2025-01-17
8 分钟Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
I adopted this beautiful little human being when he was a few days old.
He's my son, his name is Nile.
And when I held him in my arms for the first time, I felt so complete.
I always say that Nile is the fruit of all the pain that I've been through.
I love him not because he's my son,
I love him because he's such a kind and considerate human being, and he's an excellent teacher.
I remember when he was four years old, he's obsessed with soccer.
He wants to become a soccer player when he grows up till date.
So we got him his very first football when he was four years old.
Poor child got so excited that he forgot that his mother is paralyzed.
He held the ball and he kept that in my feet and he said, Mom, kick the ball.
And I looked at him and I had tears in my eyes and I said Nile,
remember, mom's legs don't work, I can't kick the ball.
I felt so helpless and hopeless as a mother that this was a little thing
that my son wanted me to do and I couldn't do it.
Bless his kind heart, he came to me and he said, Mom, don't be sad, it's okay, sorry I forgot.
But listen, your hands are working, we can play catch ball.
And with that football, we play catch ball.
And you know what, he taught me, in that moment,