Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 By the time I finished reading this, tears were rolling down, Regards, Sunita. > >In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled >children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, >while >others can be mainstreamed into conventional schools. At a Chush >fundraising >dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be >forgotten by all who attended. > >After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is >the perfection in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with >perfection. >But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child >cannot >remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God's >perfection?" >The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish, >and >stilled by the piercing query. "I believe," the father answered, "that >when >God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that he seeks >is >in the way people react to this child." > >He then told the following story about his son Shaya: One afternoon, Shaya >and >I walked past a park where some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. >Shaya asked, "Do you think they will let me play?" Shaya's father knew >that >his son was not at all athletic and that most boys would not want him on >their >team. But Shaya's father understood that if his son was chosen to play it >would give him a comfortable sense of belonging. Shaya's father >approached >one of the boys in the field and asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked >around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into >his >own hands and said "We are losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth >inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat >in >the ninth inning." Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly. >Shaya was told to put on >a glove and go out to play short center field. > >In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was >still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team >scored >again and now with two outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning >run on base. Shaya was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let >Shaya >bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game? >Suprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. > >Everyone knew that it was all but impossible because Shaya didn't even know >how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However as Shaya >stepped >up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps to lob the ball in softly so >Shaya should at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and >Shaya >swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammates came up to Shaya and >together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next >pitch. >The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward >Shaya. As the pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the ball and >together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. > >The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the >ball >to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended >the >game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to >right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started >yelling, > "Shaya, run to first. Run to first." Never in his life had Shaya run to >first. He scampered down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time >he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have >thrown >the ball to the second Baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still >running. >But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions were, so he >threw the ball high and far over the 3rd baseman's head. > >Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second." Shaya ran towards second >base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards >home. >As Shaya reached second base, the opposing short stop ran to him, turned >him >in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to third." As Shaya >rounded >third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Shaya run home." >Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their >shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grand slam" and won >the >game for his team. "That day," said the father softly with tears now >rolling >down his face, "those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection." > >Funny how this is so true and shame on us! Funny how simple it is for >people >to trash different ways of living and believing and then wonder why the >world >is going to hell. Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail >and >they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding >life >choices, people think twice about sharing. > >Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through >cyberspace, >but the public discussion of morality is suppressed in the school and >workplace. Funny isn't it? Are you laughing? Funny how when you go to >forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list >because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will >think of you for sending it to them. Funny how I can be more worried about >what other people think of me than what I think of me. FUNNY ISN'T IT! > > >PS: As for me I will send this to my whole list, as it is a wonderful story >of >the good in this world, and no matter what Religion or Belief, it is a >wonderful thing to share. _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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