It was a sports stadium. Eight children were standing on the track to participate in a running event.
* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!
With the sound of a toy pistol, all eight girls started running. Hardly had they covered ten to fifteen steps when one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down. Due to bruises and pain, she started crying. When the other seven girls heard the little girl cry, they stopped running, stood for a while, and turned back. Seeing the girl on the track, they all ran to help. One among them bent down, picked her up, and kissed her gently, enquiring as to how she was. They then lifted the fallen girl, pacifying her. Two of them held her firmly while all seven joined hands together and walked towards the winning post.
There was pin-drop silence at the spectators' stand. Officials were shocked. Slow claps multiplied to thousands as the spectators stood up in appreciation. Many eyes were filled with tears, and perhaps even God's!
YES!! This happened in Hyderabad, India, recently! The sport was conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health. All these special girls had come to participate in this event. They were spastic children. Yes, they were mentally challenged.
What did they teach the world? Teamwork? Humanity? Equality among all? Successful people help others who are slow in learning so that they are not left far behind. This is really a great message... Spread it! We never do this because we have brains and attitude!!!
THINK ABOUT IT...
From India, Madurai
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3* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!
With the sound of a toy pistol, all eight girls started running. Hardly had they covered ten to fifteen steps when one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down. Due to bruises and pain, she started crying. When the other seven girls heard the little girl cry, they stopped running, stood for a while, and turned back. Seeing the girl on the track, they all ran to help. One among them bent down, picked her up, and kissed her gently, enquiring as to how she was. They then lifted the fallen girl, pacifying her. Two of them held her firmly while all seven joined hands together and walked towards the winning post.
There was pin-drop silence at the spectators' stand. Officials were shocked. Slow claps multiplied to thousands as the spectators stood up in appreciation. Many eyes were filled with tears, and perhaps even God's!
YES!! This happened in Hyderabad, India, recently! The sport was conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health. All these special girls had come to participate in this event. They were spastic children. Yes, they were mentally challenged.
What did they teach the world? Teamwork? Humanity? Equality among all? Successful people help others who are slow in learning so that they are not left far behind. This is really a great message... Spread it! We never do this because we have brains and attitude!!!
THINK ABOUT IT...
From India, Madurai
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Hello Dr. Kartik,
It seems that people with so-called "normal" brains have much to learn from those who are considered to have an "underdeveloped" one. It appears that development has been in reverse.
Thank you for the post. It is very inspiring.
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From India, Visakhapatnam
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It seems that people with so-called "normal" brains have much to learn from those who are considered to have an "underdeveloped" one. It appears that development has been in reverse.
Thank you for the post. It is very inspiring.
Regards
From India, Visakhapatnam
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Very inspiring and touching incident.... It shows that the people with fully functional brain are more handicapped as compared to them.
From India, Bhopal
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Thank you for posting the nice incident. It's over 3 years old as I had read this before at http://pnbiit.ac.in/download/etrac/jul_sep07.pdf.
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Simhan
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Have a nice day.
Simhan
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Dear Dr. Karthik,
This is a very nice story. Even I know that those children have some extra power. I am going usually to taking classes of dancing & playing instruments just for their entertainment. They guys are awesome. Sometimes to see their abilities, I like to salute them.
Thank you for sharing this nice post.
Yukti...
From India, Mumbai
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This is a very nice story. Even I know that those children have some extra power. I am going usually to taking classes of dancing & playing instruments just for their entertainment. They guys are awesome. Sometimes to see their abilities, I like to salute them.
Thank you for sharing this nice post.
Yukti...
From India, Mumbai
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