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Have a nice and exiting day.
BSS
Quotes :
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be
their option"
-- Unknown
"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can
make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it.
That factor is attitude."
-- William James
Stories
The Circus {Author Unknown}
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy
tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us
and the ticket counter.
This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all
probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of
money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean.
The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-
two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly jabbering
about the clowns, elephants and other acts they would see that night.
One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to
be a highlight of their young lives.
The father and mother were at the head of the pack standing proud as
could be. The mother was holding her husband's hand, looking up at him
as if to say, "You're my knight in shining armor." He was smiling and
basking in pride, looking at her as if to reply, "You got that right."
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly
responded, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult
tickets so I can take my family to the circus."
The ticket lady quoted the price. The man's wife let go of his hand, her
head dropped, the man's lip began to quiver. The father leaned a little
closer and asked, "How much did you say?"
The ticket lady again quoted the price. The man didn't have enough
money.
How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn't have
enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled
out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any
sense of the word!) My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped
the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your
pocket."
The man knew what was going on. He wasn't begging for a handout but
certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking,
embarrassing situation. He looked straight into my dad's eyes, took my
dad's hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the $20 bill, and with
his lip quivering and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied,
"Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my
family."
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn't go to the
circus that night, but we didn't go without feeling happy.
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