Inspirational+Stories

Life is like a Cup of Coffee []

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= Love Island =

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave.

Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.

When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help.

Just then **//Richness//** was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked,"Richness, Can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered, " I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."

Then Love decided to ask //**Vanity**// for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can't help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat."

Next, Love saw //**Sadness**// passing by. Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just need to be alone now."

Then, Love saw //**Happiness**//. Love cried out, " Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, "Come Love,I will take you with me." It was an elder.

Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name.

When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.

Love then found //**Knowledge**// and asked,"Who was it that helped me?"

"It was //**Time**//", Knowledge answered.

"But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked.

Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "//**Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.**//"

~Author Unknown~

// worth. //
....Kindness This is wonderful and a good reminder to always be kind because everyone has something going on in their lives at some point that we're not aware of. It doesn’t take much to be kind.

 The Cab Ride

 I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I walked to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.  After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a  print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie.  By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets.  There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard  box filled with photos and glassware.  'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.  She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.  She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother to be treated.'  'Oh, you're such a good boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive through downtown?'  'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly..  'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice.  I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued in a soft  voice.. 'The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'What route would you like me to take?' I asked. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> with a driveway that passed under a portico.Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were Solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'How much do I owe you?' She asked, reaching into her purse. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'Nothing,' I said. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'You have to make a living,' she answered. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'There are other passengers,' I responded. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> 'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said. 'Thank you.' <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> of the closing of a life.. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID ~ BUT ~ THEY WILL <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;">....Kindness

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> This is wonderful and a good reminder to always be kind because everyone has something going on in their lives at some point that we're not aware of. It doesn’t take much to be kind.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> The Cab Ride

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I arrived at the address and honked the horn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> after waiting a few minutes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I walked to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> frail, elderly voice. I could hear something <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> being dragged across the floor.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> By her side was a small nylon suitcase. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> The apartment looked as if no one had <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> lived in it for years. All the furniture was <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> covered with sheets.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> box filled with photos and glassware.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'Would you carry my bag <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> to the cab, then returned to assist the woman.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> told her.. 'I just try to treat my passengers <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> the way I would want my mother to be treated.'

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'Oh, you're such a good <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> boy, she said. When we got in the cab, she gave <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> me an address and then asked, 'Could you drive <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> through downtown?'

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly..

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I looked in the rear-view <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> any family left,' she continued in a soft <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> voice.. 'The doctor says I don't have very <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> when they were newlyweds She had me pull up in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> front of a furniture warehouse that had once <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> We drove in silence to the address she had given me. It was <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> a low building, like a small convalescent home, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> with a driveway that passed under a portico.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> They were Solicitous and intent, watching her every move. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> They must have been expecting her.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'How much do I owe you?' She asked, reaching into her purse.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'Nothing,' I said.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'You have to make a living,' she answered.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'There are other passengers,' I responded.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> held onto me tightly.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> 'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> said. 'Thank you.'

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> light.. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> of the closing of a life..

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> to end his shift? What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> once, then driven away?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> more important in my life.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> around great moments.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID ~ BUT ~ THEY WILL <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"> ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

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