A 10-year old boy decided to learn judo, despite the fact that he had LOST his LEFT ARM in a devastating car accident.
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. He was doing well, but couldn’t understand why after three months of training, the master had taught him ONLY ONE MOVE.
“SENSEI” the boy finally said, “Should I not be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know , but this is the only move you will ever need to know,” the Sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Few months later, the Sensei took the boy to his first tournament.
Surprising himself, he won the tournament easily.
On the way back he asked,
“Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the Sensei answered.
- 1. You have mastered one of the MOST DIFFICULT throws in all of judo.
- The only known defense for that move, for your opponent, was to grab your LEFT ARM. It was NOT there.”
The left arm that he had lost, was a BLESSING in disguise.
We all have hidden treasures. All we need to do is, bring them to surface and use them skillfully.
Some times our vulnerability may be our greatest strength.
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