By Dayne Hudson
Impossible.
Sometimes it seems the word is conceived in our own minds and when we believe that we can do something, then we can succeed.
Here's a story that will really make you think about that word.
Disabled Gulf War veteran Arthur Boorman was once told he'd never walk again.
As a former paratrooper, Boorman says his knees and back took a hammering from too many jumps out of planes.
He returned to the US where due to being grossly immobile, he packed on the kilograms.
Boorman could then no longer make ends meet, and at one stage he was told he'd never walk without a cane, and his weight could put him in an early grave.
And Mr Boorman beleived it - at first.
Then, he had an attitude change.
There was no reality in the doctors words anymore to him - nothing he and his mind couldn't overcome.
“Five, six years ago, I accepted I would be dead by now,” Boorman said.
“I let somebody else tell me what I couldn’t do.”
Then he found yoga, and 3 x WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page's yoga routine.
Then things changed.
Five years ago, the 5-ft 8, 47-year-old weighed 135 kilograms, or 297 lbs.
After 10 months, he’d kissed goodbye to 68 kilograms, or 150 pounds.
Today, Arthur Boorman is the picture of health and an inspiration to everyone around the world.
Watch the incredible inspiring story of Arthur Boorman below.
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