Shocking

Nobody is perfect when it comes to life. Life is a challenge. Everything around us is a challenge that is given by God in our daily life. Why does he give this challenges? Is it because that he wants us to know the fact that we can do it on our own. And we know that we can have it all but that's impossible. Every time I need hi,, He is always there. When it times of trouble he carries us and more importantly, he knows that we can conquer all the challenges in life that he gives us.

As I was surfing the net, I saw this article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sports/olympics/21iht-oly21.html?ref=badminton. I was really moved because this player is fighting for his country not knowingly that he needs to fight for his life too. It was really devastating because Petr Koukal is on his top state where he can really compete for the top.

According to the article, Koukal, 26, who was also a 2008 Olympian, was rapidly climbing toward the upper echelon of his sport in the fall of 2010, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Just three days before his Sept. 15 diagnosis, he had reached the semifinal of the Bitburger Open in Saarbrücken, Germany, his best showing at a major international competition.

Petr Koukal said “It’s been more than one and a half years now, since I started my treatments", following a practice at his local training facility just outside the city center of Prague. “At the moment when I felt like I was playing my best, competing against and starting to beat the top players in the world, I got this cancer diagnosed. In just a few minutes everything changed.

As I read this, I was depressed and sad. I felt really bad and sorry for him because he really wants to play to be on top in order for him to give his mother country glory. Thank God that he recovered quickly after the surgery and then he trained hard in order for him to get back on the road were he wants to go. As a fellow badminton player I salute Petr Koukal for his toughness and valor for the sport and also for his country.