Tonight I saw that Post World War II classic "The Best Years of Our Lives" and in it was a scene where the sailor (Homer) has his moment of truth. His fiancé tells him that her parents want her to move away. He is not sure if he wants her to stay as his fiancé...he's sure that he does not want her to leave. See he thinks that his disability is everyone's disability: that of not looking at what is left instead of what is gone (in this case both his hands). So, thinking she is not going to like what he sees he puts her to the test. Well she doesn't flinch and needless to say his attitude changed.
At the end of the movie he married her. Also at the end we see that given a little time and a change of attitude as well as latitude even the most battle-hardened veteran can make a better life for himself and those that believe in him.
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