Blog 24

In the article, Hawking had Lou Gehrig’s disease, which can cause muscle lateral after he finished his graduate school in Cambridge. Usually people have this kind of disease only can live five more years. However, Hawking survived after five years. He kept study, and have several famous book about black holes and the beginning of time. (Folger, P47) It was hard for him to face this fact at the beginning. Hawking just began his journey about space, but he cannot keep on his journey. He cannot move his body as he wants, and later, he cannot speak any more. Nobody would say something about him if he gave u his study at that time, but he chose to face his problem. Hawking cannot move most part off his body, but he still has two fingers that can move and he still can think. He uses a special touch board to show that public what he think, and speak though a special machine. Form an inability person to a famous physic scientist, Hawking faced his hard time. He did not trying to escape from his disease, he did not trying to forget his inability and he did not believe that his inability can stop his study. Today, cheers follow Hawking wherever he goes. People like him not just because his theories, but also his courage to face his difficulty. Escaping or waiving difficulty is not the best way to solve problem. Maybe waiving the problem is much easier that facing it, but it cannot help you solve it.