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Unconditional  Love 
In Ref: Mental and Physical and how it makes me react to others. I suffer from Chronic PTSD Because of Vietnam. It's not easy feeling rejected by friends , loved ones who don't understand it or even care, that's how I've gotten to feel lately. Maybe this small story may make some of you think about others that have the same problem mental or physical. So please take the time to read this and think about others that suffer from these pains. Most of us won't talk about it out of fear of being rejected because we aren't what you all might of expected. A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." " Sure," they replied," we'd love to meet him". There's something you should know, the son continued, he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost a leg and an arm, He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to stay with us. "I'm sorry to hear that son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live." "No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us". Son, said the father, you don't know what your asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy, He'll find a way to live on his own. At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believe it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had one arm and one leg. The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are be it Mental or Physical. So tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night. say a little prayer that GOD will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us.
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