A 10 year old boy decided to study judo despite the fact 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. "Master", 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 master replied.
Not quite understood, but believing in His teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the master 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 appear to be over matched. Concern that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the master intervened, "No", the master said, "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 his master reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really in his mind
"Master, how did I win the tournament with only one move?"
"You won for two reasons", the master answered, "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all judo. And second, the only defense for that is for your opponent to grab your left arm".
THE BOY'S BIGGEST WEAKNESS HAD BECOME HIS BIGGEST STRENGTH.
Lesson that we learnt from the above story:
Sometimes we feel that we have certain weakness and we blame god, the circumstances or ourselves for it but we never know that our weakness can become our strength one day. Each of us are special and important, so never think of any weakness you have, never think of pride, just live your life to it's fullest and get the best out of it.
