If not you, then who?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing
small doesn’t serve the world.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.”

Nelson Mandela-1994 Inaugural Speech

Following my first operation, I shrank. I did as I was told. I was terrified everyone would leave me to flounder, and quite frankly, as fabulous as I am, I couldn't afford that. I was bald. I couldn't walk well. I couldn't hold my head up. My mother was there every moment. My daddy strapped a brace on my ankle.

I was a little hardheaded prior, but with Dr. Bogaev's titanium, that increased exponentially. Best wishes, Mr. Kennedy.

Today, I'm hardheaded and my head is up, with my eyes straight ahead.