[BITList] To make you think...
michael J Feltham
ismay at mjfeltham.plus.com
Fri Aug 24 18:04:34 BST 2018
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> G'day
> Folks,
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> To make you
> think..
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> 1..Today,
> I
> interviewed
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> my
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> grandmother
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> for part of a
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> research paper
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> I'm working on
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> for my
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> Psychology
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> class. When I
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> asked her to
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> define success
> in
> her own
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> words, she
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> said, "Success
> is
> when you
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> look back at
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> your life and
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> the memories
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> make you
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> smile."
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> 2.
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> Today, I asked
> my
> mentor - a
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> very
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> successful
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> business man
> in
> his 70s-
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> what his top 3
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> tips are for
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> success. He
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> smiled and
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> said, "Read
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> something no
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> one else is
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> reading, think
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> something no
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> one else is
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> thinking, and
> do
> something
> no
> one else is
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> doing."
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> 3.
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> Today, after a
> 72
> hour shift
> at
> the fire
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> station, a
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> woman ran up
> to
> me at the
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> grocery store
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> and gave me a
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> hug. When I
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> tensed up,she
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> realized I
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> didn't
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> recognize her.
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> She let go
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> with tears of
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> joy in her
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> eyes and the
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> most sincere
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> smile and
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> said, "On
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> 9-11-2001, you
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> carried me out
> of
> the World
>
> Trade Center."
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> 4.
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> Today, after I
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> watched my dog
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> get run over
> by
> a car, I
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> sat on the
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> side of the
>
> road holding
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> him and
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> crying.. And
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> just before he
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> died, he
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> licked the
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> tears off my
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> face.
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> 5.
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> Today at 7AM,
> I
> woke up
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> feeling ill,
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> but decided I
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> needed the
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> money, so I
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> went into
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> work. At 3PM I
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> got laid off.
> On
> my drive
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> home I got a
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> flat tire.
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> When I went
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> into the trunk
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> for the spare,
> it
> was flat
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> too. A man in
> a
> BMW pulled
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> over, gave me
> a
> ride, we
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> chatted, and
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> then he
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> offered me a
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> job. I start
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> tomorrow.
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> 6.
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> Today, as my
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> father, three
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> brothers, and
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> two sisters
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> stood around
> my
> mother's
>
> hospital bed,
> my
> mother
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> uttered her
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> last coherent
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> words before
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> she died. She
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> simply said,
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> "I feel so
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> loved right
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> now. We should
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> have gotten
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> together like
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> this more
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> often."
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> 7.
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> Today, I
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> kissed my dad
> on
> the
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> forehead as he
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> passed away in
> a
> small
>
> hospital bed.
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> About 5
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> seconds after
> he
> passed, I
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> realized it
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> was the first
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> time I had
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> given him a
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> kiss since I
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> was a little
>
> boy.
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> 8.
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> Today, in the
>
> cutest voice,
> my
> 8-year-old
>
> daughter asked
> me
> to start
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> recycling. I
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> chuckled and
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> asked, "Why?"
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> She replied,
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> "So you can
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> help me save
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> the planet." I
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> chuckled again
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> and asked,
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> "And why do
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> you want to
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> save the
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> planet?"
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> Because that's
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> where I keep
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> all my stuff,"
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> she said.
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> 9.
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> Today, when I
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> witnessed a
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> 27-year-old
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> breast cancer
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> patient
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> laughing
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> hysterically
> at
> her
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> 2-year-old
>
> daughter's
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> antics, I
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> suddenly
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> realized that
> I
> need to stop
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> complaining
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> about my life
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> and start
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> celebrating it
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> again..
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> 10.
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> Today, a boy
> in
> a
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> wheelchair saw
> me
> desperately
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> struggling on
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> crutches with
> my
> broken leg
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> and offered to
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> carry my
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> backpack and
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> books for me.
> He
> helped me
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> all the way
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> across campus
> to
> my class
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> and as he was
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> leaving he
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> said, "I hope
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> you feel
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> better soon."
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> 12.
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> Today, I was
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> traveling in
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> Kenya and I
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> met a refugee
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> from Zimbabwe.
> He
> said he
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> hadn't eaten
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> anything in
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> over 3 days
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> and looked
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> extremely
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> skinny and
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> unhealthy.
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> Then my friend
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> offered him
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> the rest of
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> the sandwich
> he
> was eating.
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> The first
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> thing the man
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> said was, "We
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> can share it."
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> 13.
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> Today, I had
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> the
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> opportunity of
>
> sharing these
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> with you. Did
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> you get
>
> anything out
> of
> reading
>
> these? I
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> learned that
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> the best
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> sermons are
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> lived, not
>
> preached. I
> am
> glad I have
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> you to send
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> these to.
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> May
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> you always
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> have love to
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> share, Health
> to
> spare, And
>
> friends that
>
> care!
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