For this final blog post, I decided to use an article I found on Opra's website. The article I read was called Overcoming the Odds and it was about Kanye West's near death experience. In 2002, Kanye was driving home and fell asleep after being up late at his recording studio when he hit a SUV head-on. He smashed is face and broke his jaw in 3 different places. He said when he was in the hospital he was able to step back and look at his life. He felt grateful to be so lucky to come out of the accident alive and it gave him a chance to write several songs that he was inspired to write. I think that after one experiences such a life changing event and they are able to overcome it, one gains perspective on their life. Kanye had said that his music is enabled him to get though his long recovery and to really appreciate everything in his life. Whenever I hear of a person overcoming the odds, it seems like they really come to enjoy everything in their life more. Its almost like not appreciating something until you feel like its gone or you might lose it. These types of experiences also can teach a person to live in the moment or live each day like it was your last.
"Overcoming the Odds." Opra Winfrey 2009. 22 March 2009 <http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/oprahshow1_ss_20050909/1>.
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