> Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that 
> has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life. As a bagpiper, 
> I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a 
> graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the 
> service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Nova Scotia back country. As 
> I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I 
> didn't stop for directions.
>
> I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and 
> the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left 
> and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being 
> late.
>
> I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already 
> in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
>
> The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out 
> my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've 
> never played before for this homeless man. And as I played "Amazing Grace", 
> the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I 
> finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head was 
> hung low, my heart was full.
>
> As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen 
> anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty 
> years."
>
> Apparently, I'm still lost....it's a man thing.

tin

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