IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
\nI especially liked number 5!<\/p>\n
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.\u00a0The purpose of thecontest was to find the most caring child.
\nThe winner was:
\n1. A four-year-old child, whose next door\u00a0neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his\u00a0wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had\u00a0said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, ‘Nothing, I just helped him cry.’<\/p>\n
2. Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were\u00a0discussing a picture of a family. \u00a0One little boy in the picture\u00a0had a different hair color than the other members. One of her\u00a0students suggested that he was adopted.<\/p>\n
A little girl said, ‘I know all about adoption, I was adopted..’
\n‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked\u00a0another child.<\/p>\n
‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew\u00a0in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’<\/p>\n
3. On my way home one day, I stopped to\u00a0watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a\u00a0park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was\u00a0‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered with a smile. \u00a0‘Really,’ I said. ‘I have to say you\u00a0don’t look very discouraged.’
\n‘Discouraged?’, the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face…\u00a0‘Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t been up to bat yet.’<\/p>\n
4. Whenever I’m disappointed with my spotin life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. \u00a0Jamie was trying out for a part in the\u00a0school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being\u00a0in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. \u00a0On the day the parts were awarded, I went\u00a0with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,\u00a0eyes shining with pride and excitement.. ‘Guess what, Mom,’ he\u00a0shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to\u00a0me….’I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.’<\/p>\n
5. An eye witness account from New York\u00a0City , on a cold day in December, \u00a0some years ago: A little boy,\u00a0about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the\u00a0roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. \u00a0A lady approached the young boy and said,\u00a0‘My, but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’ \u00a0‘I was asking God to give me a pair of\u00a0shoes,’ was the boy’s reply. \u00a0The lady took him by the hand, went into\u00a0the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks\u00a0for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water\u00a0and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. \u00a0She took the little fellow to the back\u00a0part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed\u00a0his little feet, and dried them with the towel. \u00a0By this time, the clerk had returned with\u00a0the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him\u00a0a pair of shoes. \u00a0She tied up the remaining pairs of socks\u00a0and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, ‘No\u00a0doubt, you will be more comfortable now..’ \u00a0As she turned to go, the astonished kid\u00a0caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears\u00a0in his eyes, asked her: \u00a0 \u00a0‘Are you God’s wife?’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF I especially liked number 5! Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.\u00a0The purpose of thecontest was to find the most caring child. The winner was: 1. A four-year-old child, whose next door\u00a0neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his\u00a0wife. … Continue reading God’s Wife<\/span>