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linda gail · Messages: 1602

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend... He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see
The world, I will marry you.'

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her Boyfriend.

He asked her, Now that you can see the world, will you marry me? The Girl looked at her Boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her... She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life lead her to refuse to marry him.

Her Boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her
Saying: Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before
They were yours, they were mine.

This is How the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Life Is a Gift

Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak...

Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before whining about the distance you drive think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the Unemployed, the Disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and think: you're alive and still around.

Found this in my in box this morning and felt like sharing it.

Believe.

hecticeclectic · 24/08/2009 13:04:21 Subject: Re: Kindness, Beauty, Abundance

Wow, LG...powerful story. Wise words. Hindsight has 20/20 vision, no pun intended.

I try to focus on what I do have (my daily "gratitude list") than what I do not have. besides, when I think about it, I have what I need, exactly what I need.

Peace and Love,
Jo

Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" And you'll see how everything changes.
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important!
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, THE LITTLE PRINCE

mish · Messages: 1033 Location: Southern California

gratitude for all you story peeps...always.

been laying low, being quiet.
nothing wrong but adjusting to things,

new terms,
new feelings,
cleaning out, throwing away...
it's using up a LOT of energy.

but....
love you all
big hugs
(a little bigger for mal!)

just came on to check and there was so much new stuff, felt i wanted to at least respond.

xoxoxoxox
mish

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us....E.M.Forster

linda gail · Messages: 1602

thanks for waving, mish!

Believe.

rosestyle · Messages: 203 Location: N.California

Oh, Mish I can relate. I've been doing much of the same.

Feels like time to dump the old stuff, but it takes energy for sorting

it all through with the fine sieve I am using

Rest feels good, as does extra time for introspection.

Kindness: My wonderful loving and supportive family and friends (on line and off)

Beauty: This gorgeous cooler weather with welcome pre-fall breezes.

Abundance: Much laughter and love amongst my children.
Those giggles feed my soul!

~In Love and Light~
(of course, thanks to Mall for starting this one)
~Rose

~Wherever you are, be there.~

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

Kindnesses Galore: Friends have come over and helped me shape up my backyard, tearing down rotten side fences, leaving just the cyclone fence behind it and patching up the back fence, and getting rid of wasp nests. A friend fixed my broken kitchen drawer. My next door neighbor is going to use his chainsaw today to give some of my trees out front a trim. Another neighbor helped me get rid of the winged ants that recently invaded my home.

A relative helped me settle my largest debt, negotiating it down to 30% of the total and loaning the money to settle it.

Beauty: The beautiful generous hearts of people who care about me!

Abundance: One of my local facebook friends just posted that the company she works for is hiring a software trainer! This will be a great job for me! Praying!.....

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

linda gail · Messages: 1602

Mame - praying, too!

Believe.

linda gail · Messages: 1602

Kindness: Our table has been filled with great food since i came home from the hospital thursday and more is on its way over now (My boys say i should have surgery once a week - thing is, I don't cook!)

Beauty: Eating a freshly peeled locally grown juicy peach at the kitchen table for breakfast, watching hummingbirds sip from the feeder strategically placed outside the window.

Abundance: Lunch in the beautiful sunshine delivered with a slight breeze consisting of dad-in-law's garden tomatoes with pimento cheese and mayonnaise on white bread. Topped with the last serving of mom's blackberry cobbler made from berries she picked. And the refrigerator is still full.

Believe.

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

Thanks Linda! I'm so glad you are able to recover peacefully with lots of good food being brought your way! and colorful little birdies to entertain you! Hummingbirds, huh? What part of the country are you in?

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

linda gail · Messages: 1602

Mame - that would be CA - Central Alabam. Do you have them too?

Believe.

rosestyle · Messages: 203 Location: N.California

I always say hummingbirds are nature's little fairies. They always bring good cheer! Happy for you and your swift recovery. Homemade meals work magic when made with love

~Wherever you are, be there.~

Mallory · Messages: 1051

Kindness - The friend/old tenant who came over today and helped with Mom and made pasta while I slept!! She even offered the services of her strong young boys to help with anything - like taking luggage to the attic! Just so sweet.

Beauty - laying in the driveway and being covered with kisses from my verylovingdogs - and today - watching them run and play!
also - Mom's support group for people with prostheses this evening was really fascinating. I met some amazing people - all of them fighters. There was a speaker there who talked about services available and had packets and packets of information. Abundance of resources, too!!
And - this perfect night. Cool stillness, crickets chirping even in the more urban suburbs, and the waxing crescent of the moon!

Abundance - Just laying in my bed with my beautiful Sophie and Maple. I missed them so... and it is so good to be with them and feel their effervescent joy!

Mame and Linda - so so glad you are surrounded by such wonderful support and family! True abundance and lovingkindness are all around you and I'm so happy to hear about it! Just Wonderful! And I have always wanted to see a hummingbird. One day soon, they will take my breath away. The animals are so sacred...

Peace in your hearts,
With the love of my soul
~Mallory

~*Music is the vernacular of the human soul*~

mame · Messages: 1404 Location: Colorado (aka:Paradise)

I always thought of hummingbird as being specific to the mountains. I've only ever seen them in Colorado.

Mallory, isn't it nice to snuggle with your furry friends when you come home from a trip and they missed you?

~~Mame
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"Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and
no one to thank" ~ Christina Rossetti

Mallory · Messages: 1051

*giggles*

Maple does not want to wake up this morning...
but she still can't stop wagging her tail!

Peace in your hearts,
With the love of my soul
~Mallory

~*Music is the vernacular of the human soul*~

Scarlett651 · Messages: 2266 Location: the porch

Mallory wrote:

And I have always wanted to see a hummingbird.

OMGosh...come sit on my porch!
they're here almost all year long...they love the lantana beds and i've got feeders on the porch so they come right up to you.
they're aggressive little creatures for something only a few inches tall!! lol

there's my Beauty & Abundance....
Kindness...from the wonderful neighbor/old family friend that offered me this porch

We are not human beings making a spiritual journey...we are spiritual beings making a human journey.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"He lived happily ever after."
Willie Wonka