Fw: Five Lessons About The Way We Treat People...

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> 1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

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> During my second month of college, our professor

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> Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student

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> And had breezed through the questions until I read

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> The last one:

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> " What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school? "

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> Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the

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> Cleaning woman several times.. She was tall,

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> Dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?

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> I handed in my paper, leaving the last question

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> Blank.. Just before class ended, one student asked if

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> The last question would count toward our quiz grade.

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> " Absolutely, " said the professor. " In your careers,

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> You will meet many people. All are significant... They

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> Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do

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> Is smile and say " hello. "

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> I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her

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> Name was Dorothy.

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> 2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

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> One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American

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> Woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway

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> Trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had

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> Broken down and she desperately needed a ride.

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> Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.

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> A young white man stopped to help her, generally

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> Unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960's. The man

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> Took her to safety, helped her get assistance and

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> Put her into a taxicab.

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> She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his

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> Address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a

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> Knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a

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> Giant console color TV was delivered to his home A

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> Special note was attached.

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> It read:

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> " Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway

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> The other night. The rain drenched not only my

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> Clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.

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> Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying

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> Husband's' bedside just before he passed away... God

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> Bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving

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> Others. "

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> Sincerely,

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> Mrs. Nat King Cole.

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> 3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those

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> Who serve.

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> In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,

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> A 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and

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> Sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in

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> Front of him.

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> " How much is an ice cream sundae? " he asked.

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> " Fifty cents, " replied the waitress.

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> the little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and

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> Studied the coins in it.

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> " Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream? " he inquired.

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> By now more people were waiting for a table and the

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> Waitress was growing impatient.

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> " Thirty-five cents, " she brusquely replied.

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> The little boy again counted his coins.

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> " I'll have the plain ice cream, " he said.

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> The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on

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> The table and walked away The boy finished the ice

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> Cream, paid the cashier and left.. When the waitress

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> Came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the

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> Table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,

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> Were two nickels and five pennies..

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> You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had

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> To have enough left to leave her a tip.

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> 4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.

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> In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a

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> Roadway.. Then he hid himself and watched to see if

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> Anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the

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> King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by

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> And simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the

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> King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did

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> Anything about getting the stone out of the way.

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> Then a peasant came along carrying a load of

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> Vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the

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> peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the

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> stone to the side of the road. After much pushing

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> and straining, he finally succeeded. After the

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> peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed

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> a purse lying in the road where the boulder had

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> been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note

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> from the King indicating that the gold was for the

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> person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The

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> peasant learned what many of us never understand!

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> Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve

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> our condition.

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> 5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts....

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> Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a

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> hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who

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> was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only

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> chance of recovery appeared to be a blood

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> transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had

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> miraculously survived the same disease and had

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> developed the antibodies needed to combat the

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> illness. The doctor explained the situation to her

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> little brother, and asked the little boy if he would

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> be willing to give his blood to his sister.

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> I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a

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> deep breath and saying, " Yes I'll do it if it will save

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> her. " As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed

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> next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing

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> the color returning to her cheek. Then his face

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> grew pale and his smile faded.

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> He looked up at the doctor and asked with a

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> trembling voice, " Will I start to die right away " .

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> Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the

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> doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his

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> sister all of his blood in order to save her.

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> Now you have choices.

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> 1 Delete this email, or

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> 2. Forward it other people.

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> I hope that you will choose No. 2 and remember.

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> Most importantly.... " Work like you

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> don't need the money, love like you've never been

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> hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching. "

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> NOW more than ever - Please... Pass It On...

> You never know how or when you'll be paid!

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