Author: PhoenixPhoenix
Date: May 7, 2008 18:40
I love this story. Dr. Wayne Dyer shared it in his book, The Power of
Intention:
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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
school. At a Chush fund raiser dinner, the father of a Chush child
delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.
After praising 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 in the way people react to this child."
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He then told the following story about his son, Shaya.
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