Guest guest Posted June 26, 1999 Report Share Posted June 26, 1999 To all on the list: here's one I hadn't heard before. So characteristic and so elevating! > Shoes > > As Gandhi stepped aboard a train one day, one of his > shoes slipped off and landed on the track. He was unable to > retrieve it as the train was moving. To the amazement of his > companions, Gandhi calmly took off his other shoe and threw > it back along the track to land close to the first. Asked by > a fellow passenger why he did so, Gandhi smiled. " The poor > man who finds the shoes lying on the track, " he replied, > " will now have a pair he can use. " > > > > > -0- > > First quoted in The Little Brown Book of Anecdotes > from Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul > Copyright 1996 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Patty > Hansen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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