THE LITTLE BOY

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said:
“How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?”
The surgeon said, “I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it.”
Sally said, “Why do little children get cancer? Doesn’t God care any more? Where were you,
God, when my son needed you?”
The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be
out in a few minutes, before he’s transported to the university.”
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to son. She ran her fingers
lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
“Would you like a lock of his hair?” the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy’s hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it
to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to donate his body to the university for study.
He said it might help somebody else. “I said no at first, but Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be
using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.”
She went on, “My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always
wanting to help others if he could.”
Sally walked out of Children’s mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last
six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy’s belongings on the seat beside her in the car.
The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy’s
belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started
placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had
always kept them. She laid down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to
sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on the bed was a folded letter.
The letter said:
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to miss me; but don’t think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you,
just ’cause I’m not around to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, Mom, even more with
each day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy
so you won’t be so lonely, that’s okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play
with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn’t like the same things us
boys do. You’ll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know. Don’t be sad thinking
about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and
showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool.
I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn’t look like any of his pictures. Yet,
when I saw Him, I knew it was Him. Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom?
I got to sit on God’s knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That’s when I told
Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good-bye and everything. But I already knew
that wasn’t allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own
personal pen to write you this letter. I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to
drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you
asked Him ‘Where was He when I needed him?’ “God said He was in the same place with me,
as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His
children.
Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I’ve written except you. To everyone else this
is just a blank piece of paper. Isn’t that cool? I have to give God His pen back now. He needs
it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for
supper. I’m, sure the food will be great.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don’t hurt anymore. The cancer is all gone. I’m glad because I
couldn’t stand that pain anymore and God couldn’t stand to see me hurt so much, either.
That’s when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special
Delivery! How about that?
Signed with Love from: God, Jesus & Me.”
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
“If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.”
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action
steps.”
“It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven’t been willing to try.”
“Little by little one walks far.”
“If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.”
“I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them, I couldn’t imagine who or
where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles,
and attitude is everything!”
“Laugh often,
Dream big,
Reach for the stars!”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma
– which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s
opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your
heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything
else is secondary.”
“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when
everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.”
“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.”
“A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.”
“You won’t realize the distance you’ve walked until you take a look around and realize how far
you’ve been.”
“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight
minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.”
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a
leader.”
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it
is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.”
“People come into your life and people leave it… you just have to trust that life has a road
mapped out for you.”
“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates
inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.”
“I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.”
“Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up
your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school,
join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade
you that things are too difficult or impossible.”
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

WEAKNESS OR STRENGTH

Sometimes our biggest weakness can become our biggest strength. Take, for example, the
story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study 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. 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 a while, the boy
appeared to be overmatched. 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.
He was the champion.
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 grap your left arm.”
The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.