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posted April 10, 2013 at 4:08am UTC tagged with
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a lot of my life
has been realizing that i would
cross oceans
for people who wouldn't
jump puddles for me
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My teacher once asked this question:
"Look back into your past and tell me the worst thing to ever happen to you."
I looked around at everyone next to me and I saw what they were thinking.
Over half of them, I could tell had nothing to say.
Another fourth had legitimate things.
But it took them a while to think about it.
And then my teacher said:
"If you couldn't think of something fast, then you must have a pretty well-ajusted life."
And then I raised my hand and asked:
"So if I knew that the worst thing that has happened to me before you even asked the question, does that imply my life is terrible?"
And her reply was:
"No, Amanda. That just means you've had more life experiences and unfortunate events happen to you at such a young age. Being here, in this moment, says how strong you are to overcome them.
This teacher might be straight and to the point.
But without a doubt, she is the smartest person I have ever met.
She is the only person that has ever acknowledged how much pain I was going through without showing it.
And I will never be able to thank her enough for that.
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Kindness is the language the deaf can hear,
and the blind can see.
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A TOUCHING ELEPHANT STORY
In 1986, Mark Murray was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Depaul University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The Elephant seemed distressed, so Murray approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Murray worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Murray stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
Murray never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, he was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Murray and his son Tom were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Murray, lifted its front foot off the ground and then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Murray couldn't help but wonder if this was the same elephant.
He summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Murray's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
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