“The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, often well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.”
If you have ever doubted the power of just one person, the below three stories might change your mind. After being married for 25 years without kids, Thimmakka started planting trees from her home village Hulikal along the road to Kudur in the state of Karnataka. The trees now span around four kilometers, or nearly two and a half miles, on the route.
Husband and wife Sri BikkalaChikkayya and SaalumaradaThimmakka from southern India could not have children, so they began to plant and care for trees instead. Now Thimmakka, who is around 105-years old, has planted approximately 300....
