Two Choices- Another Touching Story Worth Reading.

What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line,
there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.
Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do.
He cannot understand things as other children do.
Where is the natural order of things in my son?'
The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:

> Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball.
> Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want
> someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed > to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted > by others in spite of his handicaps.

> I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play.
> The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the > eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth
> inning.'
> Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt.
> I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart.
> The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning,
> Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

> In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field.
> Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the > field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.
> In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

> Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was
> scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their
> chance to win the game?
>
> Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because > Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
> However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was
> putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball
> in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

> The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.
> The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.
> As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the
> pitcher. The game would now be over.The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have
> easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

> Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher
> threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.
> Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling,'Shay, run to first! Run to first!'
> Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.
> He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
> Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran
> towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.
> By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball, the smallest guy > on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.
> He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the
> pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-
> baseman's head.

> Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases
> toward home. All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'
> Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by
> turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted,'Run to third! Shay, run to third!'
> As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet
> screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'
> Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and > won the game for his team.

>'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,
>'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.
> Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never
> forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing
> his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

> AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY:

> We all share thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought,
> but when it comes to sending/sharing messages about life choices, people hesitate.
> The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but
> public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

> If you're thinking about sharing this message/story, chances are that you're
> probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the
> 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message/story.
> Well, the person who share you this believes that we all can make a difference.
> We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the
> 'natural order of things.'
> So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a
> choice:

> Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those
> opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?
> A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least
> fortunate amongst them.
>
> You now have two choices:
>
> 1. Share it

> 2. Forget it










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Don't give up.....

One day I decided to quit...
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
"God", I asked, "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me...
"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light.
I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.
"In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit.
In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would
not quit." He said.
"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6
months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."
He asked me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots".
"I would not quit on the bamboo.
I will never quit on you."
"Don't compare yourself to others."
He said.
"The bamboo had adifferent Purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful."
"Your time will come", God said to me.
"You will rise high"
"How high should I rise?"
I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned.
"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and brought back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never Give up.
For the Christian Prayer is not an option but an opportunity.
Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is,
tell the problem how Great the Lord is!
Heavens door opened this morning, God asked me... My CHILD...
what can I do for you?" and I said "Protect and bless the one reading this blog.
God smiled and answered ... "request granted ............







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GLASS OF MILK

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his
way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was
hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost
his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water! . She thought he
looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and
then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never
to accept pay for a kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically,
but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up
and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The
local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they
called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the
name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her
at once.

He went back to the consultat ion room determined to do his best to
save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him
for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the
bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would
take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and
something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these
words ...

"Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You,
God, that Your love has spread broad through human hearts and hands."

There's a saying which goes something like this: Bread cast on the
waters comes back to you. The good deed you do today maybenefit you or someone

you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at
least you will have made the world a better place - And, after all,
isn't that what life is all about?

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which
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To burn .

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