Saturday, March 29, 2014
His Biggest Weakness Had Become His Biggest Strength
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,“ 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 some
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 over-matched. 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.
Moral:
Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and we
blame God, the circumstances or ourselves for it but we never know that our
weaknesses can become our strengths 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!”
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