5 Lessons

These were forwarded to me in an email, I wanted to share,

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.
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> During my second month of college, our professor
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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
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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
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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 19 60'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
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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 t he 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 le ft 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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