A really heart warming story
Dec 18th
I received this as an email story. I found it very touching, especially when a co-worker of mine’s wife suffered serious injuries from a car accident two weeks ago.
Enjoy this story.
I was walking around in a Wall Mart when I noticed a Cashier returning
some money to a little boy.The boy couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years
old.
The Cashier said, ‘I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy
this doll.’
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him:
”Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?’
‘The old lady replied:
”You know that you don’t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.”
Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look
around. She left quickly.The little boy was still holding the doll in his
hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give
this doll to.
‘It’s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much
for Christmas.She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.
‘I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and
not to worry. But he replied to me sadly.
‘No, Santa Claus can’t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. ‘His eyes were so sad while
saying this. ‘My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.” My heart nearly stopped.The little boy looked up at me and said: ‘I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.
‘Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ‘I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won’t forget me.’ ‘I love my mommy and I wish she
didn’t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.’Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ‘Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!”’OK’ he said, ‘I hope I do have enough.’ I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and
even some spare money.
The little boy said: ‘Thank you God for giving me enough money!’Then he looked at me and added, ‘I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me!” ‘I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn’t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose.”’My mommy loves white roses.’
A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.I couldn’t get the little boy out of my mind.Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.Was this the family of the little boy? Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away. I couldn’t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was
for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of
the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister isstill, to this day, hard to imagine.And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
Please during this holiday season, don’t drink and drive! I had the priviledge to meet the woman who started MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. This organization has spread throughout North America. You see, she had lost her daughter to a drunk driver. From her pain, she started the MADD campaign.
Vehicles are lethal weapons. So many tend to forget that and get behind the wheel. Don’t let your friends get behind the wheel drunk either.
May you have a Happy and Wonderful Holiday Season with your family and friends!
Cairine
_________________________________________________________________
No comments yet.
Leave a Reply
About me
Welcome to my page
“No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.”
~ Baudjuin
Who is Cairine Evans?
That’s a question that makes me dig deep into my psyche. I’d have to say that family is my most important priority. When we first think of the word “family”, it conjures up pictures of our immediate family, husband/wife, children and pets. Including pets may seem a little strange to those who are not animal lovers, but our furry friends do become part of our family. Pets bring so much comfort to the elderly, to the those who are confined. Have you ever noticed dogs and children? I have learned that we do not own pets..they own and train us. I have been fortunate enough to learn many lessons from our dogs. I’ll share those in a bit. Family is far more reaching than just our immediate household. Family encircles our extended family ~ brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents and our parents.
We have other families as well.
- Our family including business partners
- Our family of friends
- Our family of community and church
- Our social groups
- Our interest groups (sports;hobbies;interest groups like historical societies; volunteer groups; gardening & horticulture;traveling)
Some of my favorite things to do are interacting with new people,and learning much about him/her. I have enjoyed this from being a young child through till now. I always made friends with the child from another country. My best friend was from Denmark.
I enjoy planting and maintaining my gardens. It is so rewarding to plant seeds or young plants, nurture them throughout the season, and watch them come into fruition in their season of beauty and plenty.
Taking long walks with the dogs quiets the mind, and allows me to “be in the moment”. It’s like a moving meditation.. I also love to curl up with a good book in front of the fire-place on a long winter night.
Dancing allows the special enjoyment of music flowing through enjoy music flowing through my very essence.. I was brought up on rock n roll but at the same time, trained up to and including my degree work in classical piano. Some people found it quite funny that I followed the ‘groups of the day”, and knew the lyrics of the songs, yet I payed Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin and Korsikoff to name a few. They didn’t seem to realize that good music is good music, no matter what the venue. A rather funny thing happened to me my first year of teaching. Because of my music and art background, I was asked to teach music to the Grade 6, 7 8. What I didn’t realize when I said YES, was that I would face the senior boys while the girls were in gym. Yikes..how daunting!. We went back to the basics…rhythm and tonality. We used whatever I could dream up…jars with different levels of water, tin cans, rattles of various shapes and sizes, garbage lids. Stomp grew out of that group. One your man said “this isn’t music Mrs. Evans..this is Fun.” I replied with a few questions as to whether it had the various elements
necessary. He had to admit, that yes it did. It’s a much music I feel as rap. (:>)
There is nothing that sends the chills of excitement up my spine as quickly as an early morning ride, with the mist rising from the ground, holding the newly laid scent of fox which makes the fox hounds work and give “tongue” (their almost barking sound), whilst being mounted on a spirited but well mannered horse . The low lying fog tends to create an ethereal quality to the morning These conditions allow the hounds to quickly pick up the scent. The hounds work in a wedge with their noses to the ground following the freshly laid aroma. The huntsman quickly blows his horn to indicate that the chase is bout to begin. Off we go in the “field” which is what the group of riders are called. We gallop off at a hefty clip,hooves thundering across the ground, horses blowing their sound of enjoyment to the chase all the while the hounds continue their call. After many minutes of this chase, the hounds are called off by the “whips” (riders who carry whips and crack them in the air, making them sound like a gun shot), as the wary fox has once again out-foxed the hounds.
On non-hunting days, a quiet hack on horseback through the forest, with my loyal dogs in attendance is most pleasurable. We enjoy the scents and sounds of the woodland, just “be-ing” in touch with nature. It is all so wondrous.
During the spring and summer, golfing takes priority. My husband Ron and I took this up a few years ago for exercise. What we discovered is…golf can become quite addictive. Although we belong to a “home” golf course, we also enjoy venturing off with friends to other golf courses to not only challenge ourselves, but to also enjoy the camaraderie of friends.
Oh yes, I love collecting good quotes and good jokes.
Our life styles have changed since leaving the total strangulation of the corporate world. I am happy to say I have become totally non employable. Never could I return to that world where life in centered around the JOB. The expectation is that one works 60 – 80 hours a week so as to climb the corporate ladder at the expense of life and family. Taking holidays hardly seemed worth it when I arrived back at my office, as work only piled up higher and deeper.
Over the years, I’ve seen too many co-workers dedicate their heart and soul to the company to end up with serious health challenges, or worse. In the past few years, companies are downsizing by offering packages to employees before they are eligible for pensions. Job security is quickly disappearing. People need to be more pro-active in securing their future.
My husband and I have been blessed currently, allowing us the freedom to pick and choose not only the hours we work, but with whom we work. When a person enjoys what they do, it is no longer a JOB..but rather. . . a pleasure. When we took on the attitude of helping others get what they wanted, or in other words, being in servitude, we have had more, and been more as well.
How did this change take place in our lives?
We found or perhaps I should correctly say network marketing found us almost 10 years ago. It was the words “do you want that retail or wholesale” that captured me. For yo.ng people today, I’d been inclined to teach them the 4 year plan vs the 40 year plan
Once we were hooked, focus and dedication partnered with being willing to learn from those who have gone before, have allowed us to experience both time, and emotional freedom.
What do we consider the recipe for our success?
1 – Find the right company
Criteria to consider as major factors:
a), one must find a company with an ethical owner, and management
b), one must believe in the products as being helpful to others
c), there must be a generous reward plan for those who choose to represent a particular company
2. Be coach-able! One MUST be willing to be coach able, willing to learn from those who have gone before, and paved the road to success.
3. Educate yourself. Learn about yourself, your weaknesses, and your strengths, Hone your strengths. Take 20 minutes a day for self-improvement which can be evoked by listening to an audio, or reading text written by the masters.
4. Treat your business like a business. Network marketing is much more affordable than a franchise, but never the less, it takes work and focus. Set the hours of business. Clear a work space. Get a day timer, or book and track your daily activities. At the end of the day, ask yourself “if I were my boss, would I have been pleased with the activities of the day or would I have to have to fire me?”
Goal Setting. Simple …ask yourself this: what do I want from my business, how much money and what do I want to do with the money. Once you have decided and written those facts down, then break it down into when you want $x, then 6 months, and how much money, where you want to be in 1 year, 5 years and so on.
We made mistakes along the way. After all, we are humans, attempting to be more, right? Sometimes no matter how hard you work, a company will let you down. You just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again. What can’t be taken from you…is what you learned along the way.
Did you know that by having a home-based business you become eligible for many tax deductions that can not only save you money, but also, if you are in a current job, can help to fund your home-based business? If you Google Ron Mueller, or Sandy Botkin, you will find many of these tax advantages listed. They even have excellent training on how to use these tax advantages.
One thing that holds true is that people will never get rich by jumping to the next best opportunity.” Although the internet is a wonderful tool, it is also a terrible distraction, and can derail a person from their focus very quickly.
In this economy, people need desperately to get out of debt. Debt is at is all time high. It was reported on the news last week that for every dollar a person makes, he/she is in debt $1.48 That means every month they go deeper and deeper into debt. My goal is to teach people HOW TO get out of debt using some simple strategies.
The trick is simple:
It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you can keep!
- LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM MY DOG
Lesson One: Determination
Our dog “Winnie” was annoying us while we were sitting on the deck having or trying to have a quiet breakfast one early summer’s day. She kept bringing us her ball, and wanting us to throw it for her to chase. Or, Her other ploy to get our attention was that she’d roll it off the deck so it would fall into the flower garden and then she’d begin to bark. To stop this game, and give us some peace, we put her ball up on the window ledge.
Winnie is a very smart “spoodle”. She saw the ball, and was determined to retreive it, and commence the game once more. On her first attempt to jump for the ball, she didn’t succeed as it was too high.
She jumped again, and got a little closer to knocking the ball of the ledge.
Did the second try stop her…nope.
She jumped again, and again, with each time going a little higher and closer to that ball.
Finally, after about the 20th attempt, she was able to hit the ball off the ledge.
SUCCESS
She had attained her goal through persistance, and raw determination.
She had managed to stay committed and focused.
How does that apply to us? Too often, humans quit after the second or third attempt, and not succeeding. What if..humans had given it one or two more shots. What if..they succeeded at their goals, just like our dog did.
Wayne Gretzky, a famous hockey player states that we will never score a goal, if we never take the shot. Many times he has missed the goal crease, but he’s remembered for the goals he DID score.
Think about baseball players averages. A great player might have a batting average of 330. Sounds great, but looking at it a different way it means that out of every 10 times up to bat, the player has MISSED the ball,6.7 or almost 7 times. What if that player never took a swing? The good ones, like Mickey Mantel are remember for the hits they did make!
Babe Ruth is famous for his past home run record, but for decades he also held the record for strikeouts. He hit 714 home runs and struck out 1,330 times in his career (about which he said, “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”). And didn’t Mark McGuire break that strikeout record? (John Wooden once explained that winners make the most errors.)
Determination…a building block for success
Lesson two: On Focus
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
~ Samuel Beckett
We had a mixed breed dog called Rascal, who loved to hunt what we call ground hogs. If you don’t have groundhogs in your geographic area, these are a large rodent which can go as large as 31 inches from nose to tail, and weigh as much as 30 pounds. They are sometimes called wood chucks, or large ground squirrels. What makes them so dangerous for horse owners is that they burrow holes and tunnels underground.
Horses running in a field can accidentally drop a leg into the hole, and break it. Unfortunately, I was cantering a favorite horse of mine down a lane way covered with fall leaves, when the ground gave way under his front leg and caused him to falter briefly. He had stepped into a ground hog hole. The next day, the ex rays showed the worst..he had broken his pastern bone in the front leg. There was no option but to humanely destroy him.
Rascal would go out in our field, and lay in watch at one of these groundhog holes. She would suffer no nonsense from the younger dog, and actually get quite angry at Drifter who came by to play. She would quickly snarl and tell him off in her dog language. Eventually she taught Drifter her wary ways.
They would each lay quietly at a hole in the field.. They would wait and watch for seemingly hours on end until…the wary groundhog ventured out of the hole. That would be the demise of Mr Groundhog as the dogs would then go for the kill.
What if…they had left their watch, lost focus and given up. Would they have accomplished their goals?
What IF a person gives up in their business just before it is about to become successful?
In history, what if Edison had given up just before he invented the light bulb? It is said that he failed 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb that lasted 1200 hours. What if, he had given up at 1000 attempts, or 9000 attempts?
What if Henry Ford gave up the first time he hit hardship and went broke. We wouldn’t have any Ford products today. It is noted that Henry Ford failed and went broke fives times before he succeeded. He is known for saying “if you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right!”
Focus….another of the crucial building blocks for a successful business.
Lesson 3: Ingenuity
Winnie, my spoodle ( a mixed breed of spaniel and poodle) seems to be quite creative.
She does love her ball, and her ball games as I’ve already attested.
One morning, as we were drinking our coffee in our front room, she brought us her favorite ball so that we could play the game of kicking and retrieve..
One of us would gently kick the ball in the room, and then she would run and fetch it. She’d drop it about 2 feet out from us, and then hit it with her nose so as to push it the last bit of distance to us.
Unfortunately, one of our kicks ricocheted the ball off a coffee table leg, and directly under the couch.
At first, she barked and barked at the ball, and scratched at the rug, to no avail. This tactic did not work to bring the ball out from under the couch. After several attempts, she got down on her side, squished herself as far under as she could which amounted to only a couple of inches, and then proceeded to use her paw. She just kept on trying until she could reach the ball, and pull it out. (she almost uses her paws like a cat)
What is the moral of this story?
If what you are doing or using is not working, find another way to accomplish your goals/tasks. Don’t settle for failure.
“If you continue to do what you’re always done, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always got”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
~ Confucius
I am still learning from my dogs. More stories to come.
-
Archives
- March 2009 (1)
- December 2008 (5)
- November 2008 (5)
-
Categories
-
RSS
Entries RSS
Comments RSS
