"HAVE FAITH"
My husband, Ron, once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught them to ‘have faith’ that is to believe in themselves.
One of the mentally impaired teenagers was a boy called Bobby. He soon proved how well he had learned that last lesson of faith. One day he brought in a broken toaster to repair. He arrived carrying the toaster tucked under one arm and a half-loaf of bread under the other.
--Edna Butterfield.