----- Original Message ----- From: "juana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "tara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tammie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lee k i 4 q l v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "David Hoppman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Awesome Abby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "alma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:21 PM Subject: [peeps-talk] Fw: Two Choices
> lets think about passing this on to all our email contacts.speedy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: stephen smith > To: juana > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:47 PM > Subject: Fw: Two Choices > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Teresa Fleenor > To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:13 PM > Subject: Two Choices > > > I'm sorry about the chain mail folks, but this made me cry. > Two Choices > What would you do? You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there > isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same > choice? > At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled > children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would > never be forgotten > by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, > he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside influences, > everything > nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things > as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. > Where > is the natural order of things in my son?" > The audience was stilled by the query. > The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically > and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize > true human > nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that > child." > Then he told the following story: Shay and his father had walked past a > park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you > think > they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not > want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that > if his > son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of > belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his > handicaps. > Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not > expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and > said, "We're > losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be > on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning." > Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a > team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in > his > heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the > bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still > behind > by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played > in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously > ecstatic > just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his > father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, > Shay's > team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential > winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. > At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win > the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit > was all > but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, > much less connect with the ball. > However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that > the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, > moved in > a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make > contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The > pitcher again > took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the > pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right > back to the > pitcher. > The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and > could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have > been out > and that would have been the end of the game. > Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, > out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams > started > yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay > ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the > baseline, > wide-eyed and startled. > Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, > Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to > the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder > had the > ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be > the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman > for > the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, > intentionally threw the ball high and far over the > third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the > runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. > All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay" > Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by > turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to > third! Shay, run to third!" > As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were > on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home, > stepped > on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won > the game for his team. > "That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, > "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity > into this > world". > Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never > forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home > and seeing > his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day! > AND NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes > through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending > messages > about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene > pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too > often > suppressed in our schools and workplaces. > If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're > probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the > "appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who > sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have > thousands > of opportunities every single day to help realize the "natural order of > things." So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present > us with > a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we > pass up those opportunities and leave the world > a little bit colder in the process? > A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least > fortunate amongst them. > You now have two choices: > 1. Delete > 2. 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