>> >>>Subject: Fw: The Most Important Part of Ur Body
>> >>>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:57:37 +0800
>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>The Most Important Body Part
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>My mother used to ask me what is the most important
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>part of the body and 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
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>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
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>my last attempt I contemplated a correct answer. So I
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>told! her "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>so it must be our eyes." She looked at me and told me
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>that I was 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 she asked me a couple more times and
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>always the same answer "No. But you are getting
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>smarter every year my young child."
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>Then last year my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt.
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>Everybody was crying. Even my father cried! . I remember
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>that especially because it is 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 Grandpa. She asked me "Do
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>you know the most important body part yet my son?" And >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>I was shocked 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
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>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 that it was wrong and given you an
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>example why. But today is the day you need to learn
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>this important lesson."
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>She looked down at me like only a mother can. I saw
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>her eyes well up with tears. She said, "Son the most
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>important body part is your shoulder."
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>Was it because it held up my head? She replied, "No,
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>on sometime in life my son. 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 was >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>not selfish, it was sympathetic to the pain of OTHERS.
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>You are a friend and whenever you want you can cry on
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>my shoulder!!!
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>People will forget what you said.
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>People will forget what you did, but
> >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>People will never forget how you made them feel.
>> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >>