyone said.

Everyday we have that same choice to determine how we’re going to react to what people tell us.  How we are going to overcome the challenges that are placed in front of us.  Richie didn’t complain when he wanted to ride a bike, or eat his food, or drive a car, or design championship race cars, he just went out and did it!  Bookmark this post so that next time you’re feeling a bit sorry for yourself you come back and fire up this video to set yourself straight…to gain a little perspective.