A True To Life Story (The Power of Determination)

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Om Sai

Raam Brothers And Sisters,

I was

reading an article and came across this lovely story and wanted to share it

with everyone here. For at some point in life we do get to that full stop, BUT

being spiritual aspirants we do possess a certain amount of determination to

get by…

The

Power of Determination

The little country

schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned, pot-bellied coal stove. A little

boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm

the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.

One morning they

arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames. They dragged the

unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had

major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county

hospital.

>From his bed the

dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking

to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die - which

was for the best, really - for the terrible fire had devastated the lower half

of his body.

But the brave boy

didn't want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the

amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the mortal danger was past, he

again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told

that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body,

it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be a lifetime

cripple with no use at all of his lower limbs.

Once more the brave

boy made up his mind. He would not be a cripple. He would walk. But

unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just

dangled there, all but lifeless.

Ultimately he was

released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs,

but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he

would walk was as strong as ever.

When he wasn't in bed,

he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into

the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw

himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs

behind him.

He worked his way to

the white picket fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised

himself up on the fence. Then, stake by stake, he began dragging himself along

the fence, resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until

he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing

he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.

Ultimately through his

daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did

develop the ability to stand up, then to walk haltingly, then to walk by himself

- and then - to run.

He began to walk to

school, then to run to school, to run for the sheer joy of running. Later in

college he made the track team.

Still later in Madison

Square Garden this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never

walk, who could never hope to run - this determined young man, Dr. Glenn

Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile!

Note:To verify this amazing

true story, see the Glenn Cunningham article on the Kansas Sports Hall of

Fame's website at http://www.kshof.org/inductees/cunningham.html

Cunningham was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in

1974.

P:S Swami has fondly

shown this to us through his actions and words:

"I will not

give up my mission or my determination. I know I will carry them out."

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Om Jai Sai Raam

I offer my humble

pranaams at the lotus feet of my Beloved Sai.

Radhey Of Canada

 

 

 

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loka samastha sukhino bhavanthu ganesh

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Om Sai

Raam Ganesh Bhaiya,

Yes this

is indeed a beautiful touching story, this only goes to show what determination

can do in terms of our spirituality….Always be determined to be optimistic

about everything in life..be determined to never be pessimistic …always be

determined to hold on the Lord Sai’s lotus feet.

 

Determination

is very important in this lifetime!

Om Jai Sai

Raam

Radhey of

Canada.