Believe in Life

Monday, August 15, 2005

Bertrand Lee

This promising young director had his leg amputated due to an accident in Mumbai, India. His other leg is still crushed and he experiences pain even when he sits on the wheelchair.

To be once so strong and healthy, it must be devastating for him to be reduced to this state. Yet, his desire to live is apparent. In his half-state of pain and delusion in Mumbai, he could still tell the doctors that if they had to amputate to save his life, they should just go ahead and do so.

He has proven to the world and himself that he is a much stronger person from this whole episode. This is in no small part due to the support and unconditional love from his fiancee.

How many of us can truthfully say that they will be by their partner's side in their time of need?

Do not forget that the change is radical. Once young, healthy with a bright future to boot, he is reduced to a handicapped now, who do not know what he can or cannot do. He is even saddled with a huge hospital bill, and have to rely on charity and friends to help pay off the debt. Yet, his fiancee has stood by him stoutly. She said in a press interview that she never knew she is this strong. I bet no one in the world will have thought that she is this strong too, before this whole episode. This is no small test. To continue standing by his side despite the odds..

How many of us can be fortunate enough to meet such a love?

In that sense, he will know what he is in for right from the start, whoever he may be.

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