Who's Packing Your Parachute?
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, who was a jet pilot during the Vietnam War. After seventy-five combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb safely ejected and parachuted into enemy territory. He was captured and spent six years in a Communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on the lessons he learned from that experience. One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!" Somewhat surprised, Plumb asked, "How in the world did you know that? The man replied, "I packed your parachute." Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked." "It sure did. If the chute you packed hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today!" Plumb responded. Plumb ... Read Full Story >>
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- Dec 9, 2011
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Giving Needs Receiving
I was going through my wallet in the grocery line to pay for the groceries I had selected when I noticed the woman behind me counting coins to pay for the little that she was purchasing. So, I turned to her and said, "I'll pay for it for you." She looked up at me with hurt pride and said, "No thank you!" I felt really humbled and disappointed. As I payed for my own groceries the cashier asked if I had some coins to pay for part of my bill so she would not have to change the larger note I offered. I did not. The woman behind me reached forward with a quarter and said, "You can take it out of this." I was stunned. She could hardly pay for her groceries but she was willing to offer her quarter to pay for mine! I was tempted to say, "No, thank you," but when I ... Read Full Story >>
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- Nov 2, 2013
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Mangoes Filled With Love
I had just read a story on this site in which there was the encouragement "to extend your generosity a little further today." But, nothing struck me immediately as to how I could do that. Then I heard the trash truck outside our house. I could hardly hear the usual loud sound of the truck collecting the trash in front of every house because it was just thundering rain so loud it felt like the rain would come through the roof at any moment. Then it hit me - I could give them something other than trash! So I gathered up an armful of really delicious mangoes and ran through the rain to catch up with them. We made it a game of throwing the mangoes up to the trash man through the rain.He was catching them and sharing them with the other trash collectors. The smiles on their faces seem to wipe away ... Read Full Story >>
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- Dec 20, 2012
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