lessons from someone i may never see again, sitting on a bus i will never ride recurrently.
as i moved to the back of the bus i began to complain to someone accompanying me as to how early are flight got in, and why our manager booked a flight were we had to be up so early to fly to LA. as the hotel shuttle began to move i realized that the only seats still available were directly in the rear of the bus but was already being occupied by someone who owned a wheelchair. "there's plenty of room back here mate," i heard in an obvious australian accent. as i sat down beside him i realized that there was something different about this 24 year old man. you see, he didn't have any arms or legs, and he later explained that he was born like that. but that is not what made him different, what set him apart from all the other weary travelers is that he had a smile on his face and how he seemed rather exuberant for this hour of the morning. he opened up the conversation and it seemed that even though we had never met we picked up right where we left off. he was a motivat...