No Limitations.
A 10-year-old boy decided to learn Judo despite the fact that he had
lost his left arm in a terrible car accident.
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was
doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of
training, the master had taught him only one move.
“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever
need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept
training. Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first
tournament.
Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third
match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent
became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win
the match.
Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time,
his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For awhile, the
boy appeared to be completely outclassed. Concerned that the boy might
get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match
when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “Let him continue.”
Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he
dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy
had won the match and the tournament.
On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and
every match.Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on
his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost
mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second,
the only known defense for that move is for your opponent
to grab your left arm.”
The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
Sometimes we feel that we have certain weaknesses and we blame others,
the circumstances and our self for it, but we never think that our
weakness can become our strength one day.
Each of us is special, so never think you have any weakness, never think
of pride or pain, just live your life to its fullest and extract the
best out of it. You have powers you never dreamed of.
You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no
limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind.