Don't cry over what is lost! But try with what is left!

Do you enjoy dancing? Or at least watching someone dancing beautifully? Most of us do. Don't we?

The movements of a dancer's hands and legs are so graceful and artistic, it's magic in the eyes of the audience.

Can you imagine what would happen if a dancer got a leg amputated?

The physical wound will heal. But mentally he or she may suffer in a psychological dungeon of misery and despair forever.

Well, listen to this true story of a dancer which I got when I watched an English channel at SriLanka's television.

You may have heard about her. Her name is Sudha Chandran, a versatile beautiful young Indian dancer. She was just sixteen years when she met with a tragic road accident while she was travelling with her parents. After a couple of days of bewilderment and lack of memory, she almost collapsed when she found out to her utter dismay that her right leg had been amputated.

Can you imagine her overwhelming painful shock?

Well, it's just unimaginable.

But what is important is what se did with her condition.

In the midst of all the negative feelings, waiving off all the discouraging comments and sympathetic words of the public, she went ahead with her impossible dream of becoming a dancing star.

It was as hard as reaching a star, but in the end she not only reached a star, she became one.

Yes, she made it to the top and became the cynosure of an enthralled audience of more than a thousand spectators when she performed on stage wearing an artificial leg.

Can you believe a dancer becoming a star showing her excellent talent on stage with an artificial leg?

Unimaginable! But it happened.

The audience was crying, laughing, clapping and was truly amazed at the impossible achievement of a girl of unrelenting determination and positive attitude.

When media asked how she had managed it, she said quite simply.

"You don't need feet to dance."

Now, this is the message which I find.

I may not have to face tragic amputations. But sometimes in life, I may lose many things that I value so much. I may lose my jobs, people may sling mud at my good name making me lose my good image, I may become preys of crooks and lose friendship and many things I value.

And at a point of that nature I can draw a lot of inspiration from this story. A versatile young girl of sixteen, has a lesson of courage and determination I could remember and follow till the end of life.

I may not be a dancer. But metaphorically I am performer of some nature. Learn from this girl.

In life, I may not be able to control what happens to me always. But what I do with what happens to me is in my control.

So, forget the losses. Start with what is left. That's how stars are born! Determine to make my life a beautiful dance all the way. Come what may!