spacegold
has rocks in the head
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Jan 29, 2007 22:53:04 GMT -5
Post by spacegold on Jan 29, 2007 22:53:04 GMT -5
An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the young boy and said, "My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, you will be more comfortable now."
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her . , , "Are you God's wife?"
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Jan 30, 2007 8:02:41 GMT -5
Post by Toad on Jan 30, 2007 8:02:41 GMT -5
The sad part is that there are opportunities out there everyday, I know I've missed more than one.
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stefan
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2005
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Jan 30, 2007 11:56:06 GMT -5
Post by stefan on Jan 30, 2007 11:56:06 GMT -5
But Toad- It is not the ones we miss- It is the ones We DON"T miss that are important- All ways remember that
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Jan 30, 2007 13:13:25 GMT -5
Post by lbowman1 on Jan 30, 2007 13:13:25 GMT -5
One time I gave a homeless guy some money. It wasn't much. Just some change I had in hand after I left a store. A complete stranger got on my case about it saying, "You know he's just going to buy booze with it."
I turned and looked at her and said, "What he does is his business. As for my part I know I did the right thing."
Lori
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