I was thinking about Helen Keller, but I'm not sure how to put it...
... any other examples that pop in your head?
2007-07-18 16:15:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Helen Keller is the best example of this I can think of. But there are others. Ebeneezer Scrooge, definately!!! The movie Will Smith was just in with his son--about the Chicago man who had to sleep in a public restroom with his son and who became a wonderful stock broker. Jim Carey had to sleep in his car with his homeless family. Jesus!!! But he is supernatural. Oprah. Mother Theresa. Martin Luther King Jr. Women who obtained the vote for other women. Coretta Scot King. I can't remember his name right now, but there is a famous African leader who was unjustly jailed and is now out and is Oprah's friend. There are many others, too. You asked a very deep question. Thank you. May God bless you.
2007-07-18 16:45:13 · answer #1 · answered by kathleen m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you think that most people become better people because of their suffering, or put another way, the things they go thru in life? That is how we become who we are. When we suffer, say with depression, I believe that is the way we will know how to help someone else along the way of life. We can let them know how we coped, what processes we had to go through to become better, etc. I don't think you have to go too far back in history, just look in your own neighborhood or in your own family.
If you don't have some bad times in your life, how will you be able to appreciate the good times when they come along? You have to be able to make comparisons.
2007-07-18 23:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard of Corrie Tinboom? She and her family hid the Jews during the war and were put into consecration camps. She and her family were Christians. She was the only one who made it out alive. She died when she was well in her 80's. There was a book written as well as a movie made about her life and it was wonderful. She was released as the result of a "typewritten mistake". She was suppose to be put to death. A few years after her release she was speaking and in the audience was the German soldier (now a civilian) who beat her sister to death. He walked up to her and asked for her forgiveness and extended his hand to her. In that second she realized that as deep as her pain and anger were, Jesus' love and forgiveness was deeper. It is a wonderful book and if you ever have the chance, get it and read it.
2007-07-18 23:28:22 · answer #3 · answered by jorettah2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nelson Mandela
2007-07-18 23:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by BLah B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think John Nash the brilliant mathematician in A Beautiful Mind would certainly fit this.
2007-07-18 23:35:27 · answer #5 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the life story of Abe Lincoln. He lost everything then became one of our greatest presidents.
2007-07-18 23:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by Tracy R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Franklin Roosevelt? (polio)
John Milton? (blind)
Lou Gehrig? (ironically -- Lou Gehrig's disease)
Isaac Newton? (mercury poisoning)
Is there anyone who hasn't suffered?
2007-07-18 23:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋