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In my opinion, human beings (and hence their societies) are valued by the great miracles they achieve and by their ability to challenge, not by the number or size of their ordinary achievements. 

What made me write this article, is the video found on the following link:  , it is a marvelous and unforgettable 5-minute ballet performed by two Chinese dancers, the man with one leg and the woman with one arm. In my opinion, this ballet highlights several miracles:

1)      The idea: The strong will and courage that made the two dancers accept both the challenge and the stress of confronting their audience in their current physical state. They simply rejected the idea of treating themselves and being treated by others as handicapped.

2)      Choreography: The dance is designed as to handle the two dancers’ weights on the three legs and perform using the three arms maintaining perfect balance. Some dance parts were extremely difficult for ordinary dancers or persons, let alone persons with missing body parts.

3)      Performance: The dance was performed very smoothly manifesting apex perfection and serious training.

In brief: If the will is sincere, impossible doesn’t exist.

The video also emphasizes the following meanings and notes:

1)      Synergy: None of the two dancers could have performed, not even part of, the great output that we see. None alone could have affected our emotions and caused an unforgettable memory the way they have done it together.

2)      Concentrating on strength rather than weakness: If the choreographer or dancers had concentrated on what they could NOT do, they wouldn’t have done anything at all. They rather concentrated on their strong points and highlighted them amazingly. Concentrating on what is impossible aborts any creation or work and leads to absolute failure.

3)      Societal insights: The video is recorded from the Chinese TV. This shows some of the concepts that made China conquer the world: perfection, planning, inclusion of every person and category, seriousness, work, perseverance, creativity, respect of every person and every talent…and many more concepts that many “handicapped” societies and countries lack.

The conclusion:

*Success is not difficult to achieve. All what is needed is being sure of the ability to succeed and the perseverance until success is achieved. Success is nothing but the top step of a staircase of failures.

*We should never deny anyone the right to try.

*Concentrate on the strength points and ignore the weak points to make use of the energy found inside everyone, no matter how small or ineffective it might appear. Remember always that the greatest body is made up of tiny invisible cells.