F A M I L Y
Daily Quote:- "Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best." Theodore Isaac Rubin
F A M I L Y
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
This Blog is to help in your life and lead to Success for you.
Richard Bejah :0)
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Posted by Richard Bejah at 29 May 2009, 6:10 PM 
Categories: Daily Quote, All Blogs List, Inspirational, Personal Development, Spiritual
Tags: Gods Lifestyle Blog Father Mother Personal Development Daily Quote Family Inspirational Stranger Personal Development towards Financial Success Dad Blogs Spiritual Mom All Blogs God
Categories: Daily Quote, All Blogs List, Inspirational, Personal Development, Spiritual
Tags: Gods Lifestyle Blog Father Mother Personal Development Daily Quote Family Inspirational Stranger Personal Development towards Financial Success Dad Blogs Spiritual Mom All Blogs God
Richard, very moving story as usual!
In my view, when it's repeated, "I'm sorry" can lose its meaning to children or anyone else. So we need to be sure we focus on what individual family members really mean to us. Once we have a clear understanding rooted in love and respect, our mind takes care of the rest. One NEVER needs reminder or make a conscious effort to be kind.
When we needlessly misstep, it's not a "mistake" an apology can fix; it's often an insufficiency. We may need to weave greater meaning/understanding into our perception of family & individual members.
You'll know when u have succeeded when doing what honors, elevates, brings joy to your family makes u enormously happy! You seek to lighten their load, to make their day just a little brighter!
Also, you speak your mind not to ‘get things off your chest’, but by ‘holding your tongue’ until the right time; so as not to sleight, embarrass, corner or otherwise create unnecessary discomfort your loved one.
You simply want them to see another perspective, or perhaps know how their action impacted your life in as rational, reasoned and kind a manner as you can present it. Oh, you may lose your cool, THEY KNOW when they're being honored, so THEY ALWAYS UNDERSTAND!! No exception! It’s truly amazing. At the end, they may even say, THANK YOU!
When all else fails, understand & love more! Problem may simply be of a size that needs to be surrendered to GOD. This also is family.
This may not bear mentioning, but in the interest of being thorough, this blog and all exchanges assume normal/average family issues. It’s my view that abuse of any sort CAN NEVER be "loved/understood" into healing without professional intervention.
Abuse is NEVER acceptable and is more than sufficient cause for termination, professional treatment or both! Just 1st be sure that is the misfortune you have b4 taking irrevocable action.
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What a small world we live in. Only the other day that I was contacted by your sister and a day or so later I realised that your email addresses where the same. I automatically assumed you where the same person... Now I know better.. LOL!
Your parents must have given you a sound education... Your comments are so thoughtful and well put together. I appreciate your words. May God Bless you and your family Richard :0)
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