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This
is a story about a dog who was born on Christmas Eve
in 2002.
He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which
needed to be amputated.
He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.
He was rejected and scorned.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore, he was
thinking of putting him to sleep..
At this time, his present owner Jude Stringfellow
came into his life and wanted to take care of him.
She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. She thought, all we need is a little faith.
Therefore she named him 'Faith.'
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surf board to let him feel the movements
of the water. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and to reward
him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dogs at home helped to
encourage him to walk. Amazingly, after only 6 months, like a miracle, Faith
learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After
further training in the snow, he can now walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now.
No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him. He is now
becoming famous on the international scene. He has appeared in various
newspapers and TV shows. There is even one book entitled 'With a little faith'
being published about him.
He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
His present owner Jude Stringfellow has given up her
teaching job and plans to take him 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 a person who feels things are not going as well as they could will feel better if they change their point of view
and see things from another perspective.
Perhaps this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone.
Perhaps everyone can appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day
that follows.
Life is the continual demonstration of the power of thinking positive and
having faith.
Believe in yourself.
Never lose faith.