A motivating story
A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."
"Sure,"
they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's
something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly
in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg.
He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son,"
said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such
a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to
live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I
think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a
way to live on his own."
At
that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more
from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San
Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building,
they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken
parents flew to San Francisco
and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son.
They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something
they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The
parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love
those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like
people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would
rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart
as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way.
Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into
the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.
Tonight,
before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God
will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and
to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from
us!!!
There's
a miracle called Friendship among all the people.The friendship that
keeps everyone united, that dwells in the heart,with true respect for
everyone. It always brings a hope and you realize that Friendship Is
God's most precious gift!
Jai Hind....
This Story send by a friend hema dave
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