Usually when you’re hearing a story involving video games, it’s someone blaming them for crimes and senseless violence or complaining that their kids shouldn’t be playing such filth (instead of actually trying to be a parent and refusing to give them access to the more mature titles, of course).

Put all of that out of your mind; today we have a wonderful story about video games that will warm your heart and make you smile.

25-year-old Hans Smith is a baseball and St. Louis Cardinals super-fan. He also suffers from cerebral palsy. But instead of letting that keep him from doing the things he loves and giving up on life, he’s making the best of it and finding ways to thrive even with the restrictions he battles every day of his life.