A story was told sometimes ago about a minister’s funeral. The minister was not so old when he died, so his death came as a rude shock to his congregation. At his funeral, different members of his church with lovely wreaths to place on his grave, came forward to say beautiful things about him; about his dedication, generosity, sincerity, integrity and so on, some said he was always full of encouraging words to lift their spirits each time they were with him, others said he was the most caring minister the ever had . . . while they extol his numerous attributes, the priest conducting the burial noticed how profusely the wife of the late minister wept, thinking it might be better to ease her mind of her ache by speaking out handed the microphone over to her speak about her late husband. Still crying, she stated clearly that she was not crying because she lost her husband but that he died without knowing how much he meant to these people, a bouquet of flower to the living is worth more the several wreaths to the dead, she went ahead to explain how her husband labored for several years without getting as much as a single word of encouragement from any member of the congregation, she watched him pray day after day that God should help him reach out to them, he died of a broken heart, he died thinking he had let God down by not being able to reach out to his people, he died an unfulfilled man... She could not finish her speech as she was overcome by emotion, needless to say the members of the congregation were also in tears.
Now, the moral lessons of the story: learn to appreciate those who are dear to you, for you will not always have the opportunity to do so!
You don’t know, as in, you can’t imagine how far little compliments can go with some people, so why hoard these compliments, it costs you nothing after all, instead it gives you a sense of fulfillment that you have put a smile on somebody’s face and who knows you could even have done much more!
So what are you waiting for? Go ahead! Send that text, make that call, send that e-mail, send that card, send that gift . . . yeah, tell them how much they mean to you and watch out for the results!.
1 comments:
Hmmn, i feel that minister's wife, most time we overlook little things that actually matter to others.
Most times we even assume somehow others will do the right thing but what if every other person acts like us? Thanks for the write up, i think its food for thot!
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