There's a runway.

One hundred and fourteen feet, and I hear a verbal cue from my guide.

I know the number of steps I take before leaping from the takeoff board.

I leap fearlessly as far as I can into the sand pit.

The pit doesn't care where I'm from. It doesn't care what color I am,

or my beliefs, or my disability smaller. It's harder to play with his friends. He's afraid of being overlooked or being seen primarily for his disability.

This changes when he becomes a five-time Paralympic medalist for the long jump and a world

record holder.

But still, there remains an essential part of him that wants to emerge.

In today's meditative story, Lex shares how he learns to forge his identity on his

own terms, to share his other gifts with the world. In this series, we combine immersive first-person

stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts, so that we may see our lives reflected back

to us in other people's stories,

and that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What, this is meditative story.

I'm Rohan, and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. The body relaxed.

The body breathing.

Your senses open, your mind open.

Meeting the world. I'm I'm I'm

I'm

I'm

I'm My mom and I walked down Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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