One out of every ten people walking down the street is left-handed. Everywhere they go, left-handed people come across tools that were designed for right handed persons.
Medical researchers have searched long and hard for what causes people to be left handed or right handed. The researchers have concluded that left handed people are left handed for the same reason that brown eyed people have brown eyes. It's just one of those things that shows up in one out of every ten people.
A really interesting question is whether there is any connection between left handed people and creative genius. Some of history's most creative minds have been left-handed.
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein were all left handed.
Bobby Fisher, the modern chess genius, is also left handed.
So even though it may be more difficult for a left handed person to live in a right handed world, lefties can know that they are in good company. Beethoven and Einstein had it tough, too.
P.S. Lora and I are 90% sure that Paxten Cady Parker is also left handed. Maybe one day she’ll be on this list, but if she’s not, that’s okay too. I love my left handed daughter!
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