> 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.
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