A GOOD IN A BAD (DAY 4)
I remember reading a story of a pitcher called Clem Labine. As a young boy, Clem developed a strong interest in baseball, but at one time, he broke the index finger of his right hand. The finger healed, but was not set correctly; it then had a permanent crook between the first and second joints. This discouraged him as he thought that was the end of his dream of a baseball career.
His coach then called him and advised him. Those words as I can remember, "Don't be so sure. Sometimes, the things that seem like disasters turn out to be blessings in disguise. It all depends on how you regard the troubles that come your way. It is said that every adversity has the seed of a greater benefit."
You know one thing? Clem listened to the advice and continued playing. Not so long, he discovered that the crooked finger could be put to good use, he discovered that he had a natural pitching arm. Clem became encouraged as the bend gave the ball a twist and spin that no other pitcher on his team had. As he practiced it to perfection, he became one of the best pitchers in the baseball world-- known for his jug-handled curve.
Ibrahim Hamato can't be left out too. At the age of ten, he lost his arms in a train accident; this made him believe that he would never play table tennis again. For three years, he was depressed; but he finally made up his mind one day, to find a way of playing table tennis again.
Hamato started using his mouth to play table tennis. Through rigorous training and hardwork, he became so good that he defeated players in his local club. He won so much that he ended up playing in the Rio Paralympic games.
Today, he is a global icon who travels round the world; he inspires everyone he meets with his story.
Since, I read about these stories I shared with you, I have seen and concluded that there is a good in an unfortunate situation. I realized that many of us that were once good at different activities, stopped because of a problem that presented itself, but we refused to see the good in it to keep us going.
Impossibility is just a state of mind, it is what we believe in. And until we fight ourselves of it, we won't realize that we have special talents to surmount these problems. There is a good in every bad we find ourselves in.
Victor Apata
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