Temple Grandin's chapter in "This I Believe"

I'm loving This I Believe! Most people wouldn't even give the book a second look when they found out it was about people talking about their personal philosophies. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first. I thought it would be people just blabbing on and convincing you on their believes. But i was wrong...

I know I mentioned this in my last post, but it's just so cool that there is  80 different authors in the book! 80 different stories. 80 different opinions. 80 different ideas.

One of my favorite chapters in the book so far is Seeing in Beautiful, Precise Pictures by Temple Grandin. Some of you may know who Temple Grandin is. If you don't, she is a doctor of animal science, a professor, a best selling author, and an engineer. I almost forgot! She is also autistic. There is a movie about her! Check out the trailer below:

In her chapter, Temple writes; "Here's how my brain works: It's like the search engine Google for images. If you say the world "love" to me, I'll surf the Internet inside my brain. Then, a series of images pops into my head. What I'll see is a picture of a mother horse with a foal; or I think of 'Herbie, the Love Bug' ; scenes from the movie Love Story; or the Beatles song 'Love, love, all you need is love...'" (Grandin 87)

I think Temple writes about how her mind works to show the reader that just because you are different and your differences may hold you back, you still can accomplish anything. Most people didn't believe that Temple could do the things she did because she was autistic.

I've seen the movie, Temple Grandin and it's a really inspiring, so you guys should check it out! :)