What Really Matters

Bebi · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: What Really Matters

Just when you thought niceness couldn't get any nicer, along comes a little story like this:

What Really Matters

Some people understand life better, And they call some of these people "retarded"... At the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times,
and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down andlooked back. Then they all turned around and went back......every one of them. One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, "This will make it better." Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, the cheering went on for several
minutes. People who were there are still telling the story ...

Why?

Because deep down we know this one thing: What matters in this life is more
than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win,
even if it means slowing down and changing our course.

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It is those who are perfectly sane who are driven the maddest by an insane world...

There is method behind my madness