I am actually impressed by the resiliency and positive outlook of the people in the article, at least relative to what I initially expected. Take the woman who

I am actually impressed by the resiliency and positive outlook of the people in the article, at least relative to what I initially expected. Take the woman who offered the reporter an inside tour of her fragile iron lung, and finds someone to fix it when it breaks down, even under the specter of death. That's amazingly independent and optimistic. She isn't just clinging to life. She's embracing it, even with it's unfairness and misfortune. May I be so strong a person.