Rudy is my Yoda. He has been in a chair for 30 years from a neck injury.
It is my dream in life that the whole world met Rudy.
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From: Rudy Szlavi [mailto:*******.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:58 PM
To: Michael Hiles
Subject: Fw: hot of the press
Hope all is well. I have a target to finish by my birthday (July) so I am on it.
"Give a little bit, Give a little bit of your life "
It’s such a small to ask, yet in the fast paced hustle bustle of today all too often most tend to forget. This doesn’t require major tragedy to occur for people to look around, wake up and just decide it can be different. It can be better. It starts by just simply giving a damn. One need not put forth energy that will change the world, that’s hard and when one is able to achieve to that magnitude it certainly is welcome. Most of us feel that little bit we can do won’t matter. Think again.
Do you ever recall the stories of somebody saving penny by penny to amass enough to make a great purchase.? Well imagine if they would have just tossed each of those pennies because it couldn’t by a thing.
Acts of giving shouldn’t be because one will receive an award, reward or gain some status elevation. They should come because those who receive such acts will know the true intention. Now there is nothing wrong with a person of high visibility to allow media showing what is being done so long as it makes the case for the cause that much stronger. Often the simplest act will reap the biggest benefit of all, genuine gratitude.
At this writing it is a few weeks away from the winter Olympics for he year 2002. Many will give of their time to present a class show with the eyes of the world watching. There is no intent to diminish the efforts of those producing the event or by no means I am intending to make light of the athletic achievements. Those are the finest athletes in their perspective events the world can see compete at this time. Many young kids will watch and dream that the award podium might someday be theirs’. But there will be some who can only watch and fabricate an unrealistic dream. Now they might train to the best of abilities and if lucky can participate in what we have come to know over the past thirty or so years as the Special Olympics.
If you’ve never witnessed one of these events, sadly it is your loss. Here one has a chance to see the human spirit at it best. The emphasis isn’t on the result of an event but rather on the participation. The thrill and the emotion packed around these events is indescribable. The drive to achieve with the best effort one has is truly a remarkable sight. There are winners, but more important there are no losers. One can glance around and see many a tear stained eye.