God did not give you enough???????????

Ever thought life is boring or nothing is inspiring enough? read this!


she was born into a large family -- she was the 20th of 22 children! Her parents, were honest, hardworking people, but were very poor. Her father worked as a railroad porter and handyman. Mother did cooking, laundry and housecleaning for wealthy white families.

she born prematurely and weighed only 4.5 pounds. Again, because of racial segregation, she and her mother were not permitted to be cared for at the local hospital. It was for whites only. There was only one black doctor in Clarksville, and the family''s budget was tight, so her mother spent the next several years nursing her one illness after another: measles, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox and double pneumonia. But, she had to be taken to the doctor when it was discovered that her left leg and foot were becoming weak and deformed. She was told she had polio, a crippling disease that had no cure. The doctor told her mother that kid would never walk. But they would not give up on her. She found out that she could be treated at Meharry Hospital, the black medical college of Fisk University in Nashville. Even though it was 50 miles away, her parents took her there twice a week for two years, until she was able to walk with the aid of a metal leg brace. Then the doctors taught to do the physical therapy exercises at home. All of her brothers and sisters helped too, and they did everything to encourage her to be strong and work hard at getting well.By the time she was 8, she could walk with a leg brace. After that, she used a high-topped shoe to support her foot. She played basketball with her brothers every day.

Three years later, her mother came home to find her playing basketball by herself bare-footed. She didn't even have to use the special shoe
They took her to all the sports meet in near states to make her happy. Once she told her father that she want to participate. Just for making her happy, he talked with authorities and they allowed her to run as the 11th participant. It took her big pains to finish, but enthralled crowd just kept clapping until she finished. Poor girl was all in tears when she finished after a long time. Her life took a head turn from there. She participated in all the events she could and finally after two years made the biggest achivement of her life-she finished as 9th. Family cuddled together and cried seeing this and this incident gave her the necessary spark to lighten up the life.

A track coach encouraged her to start running. She ran so well that during her senior year in high school, she qualified for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 400-meter relay.

In 1959, she qualified for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome by setting a world's record in the 200-meter race. At the Olympics that year she won two gold medals; one for the 100-meter race and one for the 200-meter race.

Then she sprained her ankle, but she ignored the pain and helped her team to win another gold medal for the 400-meter relay

You know who is this girl? Its none other than Wilma Rudolph who went on to become the greatest athlete ever in Sports history.



How far can we stretch the words "determination" or "inspiration" or "hardwork"?!