My Current Readings #14

This reading section is from a book called Soul Surfer, written by Bethany Hamilton. The summary of this story is that this girl is a surfer and she has been her entire life. She lives in Hawaii and has literally grown up in the ocean waters. One day like normal Bethany is far out in the ocean surfing and she is attacked. In the book they describe this incident very vividly. It ends up that she has to get her arm amputated. She lived through the attack and that was enough to keep her determined to live and get through this tragedy. Bethany now lives with one arm and still continues to surf. It seems weird doesn't it? How can this girl have the guts to go back out there and continue surfing? I guess you could just answer that saying, she didn't want to quit what she loved. She talks about her inspiration and what are the deep down reasons she got through this. She responds with talking about her religion and the God she believes in and has for ever. She believes that God got her through this experience and now has opened her eyes to be more safe. Her religion means "everything" to her, a quote from Bethany. It's incredible to realize what people get through and the reasons why. So why let anything get in the way of what one wants to conquer? Just don't stop trying.