"I think that if we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have. I think of Shakespeare's Shylock:"If you prick us, do we not bleed, and if you tickle us, do we not laugh?" It is our humanity,and all the potential within it, that makes us beautiful."
This really hit home with me. For someone who has completely overcome the obstacles life has thrown at her to have such an optimistic view made me reevaluate my perception on the beauty of life. I admire her for not looking at having prosthetic legs as a disability, but rather as an advantage and an opportunity to shape who she wants to be on that particular day. Mullins is such an inspiration to all women because she has learned to love herself and her body's beauty.
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