While I was in Memphis, Tennessee this past weekend to tour the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, I met Jason P. Davis, who was born with Cerebral Palsy and a learning disability.

I started talking with him and his beautiful wife Katie and couldn't help but be inspired.

Jason may have been born with Cerebral Palsy and a learning disability, but that didn't stop his family from encouraging him to seek his dreams. As a result, Jason hits life head on and never accepts defeat or people who tell him that he can't do something.

He told me that whenever anyone told him "you can't," he set out to prove that he could.  He did, he does and he will.

When told that he was unemployable, he proved that not only could he hold a job, but that he could be the production manager for five radio stations in his home state of Vermont.

When he was told at the age of 8 by a martial arts instructor that he wouldn't be able to learn martial arts, he set out to prove he could.

As a result of that, he's founded a program called the Adaptive Martial Arts Association to help people with disabilities learn martial arts. The group has now reached the national level and is about to go international.

Jason knows first hand that martial arts help people with disabilities to increase muscle control, body movement and motor skills. He said it also helps increase cognitive function by increasing focus.

During my time with Jason, I would never have guessed that he had a learning disability; he an eloquent speaker and communicator.

Jason is a perfect example of someone living a legacy life. He accepts no boundaries, telling me that he refuses to believe he can't do things, instead understanding that he just has to find an alternate way to do them. He accomplishes goals not just by accomplishing them, but by surpassing everyone's expectations -- sometimes even his own.

After meeting Jason, I know I will think twice about feeling sorry for myself or making excuses for not accomplishing goals. Instead, I should focus on how I can accomplish and surpass them based on what I have learned from him.

We all have weaknesses, frailties, disabilities, shortcomings and faults. The key is to be strong in each other's weaknesses. To help each other to be successful and to never take no for an answer; when we're told to quit just because we don't look, talk, laugh or function like everyone else.

You can hear my interview with Jason this Sunday, January 25 on our sister station, KFYO AM 790 at 7:15 a.m.

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