HALF MAN - HALF PRICE STORE

PENG SHUILIN is 37 and 78cms high. He was born in Hunan Province , China. In 1995 in Shenzhen, a freight truck sliced his body in half; his lower body and legs were beyond repair. Peng spent nearly two years in hospital undergoing a series of operations to re-route nearly every major organ and system in his body. He kept exercising his arms, building up strength, washing his face and brushing his teeth…and survived against all odds.

Peng has astounded doctors by learning to walk again after a decade. Considering his plight, doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing devised an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body, with two bionic legs attached. It took careful consideration, skilled measurement and technical expertise. Peng has been walking the corridors of Beijing Rehabilitation Centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a re-sized walking frame.

RGO is a Reciprocating Gait Orthosis attached to a prosthetic socket bucket. There is a cable attached to both legs so when one goes forward, the other goes backwards. Rock to the side, add a bit of a twist and the leg without the weight on it advances, while the other one stays still, giving a highly inefficient way of ambulation. Hospital Vice-President Lin Liu said: “We've just given him a check-up; he is fitter than most men his age.”

Peng Shuilin has opened his own bargain supermarket called the Half Man-Half Price Store. The inspirational 37-year-old has become a businessman and is used as a role model for other amputees. At just 2ft 7inches tall, he moves around in a wheelchair giving lectures on recovery from disability. His attitude is amazing and he doesn't complain. “He had good care, but his secret is cheerfulness. Nothing ever gets him down.”

You have a whole body. You have feet - now you have met a man who has no feet. His life is a feat of endurance, a triumph of the human spirit in overcoming extreme adversity. 

The ‘subtle as a sledge hammer’ message in this? Next time you want to complain about something trivial…don't. Remember Peng Shulin instead.

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Mungkin kita akan kagum dan terharu melihat kisah dan kehebatan Peng Shulin dalam menghadapi masa-masa tersulit dalam hidupnya. tetapi pertanyaannya adalah apakah kita bisa bertahan bila "kita" di posisi Peng Shulin? Pasti Anda sependapat dengan saya bahwa jawabannya sangat tidak mudah.

Dan itu pula yang salah satunya bisa menginspirasi kita. Ketika kita mengalami masa-masa tersulit, baik dalam hal pekerjaan, pribadi, ataupun keluarga, jangan putus asa.

"INI PUN AKAN BERLALU"

Cobalah untuk tidak menggerutu karena itu akan semakin menambah beban kita.

Lihatlah gambar Peng tersebut dan bayangkan bagaimana kira-kira Peng berjuang melawan keputus asaannya yang kehilangan separuh tubuhnya untuk selama-lamanya.

Betapa sangat menderitanya 12 tahun hidup hanya terbaring di tempat tidur dan melawan tekanan psikologis dan fisik yang besar.

Bila Peng bisa tegar dalam keadaannya sekarang, Anda juga pasti bisa.

Tersenyumlah, bersyukurlah dan berpikirlah positif.

Mari senyum ....:)

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