Here's a great story about Triumph ... of the four (or should I say TWO)-legged variety. I thought you'd enjoy it.
In life there are
always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at
life from another direction. This dog was born on Christmas Eve in 2002.
He was born with two legs. He, of course, couldn't walk. When he was born even his
mother didn't want him.
But then, his present
owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. His
first owner didn't think that he could survive and he was thinking of just
putting him to sleep. Jude became determined to teach and train this
little dog to walk by himself.
She named him Faith
and, in the beginning, put him on a surfboard to let him feel the
up-and-down movement. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a
lure to reward him for standing up and jumping around. Even the
other dog at home encouraged him.
Amazingly, after only
six months Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump to move
forward. After further training in the snow, he could now walk
just like a human.
Faith loves to walk now. No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him. He is fast becoming famous worldwide and has appeared on multiple newspapers and TV shows.
There is now a book entitled "With a Little Faith," being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of the Harry Potter movies. His present owner, Jude Stringfellow, has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world to teach that without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul.
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each day. Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life."
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