4. (thoughts and opinions on the Spencer West story)

I thought that this story also was very interesting and definitely very inspirational.  I think that one of the main things to be learned from this article is to be a little more careful about the things you do or say, because any moment could become a milestone in someone's life.  I'm sure the boy who stopped Spencer's wheelchair wasn't intending to change his life, or even knock him down, but he ended up doing both.  The thing that really stood out to me, however, was the fact that Spencer was actually able to take that event, coupled with the circumstance he was in physically, and completely overcome it.  Similair to the story of Christy Brown, Spencer was in a position which others had told him rendered some things in life a veritable impossibility.  Rather than accept that to be the definitive truth, he chose to push the limits, to redefine possible not to get fame or money but to inspire others to do the same.