Editor's note: In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle – injury, illness or other hardship – they tapped their inner strength and found resilience they didn't know they possessed.  This week we meet Fairland Ferguson, who has fulfilled a dream of working with horses and making people smile.  She now stars in the travelling equestrian ballet "Cavalia," after surviving a near-fatal accident.

I am a Christian. I believe our purpose on Earth is to serve God and serve other people. I believe every ability, every circumstance and every situation in our life is a gift that we are given to show people God’s love.  I am also a firm believer that everything works out in accordance to God’s plan, and after August 3, 2003, nothing was more clear to me than all of these beliefs. FULL POST