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Let me tell you a story: When I was 14 years old, I fractured my spine playing hockey. It was one of the most painful experiences of my life. To me, hockey was everything--I loved that sport more than anything else in the world, and I was determined to play in the NHL. I used to watch The Mighty Ducks with my hockey gloves on, acting out the scenes in front of the television with my hockey stick in the living room, my mom yelling from the kitchen reminding me to be careful and not break anything.

When I fractured my spine, I knew I would never play hockey again. 

In an instant, my childhood dream fell apart.

For weeks, I had to wear a Velcro brace around my back. The fracture was big enough to make walking extraordinarily painful, but small enough that I couldn't have surgery. The only thing to do was take Advil and let it heal on its own.

At first, I was extremely depressed. I was an awkward teenager and didn't have many friends. The only place I felt like I fit in was on the ice with other people who loved hockey as much as I did. 

And I'll admit, at first I did what was easy. I blamed everyone else. I was angry and I felt like nothing would ever go right for me, and I refused to even give myself the option of finding the lesson in what had happened. Instead, I just focused on the problem.

With nothing else to do, I sat up in my room and started playing World of Warcraft on the computer.

3 years later, and I was one of the highest rated 3v3 players in North America. I was in talks with sponsors. I was considering not going to college so that I could become a professional gamer. I had one of the most-read World of Warcraft blogs on the Internet at a time when blogging was still relatively new (2007). And most of all, I had discovered my love for writing. 

What could have been seen as a debilitating injury, ended up propelling me to find a new interest, become one of the best players in the world, and ultimately help me find a new dream.

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