The Magic Hands of a Disabled Man

When I realized it, I saw my uncle. Before, he was very quiet, didn't want to communicate with anyone and was difficult. Whenever someone said something he didn't like, he would get angry and yell loudly. When there was an important event in the village, he wouldn't participate, and no one invited him. He just stayed alone in the house like a snail withdrawing into its shell. In fact, people only heard him say a few sentences a day. Gradually, his image became more and more obscure among relatives, neighbors, and neighbors. Knowing his personality, everyone was cautious and had little contact with him. Moreover, they were afraid that he was sensitive, so they rarely mentioned his private life. I want to talk about my uncle named Do Thien Dang, in Bich Khe village, Trieu Long commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province.

He always has a smile on his lips with life...

I am not like other people - who think about you like that. I think you must have some sadness that you cannot express. It is true, you feel inferior about yourself, you consider yourself a "waste" of society, a burden to your wife and children. From that inferiority complex, you have nurtured negative thoughts, hating yourself, sometimes you even think about death.

Knowing that he had such concerns, I often talked to him to make him happy. Through our conversations, I discovered that he was a very emotional person, with a rich inner world unlike what people thought. Through the stories he told, I learned why he was disabled. He was unlucky to lose both legs when he stepped on a landmine while cutting grass on a hill near his house in 1980.

Uncle Dang cuts bamboo to make wreaths for shops to make wreaths.

The following days were very heavy and gloomy for him, his soul was always immersed in despair, struggling in misery, and many times he intended to end his life which at that time he thought was meaningless.

Since then, 42 years have passed, his life has been tied to a wheelchair. But fortunately, fate has smiled on him when he has a loyal wife who loves her husband and children very much. Every day, she worries about and helps him in all activities and work. Overcoming many storms, they have built a happy home together. Indeed, only love can help them overcome difficulties. That is the source of encouragement, comfort and motivation for him to overcome his fate, as Uncle Ho said "disabled but not useless ".

Under his talented hands, everything becomes very beautiful.

In fact, many times I felt in him an extraordinary willpower that a healthy person might not have. Being a farming family, life was still difficult, the three-room house had been built a long time ago but he could not afford to plaster it, the surrounding area was still dirt. Every time the rainy season came, there was no place that was not dilapidated. "I am very worried but what can I do, I am helpless", he once confided to me.

His family had a few fields of rice, and no other occupation. I witnessed him sitting on a wheelchair to dry the straw in the middle of the busy traffic, then handing the straw to people to grind. He did all of these things as gracefully and rhythmically as any other normal person. Once I even witnessed him pouring concrete for the road from his house to the alley. He broke each small stone, mixed the mortar, and used a ruler to level it like a bricklayer, and the result was a beautiful, clean road.

To be able to do as many things as Mr. Dang, in my opinion, is an extraordinary willpower.

But what I admire most about him is his skillful hands in weaving. That is also an additional income for his family when the harvest is slow. Maybe someone thinks that weaving, making baskets, trays is normal. But for a person like him, I think it is an extraordinary will. Just imagine, a healthy, strong man cannot cut down and pull down a bamboo tree, but I have witnessed him do it. Every day, his job is to cut bamboo to make wreaths for shops to make wreaths.

Under his talented hands, everything becomes very beautiful. Customers really like him, even many agents order from him. Talking to him, I learned that the price of such an item is also very low compared to the effort he puts in. For example, a wreath he gives to an agent costs only 12,000 VND. Every day he makes an average of 5-7 pieces. But anyway, this job helps him make more money, support his family, and raise his children...

More impressively, he is also known as a famous disabled athlete in Quang Tri province. He joined the Association of Disabled People in Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province. Every year, when the Association of Disabled People in Quang Tri Province organizes sports or art competitions, he participates enthusiastically and wins many medals. Although his house is small, it is full of medals of all kinds from competitions for disabled people.

Not giving up on fate, Uncle Dang is also a wonderful father. He loves and cares for his children's future with all his heart. His three daughters are all good and studious, one of them is in college. When talking about their father, his children are very proud. It is the "disabled but not useless" father who has brought joy and happiness to his children.

In life, we can encounter many unfortunate fates. Uncle Dang is one of them. However, he has overcome himself, overcome his fate to bring happiness to himself, his family and society. From my uncle's story, I draw one conclusion that each of us, whether normal or handicapped, should be confident in ourselves, not feel inferior, know how to "overcome adversity". Open your heart to receive the loving smiles of others to "Live for something more meaningful " as author Nick Vujicic conveyed through his book.

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