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Jan 24, 2009

"When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own." --Chinese Proverb

Three Words of Wisdom

"One evening I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was, what society would consider, a bum. From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don't want to be bothered. This was one of the "don't want to be bothered" times." So begins a real-life story about an ordinary encounter that had extra-ordinary results...