Against all odds

Stephen Hawking is a 65 year old scientist who has worked on the basic laws which govern the universe. He showed that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes.
At the age of 21 he was diagnosed a terrible disease called ALS( Amyotrophical Lateral Sclerosis)characterised by progressive degeneration of the motor cells in the brain and spinal cord. Doctors told him he would live a year or maybe less. He didn't give up and he thought his body may not work at all but his mind could do it and he was determined to do whatever he could do. Now he is 65 he is living 44 years more than he was expected, he has a beautiful family( a wife, three children and one grandchild) and he is very successful in his profession.
Amazing.Isn't it? For me he is an example of strength, determination and love for life.
He is an example for me when I complain for many silly things. I think most of us do not really appreciate good health we live like if we were timeless. We don`t see the beauty of the simple things because we are always expecting our lives to improve. The problem is we dont know in which way we want our lives to improve and in that way we go for life complaining all the time because we dont have this or that and we forget about what really matters.
And what matters? depends on each person, for some people family and friends are more important, for others job and career and for others money, unfortunately those who care only about money are more exposed to lose their way.
I think it is useless to complain about what we cannot change instead we can try doing what we know we can do well, Stephen knew he couldnt move his body but he used what he knew was working: his brain.
This man has showed me that when you are determine to do something nothing can`t stop you. Against all odds he is giving the best of him. Bravo for his great courage!!