My wife wanted me to help her write an editorial for her school magazine.I came up with this.I don't think she found it good enough for her magazine, but I guess its good enough to have a space in sweetsaltandbitter room.So, here goes..
Yes..you can!
What you think today can be a reality tomorrow and the power to make it happen lies within you. Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. No matter how high the building, the construction always begins with a single brick.
There was once a boy who loved football. He was never too good at it. But every match that his school played, he would reach the ground and watch his team play.His father knew of his liking for the game and always encouraged him and joined him everytime he went to watch. The coach took notice of it and when there was a need for an extra player, he took him in. The boy was on cloud nine and called his father immediately to tell him the good news.Tears of joy ran down the cheeks of the proud father. Thereafter, whenever the team and his son played, father would be there in the audience encouraging his son to play better. Unfortunately, the boy was not the best of the players in spite of the sincere efforts he put in the game.Most of the times he would be sitting in the dug-out while his father sat in the audience encouraging him not to lose heart.
While his team was practicing for one of the important match of the season, his father suddenly passed away. Tears rolled down his cheeks and with a heavy heart, the boy asked his coach if he could take the day off practice. The coach told him to take his time and be with his family. The do or die match was the next day. The boy went home crying and thinking about his father who never stopped encouraging him in the game he loved.
The next day, the team was losing badly in the match while the boy watched it. He went to his coach and begged to allow him to join the team. The coach was reluctant as the boy was not a good player but since nothing was working for the team, he gave in. Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before, was doing everything right. And the boy won the match from the clutches of defeat for his team.
Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had left the locker room, the coach noticed that the young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, "Young man, I can't believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?"The young boy looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
Most of the important things in the world are accomplished by people who keep trying when there seems to be no hope at all. So,friends never lose heart. If you fail in achieving something a 100 times, you have not lost anything because you have discovered 100 ways of how not to do something and that only reduces the chance of error the next time you do it.Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes,courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow”.
