Karma, that old friend.

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Dear Folks:

 

Just a neat post that I had to share with all. It gave me chills of

recognition. Very amazing and true. What a great lesson for us all.

 

Blessings

Zenbob

 

Fleming, Churchill and Karma

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> > > >His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer.

> > > >One day, while trying to make a living for his family,

> > > >he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He

> > > >dropped his tools and ran to the bog.

> > > >

> > > >There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified

> > > >boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer

> > > >Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow

> > > >and terrifying death.

> > > >

> > > >The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's

> > > >sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped

> > > >out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer

> > > >Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the noble-

> > > >man. "You saved my son's life."

> > > >

> > > >"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish

> > > >farmer replied, waving off the offer.

> > > >

> > > >At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of

> > > >the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

> > > >"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

> > > >

> > > >"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good

> > > >education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll

> > > >grow to be a man you can be proud of." And that he did.

> > > >

> > > >In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's

> > > >Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become

> > > >known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander

> > > >Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward,

> > > >the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia.

> > > >

> > > >What saved him? Penicillin.

> > > >

> > > >The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.

> > > >

> > > >His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

> > > >

> > > >Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

> > > > Work like you don't need the money.

> > > > Love like you've never been hurt.

> > > > Dance like nobody's watching.

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