Monday, November 3, 2008

The Glasses Can Always be Half-Full


This inspirational story of Naga Naresh Karutura (NN) was forwarded to me by my childhood buddy Raama. NN was born in a poor and illiterate family. He now works for Google, after completing his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras. The great thing about him is, he has no legs, and he seems least bothered about this handicap. On the contrary, he feels that the loss of legs happened for a good reason. It is pretty amazing to note that there isn't an ounce of negativity in his description of his life story, an excerpt of which is copied and pasted below.

I believe in God. I believe in destiny. I feel he plans everything for you. If not for the accident, we would not have moved from the village to Tanuku, a town. There I joined a missionary school, and my father built a house next to the school. Till the tenth standard, I studied in that school.

If I had continued in Teeparu, I may not have studied after the 10th. I may have started working as a farmer or someone like that after my studies. I am sure God had other plans for me.

1 comment:

ShastriX said...

Make that an a++…itude, Gopa!

Similar to that of Allergic to Bullets Jerry.