This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You.

jg1969 · 01-11-2009, 04:44 PM

Two Choices

What would you do?....you make the choice.
Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one.
Read it anyway.. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a schoolthat serves children with learningdisabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do.

He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued.

'I believe that when a child like Shay,who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:
Shay and I had walked past a parkwhere some boys Shay knew wereplaying baseball. Shay asked,'Do you think they'll let me play?'

I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on thefield and asked (not expecting much)if Shay could play. The boy lookedaround for guidance and said, 'We'relosing by six runs and the game is in
the eighth inning.
I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning..'

Shay struggled over to the team'sbench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart.

The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.
In the bottom of the eighth inning,Shay's team scored a few runs but wasstill behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came is way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, Grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning,Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the basesloaded, the potential winning run wason base and Shay was scheduledto be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shaybat and give away their chance to winthe game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat.
Everyone knew that a hit was all butimpossible because Shay didn't evenknow how to hold the bat properly,much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to theplate, the pitcher, recognizing thatthe other team was putting winningaside for this moment in Shay's life,moved in a few steps to lob the ballin softly so Shay could at leastmake contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swungclumsily and missed.
The pitcher again took a few steps
forward to toss the ball softly towardsShay.
As the pitch came in, Shay swungat the ball and hit a slow groundball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over.
The pitcher picked up the softgrounder and could have easilythrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and thatwould have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw theball right over the first baseman'shead, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and bothteams started yelling, 'Shay, run tofirst!
Run to first!'
Never in his life had Shay ever runthat far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline,wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, 'Run to second,run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardlyran towards second, gleaming andstruggling to make it to the base.
By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had theball. The smallest guy on their teamwho now had his first chance to be thehero for his team.
He could have thrown the ball to thesecond-baseman for the tag, but heunderstood the pitcher's intentions sohe, too, intentionally threw the ballhigh and far over the third-baseman'shead.
Shay ran toward third base deliriously
as the runners ahead of him circled
the bases toward home.
All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay,
all the Way Shay'
Shay reached third base because the
opposing shortstop ran to help him by
turning him in the direction of third
base, and shouted, 'Run to third!Shay, run to third!'
As Shay rounded third, the boysfrom both teams, and the spectators,were on their feet screaming, 'Shay,run home! Run home!'
Shay ran to home, stepped on the
plate, and was cheered as the herowho hit the grand slam and won thegame for his team
'That day', said the father softly
with tears now rolling down his face,
'the boys from both teams helped
bring a piece of true love and humanity
into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer.
He died that winter, having never
forgotten being the hero
and making me so happy,
and coming home and seeing his
Mother tearfully embrace her little
hero of the day!
AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO
THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through
the e-mail without a second thought,
but when it comes to sending messages
about life choices, people hesitate.
The crude, vulgar, and often
obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but public discussion
about decency is too often suppressed
in our schools and workplaces.

If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that
you're
probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message Well,the person whosent you this believes that we all can make adifference.

We all have thousands of opportunities
every single day to help realize the
'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions
between two people present us with a
choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of
love and humanity or do we pass up
those opportunities and leave the
world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society
is judged by how it treats it's least
fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1. Delete

2. Forward
May your day, be a Shay Day.

RickGueli · 01-12-2009, 01:28 AM

Dude, this is an awesome post (thank you!) except, it's a little hard on the eyes. You might want to consider using a smaller font, and preferably black for the most part. Your readership will improve that way

Thanks though.

jg1969 · 01-12-2009, 10:14 AM

Cheers for the reply Rick, yeh i no it a bit strong but new in here. Again thanx.

Jay

jayden.fellze · 01-14-2009, 08:06 AM

Wow, what a story!!! I just loved this post. I thinks many a times we underestimate the presence of goodwill and humanity in people. There are many people all around us who are always spending time in making others happy but they never get noticed.

Instead all of our media is full of bad and useless people who either don't do anything in their life or do something that goes against every rule of humanity. May be this is the reason that people have gone cynical towards life. We must put such stories in notice as these are the kind of stories that we need to here every day.

AnneE · 01-14-2009, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickGueli

Dude, this is an awesome post (thank you!) except, it's a little hard on the eyes. You might want to consider using a smaller font, and preferably black for the most part. Your readership will improve that way

Thanks though.

I think one size smaller font.... because the giant font broke your lines up on my screen (not a wide-screen). But I like it big and red and bold, because all the gurus are putting their sales lines at me, to get me to pay attention and I felt that you should, similarly, be trying to get my attention.

jg1969 · 01-15-2009, 04:49 PM

Hey All

Thanx for your kind words. I`ve read this letter several times and still brings a tear to my eye. Great motivation to be that better person. Oh and still sorry for making so big to read, must have been in a hurry to get on here.

Jay

AdamHaroun · 01-15-2009, 05:21 PM

Wow, that was an awesome read...and so profound.

How often do we shy away from discussing those things that matter most, such as human decency and making positive life choices, keeping our thoughts to ourselves instead of standing up for what is right? I'll be the first to admit I'm guilty of it myself.

Again, great post - but I would have to second the opinion on perhaps making the font slightly smaller

John Rowe · 01-15-2009, 05:39 PM

There is an edit feature on the board that you can use to change the font size in your post.

Writing Pete · 01-15-2009, 09:20 PM

Beautiful story! I do, however, agree with the others and hope you make this a little easier for people to read. If more people can comfortably read it, more people will be inspired!

Michael patrick · 01-15-2009, 09:32 PM

wow great story but I cant see my little black font writing anymore! lol ouch everything is so big and red!

Max Soto · 01-15-2009, 09:39 PM

That's a Beautiful Story. But can you please change the font for an easier read.

Kay King · 01-15-2009, 10:21 PM

Telling a good story (in normal font) might have more impact than shouting it in huge red letters.

Monique Abrams · 01-16-2009, 01:02 AM

Wow! That story made me burst into tears!

Thank you!

jg1969 · 01-16-2009, 02:39 PM

Glad everyone likes this post as its my first. Oh and took all your advice and made it SMALLER !!!! ha

Mikhail Jon · 01-17-2009, 09:33 AM

Reading your story made me realize the different aspects in my personality that I should probably modify.

Thanks for sharing your story!

jg1969 · 01-18-2009, 02:12 PM

Hey khailim_88

Glad to see there has been so many views of my first post and hope it keeps going. Everyone who reads this should feel the need to make the world a greater place to be.

Keep it going at the top

Jay

AnneE · 01-18-2009, 06:32 PM

I thought of this story today as an event showed me the better side of human nature, not because of a permanent limitation, but my own mental lapse.

This morning I washed my son's pants without checking the pockets first and discovered to my horror his iPod Nano in the bottom of the washing machine AFTER the load had run. The timing made it twice as bad as he is leaving first thing in the morning on a 3-day school field trip. He's always had trouble sleeping in strange places and I knew that having an audiobook on his iPod would make it easier for him to sleep.

I dreaded telling him that 1) the iPod might be ruined for good and 2) as a minimum the recommendation was to wait 2 or 3 days before trying to turn it on, so he couldn't take it on the trip.

"That's okay, Mom" he said, "it's my fault."
"No," I said, "these pants weren't in your hamper. I took them off a chair in your room to wash for the trip. I should have checked your pockets. I feel awful."
"It's OKAY," he said. "Don't worry about it. Really, it's okay."

And that was when I thought of your story and suddenly my mistake, my inconveniencing my son and possibly wasting our money, suddenly it was a parenting moment that I'll always treasure. For I was so proud of my son's kindness and to see that he cared much more for my feelings than for his own pleasure.

Gary M. · 01-19-2009, 08:08 PM

Beautiful stories - both from the OP and AnneE. Thanks for sharing and giving me the "warm and fuzzies".

jg1969 · 01-20-2009, 05:45 AM

Once again thanx and keep it going.

You are all great individuals in here.

Jay

damienb · 01-20-2009, 06:52 AM

Thanks a lot for that one!

Very moving story...

dorothydot · 01-20-2009, 08:46 AM

Your Shay was very lucky to find those boys. This kindness is soooo rare!

[story deleted - too negative for such a positive thread!]

Dot

naruq · 01-20-2009, 12:09 PM

Very Inspirational and powerful! I will forward the post to family and friends.

jg1969 · 01-20-2009, 04:58 PM

Cheers all

PassiveProfits · 01-20-2009, 05:22 PM

The kindness of the human heart knows no bounds.

Thanks for the post.

Party Plan Pat · 01-21-2009, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jg1969

Two Choices

What would you do?....you make the choice.
Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one.
Read it anyway.. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a schoolthat serves children with learningdisabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:
'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection.

Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do.

He cannot understand things as other children do.

Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued.

'I believe that when a child like Shay,who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:
Shay and I had walked past a parkwhere some boys Shay knew wereplaying baseball. Shay asked,'Do you think they'll let me play?'

I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on thefield and asked (not expecting much)if Shay could play. The boy lookedaround for guidance and said, 'We'relosing by six runs and the game is in
the eighth inning.
I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning..'

Shay struggled over to the team'sbench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart.

The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.
In the bottom of the eighth inning,Shay's team scored a few runs but wasstill behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came is way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, Grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning,Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the basesloaded, the potential winning run wason base and Shay was scheduledto be next at bat.
At this juncture, do they let Shaybat and give away their chance to winthe game?
Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat.
Everyone knew that a hit was all butimpossible because Shay didn't evenknow how to hold the bat properly,much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to theplate, the pitcher, recognizing thatthe other team was putting winningaside for this moment in Shay's life,moved in a few steps to lob the ballin softly so Shay could at leastmake contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swungclumsily and missed.
The pitcher again took a few steps
forward to toss the ball softly towardsShay.
As the pitch came in, Shay swungat the ball and hit a slow groundball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over.
The pitcher picked up the softgrounder and could have easilythrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and thatwould have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw theball right over the first baseman'shead, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and bothteams started yelling, 'Shay, run tofirst!
Run to first!'
Never in his life had Shay ever runthat far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline,wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, 'Run to second,run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardlyran towards second, gleaming andstruggling to make it to the base.
By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had theball. The smallest guy on their teamwho now had his first chance to be thehero for his team.
He could have thrown the ball to thesecond-baseman for the tag, but heunderstood the pitcher's intentions sohe, too, intentionally threw the ballhigh and far over the third-baseman'shead.
Shay ran toward third base deliriously
as the runners ahead of him circled
the bases toward home.
All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay,
all the Way Shay'
Shay reached third base because the
opposing shortstop ran to help him by
turning him in the direction of third
base, and shouted, 'Run to third!Shay, run to third!'
As Shay rounded third, the boysfrom both teams, and the spectators,were on their feet screaming, 'Shay,run home! Run home!'
Shay ran to home, stepped on the
plate, and was cheered as the herowho hit the grand slam and won thegame for his team
'That day', said the father softly
with tears now rolling down his face,
'the boys from both teams helped
bring a piece of true love and humanity
into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer.
He died that winter, having never
forgotten being the hero
and making me so happy,
and coming home and seeing his
Mother tearfully embrace her little
hero of the day!
AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO
THIS STORY:

We all send thousands of jokes through
the e-mail without a second thought,
but when it comes to sending messages
about life choices, people hesitate.
The crude, vulgar, and often
obscene pass freely through
cyberspace, but public discussion
about decency is too often suppressed
in our schools and workplaces.

If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that
you're
probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message Well,the person whosent you this believes that we all can make adifference.

We all have thousands of opportunities
every single day to help realize the
'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions
between two people present us with a
choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of
love and humanity or do we pass up
those opportunities and leave the
world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society
is judged by how it treats it's least
fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:

1. Delete

2. Forward
May your day, be a Shay Day.

Now that's change we can believe in! I love what Randy Pausch said, if you wait long enough everyone will show you their good side. This was a great learning story for me. I choose how to be and to whom and what a blessing that is!

Gr8 story keep it coming (also helps me realize that I have it good, get up and do)!

dowa16 · 01-24-2009, 09:11 AM

That was amazing...thanks so very much for sharing!

Valorie · 01-24-2009, 05:00 PM

This is a beautiful story. I watched Dr. Dwyer read it on a series he did for PBS. I believe it was out of his "Living with Intention" (paraphrased badly, but you should be able to Google it and find it) book. It was moving to watch as he read to an opera house full of people. It's on dvd, maybe a library near you has it.

jg1969 · 01-24-2009, 07:02 PM

Thanx Valorie for the good info

Jay

MelodyInFlorida · 01-29-2009, 11:20 PM

OMG!!! Your story made me cry with happiness for the little boy who I could see through your words and story to the human kindness of kids who could of chosen a different path....how beautiful and how blessed you were to have a Shay!

jg1969 · 02-01-2009, 12:15 PM

Once again thanx Melody.

Jason

jg1969 · 02-02-2009, 11:24 AM

Thanx all once again.

Crash878 · 02-02-2009, 11:31 AM

That is a great story !! My nephew is a special need child but we don't treat him any different than a normal child. But there are time we do know we have to baby him other than that he is someone who brings joy into our lifes. once again great story i cant wait to have my nephew play baseball. wow what a game!!!

BubbasBits · 02-02-2009, 12:41 PM

This is truly a fantastic story that proves that in the natural order of things, we help ourselves and grow into better people by helping others.

AyeSuccess · 02-02-2009, 03:33 PM

l am touched by Shay's story. Thanks. It helps to remind me about my position in life and my committment to humanity.

jg1969 · 02-03-2009, 08:28 AM

It still gets me every time i read it, thanx all

Jason

Palo Coyote · 02-03-2009, 07:23 PM

This is a wonderful story.

jg1969 · 02-09-2009, 04:39 PM

Cheers Palo thanx mate.

StevenW · 02-10-2009, 04:01 AM

Its a wonderful story indeed. It truly reflects how we can help ourselves by helping others. The 2 teams put down their nature to compete and gave a opportunity to the kid and also the dad, giving them a truly unforgettable moment.

This is how our societies should be like.

jaijav29 · 02-10-2009, 04:20 AM

As I am a new member don't have friends here in the forum but I would like to say something that special childrens like Shay should be given more attention and love.

Charan Saini · 02-10-2009, 05:05 AM

Very inspiring story, I have come across this one before . Thanks !

MouseandMice · 02-10-2009, 02:08 PM

Well.

I'm crying.

marketinggremlin · 02-10-2009, 11:12 PM

I think there should be a warning on this post. I mean how can you be allowed to put up a story like that without even preparing readers. I nearly ran into a wall trying to make my way to tissue to wipe the tears from my eyes. Still getting choked up. Amazing story!!

jg1969 · 02-17-2009, 02:58 PM

Sorry all, should have sent this out with a box of tissues.

Jason

vicone · 02-18-2009, 04:19 PM

A great story. Thanks for posting it.

Ivan

jg1969 · 02-19-2009, 04:46 PM

Trying to keep this near the top.

Cheers all

Jason

bamsgenx · 02-19-2009, 07:21 PM

wow,i'v just read it and its a great post.
it will be awosome if using a smaller font so that easier and shorther to read.
thank u

Wizardofwisdom · 02-20-2009, 05:00 AM

A lesson I learned from Wayne Dyer some years ago was this:

Whenever you find yourself in an argument, especially with someone you love, stop and say to yourself, "Right now I can choose to continue to insist that I am right. Or I can be kind."

Which would you choose?

This lovely story reminds us that life is too short to be anything other than kind. As someone who's been involved in the "caring professions" most of my life, (I trained as a psychiatric nurse), I am often astonished at the ever increasing amount of rules, red tape and even legislation around the subject of how to look after the sick, vulnerable, elderly and so on - as if we need to *force* people into being kind!

What has happened here? Are we naturally so cruel and barbaric that we need to be told to be kind to others?

I prefer to think not. I think we are by nature good, (as a species), since we all recognise that none of us can function alone.

Time to let our better nature shine through on its own again, perhaps?

Trev.

mmpieri · 02-20-2009, 05:18 AM

It's a lesson for us all.

Paul1234 · 02-20-2009, 10:26 AM

Great post.

I live similar experiences every day as my 25yo old son was born both physically disabled and with cerebral palsy. He loves heavy-metal, banger racing movies, disabled skiing, and disabled sailing. His attitude to life inspires me more than anything could.

He's the greatest gift I'll ever know.

01-11-2009, 04:44 PM	#1
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Two Choices What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway.. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a schoolthat serves children with learningdisabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?' The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay,who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.' Then he told the following story: Shay and I had walked past a parkwhere some boys Shay knew wereplaying baseball. Shay asked,'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps. I approached one of the boys on thefield and asked (not expecting much)if Shay could play. The boy lookedaround for guidance and said, 'We'relosing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning..' Shay struggled over to the team'sbench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning,Shay's team scored a few runs but wasstill behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came is way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, Grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning,Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the basesloaded, the potential winning run wason base and Shay was scheduledto be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shaybat and give away their chance to winthe game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all butimpossible because Shay didn't evenknow how to hold the bat properly,much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to theplate, the pitcher, recognizing thatthe other team was putting winningaside for this moment in Shay's life,moved in a few steps to lob the ballin softly so Shay could at leastmake contact. The first pitch came and Shay swungclumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towardsShay. As the pitch came in, Shay swungat the ball and hit a slow groundball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the softgrounder and could have easilythrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and thatwould have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher threw theball right over the first baseman'shead, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and bothteams started yelling, 'Shay, run tofirst! Run to first!' Never in his life had Shay ever runthat far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline,wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, 'Run to second,run to second!' Catching his breath, Shay awkwardlyran towards second, gleaming andstruggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had theball. The smallest guy on their teamwho now had his first chance to be thehero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to thesecond-baseman for the tag, but heunderstood the pitcher's intentions sohe, too, intentionally threw the ballhigh and far over the third-baseman'shead. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay' Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third!Shay, run to third!' As Shay rounded third, the boysfrom both teams, and the spectators,were on their feet screaming, 'Shay,run home! Run home!' Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the herowho hit the grand slam and won thegame for his team 'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'. Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day! AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces. If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message Well,the person whosent you this believes that we all can make adifference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the 'natural order of things.' So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process? A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them. You now have two choices: 1. Delete 2. Forward May your day, be a Shay Day.
	Last edited by jg1969; 01-16-2009 at 02:37 PM. Reason: It was to big

01-12-2009, 01:28 AM	#2
RickGueli HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 272 Thanks: 88 Thanked 39 Times in 27 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Dude, this is an awesome post (thank you!) except, it's a little hard on the eyes. You might want to consider using a smaller font, and preferably black for the most part. Your readership will improve that way Thanks though.

01-12-2009, 10:14 AM	#3
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Cheers for the reply Rick, yeh i no it a bit strong but new in here. Again thanx. Jay

01-14-2009, 08:06 AM	#4
jayden.fellze It's just me! Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 471 Thanks: 11 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Wow, what a story!!! I just loved this post. I thinks many a times we underestimate the presence of goodwill and humanity in people. There are many people all around us who are always spending time in making others happy but they never get noticed. Instead all of our media is full of bad and useless people who either don't do anything in their life or do something that goes against every rule of humanity. May be this is the reason that people have gone cynical towards life. We must put such stories in notice as these are the kind of stories that we need to here every day.
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01-15-2009, 04:49 PM	#6
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Hey All Thanx for your kind words. I`ve read this letter several times and still brings a tear to my eye. Great motivation to be that better person. Oh and still sorry for making so big to read, must have been in a hurry to get on here. Jay

01-15-2009, 05:21 PM	#7
AdamHaroun Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 28 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Wow, that was an awesome read...and so profound. How often do we shy away from discussing those things that matter most, such as human decency and making positive life choices, keeping our thoughts to ourselves instead of standing up for what is right? I'll be the first to admit I'm guilty of it myself. Again, great post - but I would have to second the opinion on perhaps making the font slightly smaller
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01-15-2009, 05:39 PM	#8
John Rowe YES, I'M RICH! War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 1,887 Thanks: 81 Thanked 77 Times in 52 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. There is an edit feature on the board that you can use to change the font size in your post.

01-15-2009, 09:20 PM	#9
Writing Pete Unique articles for $5.99 Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 97 Thanks: 13 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Beautiful story! I do, however, agree with the others and hope you make this a little easier for people to read. If more people can comfortably read it, more people will be inspired!
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01-15-2009, 09:32 PM	#10
Michael patrick Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 57 Thanks: 9 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. wow great story but I cant see my little black font writing anymore! lol ouch everything is so big and red!

01-15-2009, 09:39 PM	#11
Max Soto Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: New York City Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. That's a Beautiful Story. But can you please change the font for an easier read.

01-15-2009, 10:21 PM	#12
Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,147 Thanks: 3,715 Thanked 4,149 Times in 2,262 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Telling a good story (in normal font) might have more impact than shouting it in huge red letters.

01-16-2009, 01:02 AM	#13
Monique Abrams Personal Health Advisor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 44 Thanks: 16 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Wow! That story made me burst into tears! Thank you!
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01-16-2009, 02:39 PM	#14
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Glad everyone likes this post as its my first. Oh and took all your advice and made it SMALLER !!!! ha

01-17-2009, 09:33 AM	#15
Mikhail Jon Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 36 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Reading your story made me realize the different aspects in my personality that I should probably modify. Thanks for sharing your story!

01-18-2009, 02:12 PM	#16
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Hey khailim_88 Glad to see there has been so many views of my first post and hope it keeps going. Everyone who reads this should feel the need to make the world a greater place to be. Keep it going at the top Jay

01-18-2009, 06:32 PM	#17
AnneE In Denial About Age War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Catskill mountains of New York Posts: 660 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 101 Thanked 97 Times in 65 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. I thought of this story today as an event showed me the better side of human nature, not because of a permanent limitation, but my own mental lapse. This morning I washed my son's pants without checking the pockets first and discovered to my horror his iPod Nano in the bottom of the washing machine AFTER the load had run. The timing made it twice as bad as he is leaving first thing in the morning on a 3-day school field trip. He's always had trouble sleeping in strange places and I knew that having an audiobook on his iPod would make it easier for him to sleep. I dreaded telling him that 1) the iPod might be ruined for good and 2) as a minimum the recommendation was to wait 2 or 3 days before trying to turn it on, so he couldn't take it on the trip. "That's okay, Mom" he said, "it's my fault." "No," I said, "these pants weren't in your hamper. I took them off a chair in your room to wash for the trip. I should have checked your pockets. I feel awful." "It's OKAY," he said. "Don't worry about it. Really, it's okay." And that was when I thought of your story and suddenly my mistake, my inconveniencing my son and possibly wasting our money, suddenly it was a parenting moment that I'll always treasure. For I was so proud of my son's kindness and to see that he cared much more for my feelings than for his own pleasure.
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01-19-2009, 08:08 PM	#18
Gary M. HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 111 Thanks: 72 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Beautiful stories - both from the OP and AnneE. Thanks for sharing and giving me the "warm and fuzzies".

01-20-2009, 05:45 AM	#19
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Once again thanx and keep it going. You are all great individuals in here. Jay

01-20-2009, 06:52 AM	#20
damienb Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Côte d'Azur, France. Posts: 93 Thanks: 36 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Thanks a lot for that one! Very moving story...
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01-20-2009, 08:46 AM	#21
dorothydot Selling with Stories War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 497 Thanks: 289 Thanked 120 Times in 102 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Your Shay was very lucky to find those boys. This kindness is soooo rare! [story deleted - too negative for such a positive thread!] Dot
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01-20-2009, 12:09 PM	#22
naruq Karim Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 664 Thanks: 0 Thanked 35 Times in 33 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Very Inspirational and powerful! I will forward the post to family and friends.
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01-20-2009, 04:58 PM	#23
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Cheers all

01-20-2009, 05:22 PM	#24
PassiveProfits Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. The kindness of the human heart knows no bounds. Thanks for the post.
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01-24-2009, 09:11 AM	#26
dowa16 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 45 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. That was amazing...thanks so very much for sharing!

01-24-2009, 05:00 PM	#27
Valorie Motivated Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 183 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 277 Thanked 37 Times in 31 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. This is a beautiful story. I watched Dr. Dwyer read it on a series he did for PBS. I believe it was out of his "Living with Intention" (paraphrased badly, but you should be able to Google it and find it) book. It was moving to watch as he read to an opera house full of people. It's on dvd, maybe a library near you has it.

01-24-2009, 07:02 PM	#28
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Thanx Valorie for the good info Jay

01-29-2009, 11:20 PM	#29
MelodyInFlorida Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kissimmee, FL Posts: 35 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. OMG!!! Your story made me cry with happiness for the little boy who I could see through your words and story to the human kindness of kids who could of chosen a different path....how beautiful and how blessed you were to have a Shay!

02-01-2009, 12:15 PM	#30
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Once again thanx Melody. Jason

02-02-2009, 11:24 AM	#31
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	need to let all you good people in on this as a thankyou for your posts. Thanx all once again.

02-02-2009, 11:31 AM	#32
Crash878 Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. That is a great story !! My nephew is a special need child but we don't treat him any different than a normal child. But there are time we do know we have to baby him other than that he is someone who brings joy into our lifes. once again great story i cant wait to have my nephew play baseball. wow what a game!!!

02-02-2009, 12:41 PM	#33
BubbasBits HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lake of the Ozarks Posts: 104 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. This is truly a fantastic story that proves that in the natural order of things, we help ourselves and grow into better people by helping others.
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02-02-2009, 03:33 PM	#34
AyeSuccess www.afriqueimage.com Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ozoir-la-Ferriere, France Posts: 9 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. l am touched by Shay's story. Thanks. It helps to remind me about my position in life and my committment to humanity.
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02-03-2009, 08:28 AM	#35
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. It still gets me every time i read it, thanx all Jason

02-03-2009, 07:23 PM	#36
Palo Coyote Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: AZ, USA Posts: 197 Thanks: 201 Thanked 91 Times in 51 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. This is a wonderful story.

02-09-2009, 04:39 PM	#37
jg1969 Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 2 Posts	Re: This Inspired Me To Be A Better Person Hope It Does You. Cheers Palo thanx mate.