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31.3.06

its that story again.

the followin story is one i read before
and i thought i would live by its morals.
but somewhere along my route to nowhere,
i lost the story.

by chance,
i stumbled across it on my fren's blog-
one i really seldom read.

well,
here it is.

A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy'shands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital. Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home & committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't.Too often we fail to recognise the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge. People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.Pause and ponder. Think before you act. Be patient. Forgive & forget. Love one and all. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

forgiveness is greater than revenge.

but anyone who knows me knows this:
i dont forgive..i forget.
guess it serves its purpose as well.


2 Comments:

At 1:13 AM , Blogger Guo Bin. said...

Hey hey... where you read this eh? I read this oso... Do we noe the same person? Lim izzit?

 
At 2:33 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

hahah YES!

 

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