This will give put your life into perspective!

 At a fund-raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled  children, the father of one of the school's students delivered a speech  that  would never  be forgotten by all who attended.

 After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a  question.  "Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my   son, Shay,  cannot  learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as  other children  do.

 Where is God's plan reflected in my son?"

 The audience was stilled by the query.

 The father continued.  "I believe,"  the father answered, "that when God brings a child like Shay into the world, an opportunity to realize the Divine Plan presents itself.  And it comes in the way people treat that child."

 Then, he told the following story:

 Shay and his father had walked past a park where some  boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay  asked, "Do you think they will let me play?"  Shay's father knew that most boys would not want him on their team. But the father understood  that if his son were allowed to play it would give him a  much-needed sense of belonging.

 Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked  if Shay could play. The boy looked  around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on  our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."

 In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs  but was still behind by three. At the top of  the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield. Although no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be  on  the field, grinning  from ear  to ear as his father waved to him from  the  stands.

 In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now,  with two outs and bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base.

 Shay was scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team actually  let Shay bat at this juncture  and give away  their chance to win the game?

 Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat.

 Everyone knew that a hit was  all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how  to hold the bat properly, much less connect  with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher  moved a few steps to lob  the ball  in softly so Shay could at least  be able to make contact.

 The first  pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher.

 The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have  thrown  the ball to the first baseman.   Shay would have been  out and that would  have ended the game.

 Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started  yelling, "Shay, run to first. Run to first." Never in his life had  Shay ever made it to first  base.

 He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone  yelled "Run  to second, run to second!" By the time  Shay was rounding first base,  the right fielder had the ball.

 He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman for a tag.  But  the right fielder understood what the  pitcher's intentions  had been, so he  threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head.

 Shay ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him  deliriously circled the bases towards home. As Shay reached second  base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of  third base,  and shouted, "Run to third!"

 As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were screaming,  "Shay! Run home!"

 Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and was cheered as the hero,  for hitting a "grand slam" and winning the game for his team.

 "That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his  face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan  into  this world."