"A Lesson In Heart" (7)

A nice way to start the day I think....


A lesson in "heart" is my little, 10 year old
daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle
missing in her foot and wears a brace all the
time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had competed in "field day"- that's where they have lots of races and othercompetitive events. Because of her leg support,my mind raced as I tried to think of
encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say
to her about not letting this get her down-but before I could get a word out, she said,
"Daddy, I won two of the races!" I couldn't believe it!
And then Sarah said, "I had an advantage." Ahh. I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head start...some kind of physical advantage. But again,before I could say anything, she said, "Daddy,I didn't get a head start... My advantage was I had to try harder!"

There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper
than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy
didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes
in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their
hearts to us.

CNN REPORTS A NEW VIRUS HAS BEEN RECENTLY
DISCOVERED.


ONE PERSON CAN PASS IT ON TO MILLIONS AS IT IS VERY CONTAGIOUS.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL HAS REPORTED THIS WEEK THAT THE VIRUS SPREADS VERY RAPIDLY FROM ONEPERSON TO THE NEXT. THEY HAVE PUT A VERY INTERESTING NAME ON THIS VIRUS.



IT IS CALLED.......






A SMILE!!!

OH! TOO LATE!!
I SEE IT ON YOUR FACE ALREADY!

You've got the virus!!!!
Pass it on!
Hurry...do it now!

Absolutely beautiful way to start the day, thanks for posting this! Can always depend on you for affirming postives , thank you and GOOD MORNING!

Good morning to you too

Good morning

Curly always knows how to start the day!