I almost lost all will to live... BUT

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I looked around and all I saw was spoiled kids.  Girls dressed like they should be on the street corner, 13 going on 30.  Boys swearing, smoking, and dressed like a wanabee ghetto superstar.  A world where Justin Bieber is considered an artist, where Twilight is considered quality cinema, and common sense is a lost art form. Manners have gone the way of the record.  The world is decidedly PC and every child has to win.

We've forgotten what sportsmanship is.  How to deal with failure and injustice.  The lesson that life isn't always fair has been replaced with "I want my fair share."  Hard work has been replaced by hardly working.  The "Do not ask what your country can do for you" has been modified to "What have you done for me lately?"

It's quite frankly, scary and depressing.  The kids walk around with clothes and phones that cost more than my car payment.  Attitude and rudeness permeate them like a piece of roadkill skunk.  Bullying has become more prevalent in school.  Parents are willing to let the internet teach, McDonalds feed, and technology replace the family.  Then they'll cry "Not my child" or "What did I do wrong?"

Alas, there is hope amongst the despair.  There is a light at the end of a tunnel that ISN'T an oncoming train.  There are parents who teach there is more to life than winning a game or a match.  That sometimes doing the right thing is winning enough.  That helping another one person isn't just a sappy ideal on a Hallmark holiday movie.  I think that this young man, is now one of my heroes.  This young man personifies sportsmanship.  Good will.  He should be what we aspire to teach our future generations.  Maybe it's a start of a trend, and I hope it is.  The world is getting colder and lonelier.  This might be a spark, but I hope it's more.  Thumbs up to both the boy and his family....you've restored my will to live

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/middle-school-wrestler-lets-boy-cerebral-palsy-win-222254658.html

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