Hi fellas,
It’s been long and I must apologize that I’ve been indispensable and could not make further postings. I want to thank those who’d visited my blogspot. It’s worthwhile and encouraging to know that a lot of you care so much.
As usual, let me state that life is only worthwhile only when we support one another. The story you are about to read is one of the reminders of this fact. A lot of us attribute where we are now to the support we received from many as travel this hard road to true living. We all NEED each other. As we receive help let us also make ourselves helpful to others. I believe life is made richer when we do.
THE RACE
Some times ago, at the Seattle Olympics, nine athletes, all mentally or physically challenged, were standing on the start line for the 100m race. The gun fired and the race began. Not everyone was running, but everyone wanted to participate and win.
They ran in threes, a boy tripped and fell, did a few somersaults and started crying.
The other eight heard him crying.
They slowed down and looked behind them.
They stopped and came back… all of them…
A girl with Down Syndrome sat down next to him, hugged him and asked, “Feeling better now?”
Then, all nine walked shoulder to shoulder to the finish line.
The whole crowd stood up and applauded. And the applause lasted a very long time…
People who witnessed this still talk about it.
Why?
Because deep down inside us, we all know that the most important thing in life is much more than winning for ourselves.
The most important in this life is to help others to win, even if that means slowing down and changing our own race.
If you send this message around, perhaps we will succeed in changing our heart, perhaps someone else’s heart, as well…
Remember, a candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one.”
LET'S CRACK YOUR RIBS
By the way, a little jab to crack on y’all! When I first came across this I was really amused. I do not want to remove the flavour in this joke but let me say that to live a lie is the most dangerous thing. A lot of havoc has been caused by sudden discoveries of well-hidden lies. Sometimes our health is challenged by hidden guilt. Maybe we all need a lie-detector robot, but do we, really?
TELL A LIE!
One day Kyle’s dad brought home a robot.
The robot was special in that it could detect a lie and would slap the person who lied on the face.
Kyle returned late from school that day and his dad asked him, “Son why are you late from school?” Kyle answered, “Dad, we had extra classes today”. Much to his astonishment the robot jumped up and slapped Kyle on his face.
His dad told him, “Son this robot is special in that it can detect a lie and will then slap the person who lied. Now come on tell me the truth. Why are you late?” “Dad, I went to a movie” “Which movie?” “The ten Commandments” Immediately, Kyle got a slap on the face from the robot. “Sorry Dad, I went to see the movie Sex Queen”.
“Shame on you son, when I was your age I never watched obscene movies or misbehaved” Immediately, the dad gets a tight slap on the face from the robot.
Hearing the last sentence, Kyle’s mother comes walking out of the kitchen and sarcastically says to her husband, “After all he is YOUR son!!!” To which the robot steps up and gives Kyle’s mother a resounding slap on her face!
How nice.
Or is it really nice?
Don’t forget to post a comment. I look forward to reading from you.
