Thursday 16th November 2017
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 73
Title: We May
Encounter Many Defeats, BUT We Must Not Be Defeated
My
title for today's podcast is an eye lifting quote credited to Brian Tracy that
wonderful World's Number 1 Motivational and Inspirational Expert. A story is told of a young
boy who was hale and hearty at birth and early childhood but who was given an
injection when he was taken to a health clinic with the complaint of fever and
that injection turned out to be the nightmare of his life because few days
after receiving the injection, his legs were unable to carry him again, he
could not stand alone again, neither walk nor run. He and his parents thought
that his life had come to an end. And before anyone could say Jack Robinson the
muscles on his legs started diminishing in mass until they were completely
withered. There was nothing the Medical Doctors and Nurses could do for him
when his legs failed him. He was a vivacious and gregarious young boy before
that incident, and he hated himself when he found that he would be dependent on
others to move around, take his bath and all that all his life. There was no
consoling him. When it was time for him to start Primary School, he just didn't
want to go but his Parents persuaded him to go in the hope that he may be able
to find a solution to his "paralysis". It was that hope that drove
him to School and every morning his Father would put on the back seat of his
bicycle and "drive" him to School and in the afternoon, he would
repeat the journey to bring him back to the house. In the School, he was unable
to play with the other kids, always alone in the Class Room when it was break
time and play time. Then he made a friend, a girl who was willing to bring him
out during break time and play with him and take him again afterwards. By the
time he was through with Primary School and was to enter Junior High, someone
had invented the wheel chair, and though it was expensive to procure, but his
father had to procure one for him. But he still needed someone to push it
around for him to be able to move around and fortunately, it was the Community
High and his "girl friend" from the Primary School was also there and
was always available to assist him. In his penultimate year in the Senior High,
a motorized wheel chair was invented and again his Father did all he could to
procure one for him, this made it easier for him to move around without
anyone's assistance. But the girl was always around him. She said she had
adopted him as her own "pet project". He wanted to be a sprinter and
the only to do that was to get "legs". His research took him to a
Company that was in the business of creating artificial legs, the Executive in
charge, evaluated his "spindly legs", took his measurements and
fashioned out a pair of "artificial legs" for him. The first day he walked
on them, he felt like he was back to life again and then he started training to
be a sprinter; he so much desired to be a world champion in 100 metres and 200
metres race. After 3 years of training, he felt he was ready to take on those
with natural legs but he failed; he failed again at the 2nd attempt and at the
3rd attempt and his wife (oh by the way, he married the girl that was by his
side from childhood) advised him to shift focus from dash races to distant
races; so he started training for the Marathon and after one year of consistent
and persistent training, he filed in for the Marathon and low and behold he
beat everyone else hands down. He became the toast of the Press, the celebrity
of the time and at the celebrations that marked that victory, he made that
statement - "I encountered many defeats on my way to this victory but I
simply refused to be defeated" Do you remember him? Tell me!!!!
Until I come your way
again, this is #MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst
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