I was actually born with one finger on my left hand and a full left leg, but it was curved.

我出生時其實左手只有一隻指頭和一隻完整的左腿，但它是捲曲的。

I had surgery when I was 2 and a half years old to remove the part that was curved, so I had a stump that they could put a prosthetic leg on.

我在兩歲半時動手術移除捲曲的部分。所以我有個殘餘的部分他們可以裝上義肢。

And then they took the big toe from that. And they put it on my left hand. So I have two fingers.

然後他們從那裡拿了大拇指。他們把義肢放在我的左手。所以我就有兩隻手指。

I did tons of physical therapy to try to get my new finger to work like a real finger, and not like a toe.

我做了好多的物理治療試著讓我新的手指能像真正的手指頭一般運作，而不是像腳趾。

I was always trying to figure out how to bring them together and how to get them to come together and touch.

我一直都在想要怎麼樣才能把兩隻手指靠在一起，還有如何讓它們碰在一起。

And I was sitting in the shower, and they touched, and it was amazing!

我坐在淋浴間裡，然後它們就碰在一起了，那真的太棒了！

I was running around the house screaming, yay, I did it! Because that was like the first milestone.

我在家裡邊叫邊跑來跑去，耶，我做到了！因為那是第一個里程碑。

Do you feel different than other kids?

你會感覺自己和其他小孩不一樣嗎？

Sometimes I do. People do stare and whisper.

有時候我會。人們盯著我看、彼此耳語。

I'll be thinking, like, there's tons of kids in this world, how did He happen to choose me to be one of the kids that had to get their leg taken away.

我就會想，世界上有這麼多小孩。為什麼會選中我當那個腿被拿走的孩子。

And I asked God, like, can you please give me a leg, somehow, some way.

然後我問上帝，請你給我一隻腿好嗎，用任何形式、方法都行。

But then I have to think, I was born like this. I can't change it.

但在那之後我必須想，我無法改變它。

And when I play sports, I don't feel different. I don't think about anything else. I just think about what's happening in the game.

當我做運動時，我並沒有感覺到任何不同。我不會想任何其他的事。我只會想在比賽中發生什麼事。

Would you say sports have become a ritual for you?

你認為運動是你的例行要做的事嗎？

Yes. Because I feel like if I don't play sports every day, I feel weird.

是的。因為我覺得如果我沒有每天做運動，我會覺得很怪。

I've always felt like sports is where I can go, when I'm sad or lonely or anything.

我一直認為運動是當我傷心、孤單或任何時候都可以去的好去處。

I love competition. I love the feeling. I love being under pressure and everything.

我喜歡競爭。我喜歡這種感覺。我喜歡身處在壓力中和關於運動所有的一切。

When I'm playing sports, I go from thinking about all the other things to game mode.

當我在做運動時，我會轉換模式，從思考其他事情進入到比賽的狀態。

When I'm in the zone, I feel like I have this like fire around me, and then the flames pop up and have this circle around it.

當我進入那個狀態時，我感覺我的周圍有一團火，然後火焰冒出，在周圍形成一個圈。

So any thoughts that try to come in, and they get burned by the fire, and they don't let in.

所以有任何想法想要進入時，它們就被火燒掉。然後它們就不會進來。

Do you feel you have to work harder than other kids?

你覺得你需要比別的小孩更努力嗎？

Oh, yes. I bet kids, when they take a step, "Oh, I took a step, big deal."

噢，是的。我賭其他孩子們，當他們踏出一步時是想著：噢，這一步對我來說意義重大。

For me, when I take a step, I say, "Oh, no big deal," but I thought about every little bit.

但對我來說，當我踏出一步時我會說：噢，沒什麼大不了的。但我認真感受每一步。

I put so much pressure on my body from being in a prosthetic all day.

我給我的身體很多的壓力，因為使用了義肢一整天。

I come home. I'm like dying from back pain, and I have to stretch before I go to bed every night.

我回到家，我背痛死了。我每天睡前都要伸展筋骨。

So how do you stay positive?

所以你如何保持樂觀態度？

I have to think about what I have instead of what I don't have.

我必須想著我擁有什麼，而不是我沒有什麼。

I have a great life. I have a great family. I have great legs. I have great friends. I have a great school.

我有個很好的人生。我有個美好的家庭。我有一雙很棒的腿。我有很多好朋友。我讀得是一間很好的學校。

I could go on for years. I'm just grateful that I have so many things that are great in my life.

我可以繼續說下去，說個幾年都沒問題。我很感激我生命中有這麼多美好的事。

There's lots of challenges in people's life, and that's a little wall right there.

人生中會有很多的挑戰，而這就是道小小的牆罷了。

So I try to break down that wall. If I'm just running around like playing soccer or shooting a lay-up, I don't think about it.

所以我會試著打破那道牆。如果我可以跑來跑去踢足球、帶球上籃，我就不會去想它。

I don't feel different when I'm playing sports because that takes me away from my disability.

我在做運動的時候不覺得自己有什麼不同，因為它讓我忽略我的缺陷。

But it's a good thing that I'm born like this.

但天生這樣對我來講是件好事。

I've learned to be confident in myself. I've learned how to be strong.

我學會了如何對自己有自信。我學會如何堅強。

Firefighters see difficult things every day.

消防員每天都看著令人煎熬的事。

Click to watch as one shares his inspiring ritual in this episode.

點擊觀看他在這集中分享激勵人心的故事。

All that excitement, energy, sweat, tears.

所有的興奮、能量、汗水、眼淚都集結在一起，

It's contained until you get all the way up to the top, where you just like explode and just feel like the sky open up.

直到你用盡所有方式到達頂端，在哪裡你盡情發洩，然後就撥雲見日了。

"Rituals" is a part of "Seeker Stories."

「習慣」是 Seeker Stories 的一部份。

If you'd like to continue to see more stories from around the world, we need you to subscribe.

如果你想要繼續收看更多來自於世界各地的故事，我們需要你的訂閱。

Thanks for watching.

感謝收看。