Nuff said. Best of the holidays to all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...xGI&feature=youtu.be

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+4 I watched it again.

X 5. Boy, Bill that one is really a tear-jerker.

A tear-jurker it is.

Merry Christmas to all.

It sure illustrates how one person can change the life of another person through an act of kindness.

The same thing can happen by recognizing the good, or value in someone; or just saying the right thing at the right time.

In my life, I remember the day of my high school graduation. I was staring out the window wondering what in the hell I was going to do with my life. My chemistry teacher, a man about ready to retire, walked up to me, and without me saying anything other than, "Hello"; he said, "You'll be OK". Maybe he had seen a lot of kids in his day questioning their futures. I don't know, but at that moment I needed to hear exactly what he said.

Fifteen years later I was a drilling engineer. I thought I had attained in life about all I deserved. My boss of two years, called me in one day and said he had been promoted to VP. He told me he wanted me to take his job. I told him I didn't think I was ready. He just told me I couldn't fail. He wouldn't let me....and he was good to his word. He had my back, and my career took off.

Twenty-five years later I had a sharp young Muslim Roustabout, Sheikh Zia on one of my rigs. I needed a Radio Operator. I told him the same thing I was told. "You can't fail". He turned out to be our best. When I needed an HSE Officer a year or so later, I asked Sheikh. He jumped at it. Again, he became our best. When some white, union, troublemakers tried to get him fired in Australia, I had his back. I told them that if the problems persisted I would fire someone, but it wasn't going to be Sheikh.

You can change lives in many ways. The CHP Officer just went all-in. He didn't have to, but he changed the course of that little girl's life; maybe saved her life.

There is enough meanness and evil in the world. We need to have our faith in mankind restored periodically.

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Ken, so true. Every day we all make impressions on another generation whether we know it or not, but it is true. It has always been this way. I have had people come up to me that said I changed heir life + swear I don't remember them. I suppose the point here is the ripple on the water principle; you know, throw out a pebble + the ripples extend. I won't insult your intelligence by saying more.

"Recognizing the good or value in someone"; this is indeed "the Lord's work."
Thanks for that post, Ken.

Yes Indeed. Thank you Ken.

Boy,

What a lovely fairy tale christmas story.

I don't know what it's like where you guys live but in my neck of the woods most of the men and women police are a waste of skin. Not to be trusted. Lazier than a pet coon. And yes I speak from experience. And no, I am not a law breaker. Quite the opposite, in point of fact.

Check this out on youtube:
https://youtu.be/ZYuGsL9Q8QA
Ontario police officer shoots fellow officer

Enough said.

Kind regards,

Carpediem