lets see whts ur choice?????????????

Niki_Grewal

!*~PrInCe$$~*!
Hi all,
I knw its way too much lengthy for all of you,,,,,but i m still trying ur choice,,,,,this post is all abt a choice,,,,but before reading abt tht choice,,,,,make a choice to read it or not........don't reply if you wont read the whole post,,,,only reply if u ll read it,,,,its worth reading acc. to me :)
-Luv .
-Niki.
 

Niki_Grewal

!*~PrInCe$$~*!
My question to all of you is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

"When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realise true human nature presents itself, and it comes, in the way other people treat that child."

Then he told the following story: Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting much! The boy looked around for guidance and a few boys nodded approval, why not?

So he took matters into his own hands and said, "We're 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 in to bat in the ninth inning."

Shay struggled over to the team's bench put on a team shirt with a broad smile and his father had a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was Obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father wave! d to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognising the other team putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over, but the pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the head of the first baseman, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!"

Never in his life had Shay ever ran that far but made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to second base.

By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his team for the first time. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions and he too intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"

Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran to help him and turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third"

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams and those watching were on their feet were screaming, Shay, run home!"

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the "grand sla! m" and won the game for his team.

That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world."

Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy and coming home and seeing his mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND, NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through the eMail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people think twice about sharing. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people on your address list that aren't the appropriate ones to receive this type of message.

Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realise the natural order of things."

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a
choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up that opportunity, leaving it and making the world a little colder in the process? A wise man once said "every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them".
 

Niki_Grewal

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thanx rebu,,,,though i wanted to see if ppl even make a choice to read it,,,,,,then the main question is wht wud hv u done,,,,if u wud be among ones in those teams?????????????
 
seeing some disabled if they were in my team.... i wud have shouted the directions of which way they shud go in some games.......n encourage them as well.........n most of all even if we had lost a game...... it was the spirit of trying to play sumthing which was not normal for some people.......chill
 

Some1

Focusing on ________
it was so touching ..... i wuld indeed fwd it to the whole of my list

nd about me ? i'll say it .. i dont knw wat wuld i hav done..... yes i wulda talken him on the team .. but wha the pitcher did .. maybe maybe not .. who knws .. its all gods play

but .... that was luvly
 

neil

W@TNO DOOR
WELL THAT IS AWESOME...
it is really hard these days to find people like the guys in the other team

u will find thousands making fun of a special person but noone coming forward to help...
 

munda_wakhre_type_da

-- Kem da Gui --
hey miss it's so touching.. yaaar senti kartaa saunh lagee.. like pela main sochea k aa ki jabb ja khada hogea ina wada essay.. :D bt da moment me started readin it .. my interest wadi geaa to read more more.. thanx for sharing it .. m toched te bot kuch sikhan nu v milea yaar .. nd yes i gna share dis thread wid my buddies ... nd da saying dat "every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them" is so true .. yaad rakhunga eh gal hameshaa ..thanx again
 

Pardesan Punjaban

Alone but Happy
That was so good....................actually i work for the charitty......where we train people wid pshy. and intrec. disablity or people who lost their confidence........had a nervous breakdown....high blood press.etc. we train them at work place and plan their future plan or wht they want to do.....and when they r ready then we find a job for them in the open employment.........so they feel .............they r part of the society..........and guys belive me .....jadon koie succeed hunda....tahnoo das nahi sakdi kee kini khushi mildi........meri thinking kaafi change ho gayie towards life........is compnay ch kam ton baad...............i used to winge lot about life..........per hun sochdi haan..i could be worse.................jo life ch miliya us naalo khush raho.............................tae ho sakae tah kisae di help karo.............
 
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