A lesson in humility...

WOW! What can I say other than really good reply to this rather touchy topic. Right on trinity287 for joining and being active rather right away.

Kevin, all I will say you might have jumped the gun. I know you're a good person and have a heart of gold. However, foot in mouth happens to everyone now and again. I would suggest being a member for a support SCI board for a good year, as you get to know people on it. It's a slow process to learn all the little inside nooks of a place out. This site is unlike those styles of sites. It offers the room for support if people wish to make use of it. But, it's not the main reasons I'm here. You mentioned right off the top that "I just had the privledge of visiting a site that on the surface seems to have allot of information on SCI. Their community board seems vey active. I read a few posts and it seemed to me that many of the people were depressed there." Off of a few posts you feel you could sum up an entire community of people. You might be correct or not, that is besides the point. Being that you are the noob or new person to the group one needs to first listen and then take it slow. For one not everyone will be equally excited to hear someone they don't know say if you have faith you can walk, then it will happen. For if it was that simple for everyone I don't think we would have need for SCI support groups. No need for Dr's and all the other things we have needs for. Having a strong faith regardless of what someone may face in life is a great thing to have. And, this is what should be ecouraged. However, some people heard enough about faith to last a lifetime or ten... And, feel GOD let them down. Or is letting them down. They have the right to be angry and upset with GOD for how life turned out for them. In time all we can do is hope and pray they will find GOD again. The time and place to discuss walking ideas and methods is not in a support setting. That's just a flame war ready to explode. Not everyone is able to find GOD as you have, and not everyone had the same injury either and may be beyond what our personal hopes and desires may be able to drum up. I see nothing wrong in being excited about yourself having been paralyzed, and finding the power of GOD to help you back, and the inner strength to push it to the limits of your abilities to keep working on walking... That is an amazing thing Kevin, and one reason why I admire you. Not everyone will be as open to hearing an excited person saying they did it and so can you if you have enough faith... We can not judge someone else's faith because they might be wheelchair bound, and appear to be set in staying that way. Faith is within the heart and only you and GOD know what it really is. Sometimes not even we know how strong it is until we are pushed to the limits. So for this one I agree with your closing statemen: "I think all of us could stand to use a lesson of humilty. I am speaking to myself as well. We need to try and be sensative to the needs and cares of others and to try and not let all of our needs supercede the needs of those around us." It took a real person, a real man to post this, and admit they might have jumped the gun. Spinergy