Fwd: "Compassion"

A friend sent this to my e-mail box the other day...Powerful..Heavy..


A blind girl hated herself because she was blind.


She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend.

He was always there for her.


She told her boyfriend, "If I could only see the

world, I will marry you."


One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the

bandages came off , she was able to see everything,

including her boyfriend.


He asked her 'Now that you can see the world, will you

marry me?'


The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind.

The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't

expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of

her life led her to refuse to marry him.


Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note

to her saying : 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear;

before they were yours, they were mine. '



This is how the human brain often works when our

'status changes'.

Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who

was always by their side in the most painful situations.


Life Is a Gift

Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who

can't speak.


Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of

someone who has nothing to eat.


Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of

someone who's crying out to for a companion.


Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who

went to the grave too early


Before you complain about your children - Think of someone

who desires children but they're barren.


Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't

clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the

streets.


Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of

someone who walks the same distance with their feet.


And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think

of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had

your job.


But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning

another - Remember that not one of us is without error and

we all answer to the same GOD.


And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a

smile on your face and Thank GOD you're alive and still

around.