For Such a Time as This

“For such a time as this” Let me tell you a story about a young boy who faced many challenges throughout his life. His friends called him Sparky after a comic strip horse named Sparkplug. School was all but impossible for him. In eighth grade he failed every subject. In high school he failed physics with the lowest scores in the schools history. He also flunked Latin, Algebra and English. He did poorly in sports and was ridiculed by almost everyone. Nobody seemed to care for him. He was astonished when anyone even said hello to him. He, his teachers and classmates all knew that he was a loser by every conventional measure. He resigned himself to the bottom rung of mediocrity or worse. He had difficulty coping and forming an identity for himself. But against all odds, View the rest of this article