Imagine what the world will look like from a “left-handed” point of view? August 13 is a day to celebrate lefthanders. Did you know Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were all left-handed? Rock out with Paul McCartney or Jimi Hendrix, the world’s greatest left-handed guitarist. (Stevie Ray Vaughan, born right-handed, learned to play a left-handed guitar like his hero, Hendrix). There’s also Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and Lady Gaga, left-handers all. In baseball, there were the legendary “southpaws,” Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax. Charlie Chaplin, Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Albert Einstein were all lefthanders.
According to scientists at the University of Oxford, if you are left-handed, your brain works differently than right-handed people. The two sides of your brain are more coordinated, especially in the areas associated with language. This means that you can find yourself having skills that other people don’t have. Sometimes, this finding is also associated with the claim that left-handed people are better at art and music, but the claim lacks enough scientific evidence.
International Lefthanders celebrates the differences and distinctiveness of left handed individuals.
This day day was first celebrated by Dean R. Campbell, founder of the Lefthanders International, Inc in 1976.
So, if you’re left-handed, grab your left-handed cup and make a toast to all left-handers, everywhere!
#HappyLefthandersday
