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. ~

The Crossed Painting on the street

The Fence

                                                 The fence
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “you have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.” You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say something you will regret later.

Troubles Tree

                                                  Troubles Tree

Once upon a time a businessman hired a carpenter to help him to restore an old farmhouse. The carpenter had a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While the businessman drove the carpenter home, the carpenter sat in stony silence.

On arriving, the carpenter invited the businessman in to meet his family. The businessman was reluctant to enter being aware of the bad day that the carpenter have had, still to keep his heart, he reluctantly entered the house. As they walked toward the front door, the carpenter paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of some branches with both hands. As he opened the door, he underwent an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked the businessman to the car. They passed the tree and the businessman’s curiosity got the better of him. He asked the carpenter what was so magical about the tree that transformed his character?. "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So, I just hang them(troubles) up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them (troubles) up again." Then he smiled and said, "Funny thing is, when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."