i watch the tuesday reports every tuesday night.
today's story was abt a woman who was disfigured when she was attacked by an assasin.
unfortunately for her, the assasin was so violent that her hair was pulled out, her lips couldn't even move, her nose bridge broke etc...
when the docs were resucitating her, they told her family that she only had a 30% chance to live.
but she survived the ordeal.
when the nurse unbandaged her, she couldn't believe what she saw in the mirror.
she was really horrified at her looks.
at first she didn't dare to walk out of her hse.
she was so depressed with her looks that she attempted suicide.
finally, she tht thru and slowly begin to accept herself.
she started off small, like going to the market with "such looks" and pretended to be oblivious to the curious stares arnd her.
now she dares to walk down orchard by herself, exercises, dances and gives inspirational talks to the audience in her church on stage .
she recalled on one of her talks, a 20 year old approached her and told her that she herself has commited suicide for 5 times; she thinks the first person to commit suicide shld be her, yet she still lives on strongly.
at the end of the show, there was a caption:
she said if she was able to repeat all over again, she will still prefer her present life. because that incident which caused her so much pain physically and emotionally taught her the purpose and meaning of life.
this story does not only speaks of her strong will to live but also tells us that looks does not give u the self confidence. true self confidence comes from ur inner self, not on ur looks; jus like happiness will not last if it came from external sources.
