Change Your Weakness into 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,”(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 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 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 defence for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”

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

~ Determination changes a weakness into strength and no defeat is final until we quit or refuse to fight back.    One’s mastery is in continuity of actions, even if repetitive   ~

Too much of self-Pride can be destructive

                                                   

Too much of self-Pride can be destructive

Once there lived a hungry, bad lion who ruled a far-away jungle. He scared the animals in the forest and ordered them to bring him food everyday. In return, he promised he would not kill any one of them and would keep all animals safe from his fangs. The smaller and helpless jungle animals had no choice but to agree. One day, a young deer went to the lion’s den to give his offering. The young deer brought the lion a huge meat enough for a feast. The bad lion was still not satisfied that he craved for more. The bad lion wanted to taste the deer’s meat and eat him whole. The wise young deer thought of better ways to escape from the bad lion. He said that on his way to the bad lion’s den, he met another mighty lion.

“Not far from here, I met a mighty lion and he claimed to be the King! And this mighty lion said he wants to meet you my lord!” the deer said.

The furious bad lion said, “So do I! I want to know the impostor!” The young deer took the bad lion to a river and said, “Meet the mighty lion, my lord.” The angry bad lion immediately jumped to the river attacking its reflection. The bad lion didn’t know that the water was deep and got drowned. The young deer ended the rule of the bad lion in the jungle.

~ Too much of self-pride can be destructive. Don’t berate others, the real power is how strong we are mentally, and what kind of presence of mind we have. It sometimes turns a disaster into a discovery. ~