A Chinese woman named Liao Zhi (35 years old) living in Chongqing, Sichuan, China, lost her legs in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. mentioned in the Chinese news as an inspirational figure. Ms. Liao Zhi’s optimism and energy to live has inspired many people.

In 2008, when a devastating earthquake struck Sichuan, Liao Zhi was trapped in the rubble for nearly 30 hours. In this tragedy, Liao Zhi at the same time lost her young daughter and her legs, she became disabled. After the terrible event, her husband could not and his wife overcome pain, loss and challenges in later life, so he proposed a divorce.

So Liao Zhi at the same time lost her daughter, lost her legs, and after a while, also lost the husband she thought she would stick with for a long time.

After the incident, Liao Zhi understood that if she collapsed and chose to live in sadness for the rest of her life, that would also be… no surprise. But she didn’t want to live in such a way: “Tragedy can happen in life, but you can’t live in tragedy forever,” Liao Zhi told herself.

In fact, when her legs were crushed to such an extent that they needed to be amputated, it was she who signed the papers agreeing to the surgery herself. When the doctors analyzed that she couldn’t save her legs, Liao Zhi quickly made the difficult decision, she agreed to the doctors’ suggestion, which is to amputate the broken leg. .

After the tragedy, Liao Zhi still maintains her love for dance. Just two months after having her leg amputated, she was able to dance again and take part in a performance. She believes that her comeback performance will be her last time on stage. What Liao Zhi did not expect was that she received a lot of support and admiration from the audience that day.

That performance made her have a completely different view of the performance, more than ever, she felt the emotional connection between herself and the audience. She felt the back and forth between her and the audience more clearly than ever. She inspires the audience, the audience motivates her.

In fact, the journey to find herself on stage also puts Liao Zhi in front of many challenges. There are times when she feels depressed and wants to give up, because she can no longer perform difficult movements, her movements are no longer natural and soft as before, there are many things she wants to do but cannot do. yes, because she is a dancer… disabled, has physical limitations.

When work and life gradually balance back, Liao Zhi decides to remarry her current husband. He accompanied her enthusiastically. He participated in the process of designing her prosthetic to make it more suitable for her needs. He also helped her really get out of the sadness that still haunts her private life.

In fact, although Liao Zhi is strong, she also has times when she lacks confidence in herself. It was her current husband who gave her strength, so that she had more courage in life.

He was the one who kept reminding her that the performance she was pursuing was not only about how flexible she was in her movements, but also the inspirational story of her energy and her efforts to overcome adversity. scene.

Liao Zhi knows that the dances she performs are not particularly difficult, and the movements are not perfect, but she believes that what she is doing is inspiring the public. Liao Zhi’s playful images have indeed gone viral on Chinese social media.

Now, Liao Zhi no longer thinks of the earthquake as a terrible tragedy in her life. When the tragedy happened, she was just over 20 years old, experiencing the event, Liao Zhi realized the potential strength in her that before, she herself did not know that she was… so strong.

Liao Zhi said: “I’m not grateful for the tragedy that happened, because it’s something that no one wants to go through in their life. But after all, the tragic incident taught me very important lessons. important in my life later.”

Currently, Liao Zhi and her husband have opened a center to support people with disabilities. Through this center, Liao Zhi hopes to be able to help people with disabilities better integrate into society. Liao Zhi decided to appear more in front of the media – the public to make her story more widely known.

She knows she may have to endure some unkind judgment, but if she hesitates to come out and share her story, she won’t be able to mass support other people with disabilities and motivate them. push them to live stronger.