World's Shortest Man Died

AFP - Tuesday, March 16

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall (75 cm), has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.

He -- a native of China who had a form of primordial dwarfism and measured 74.61 centimetres -- was in Rome taking part in a television show when he suffered chest problems.

He was taken to hospital, where he died over the weekend.

Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of London-based Guinness World Records, recalled measuring He in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia in 2008.

"For such a small man, he made a huge impact around the world," Glenday said.

"From the moment I laid on eyes on him, I knew he was someone special -- he had such a cheeky smile and mischievous personality, you couldn't help but be charmed by him," he said.

"He brightened up the lives of everyone he met, and was an inspiration to anyone considered different or unusual."

I had watched videos of him on TV before & remembered him as a cheerful fellow despite his differences. He is a great inspiration of how we can live life depending on how we perceive it.

Life is not complicated. It is only complicated when we perceived it to be.

Happiness is a pursuit. It is not a destination, but a journey.