" Be Patient.............."

Be Patient.............

A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily picked stone and scratched lines on the side of the truck. In his anger, the man ran to his son, knocked him away. And took the little boy's hands and hit it many times as punishment, not realizing he was using a wrench. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the little boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery and saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "But when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father was so hurt. He went back to truck and kicked it a lot of times. Sitting back he looked at the scratches, little boy wrote "I LOVE YOU DAD." Later then committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or you wish to take revenge. Think first before you lose your patience with someone you love. Trucks can be repaired. Broken bones and hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes, because we human beings are not perfect. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

It takes 72 muscles to frown - only 14 to smile! So keep smiling, After all, we only live once.

In the word SMILE:

• S stands for Sets you free
• M stands for Makes you special
• I stands for Increases your face value
• L stands for Lifts up your spirits
• E stands for Erases all your tensions

A Smile makes us look younger, while Prayers make us feel stronger.

Think about how special a smile is. It costs nothing, but has the power to enrich all, who receive it.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Even a smile or a kind word is considered charity.

Good Life starts only when you stop wanting a better One. So, Live like a Candle, which burns itself but give lights to others.