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*Contributed by my dear friend Chandrasekhar G and
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Moral of the story...
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his
feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking
by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them
into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and
wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone
who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving
money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had
changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy
recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one
who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said
but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day
but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first
sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told
people that they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more
effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be
creative. Be innovative... Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that
you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without
regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for
the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see is a person smiling.
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*Contributed by an email forwarded by my mom from our
dear friend Karen Tracy
feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking
by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them
into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and
wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone
who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving
money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had
changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy
recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one
who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said
but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day
but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first
sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told
people that they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more
effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be
creative. Be innovative... Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that
you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without
regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for
the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see is a person smiling.
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*Contributed by an email forwarded by my mom from our
dear friend Karen Tracy
Monday, February 22, 2010
You got to meet Molly...
A moving story...
Meet Molly...
She's a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her
owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana.
She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued
and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stock-
piled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier
and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became
infected, and her vet went to LSU for help, but LSU was
overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know
how that goes. But after surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly,
he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to
lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores,
and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected
her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight and
didn't overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a
serious survival ethic.
Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee, and a
temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of
the clinic and her story really begins there.
''This was the right horse and the right owner,"Moore
insists. Molly happened to be a one-in-a-million patient.
She's tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to
cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that
she was in trouble. The other important factor, according
to Moore, is having a truly committed and compliant
owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care
required over the lifetime of the horse.
Molly's story turns into a parable for life in Post-Katrina
Louisiana ...
The little pony gained weight, and her mane finally felt a
comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg. The
prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life, Allison Barca
DVM, Molly's regular vet, reports. And she asks for it.
She will put her little limb out, and come to you and let
you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes
she wants you to take it off too. And sometimes, Molly
gets away from Barca. 'It can be pretty bad when you
can't catch a three-legged horse,' she laughs.
Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the
rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters,
hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers.
Anywhere she thought that people needed hope.
Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck.
She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.
'It's obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play
in life, Moore said. She survived the hurricane, she
survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope
to others.' Barca concluded, 'She's not back to normal,
But she's going to be better. To me, she could be a
symbol for New Orleans itself.'
This is Molly's most recent prosthesis. The bottom
photo shows the ground surface that she stands on,
which has a smiley face embossed in it. Wherever
Molly goes, she leaves a smiley hoof print behind.
Please forward this and share it with all of the animal lovers
that you know.
God's creatures often reflect the character we aspire to.
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*Contributed by an email from my friend Karen Tracy
Joke - It's Confidential!
An elderly couple, in their 80's, went to a sex therapist's
office and asks the doctor to watch them have sex. The
doc is so amazed at such an elderly couple wanting sexual
advise that he agrees. After watching them, the doc says,
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way you have
sex." He charges them $50 and they go on their way. The
couple returns the next week and again asked the doc to
watch them have sex. After several weeks of this, the doc
finally asked the couple what they wanted him to find out.
The old man replies, "we're not trying to find out anything.
I'm married, so we can't go to my house, she's married so
we can't go to her house. The Holiday Inn charges $98, the
Hilton charges $139. We do it here for $50 and Medicare
pays $43 of it, leaving me only $7 to pay; and since you
are a doctor, its confidential!
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*Contributed by my dear friend Chandrasekhar G
office and asks the doctor to watch them have sex. The
doc is so amazed at such an elderly couple wanting sexual
advise that he agrees. After watching them, the doc says,
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way you have
sex." He charges them $50 and they go on their way. The
couple returns the next week and again asked the doc to
watch them have sex. After several weeks of this, the doc
finally asked the couple what they wanted him to find out.
The old man replies, "we're not trying to find out anything.
I'm married, so we can't go to my house, she's married so
we can't go to her house. The Holiday Inn charges $98, the
Hilton charges $139. We do it here for $50 and Medicare
pays $43 of it, leaving me only $7 to pay; and since you
are a doctor, its confidential!
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*Contributed by my dear friend Chandrasekhar G
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