The greatest win (oxytocin story)
I must admit this story got me - great cocktail. After reading I had the feeling.... which Ill share after the story! ----- I dare you not to cry. My son Andrew will never get married, have his own children, drive a car, so many things, BUT he is happy & healthy. That is all that matters to me. When a stranger waves back at him it makes my day. When pretty girls smile back at him you can see the joy in not only his face, but his whole body. It does't take much to be a good human Now the Story: At a party organized at a school for children with special needs, the father of a student delivered an emotional speech that will never be forgotten by those who heard it. After congratulating the school and all those who worked there, this father made the following reasoning: "When there are no external agents interfering with nature, the natural order of things reaches perfection." "But my son, Herbert, cannot learn like other children do. He cannot understand things like other children. Where is the natural order of things in my son?" The audience was stunned by the question. The father of the child continued: "I believe that when a child like Herbert, physically and mentally disabled, comes into the world, an opportunity to see human nature arises, and it manifests in the way other people treat that child." He then told a story about one day when he was walking with his son Herbert near a park where some children were playing baseball. Herbert asked his father: -"Dad, do you think they'll let me play?" His father knew that most of the children wouldn't like it if someone like Herbert played on their team, but the father also understood that if they allowed his son to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and the confidence of being accepted by others despite his special abilities. The father approached one of the children playing and asked (without expecting much) if Herbert could play. The child looked around for someone to advise him and said: "Weโre losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can join our team and weโll try to put him at bat in the ninth inning."