Everybody
can be great . . . because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college
degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
A SIMPLE GESTURE:
Mark
was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had
tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters,
a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped
the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he
helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy's
name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was
having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up
with his girlfriend.
They
arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch
some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some
shared
small
talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had
lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They
ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years.
Finally the long awaited senior year came, and three weeks before graduation,
Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill
reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Do you ever
wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill.
"You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess
for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was
going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and
laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time
and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my
books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life."
John
W. Schlatter
Source: Chicken soup for the soul!
Care does not mean you always have to do
something grand, it could be simple little gestures
to express your love and care, to show that they
mean something ...
Blessed Day!!!
Never stop doing what's right...
Hugs :)
