Since i was a child i've had epilepsy. FOr me its no big deal but others it seems that it is. I was bullied over it, had to leave school early off, ive been sacked in the past over and told i can't work over it. Im not fishing for sympathy, i dont need that, but what the reason i am telling you this is because in the past week due to consistant doubt in me over this i have become determined to take my life to another level and do the things the world seems to think i can't.
I am a vegan due to being an animal lover. I dont force my issues and beliefs on others as many animal activists do. I feel that to be wrong and when alls said on done whether its right or wrong it can only be called an opinion. None of us are perfect (i scare myself with how close i come though ;) lol) But in all seriousness because of these beliefs and the way i've been pushed down so many times i now am going to try and go higher than i'd ever be expected to go.
A while back i thought that maybe my art would sell to raise money for charity (the website is www.artwanted.com/GlenPettifer if your intrested in taking a look) and that didn't work. So over the past week i have organised vaguely a trip for me next year. I am going to attempt Mount Snowdon in Wales as a sponsered event to try and raise money to pay for me to go on a project in Thailand to look after orphaned elephants. Half of any money raised will go to a charity of my choice-needless to say it will either be an animal or global charity. After 2008's summer i plan ben nevis in the winter of 2008. I have other places in the pipeline of my brain. Theres Mountains all over the world. The ultimate obviously will be Everest. I didn't even consider Everest untill while watching the t.v the other day my sister said "They would never let you do that.". 6 months ago i would have agreed and backed down, now though it made think "Right, i'm gonna go for it." I must say my sister didn't say it with malice. I love her so much and she is fantastic to me. She only said it believing it to be true. But in our blood we have the stubborness of the Pettifer clan and if im told i cant..i damn well will!
I'm in the process of putting a 'ladder' together, metaphorically speaking. One step at a time and dont try too much too quickly. I did kickiboxing for 4 years a while back, in that time i only had 1 attack. My instructor was and is very narrow minded and pushed me aside because of my epilepsy. Needless to say i hate him very very much!!|-| He's the biggest >:XX i have ever met and it knocked me down when i left. Now i need to reach that peak of my fitness and from hereon in i plan on doing that so come next summer i will summit Snowdon in Wales! I'll stop for today now and let you know more as it happens :wave: