Kindness Toward Others

[Guest guest]

Thanks to Seema for sharing this story.

 

Taken from "The Power of Intention" by Wayne W. Dyer, (2004),

pp. 44-47.

 

Kindness Toward Others

 

This idea of extending kindness is particularly relevant in how

you deal with people who are helpless, elderly, mentally

challenged, poor, disabled and so on. These people are all part

of God's perfection. They, too, have a divine purpose, and since

all of us are connected to each other through Spirit, their purpose

and intent is also connected to you. Here is a brief story that will

touch you at the heart level. It suggests that those whom we

meet who are less than able to care for themselves may have

come to teach us something about the perfection of intention.

Read it and know this kind of thinking, feeling, and behavior

empowers you to connect to intention through matching

kindness with your own.

 

In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to

learning disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for

their entire school career, while others can be mainstreamed

into conventional schools. At a Chush fundraiser dinner, the

father of Chush child delivered a speech that would never be

forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its

dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is the perfection in my

son,

Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection. But my

child cannot understand things as other children do. My child

cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where

is God's perfection?" The audience was shocked by the

question, pained by the father's anguish, and stilled by the

piercing query.

 

"I believe", the father answered, "that when

God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that he

seeks is inthe way people react to this child." He then told the

following story about his son, Shaya. 

 

One afternoon Shaya and his father walked past a park

where some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. Shaya

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

father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most of

the boys would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father

understood thatif his son was chosen to play, it would give him a

sense of belonging. Shaya's father approached one of the boys

on the filed and asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked

around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took

matters into his own hands 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 up to bat in the ninth inning."

 

Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly.

Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play in center field.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya‚s team scored a few

runs but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth

inning, Shaya‚s team scored a gain, and now had tow outs and

bases loaded, with the potential winning run on base, Shaya

was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat

at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game.

 

Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew

that t was all but impossible because Shaya didn‚t even know

how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it.

However, as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher

moved a few steps to lob the ball softly so Shaya could at least

be able to make contact. The first pitch came in, and Shaya

swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammeates came

up to Shaya, and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher

waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps

forward to toss the ball softly toward Shaya. As the pitch came

in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the bat, and together they

hit a show ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the

soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first

baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have

ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it

on a high arc to right fieldfar beyond the reach of the first

baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first, run to

first." Never in his life had Shaya run to first. He scampered

down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time he

reached first base, the right-fielder had the ball. He could have

thrown the ball to the second baseman who would tag out

Shaya, who was still running.

 

But the right-fielder understood what the pitcher‚s

intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third

baseman‚s head. Everyone yelled, „Run to second, run to

second. Shaya ran toward second base as the runners ahead

of him delirously circled the bases toward home. As Shaya

reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned

him in the direction of the third base, and shouted, "Run to

third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran

behind him screaming, "Shaya, run home." Shaya ran home,

stepped on home plate, and all 18 boys lifted him on their

shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a grand

slam and won the game for his team.

 

"That day," said the father softly with tears now

rolling down his face, those 18 boys reached their level of God's

perfection.

[Guest guest]

very beautiful parv. i love you for posting this.

 

this is why i am with maa not some other guru.

 

my wife has a bumper sticker -- it says, attitudes are the real

disability. we found this early on, this is harder to deal with than

all the physical demands of a disability.

 

such is our learning.

 

peace,

 

steve

 

 

, "parv108" <parv108> wrote:

> Thanks to Seema for sharing this story.

>

> Taken from "The Power of Intention" by Wayne W. Dyer, (2004),

> pp. 44-47.

>

> Kindness Toward Others

>

> This idea of extending kindness is particularly relevant in

how

> you deal with people who are helpless, elderly, mentally

> challenged, poor, disabled and so on. These people are all part

> of God's perfection. They, too, have a divine purpose, and since

> all of us are connected to each other through Spirit, their

purpose

> and intent is also connected to you. Here is a brief story that

will

> touch you at the heart level. It suggests that those whom we

> meet who are less than able to care for themselves may have

> come to teach us something about the perfection of intention.

> Read it and know this kind of thinking, feeling, and behavior

> empowers you to connect to intention through matching

> kindness with your own.

>

> In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters

to

> learning disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for

> their entire school career, while others can be mainstreamed

> into conventional schools. At a Chush fundraiser dinner, the

> father of Chush child delivered a speech that would never be

> forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its

> dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is the perfection in my

> son,

> Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection. But my

> child cannot understand things as other children do. My child

> cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where

> is God's perfection?" The audience was shocked by the

> question, pained by the father's anguish, and stilled by the

> piercing query.

>

> "I believe", the father answered, "that when

> God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that

he

> seeks is inthe way people react to this child." He then told the

> following story about his son, Shaya. 

>

> One afternoon Shaya and his father walked past a park

> where some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. Shaya

> asked, "Do you think they'‚ll let me play? Shaya's

> father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most of

> the boys would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father

> understood thatif his son was chosen to play, it would give him a

> sense of belonging. Shaya's father approached one of the boys

> on the filed and asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked

> around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took

> matters into his own hands 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 up to bat in the ninth inning."

>

> Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly.

> Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play in center

field.

> In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya‚s team scored a few

> runs but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth

> inning, Shaya‚s team scored a gain, and now had tow outs and

> bases loaded, with the potential winning run on base, Shaya

> was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat

> at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game.

>

> Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew

> that t was all but impossible because Shaya didn‚t even know

> how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it.

> However, as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher

> moved a few steps to lob the ball softly so Shaya could at least

> be able to make contact. The first pitch came in, and Shaya

> swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammeates came

> up to Shaya, and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher

> waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps

> forward to toss the ball softly toward Shaya. As the pitch came

> in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the bat, and together they

> hit a show ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the

> soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first

> baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have

> ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it

> on a high arc to right fieldfar beyond the reach of the first

> baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first, run to

> first." Never in his life had Shaya run to first. He scampered

> down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time he

> reached first base, the right-fielder had the ball. He could have

> thrown the ball to the second baseman who would tag out

> Shaya, who was still running.

>

> But the right-fielder understood what the pitcher‚s

> intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third

> baseman‚s head. Everyone yelled, „Run to second, run to

> second. Shaya ran toward second base as the runners ahead

> of him delirously circled the bases toward home. As Shaya

> reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned

> him in the direction of the third base, and shouted, "Run to

> third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran

> behind him screaming, "Shaya, run home." Shaya ran home,

> stepped on home plate, and all 18 boys lifted him on their

> shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a grand

> slam and won the game for his team.

>

> "That day," said the father softly with tears now

> rolling down his face, those 18 boys reached their level of God's

> perfection.