Be sure to read this whole thing, especially the bottom!
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh excuse me
please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching
for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on
our way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told, How we treat
our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son
stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out
of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't
realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice
came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you
use, but the children you
love, you seem to abuse.
Go and look on the kitchen floor, You'll find some
flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked
them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, and
you never saw the tears
that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small, And now my tears
began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed; "Wake up,
little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?" He
smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew
you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted
today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the
flowers, especially the blue.
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in a
matter of days?
But the family we left behind
will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour
ourselves more into work than to our own family, an
unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is
behind the story?
Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY=(F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU!
Author Unknown
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