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Inspiration from Dayton Webber

February 11th, 2010 | Category: Inspirational

Below is a link to a recent Washington Post article about 11-year-old Dayton Webber. He may lack arms and legs, but he exhibits as much heart as anyone.

Amputee Dayton Webber, 11, excels at wrestling

At 11 months old, Dayton’s limbs were amputated because of a life-threatening bacterial infection. Dayton was not expected to live. Family gathered as he was administered his last rites. Fortunately, it’s been over ten years since his limbs were amputated and he’s still going strong.  He’s been an active wrestler for four years.  He also gets outside to play football, ice skate, ride go-karts, and more.  He is as active as any of his peers.

In Dayton’s own words,

“I just like to do sports. I feel like I can play sports and kind of show people what I can do — that I can do sports just as good as them. I feel like I can do anything if I just put my mind to it.”

He went on to say,

“Anything they say I can’t do, I try to show them I can do it.”

If Dayton can live with such determination despite his unfortunate circumstances, it is safe to say that we can all live with such conviction.  There are no excuses.

I honestly don’t know what I would do if one of my own children had to go through what Dayton has endured.  I never would have thought that an 11-year-old could be such an inspiration to me.  His story has certainly struck a chord.

We can all learn and benefit from the way Dayton lives his life.  I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

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13 comments

13 Comments so far

  1. wouter middelbos February 11th, 2010 2:44 pm

    A treu inspiration to all!!! Gotta love his heart

  2. Ed Anderson February 11th, 2010 6:35 pm

    Wow.

    I have been bitching about stupid stuff in my life and this has really put it all back into perspective and made me really how stupid I have been.

    Absolute inspiration.

    Thanks Ross, keep doing what you do man!

  3. John February 11th, 2010 7:23 pm

    He is mental much further then most of us. If my children would overcome someting like him I would get crazy I think.
    No Excuses indeed. Great inspiration

  4. Mekael February 11th, 2010 8:36 pm

    Absolutely tremendous. Thank you for sharing!

  5. Alvin February 12th, 2010 7:07 am

    Incredible. No excuses indeed! An inspiration to all. Thanks for sharing!

  6. Chris Melton February 12th, 2010 5:09 pm

    If you need inspiration, this is it. What a story.

  7. Tom Greenwald February 12th, 2010 11:43 pm

    Thanks for posting this. Very inspirational. A great way to remind that our only limitation is mind, not the physical body.

  8. Legoboy Chocolatecheek February 13th, 2010 7:03 am

    Now this I call an inspirational role model.

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  10. T Vitiello February 13th, 2010 4:08 pm

    These are the kinds of things we need to see more of! People need to see what is possible if you want it! Thank you for sharing?

  11. matt February 16th, 2010 6:04 am

    Dayton- you are a stud! Thanks for posting, Ross.

  12. David February 18th, 2010 8:00 pm

    Ross! Thanks for sharing Dayton’s story. It’s athletes like Dayton and some of the lifters that train with Al Annunziato, Lifters Without Limits, that remind me that are only limits exist in our minds.

    David
    IronEagleFitness

  13. Richard February 19th, 2010 5:17 pm

    Great inspiring story!

    The determination on this lad is fantastic, and i think we can all learn something from this.

    I have personally train with people who have missing limbs in martial arts and they are inspiring to me.

    Thanks for posting,

    Richard
    RH Martial Fitness

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