The man got up from the stool and put his mirrored sunglasses back on.
He said, "You do what men and women have done throughout the ages. You reach inside you and find that one piece of you that you've never accessed before. That inner strength that's been lying dormant your whole life. And you use that to pull yourself up. Not all at once. Pull yourself to your knees. Then you pull yourself up on your feet. And then you start walking. You walk toward whatever it is that you're after, Barbara. And you don't stop until you're there."