Guest guest Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Physical Judgement 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!!! Yours George Pillai Meet your soulmate! Asia presents Meetic - where millions of singles gather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Dear George, What a story! Amazing, I just do not have words to explain. It opened up my heart and made me to introspect my past actions. Really amazing. Best Regards, Divakar. --- pillai george <pillai_george wrote: > > Physical Judgement > > 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!!! > > > Yours > > George Pillai > > > > > Meet your soulmate! > Asia presents Meetic - where millions of > singles gather Start your day with - Make it your home page! http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Hi George, Oh ! Its really a moving story -unfortunate & hard to believe. Truely everyone should pray almighty to give us HIS grace of compassion and understanding our duty as human. Prasad --- Divakara Tanjore <div_tan wrote: > Dear George, > What a story! Amazing, I just do not have words to > explain. It opened up my heart and made me to > introspect my past actions. > > Really amazing. > > Best Regards, > Divakar. > > > --- pillai george <pillai_george > wrote: > > > > > Physical Judgement > > > > 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!!! > > > > > > Yours > > > > George Pillai > > > > > > > > > > Meet your soulmate! > > Asia presents Meetic - where millions of > > singles gather > > > > > > Start your day with - Make it your home page! > > http://www./r/hs > > > > FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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