Worry, a sense of insecurity and fear about the negative things that might happen in the future. Whether you agree or not, most of us have already experienced to worry about a lot of things in life. We usually worry about money and our future.
The sense of worrying is already a fact to many people. But some of us may not know that worrying has a bigger impact on people with disabilities. They often think of their futures and be afraid to face it because of their conditions.
With our story for today, we will see how a person with disability looks at his future with confidence, faith, hope, and dignity.
Let’s Get Started
As for today’s article, we have interviewed Vince Ong, a person with disability who is happily married to her beautiful wife. He is currently working for a non-governmental organization (NGO) that helps a lot of women and children.
Mr. Vince Ong was diagnosed with a physical disability right after he was born. He has a congenital physical impairment that has affected his hands and fingers.
But even with his condition, he still loves to browse the internet, read books, watch movies, and even play different games.
Just like with the first story, we also told the same question with Vince. We asked him his own opinion about dignity and why is it so important for a person to have it, PWD or not.
Here is the answer that we got from him:
Dignity is knowing how you value yourself. It is important to people especially to us PWDs because people need to be reminded that they are also people who need respect as well.
To put it simply, Vince described dignity as valuing and respecting yourself and other people. It is indeed true that people should give value to themselves and their capabilities.
Aside from valuing ourselves, we should also give respect to our own and other people as well. This is a great reminder for all of us.
As we continue the story, we asked Vince two more questions for the interview. We asked him if he can tell us his proud achievement in his life as of today.
He confidently answered our question by saying working and serving the people through the NGO is one of his proud achievements in his life.
Vince always wanted to live his life with a purpose and now he is living his life to the fullest with a purpose. He believes that his future is bright because he has a purpose to live on.
So, before we end the interview, we gave him the last question. We asked him if he could share his hope and dream for the future. Vince told us that his dream and hope is not for himself but for his country, the Philippines.
He wanted to have more places that are accessible to his fellow PWDs. These architectural barriers are a real struggle for people with disabilities. Vince wanted his country to create more access for PWDs like elevators, ramps, and other things that can help them.
All that we can say with Vince is that he really loves people. He always thinks of the needs of other people. That’s why after our interview, we asked him if he would like to say something to his fellow PWDs.
Vince said to us that people with disabilities should never let their disability dictate how they view their future. He believed that all people including the PWDs have a bright future ahead of us because we all have a purpose in life.
It will be up to us whether how you will reach that bright future. That’s why he said they should never give up rather they should do their best in everything that they do.
Story Takeaways
There are so many life lessons that we can get from the story of Vince. But the one thing that stands out is his last statement for his fellow PWDs. According to Vince, we should never let our disability, or we can say problems in life dictate our future.
If we ever feel like that our circumstances today are so hard, do not let it dictate your bright future. Just continue to believe that you can survive this because God has a purpose for you.
Have more faith in Him and the capabilities that God has given you.
Do not give up because we will reach that bright future someday if we continue to strive hard and live our lives with faith, hope, and dignity.
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