Destiny

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 When Adam was born his mother died soon after giving birth to him. His father raised him alone. He was very depressed after the death of his wife. He was madly in love with his wife and her death left him in great misery. His only hope was his son. It was after two years of his wife’s death. It was their wedding anniversary and he was feeling very sad. He drank a lot so he can blur her memories but it didn’t help at all. Adam was sleeping in his cradle and the room was dark. Adam’s father lighted a candle in front of his wife’s photograph. Tears were running off his cheeks and suddenly he felt some pain in the left side of his chest. The pain was very severe and he fell on the ground. 

  The next day when the maid came she saw him lying on the ground and Adam was crying in his cradle. She went near John Adam’s father and tried to wake him up but his body was cold like ice. She put his hand on his wrist to check the pulse. There was no pulse, John was no more. She quickly went near the phone and called john’s brother to come.

   Soon his friends and family were at his home and they soon organized a funeral for him. John was buried with his wife Ashley. Adam was now living with his uncle. He was not married and it was very difficult for him to take care of Adam. Adam was a burden on him so he left Adam on the stairs of an orphanage.

   Adam grew up in an orphanage. He was a very courageous boy. He was in 6th grade in school. One day he saw some boys were teasing his friend. He went near them and told them to leave him alone. They were big boys and instead of leaving in they started laughing and one guy slapped Adam. He fell on the ground. Another one was just about to kick him when a teacher came there so the bullies left and Adam stood up.

  The next day when he was in the school's bathroom, the boys who slapped him yesterday came in the bathroom as well. They were laughing at him. One of them said so you want to become a hero and they all laughed. A boy came forward and pushed Adam. Adam lost his balance and fell on the ground. His head banged very hard on the ground and he started bleeding. The boys got afraid and left the bathroom. After some time genitor came in and saw Adam on the ground. He was rushed to the hospital.

  Adam was unconscious for three days. After he woke up the principal of the school came in the evening and he asked about his health. The Principal asked him, how this happened? Adam told him that he lost his balance and fell on the ground. He was given leave for a week. Adam was very sad about what happened to him. He wanted to teach those boys a lesson.

   He came back to the orphanage the next day. One day he was watching television. He saw a Kung Fu. It was a movie of Bruce Lee. He saw how he defeated so many guys alone, only with his skills. This gave him the drive to learn Kung Fu. There was a Kung Fu school near the orphanage but he had to money to pay for it. When he recovered he went back to school those boys would look at him and make fun of him but they never came near him after the incident.

   Adam wanted to learn Kung Fu. One day after school he went to the Kung Fu school. He saw boys practicing inside. He started visiting the Kung Fu school every day he would stand outside of the fence and see boys practicing.

   One day he was standing there and someone passed by him and entered the school. He went inside and he was talking to the Kung Fu master. He then looked at Adam and pointed at him and said something to the master. Master replied to the man and then he turned. He was coming outside and he was continuously looking at Adam. Adam got afraid and he ran away from there. Adam came back to the orphanage. He didn’t visit the Kung Fu school for the next three days.

     After three days he visited the Kung Fu school again and he was happy to see that the person who scared him was not present there. He stood there watching the boys. He was coping them, standing outside. He was practicing outside the Kung Fu a boy from those school bullies saw him doing this.

  The next day in school they all gathered around him in the dining hall. They started teasing him. They asked him that now will you fight us. You are a Kung Fu master now let’s fight. They kept making fun of him and pushing him. Adam started crying and ran away from them.

  In the evening, he went to the Kung Fu school and he started practicing like the boys inside. While he was practicing there, the man he got afraid of came and stood behind him. Adam turned and saw him he got afraid and fell on the ground. The man took a step and came near him. Adam got very scared and said; ‘I was just watching the boys I didn’t do anything wrong. Please don’t hurt me, please. I just want to learn Kung Fu. The man gave him a hand and helped him to get up. ‘

   He asked what is your name boy;’ I am Adam.’  Adam replied. He asked ‘why do you stand outside?’ ‘I am an orphan and I cannot pay the fee but I really want to learn Kung Fu.’ Adam replied. The man asked ‘why do you want to learn Kung Fu so badly?’ Adam said: ‘I want to help people and I want to fight against bad guys. I want to fight with bullies they always tease me and make fun of me. They pushed me in the school bathroom and I was hurt so bad. I was in the hospital for three days. If I knew Kung Fu I would have kicked them in the face. I don’t like bullies.’ Adam was furious. The man looked at Adam and smiled.

  The man told Adam to calm down. Then he said; ‘kid anger makes man week. Anger is the enemy of victory. Anger destroys a man’s senses and makes him his slave. If you cannot control anger, you cannot control your mind.  If you want to learn it so bad then I will teach you.’  Adam was looking at him but didn’t say anything. He was standing there waiting for Adam’s answer. Adam asked him; ‘what is your name?’ The man replied; ‘I am Wang Li. I am a Kung Fu master.’

   Wang Li was Chinese. He came to the United States of America when he was just eight years old. His father was a great Kung Fu master. The United State of America Wushu Kung Fu Federation requested his father to come to America to teach Kung Fu. He was one of the great Kung fu masters in the world. Wang Li also learned from his father. He was the best student of his father. After the death of his father, he started fighting in mixed martial arts. He was a great Kung Fu fighter like his father. The owner of the school Adam use to visit was the student of Wang Li’s father.

   Wang Li was actually impressed with the passion and determination of Adam so he thought he would teach him. He saw a drive-in Adam, a fire that was very rare.

   Adam was still scared of him. He was not ready to believe a stranger so quickly so he left without saying a word of agreement or disagreement. Adam went back to the orphanage, at night he was thinking about what Wang Li said to him. He was not ready to believe a total stranger. He was thinking about what should he do and suddenly he started crying about his condition. He was alone in this big world with nobody to protect him.

   He opened the locket of his father which his Uncle left with him on the stairs of the orphanage. There were pictures of his father and mother inside them locket. He always carried it with him and at night he would talk to it.

   He looked at the pictures and started crying even harder. He was missing his father and mother. With eyes full of tears he looked at mother and asked her why you left me? Why? He was feeling lonely and hopeless like a man strangled in the sea with no hope to see the shore ever. A painful feeling it was. After some time he slept in the lap of emptiness with eyes full of tears.

    The next morning he woke up and went to school he was still not sure, what to do or what not to? He was sitting in class and the teacher was distributing test results. Adam scored 99% marks in the test. He always scored high marks in tests. He was also on the school basketball team.

  In the lunch break, he was sitting in the dining hall thinking about Wang Li.  He had his lunch in front of him but he was not eating. The boys who use to tease him came and threw water on his lunch dish. They all laughed at him and threw the remaining water on his face. Adam got filled with anger but he was not able to do anything.

    Adam decided that he will learn Kung Fu from Wang Li and he will teach these boys a lesson. In the evening he went to Kung Fu school but Wang Li was not there. Adam was disappointed. He practiced outside like he used to do and then went back to the orphanage.

   The next day he came but Wang Li didn’t come so Adam practiced outside. After two days he was practicing there when he heard a voice. It was Wang Li he asked him; ‘are you going to run away today, as usual.’ Adam felt ashamed. Wang Li told him not to feel bad. Wang Li inquired:

‘Are you going to learn from me?’ Adam replied; ‘Yes, I will but I cannot pay you.’ Wang Li laughed and said; ‘You can pay me. You can pay me with your hard work and respect.’