Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Juan Sarmiento





 Juan Sarmiento


I had the pleasure of speaking to Juan recently. He is working on his English and did a great job answering my questions! He currently resides in Turjillo, Peru. He taught history and literature. Juan also studies law and loves to read. He has played cello for the past 6 years and the guitar since he was a teenager. He had some very insightful things to share.


“What is your biggest fear in life?”

“My children. The stutter is genetic, too”

“What would you tell other people who stutter to help them in life?”

“If you are stutter, you should compare with others... There are many people who have problems more complicated. For example; the people without arms, legs…blind...these are biggest problemsThere many people have problems more complicated than us.”


Juan shared with me the story of someone he admires: Nick Vujicic. I didn’t know who he was, so I looked him up on Youtube. He is a man who has no arms or legs, but he plays sports, travels around the world and MOST importantly he LOVES HIS LIFE. He is happy. So simple, yet so profound.

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