hello all,

here is an inspirational story, read it and think positive.



A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had
lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons
with an old
Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't
understand why, after three months of training the master had taught
him only one move.

"Sensei," (Teacher in Japanese) the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be
learning more moves?""This is the only move you know, but this is the
only move you'll
ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but
believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later,
the sensei
took the boy to his first tournament.

Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The
third match proved to be more difficult, but after so! me time, his
opponent became impatient
and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still
amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his
opponent was
bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared
to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee
called a time-out.
He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.

"No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match
resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard.
Instantly, the
boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament.

He was the champion. On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed
every move in each and every match.Then the boy summoned the courage
to ask what was really
on his mind.

"Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?"

"You won for two reasons," the sensei answered!."First, you've almost
mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second,
the only known
defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm."

The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.

Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and we blame god,
the circumstances and our self for it but we never know that our
weakness can become
our strength one day.

Each of us is special and important, so never think you have any
weakness, never think of pride or pain, just live your life to its
fullest and extract
the best out of it!"

regards....rahul

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