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This is a short article I received by email:


Hi All,

What would you do? You make the choice!
 
Don't look for a punch line; There isn't one!
 
Read this and see. 

My question to all of you is this: Would you
 
have made the same choice? 

Read slowly and carefully and then answer 

the question.



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At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves

learning disabled children, the father of one of the

students delivered a speech that would never be

forgotten by all who attended. After admiring the

school and its dedicated staff, he offered a

question:



"When not interfered with by outside influences,

everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet

my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children

do. He cannot understand things as other children

do. Where is the natural order of things in my

son?"


The audience was stilled by the query.



The father continued. "I believe, that when a child

like Shay,



physically and mentally handicapped comes into the

world, an opportunity to realize true human nature

presents itself, and it comes, in the way other

people treat that child "Then he told the following

story:


Shay and his father had walked past a park where

some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay

asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's

father knew that most of the boys would not want

someone like Shay on their team, but the father also

understood that if his son were allowed to play, it

would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and

some confidence to be accepted by others in spite

of his handicaps.



Shay's father approached one of the boys on the

field and asked if Shay could play, not expecting

much. The boy looked around for guidance and said,

"We're losing by six runs and the game is in the

eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and

we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning."



Shay struggled over to the team's bench put on a

team shirt with a broad smile and his Father had a

small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The

boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team

scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In

the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and

played in the right field. Even though no hits came

his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the

game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as

his father waved to him from the stands. In the

bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored

again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the

potential winning run was on base, and Shay was

scheduled to be next at bat.



At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away

their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was

given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but

impossible 'cause Shay didn't even know how to hold

the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.




However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the

pitcher, recognizing the other team putting winning

aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few

steps to lob the ball in


softly so Shay could at

least be able to make contact. The first pitch came

and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher

again took a few steps forward to toss the ball

softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay

swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right

back to the pitcher.



The game would now be over, but the pitcher picked

up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown

the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been

out and that would have been the end of the game.




Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the

head of the first baseman, out of reach of all team

mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams

started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!"

Never in his life had Shay ever ran that far 


but

made it to first base. He scampered down the base

line, wide-eyed and startled.


Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!"

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards

second, gleaming and struggling to make it to second

base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base,

the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy on

their team, who had a chance to be the hero for his

team for the first time. He could have thrown the

ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he

understood the pitcher's intentions and he too

intentionally threw the ball high and far over the

third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base

deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the

bases toward home.



All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way

Shay"


Shay reached third base, the opposing shortstop ran

to help him and turned him in the direction of third

base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to

third" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both

teams and those watching were on their feet were

screaming, "Shay, run home! Shay ran to home,

stepped on the pl at e, and was cheered as the hero

who hit the "grand slam" and won the game for his

team.


That day, said the father softly with tears now

rolling down his face, the boys from both teams

helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world.


Shay didn't make it to another summer and died that

winter, having never forgotten being the hero and

making his Father so happy and coming home
and

seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND, NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all

send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a

second thought, but when it comes to sending

messages about life choices, people think twice

about sharing. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene

pass freely through cyberspace, but public

discussion about decency is too often suppressed in

our schools and workplaces.




If you're thinking about forwarding this message,

chances are that you're probably sorting out the

people on your address list, that aren't the

"appropriate" ones to receive this type of message.

Well, the person who sent you this believes that we

all can make a difference. We all have thousands of

opportunities every single day to help realize the

"natural order of things." So many seemingly trivial

interactions between two people present us with a

choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and

humanity or do we pass up that opportunity to

brighten the day of those with us the least able,

and leave the world a little bit colder in the

process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how

it treats it's least fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1.. Delete  or 2 Forward

 
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Above article received by email from: Arvinder Singh Paul Mobile: 0044 (0)7939 112 156.