Reflections Magazine Issue #68 - Fall 2008 | Page 14

Feature Article

Blind Ambition
William Carr Uses Can-Do
Attitude to Reach His Goals
By Doug Goodnough

W

ant to get William Carr to do something?
Tell him he can’t.
Over the years, many people have tried advising
the legally blind 70-year-old that he can’t earn a
college degree, can’t become a Methodist pastor,
can’t ride a bicycle, can’t operate a computer,
can’t climb mountains, can’t pay his bills.
When he was born, the doctor couldn’t even
promise his mother h