MsC1210 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: Food for Thought - As Posted on JFF by MsC1210 Please don't move this.. I feel it deserves to be noticed and this is the only forum that gets that kind of traffic. Christine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 led 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenarrow Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Christine, I find your post here in ironic step with my life. See(?), I'm one of the lucky ones. At least so far, I have survived my cancer so well that there are actually days that I forget that I am a lung cancer survivor and don't even think about that fact through the whole day. The quality and quantity of that luck cannot be realized without considering the chances I had of doing that. Pretty slim. Even so, I did and I'm grateful that I did. I remember having the thought that concern for all of the drama amid those around me was not a luxury I could afford and that they were lucky to be able to worry about such petty things, like bad jobs, bad bosses, bad spouses, mortgages, car notes, etc. Now there are days that I find myself very absorbed by such "luxurious" drama. Some of the drama so bad that it's not even speakable to closest dear friends or family. As the average Joe goes, I've had some really bad stuff happening around me lately. Even so, I am one of the most Divinely Blessed persons on earth. It is good to remember that. Thank you so much for posting this. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsC1210 Posted May 9, 2009 Author Share Posted May 9, 2009 Will Thank you for your appreciation. I sincerely appreciate it Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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