Arms Quote by Eric Allin Cornell

“Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe. Things could be a lot worse so why not be grateful they aren't and thereby happy rather than sad?”

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With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us.

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