I had bookmarked the following post for next Wednesday’s ‘good people’ post, but last night it was on my mind, and I thought it would make a beautiful Saturday Surprise entry. This is a wonderfully uplifting story, one of those that gives us a renewed sense of hope for humanity. I think it’s a great way to start the weekend, and I think you’ll agree …
What would you do?…. You make the choice.
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 children with learning disabilities, 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, who was mentally and physically disabled 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 I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’
Filosofa's Word 
Oh, my! There is much goodness in this world.
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Yes, there is! And what especially made this one poignant was the fact that these were just kids! We ‘adults’ could take a lesson from them! Glad you enjoyed it!
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Hear, hear!
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What a beautiful story! Being kind, encouraging kindness and accepting the kindness of others maakes the world a better place
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My thoughts exactly. And the fact that these were kids … we ‘adults’ could take a lesson from them!
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Please see my comment to the original post, if interested. Thanks.
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I did, and I fully agree!
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What a beautiful story!
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I thought so, too! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
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Thanks for republishing this terrific story. Keith
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, my friend.
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Thanks for the share Jill.
What more can I say…
Re-blogged.
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I’m so glad you thought so, too! I couldn’t find his re-blog button, so I had to do it a round about way, but this morning the button was there. Go figure.
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🎵People, people who turn purple
Are most likely to have been using WP🎵🎤
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SPOT ON!!!!!
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Well, that’s a tear-jerker!
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I know! But ever so much nicer than most of what we read today. Tears of happiness instead of tears of rage.
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So much nicer.
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The truth of this story shines out of every word. And it is beautiful!
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Thanks, Ana! Indeed it is …
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Thank you for a happy story, Jill. I am not going to answer the question you are asking, but I wiil confess to writing stories such as this, and changing the outcomes to give certain people hope when they most need it — or when I most need it. I am not judging this story one way or another, but I sometimes stretch the truth for honourable purposes.
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Sure, many have done so, but I’m not sure why you felt a need to cast doubt on this beautiful story.
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Not casting doubt, per se, I just know that had I written it I would have improved it, no matter how good it was already.
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