10 People Who Overcame Life’s Difficulties and Who Are Proof That We Can Make Dreams That Seem Impossible Come True

Life is not always easy for most people. Situations such as extreme poverty and physical limitations can make it difficult for some to achieve, but not for the people in this selection. In this post, we show 10 true stories that demonstrate that, often, difficulty can be the driving force to succeed in life.

O awesome.club brings reports of people who decided to fight, despite the difficulty that life presented. For, as the unknown poet says: “The comfort zone is a wonderful place. Too bad nothing grows there”…

Antônia Faleiros is from Minas Gerais and at age 21 went to seek a better life in Belo Horizonte. She already wanted to grow up and soon got a job as a maid. But since she couldn’t pay rent, she slept at the bus stop. In the hours of insomnia on the street, she would collect handouts in the trash and began to study. She got a scholarship for law and is now a judge in the city of Lauro de Freitas (BA).

Geraldo Pereira is a resident of the city of Cajazeiras, in Paraíba, who was born without arms and is an example of overcoming. He doesn’t let himself be put down and every day he sits in the square and does what he loves most: making wooden toys. Geraldo cuts, glues, paints and sews the toys by himself. His determination makes him well known and tourists even want to take pictures and film his work.

Robson had a moment as a child that changed his future: he was playing in the street and climbed a pole to catch the kite, which got caught in the high-voltage wires. Unfortunately, he received an electrical shock and had to amputate part of his arms. Despite this, he did not give up, got married, has 2 daughters and works with his father as a bricklayer’s helper. Robson is an example for the entire neighborhood.

Robson Barbosa was a vigilante and began to have depression when he witnessed a robbery. This event caused him to be fired. On medical advice, he started helping his wife at the beauty salon she ran. He ended up taking such a liking to the thing that today is the most sought after manicurist in the south of Curitiba. It can be said that he discovered his vocation only at the age of 40. We even made an exclusive post telling his story.

Ivo Damasceno had been unemployed for almost 2 years and saw the difficulty of returning to the job market because he was over 50 years old. Without a job and working as a collector, he made a poster and positioned himself on a highway in São Gonçalo, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio. A person who passed by the place took a photo and posted it on the Internet. Just a day later, he got a spot at a supermarket.

Marcos de Moraes is a young man from Pará who became known when his video, telling that he made a homemade PVC pipe prosthesis to be able to walk, went viral. In 2018, the boy lost part of his leg in an accident, but that didn’t make him lose the joy of living. Watching the video, São Paulo businessman Nelson Nolé got in touch with Marcos and donated a real prosthesis.

Walisson da Silva left home as a child, fleeing domestic violence and lived on the Brasília bus station for years. One fine day, a man decided to help him and enrolled him in school. He realized then that this was the only way to get off the streets. He started studying in a library and won a scholarship to a law school. Graduation was in 2018 and he wants to fight for the less fortunate.

Adão is a 14-year-old boy who goes out to the streets of his neighborhood in Grajaú (MA) every afternoon selling ice cream. A video, which circulates on the Internet, shows a group of young men humiliating the young man, which caused outrage on the network. As a way of giving him strength, a group of policemen bought all the ice cream the boy had. In addition, youtuber and digital influencer Thayse Teixeira promised to give him an ice cream shop. And the star Gusttavo Lima renovated the boy’s house.

Dona Thereza Mualla Alduino worked as a cook for years at a school in the city of Catanduva (SP). But her big dream was to be a pedagogue and when she retired, she took a high school diploma. Thereza graduated from a technical course and in 2015 started college. Graduation was in 2018 and she said she will continue studying.

Patricia was abandoned in a shoebox outside an orphanage when she was just 11 days old. After leaving the orphanage, she didn’t stop following her dreams: she trained as a nurse to help people and still volunteers telling stories to children. She was not let down by childhood abandonment, got married, has 2 children and a happy family.

Inspired by such a beautiful story? Do you have any overcoming cases that you know of? Tell us.