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Top Of Mind Quotes for Thanksgiving:
"No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude." -Alfred North Whitehead
"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."-Aesop
"You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. "-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another."-Charles Dickens
"We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -Albert Schweitzer"
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" -Henry Ward Beecher
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns;
I am thankful that thorns have roses." -Alphonse Karr
"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude." -Albert Schweitzer
He said he got up to the line and thought about his wife and daughter, and everything he had to be thankful for. -Spoken after an interview with Derek Parra, immediately following his silver medal winning 2002 Olympic performance.
Top Of Mind Story:
A Simple Gesture
A story about a young executive whose Jaguar was damaged cuz a young boy threw a brick. But he felt peace soon after. Read this inspirational thanksgiving story and find out whether you need to take a break and smell the roses!
A young and successful executive was travelling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared, instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door.
He slammed on the brakes and spun the Jag back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. He jumped out of the car, grabbed some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?? Just what the heck are you doing?" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's a new car and that brick you threw is gonna cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
"Please, ! mister, please, I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop." Tears was dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be okay. "Thank you, sir. And God bless you," the grateful child said to him.
The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long walk back to his Jaguar... a long, slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.
-Life whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart. Sometimes, when you don't have the time to listen...
-Life throws a brick at your head. It's your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick.
-Do you sometimes ignore loved ones because your life is too fast and busy, leaving them to wonder whether you really love them?
A young and successful executive was travelling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared, instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door.
He slammed on the brakes and spun the Jag back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. He jumped out of the car, grabbed some kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?? Just what the heck are you doing?" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's a new car and that brick you threw is gonna cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
"Please, ! mister, please, I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop." Tears was dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be okay. "Thank you, sir. And God bless you," the grateful child said to him.
The man then watched the little boy push his brother to the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long walk back to his Jaguar... a long, slow walk. He never did repair the side door. He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention.
-Life whispers in your soul and speaks to your heart. Sometimes, when you don't have the time to listen...
-Life throws a brick at your head. It's your choice: Listen to the whispers of your soul or wait for the brick.
-Do you sometimes ignore loved ones because your life is too fast and busy, leaving them to wonder whether you really love them?
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