Imagine that you have been nominated to participate in
the Olympics, and just a few days before the event, you lose your hand.
That’s what happened to Karoly Takacs, top shooter for
the Hungarian army. He was expected to win a Gold in the 1940 Olympics at
Tokyo. A few months before the event, in a training camp, he lost his right
hand in an explosion. Any person, at that stage, would quit & regret it for
the rest of their life.
Takacs was different. He focused on what he needed to
be a winner, i.e. will power, and not what he had lost. He decided to practice
shooting with his left hand. Within months, he was competing with other
shooters.
Though the Olympics were cancelled due to World War
II, he became a Gold Medallist at the age of 38. Not satisfied, he realized his
dream of an Olympic championship in 1952 at Helsinki.
It is not circumstances or events in our life,
but our response to these
events that decide our fate. We may decide to give
up, or bounce back
and be a winner. It’s all in our mind.
~ Author Unknown
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“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."
~ John Barrymore
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