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This is my way of saying Hello!
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat
missions,
his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and
parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist
Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned
from that experience.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at
another
table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from
the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and
gratitude.
The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him,
"It
sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept
wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a
bib
in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have
seen
him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you
see,
I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table
in
the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks
of
each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't
know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has
someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also
points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot
down
over enemy territory-he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute,
his
emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these
supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really
important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate
someone
on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or
just do
something nice for no reason.
As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack
your parachute. I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your
part in
packing my parachute !!! And I hope you will send it on to those who have
helped
pack yours!
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word, maybe this could explain: When you are very busy, but still
want to keep
in touch, guess what you do - --you forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important,
you
are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get ? --- A
forwarded
joke.
So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent
just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
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Some good thoughts to live by!
This is my way of saying Hello!
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions,
his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and
parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist
Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned
from that experience.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another
table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from
the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and
gratitude.
The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It
sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept
wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib
in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen
him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you see,
I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in
the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of
each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has
someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also
points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down
over enemy territory-he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his
emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these
supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really
important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone
on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do
something nice for no reason.
As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack
your parachute. I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in
packing my parachute !!! And I hope you will send it on to those who have helped
pack yours!
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word, maybe this could explain: When you are very busy, but still want to keep
in touch, guess what you do - --you forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you
are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get ? --- A forwarded
joke.
So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent
just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
Motorhoming across America, Enjoying God's Creations
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Some good thoughts to live by! This is my way of saying Hello!
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions,
his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and
parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist
Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned
from that experience.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another
table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from
the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and
gratitude.
The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It
sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept
wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib
in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen
him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you see,
I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in
the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of
each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has
someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also
points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down
over enemy territory-he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his
emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these
supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really
important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone
on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do
something nice for no reason.
As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack
your parachute. I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in
packing my parachute !!! And I hope you will send it on to those who have helped
pack yours!
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word, maybe this could explain: When you are very busy, but still want to keep
in touch, guess what you do - --you forward jokes.
And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you
are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get ? --- A forwarded
joke.
So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent
just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your
friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
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