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On January 30 2007, At around 3:00PM, there was a car accident between 2 cars. It happened on the side walk at our complex.
Miguel was coming off the bus when he heard two car crashing on the side walk. he ran to see what had happened. when a lady was crying hysterical
because a man that was driving in the other car was unconscious and she thought he had died. so my son went to console her.
when the man regain consciousness, he told the lady don't worry he`s alive. the lady was shaken as she was trying to get her purse and Miguel picked up her purse and handed it to her. she had a dog and Miguel told her that if she wanted to he would take care of her dog until she came
out of the hospital, but she said no that someone was going to pick up the dog.
then the lady calmed down. at that moment the police was there and that`s when I came home from work and saw what had happened and checked to see if everyone was ok. I got scared. the first thing I thought was, oh no something happened to Miguel or another child as they were coming off the bus.
The lady was on a stretcher. I told Miguel that everyone was ok & you did a good job but he still wanted to help more. so I asked Miguel if he wanted to say good bye to her and he said yes. so he went and gave her a hug. she told him not to worry, that she was fine.
Miguel stayed with her through the whole ordeal, until the ambulance took her away. He responded and helped when no one else did. (There were many people around.)
R. V.

"He responded and helped when no one else did. (There were many people around)."
We all have a hero inside of us. I truly believe that. I also believe that few of us believe it, and even fewer act on our heroic impulses....thinking, "No, not me. I'm no hero. Who am I to believe I can do anything?"

Miguel acted, when so many around him chose not to. He knew what the right thing to do was, and maybe he even doubted his ability to help, but had the courage to try anyway.

If at first you don't succeed, QUIT! No sense being a fool about it.
I had this sign in college, because it was so funny. Sadly, way too many of us adhere to what is meant to be only a joke. And what we do with our lives is indeed a joke compared to everything we were capable of, had we maybe tried one more time, and even one more time after that.
If we never quit, we can never fail.

It was so simple, even without knowing about his heroic effort from last January, I only had to look in his eyes and see his heart....see past the failures, and into the possibilities of his biggest self (see how small he is in the photo? - little guy in the middle - orange shirt).
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, or the abilities that are already there....that matter most.....it's the size of the fight in the dog...the size of your bloody heart!

How big do you think he feels now??????
If you have ever never given up on something UNTIL you got it, even just once, then you and I are capable of doing it again.


Thank you Miguel, and everyone in room 208, for showing me and every single person who reads this, that......
We can be heroes....just for one day (David Bowie)
...and for just one more day after that...
1 comment:
What a Great Story...I could see that Miggs is a Good Guy from past writings (How Great it was to hear about his accomplishments with Reading) And Now this... HE is AWESOME! *Very Special* What a Sweet Heart!
~Cali xo
Thanks for being so Awesome yourself, and Sharing a Wonderful Story.
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