Jim had no friends in school. No one wanted to talk to him. Those who even took an initiative to talk to him never got a positive response since he never wanted to talk to anyone. His problem of stuttering usually kept him from getting close to other students at school. He was never happy to go to school. He would get up late and make all sorts of excuses to keep himself at home. No one could understand that he was not a kid anymore. He could understand that people made fun of him.
One day when his mother was waking him up to go to school like every other day he made another lame excuse that he had a stomach ache. His mother wanted to help him but did not know what to say. Every day she would motivate him that he should go to school and study hard since he was like any other student. His life was moving in a wrong direction since he could never think about anything else but his speech issues.
One day when he came back from school he was neither sad nor in a thoughtful mood, he told his mother about a new student in his class whose name was Amy. His mother had never seen him so happy ever since he had started going to school. Every day he had struggled to avoid painful comments and to keep himself focused. His mother wanted him to change his attitude towards others and she knew it was not so easy for a twelve-year-old boy.
She asked Jim that he should invite his only friend at his birthday party, which was around the corner. Amy came to the birthday party. She was a beautiful girl who had a strange confidence on her face. Jim was happy to meet her since all these years he had never invited anyone to his birthday party. Quite surprisingly, she stuttered like Jim but she was not even bothered about it. Jim’s parents were happy to meet Amy. They had given up. It was hard for them to believe that their son could make so much noise. Amy had given him the confidence to be himself. Jim was a different kid now. He was jumping all over the place and running after other kids chasing them, something that he had never done before.
The next day when Jim’s mother went to his room she saw that he was all dressed up and revising his lesson at the top of his voice.
Sometimes all you need is an inspiration to revitalize your soul and to live life to the fullest.
