That's a good 'un! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On June 10, 2019 12:31:49 PM EDT, Mountain Man via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> 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 > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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