Tha Lifestyle Dec,2013 | Page 26

tha lifestyle | family & pets Do we really know our children ar to be in the futu Paraniharan Tharmakularaja Tennis Coach David & Lloyds Sudbury Hill I am going to tell you a story about encouraging children and how encouragement makes them successful. There was a small town and in that town there were 3 kids who were very good friends. Theyalways went around the town after school to play cricket, football and basket ball. They were able to play all the games except from one game…TENNIS. In their town, they had 2 tennis courts that were used by the members of aclub. The members were engineers, doctors and lawyers. Every evening, they played for a couple of hours in the tennis courts. The 3 boys had a habit of 24 watching and helping them by collecting the balls, if they flew out of the courts. These are the things we all do whenever we get a chance to play tennis. One day their sports teacher at school,went to them and said“We are going to start playing tennis at our school . Do you want to play?” The guys were filled withgreat joy and said “yes” to the Master. Older boys of their school went to America and encouraged the others bysending them tennis balls, rackets and Shoes. Because of that, the three boys started to play tennis and their dream came true. Many Boys joined themin their games. In two years time, they went to play at theNational Level School championships. They came third place out of 22 Schools. Great Performance, Great Joy and Great Success were following them because of their hard work