Electric-man
2362 posts
Jun 19, 2009
12:47 PM
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> While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked up
> stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man
> took the child's hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was
> using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to
> multiple fractures. When the child saw his father.....with painful
> eyes he asked, 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?'
> The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked
> it a lot of times.
> Devastated b y his own actions......sitting in front of that car he
> looked at the scratches; the child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'.
>
>
> The next day that man committed suicide. . . Anger and Love have no
>limits; ..... Things are to be used and people are to be loved, But
>the problem in today's world is that, People are used and things are
>loved...
>Let's be careful to keep this thought in mind: Things are to be used,
>but People are to be loved
>
> Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become
> actions.
> Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become
> character; Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
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Val
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Oldfart
GOLD MEMBER
1048 posts
Jun 19, 2009
1:30 PM
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Thanks Val,
Thom
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Snake Doctor
GOLD MEMBER
388 posts
Jun 19, 2009
1:34 PM
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Good advise Val!
My son is now 27, when he was 12, I walked into his bedroom and saw that he had taken a pencil and on the wall beside his bed he had scratched tic marks.
I blew a fuse, you expect a pre-schooler to do something like that. Not a 6th grader. I demanded a reason.
T-Boo said, "Dad, those marks are mornings and nights, when I woke up and you were already gone to work and then had to go to bed before you got home!"
There were 47 tic marks.
Task accomplished, he got my attention!
"Semper Fi!"
SD
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"Semper Fi"
SD
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donnie james
512 posts
Jun 19, 2009
2:24 PM
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hay val very good story and a true statement .......... donny james
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3105 posts
Jun 19, 2009
8:52 PM
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Things are to be used and people are to be loved, But
>the problem in today's world is that, People are used and things are>loved...
So true is that statement Val..
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Ralph.
Life comes down to the choices you make, and then living with the results.
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RodSD
271 posts
Jun 20, 2009
11:54 PM
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Thank you for that! It is tragic, but full of lessons. May I ask whose credit this belongs to? If you wrote this, you are a very wise man.
Last Edited by on Jun 20, 2009 11:57 PM
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bigwilly
983 posts
Jun 20, 2009
11:59 PM
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WOW
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BIG WILLY
TOPP FLIGHT/NCRC
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pat66
356 posts
Jun 22, 2009
11:29 AM
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VAL,
A great read! EVERYONE should be required to read this! AWESOME, might just open some eyes,made me step back and think
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Pat
Last Edited by on Jun 22, 2009 11:30 AM
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
3390 posts
Jun 22, 2009
11:40 AM
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A tragic and sobering story...the best things in life are free! I spent this weekend going to church and playing with my grandchildren, watching them run around a sprinkler in 90 degree heat and a nice breeze, they were having the time of their life using a $5 sprinkler head. The joy and happiness was very evident by a blessed grandma and poppa.
Good story Val.
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
Last Edited by on Jun 22, 2009 11:40 AM
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Electric-man
2370 posts
Jun 22, 2009
3:12 PM
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Rod, my friend Sal Ortiz(gotspin 7) sent it to me! Don't know where he got it, but it really hit home with me.
Like Roy, I too have a prodical son! We go round and round often! Kid could tear up an anvil with a flyswatter! The boy sure can run with the football though so I guess hes worth it! LOL
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Val
Last Edited by on Jun 22, 2009 3:14 PM
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Pumpkin Man
107 posts
Jun 22, 2009
7:51 PM
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Wow. I needed to read that. Seems I'm often too serious with my boys and should just let them be kids. Last Friday when I came home from work they were playing in the sprinkler. They asked me to play with them. Most times I wouldn't have but I was having a bad weak and for some reason I was so out out with everything else I just went in the house and put my simming trunks on and ran through the sprinkler with them and let them spray wme with the hose and had water fights for an hour or so. Funny thing was I had a blast doing that with them. Sometimes we all need to get a little less serious and be like kids again.
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saul
5 posts
Jun 22, 2009
8:02 PM
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Kids are to be loved and to be given the best out of
life.I liked the short story.
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fontanabound
106 posts
Jun 22, 2009
8:17 PM
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yeah man, nice story. we all need to chill sometime.
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