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Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a < < contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was < < to < < find the most caring child. < < The winner was a four year old child whose next < < door neighbor was a= n elderly gentleman who had recently lost < < his wife. Upon < < seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old < < gentleman=01,s yard, < < clim= bed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother < < asked him what he < < had said to < < the neighbor, the little boy said, =01&Nothing, I just help= ed < < him cry.=018 < < _________________________ < < Teacher Debbie Moon=01,s first graders were < < discussing a picture of= a family. < < One little boy in the picture had a different < < color hair than the other family members. One child suggested < < that he was < < adopted and a < < little girl said, =01&I know all about adoptions because = I < < was adopted.=018 =01&What does it mean to be adopted?=018 asked another <= < child. =01&It < < means,=018 said the girl, =01&that you < < grew in your mommy=01= ,s heart instead of her < < tummy.=018 < < ________________________ < < A four year old was at the pediatrician for a < < check up. As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, < < he asked, =01&Do< < < < y= ou think I=01,ll find Big Bird in here?=018 The little girl stayed < < silent.= Next, < < the doctor took a tongue < < depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, =01&Do you think < < I=01,ll find the Cookie Monster down there?=018= Again, the little < < girl was silent. < < Then the doctor put a stethoscope to he= r chest. As he < < listened to her heart beat, he asked, =01&Do you think I= =01,ll hear < < Barney in < < there?=018 =01&Oh, no!=018 the little girl replied. = =01&Jesus is in my < < heart. Barney=01,s < < on my underpants.=018 < < _____________________ < < As I was driving home from work one day, I < < stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game that was < < being played < < in a park near my home. < < As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, < < I aske= d one of the boys wha the score was. We=01,re behind 14 to < < nothing,=018 h= e < < answered with a smile. < < =01&Really,=018 I said. =01&I have to say you do= n=01,t look very < < discouraged.< < < < =01&Discouraged?=018 the boy asked with a puzzled < < look on his face.= =018Why should we be discouraged? We haven=01,t < < been up to bat < < yet.=018 < < ______________________ < < Whenever I=01,m disappointed with my spot in < < life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was < < trying out for a < < part in a school play. < < His mother told me that he=01,d set his heart on < < being= in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the < < day the parts < < were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. < < Jamie rushed up < < to her, eyes shining with pride < < and excitement. =01&Guess what M= om,=018 he shouted, < < and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: = < < =01&I=01,ve been chosen< < < < to clap and cheer.=018 < < ______________________ < < A lesson in =01&heart=018 is my little 10 year old daughter, Sarah, < <= who was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a < < brace all the time. < < She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she < < had competed in =01&field day=018 < < That=01,s where they have lots of races a= nd other < < competitive events. < < Because of her leg support, my mind raced as I tried < < to think of encouragement for my Sarah, things I could say to < < her about not < < letting this get her down, but before I could get a word out, < < she said < < =01&Daddy, I won two of the races!=018 I couldn=01,t = believe it! And < < then Sarah said,< < < < =01&I < < had an advantage. =01&Ah. < <= I knew it. I thought she must have been given a head < < start...some kind of physical advantage. But again, before I < < could say < < anything, she said, < < =01&Daddy, I didn=01,t get a head start... My advantage was I < <= had to try harder!=018 < << < _________________________ < < An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on < < a cold day in December: A little boy about 10 years old was < < standing < < before a sho= e store on the roadway, barefooted, peering < < through the < < window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and < < said, =01&My < < lit= tle fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that < < window?=018 =01&I was = < < asking God to give me a pair of shoes,=018 was the boy=01,s reply. < < The = lady took < < him by the hand and went into the store < < and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the < < boy. < < She then asked if he could give her a basin of water < < and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the < < little fellow to < < the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt < < down, washed his < < little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the < < clerk had < < returned with the socks. < < Placing a pair upon the boy=01,s feet, she purchased him a pair = < < of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave < < them to him= . < < She patted him on the head and said, =01&No doubt, my little < < fellow= , you < < feel more comfortable now?=018 < < As she turned to go, the astonis= hed lad caught < < her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his < < eyes, < < answered the question with these words: < < =01&Are you G= od=01,s Wife?=018
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