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Unconditional Love - motivating story

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 an

arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live

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 you're 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 believed 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 only 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.

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!!!

There's a miracle called Friendship That dwells in the heart You

don't know how it happens Or when it gets started But you know the

special lift It always brings And you realize that Friendship Is

God's most precious gift!

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and

encourage you to succeed They lend an ear, they share a word of

praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Regards

From India, Bangalore
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