FIVE [5] LESSONS ABOUT THE WAY WE TREAT PEOPLE

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Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people

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1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

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During my second month of college, our professor

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Gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student

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And had breezed through the questions until I read

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The last one:

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" What is the first name of the woman who cleans the

school? "

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Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the

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Cleaning woman several times. She was tall,

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Dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?

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I handed in my paper, leaving the last question

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Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if

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The last question would count toward our quiz grade.

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" Absolutely, " said the professor. " In your careers,

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You will meet many people. All are significant. They

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Deserve your attention and care, even if all you do

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Is smile and say " hello. "

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I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her

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Name was Dorothy.

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2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

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One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American

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Woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway

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Trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had

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Broken down and she desperately needed a ride.

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Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.

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A young white man stopped to help her, generally

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Unheard of in those conflict-filled 19 60's. The man

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Took her to safety, helped her get assistance and

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Put her into a taxicab.

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She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his

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Address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a

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Knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a

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Giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A

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Special note was attached.

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It read:

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" Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway

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The other night. The rain drenched not only my

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Clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.

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Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying

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Husband's' bedside just before he passed away... God

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Bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving

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Others. "

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Sincerely,

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Mrs Nat King Cole.

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3 - Thir d Important Le sson - Always remember those

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Who serve.

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In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,

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A 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and

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Sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in

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F Ron t of him.

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" How much is an ice cream sundae? " he asked.

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" Fifty cents, " replied the waitress.

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The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and

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Studied the coins in it.

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" Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream? " he

inquired.

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By now more people were waiting for a table and the

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Waitress was growing impatient.

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" Thirty-five cents, " she brusquely replied.

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The little boy again counted hi s coins.

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" I'll have the plain ice cream, " he said.

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The waitress brought the ice cream, put t he bill on

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The table and walked away The boy finished the ice

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Cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress

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Came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the

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Table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,

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Were two nickels and five pennies..

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You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had

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To have enough left to leave her a tip.

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4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.

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In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a

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Roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if

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Anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the

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King's' wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by

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And simply walked aro und it. Many loudly blamed the

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King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did

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Anything about getting the stone out of the way.

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Then a peasant came along carrying a load of

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Vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the

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peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the

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stone to the side of the road. After much pushing

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and straining, he finally succeeded. After the

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peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed

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a purse lying in the road where the boulder had

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been. The purse contained many gold coins and a n ote

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from the King indicating that the gold was for the

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person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The

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peasant learned what many of us never understand!

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Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve

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our condition.

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5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...

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Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a

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hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who

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was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only

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chance of recovery appeared to be a blood

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transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had

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miraculously survived th e same disease and had

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developed the antibodies needed to combat the

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illness. The doctor explained the situation to her

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little brother, and asked the little boy if he would

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be willing to give his blood to his sister.

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I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a

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deep breath and saying, " Yes I'll do it if it will save

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her. " As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed

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next to his sist er and smiled, as we all did, seeing

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the color returning to her cheek. Then his face

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grew pale and his smile faded.

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He looked up at the doctor and asked with a

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trembling voice, " Will I start to die right away " .

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Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the

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doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his

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sister all of his blood in order to save her.

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" Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never

been

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hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching. "

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