I’d just received an email from a friend and I thought the story in the email was very inspiring, so I decided I would share it with you. Hopefully, through this heart warming story, you’ll see the true beauty of FAITH.
This is the story of ‘Faith’ the dog. This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. She was born with 3 legs – 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated. She of course could not walk when she was born. Even her mother didn’t want her.
Her first owner also did not think that she could survive. Therefore, he was thinking of ‘putting her to sleep’. By this time, her present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met her and wanted to take care of her. She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by herself. Therefore she named her ‘Faith’.
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfing board to let her feel the movements. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for her to stand up and jump around. Even the other dog at home also helped to encourage her to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learnt to balance on her 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, she now can walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where she goes, she just attracts all the people around her. She is now becoming famous on the international scene. She has appeared on various news-papers and TV shows.
There is even one book entitled ‘With a Little Faith‘ being published about her. She was even considered to appear in one of the Harry Potter movies.
Her present owner Jude Stringfellow has given up her teaching post and plans to take her around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul.
In life, there are always undesirable things. Perhaps we would feel better if we would change our point of view to see things from another direction.
I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to you and that you can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day that follows. Faith is the continual demonstration of the Strength of Life!
Cheers~
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