Friday, August 5, 2016
A friend sent me one of those
wonderfully uplifting emails today. It is so inspiring that I decided to use it
as my reflection for the day. Enjoy!
> These 12 short
> stories are all very good lessons,
> and really make us think twice about
> the daily happenings
> in our lives as we deal with others!
> 1.
> Today,
> I interviewed my grandmother for part of a
> research
> paper I'm working on for my
> Psychology class. When I asked
> her to define success in her own words,
> she
> said, "Success is when you look back at
> your life and the
> memories make
> you smile."
> -------------------------------
> 2.
> Today,
> I asked my mentor - a very successful business
> man in
> his 70s- what his top 3 tips are for
> success. He smiled and
> said, "Read something no one else is
> reading, think something no
> one else is thinking,
> and do something no one else is
> doing."
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 3.
> Today, after
> my 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran
> up to
> me at the grocery store and gave me a hug.
> When I tensed up,
> she realized I didn't recognize
> her. She let go with tears
> of joy in her eyes and the
> most sincere smile and
> said , "On 9-11-2001, you carried me
> out of the
> World Trade Center."
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 4.
> Today, after
> I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on
> the side of the road holding him and
> crying. And just
> before he died, he licked the tears off
> my face.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 5.
> Today
> at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I
> needed the money,
> so I went into work. At 3PM I got laid off.
> On my drive home
> I got a flat tire. When I went into the
> trunk for the
> spare, it was flat too. A man
> in a BMW pulled
> over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then
> he offered me a job. I
> start tomorrow.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 6.
> Today,
> as my father, three brothers, and two sisters
> stood
> around my mother's hospital bed, my
> mother uttered her last
> coherent words before she died. She
> simply said, "I feel so
> loved right now. We should have gotten together
> like this
> more often."
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 7.
> Today,
> I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away
> in
> a small hospital bed. About 5 seconds
> after he passed,
> I realized it was the first time I had
> given him a kiss
> since I was a
> little boy.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 8.
> Today,
> in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked
> me
> to start recycling. I chuckled and
> asked, "Why ?" She
> replied, "So you can help
> me save the planet." I chuckled
> again and asked, "And why do you want to
> save the planet
> ?" Because that's where I keep all
> my stuff,"
> she said.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 9.
> Today, when
> I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer
> patient laughing hysterically at her
> 2-year-old daughter's
> antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop
> complaining about my
> life and start celebrating
> it again.
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 10.
> Today,
> a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately
> struggling
> on crutches with my broken leg and
> offered to carry my
> backpack and books for
> me. He helped me all the way
> across campus to my class and as he was leaving
> he said, "I
> hope you feel
> better soon."
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 11.
> Today,
> I was feeling down because the results of a
> biopsy
> came back malignant. When I got home, I
> opened an e-mail
> that said, "Thinking of
> you today. If you need me, I'm a
> phone call away." It was from a high
> school friend I
> hadn't seen in 10
> years.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 12.
> Today,
> I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from
>
> Zimbabwe. He said he hadn't eaten
> anything in over 3 days
> and looked extremely skinny
> and unhealthy. Then
> my
> friend offered him the rest of the sandwich
> he was eating. The first thing the man
> said was,
> "We can share
> it."
> --------------------------------------------------------
> The best
> sermons are lived,
> not preached.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> I am
> glad I have you to send
> these to.
God bless you!
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