From The Beginning – OHS 272
"From the beginning..." is a phrase describing being born with only one hand. I heard for the first time in Kathmandu, Nepal while I was in Nepal this year on my Buddhist Pilgrimage.
"From the beginning..." is a phrase describing being born with only one hand. I heard for the first time in Kathmandu, Nepal while I was in Nepal this year on my Buddhist Pilgrimage.
This short story is about a short conversation a one handed guy struck-up with me a couple of days ago about his life, and all the physical pain he has been experiencing since he lost his hand in a car accident.
After "Pandemic-ing" for the past two years and staying at home "quarantining," like most of the world, I have purchased a plane ticket back to Nepal.
This is an interesting situation for a one-handed guy. I am trying to have fun seeing how much I can do without using my right hand so much and only using my left arm.
Since I do not have a two handed way of thinking in a two handed world, I can think more freely and creatively about solutions.
Once, after a late night movie, I came around the corner of a street walking to my car. I noticed two people noticing me as I approached. Then one of them said, "I would know that silhouette anywhere!"
Life with one hand is certainly a rollercoaster of experiences and emotions. When I was younger I had many extremely ugly experiences feeling the discrimination of others.
I will be getting a new bicycle "hand." that does sound kinda odd?
"I never considered that?" This is a phrase I have often heard through out my life.
I have some pretty cool one-handed experiences in the grocery store check out line.
"Can you give me a ride?" As odd as this may sound I do get asked this question more than you would think.
When I was departing the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal I had a one-handed experience with a number of Nepalese people....
Today at my job I was talking with a fellow co-worker about the ergonomics of the workplace and work stations....
Life as a child with one hand can be very traumatic. But not as traumatic as going to the dentist!!...
The one thing I enjoy in a strange kind of way is the “double take.” Having lived my entire life...
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