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Subject: THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE BODY

>

> " THE most important part of the body "

> My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body.

> Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct

> answer.

> When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans,

> so I said, " My ears, Mommy. "

>

> She said, " No. Many people are deaf.

> But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon. "

>

> Several years passed before she asked me again.

> Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct

> answer.

> So this time I told her, " Mommy, sight is very important to

> everybody, so it must be our eyes. "

> She looked at me and told me, " You are learning fast, but the answer

> is not correct because there are many people who are blind. "

>

> Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the

> years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, " No.

> But you are getting smarter every year, my child. "

>

> Then one year, my grandfather died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody

> was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it

> was only the second time I saw him cry.

>

> My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to

> my Grandfather. She asked me, " Do you know the most important body

> part yet, my dear? "

> I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was

> a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me,

> " This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in

your

> life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you were

> wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need

> to learn this important lesson. "

>

> She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with

> tears. She said, " My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder. "

> I asked, " Is it because it holds up my head? " She replied, " No, it is

because

> it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry. Everybody

needs

> a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have

> enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when

> you need it. "

>

> Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish

> one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others. People will forget what you

said.

> People will forget what you did. But people will NEVER forget how you made

them feel.

>

>

> The origination of this letter is unknown, but it brings a blessing to

everyone

> who passes it on. Good friends are like stars...You don't always see them,

but you

> always know they are there.

>

> Share this with a friend

Wolfie

Leeds, Alabama

Lap RNY

August 27,2003

Dr. Lee A. Schmitt, M.D.

Medical Center East

Beginning Weight: 336

" Keep Em Laughing! "