How many times have you been roaming Cyberville- Youtube or Facebook, for example, and come across a video that made you 
laugh and wonder what in the world that person was thinking?!
You probably thought that this was the biggest doofus or loser on the planet.
I can assure you that I have.
The other day, I watched a piece on ESPN about Scott Park. No, he is not a professional athlete, however, his story is inspirational, uplifting, and will make you realize that our daily complaints and agitations are nothing.
At last year's ACC basketball tournament, Scott won the chance to win $1,000,000 if he could make a half-court shot at halftime.
His attempt was a miserable failure.
The video of it went viral and you can just imagine the comments.
“Wouldn’t you have practiced if $1,000,000 was at stake?”
“You’ve got to be kidding! What was that?”
There’s always more to the story.
As it turns out, Scott is very lucky to be alive. He suffers from a rare blood disorder (Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome) and was the first person to with CAPS to receive a kidney transplant.
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"Unless God intervened and put wings on the ball, I was only going to get it part way.”
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Scott’s wife entered him in the contest because she thought it would boost his spirits.
And, Scott Park considers himself lucky to have had the opportunity.
“ I pretty much knew it wasn’t going in. Unless God intervened and put wings on the ball, I was only going to get it part way.”
Despite his continuing medical problems, Scott maintains a positive outlook on his life and where he is in it.
As I write this, he is not yet out of the woods, but you can read more about Scott Park and his life one year after his infamous half-court shot here.
One other uplifting story from this… the reporter, Ryan Fagan, of Sporting News, who originally posted the viral video on Vine (which was seen more than 4.3 million times)
“ This guy had a half-court shot for a million bucks. He, um, missed.” and then hit the “share post” button on the app.
After learning of Scott’s medical issues, Ryan called Scott to apologize. He then wrote about Scott’s story as a way of making amends.
I know that the next time I want to laugh at someone’s “oops” moments, I’ll remember that there’s always more to the story.
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