Inspiring Story: Love & Acceptance

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home

 after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from 

San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve got 

a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring with me.” 

“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.” “There’s 

something you should know,” the son continued, “he lost an arm

and a leg. He has nowhere else to go and I want him to come

live with us.” “I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help 

him find somewhere to live.” “No, Mom and Dad, I want him 

to live with us.” 

“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. 

Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. 

We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something 

like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just 

come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way 

to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard 

nothing more from him. A few days later, however, 

they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son 

had died after falling from a building, they were told. 

The police believed it was a suicide. The grief-stricken 

parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue 

to identify the body of their son. 

They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered 

something they didn’t know. Their son had only one arm 

and one leg.

Lesson from the Inspiring Story:

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy 

to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, 

but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make 

us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from 

people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. 

Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. 

Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that 

welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of 

how messed up we are.

Author Unknown

Inspiring Story: The Clever Boy

A man with his donkey carrying two sacks of wheat was

On his way to the market. After a little while he was tired

and they rested under a tree. When he woke up from his nap

he could not see the donkey and started searching for 

the donkey everywhere. On the way he met a boy, 

he asked the boy, "Have you seen my donkey?" 

The boy asked, "Is the donkey's left eye blind, 

his right foot lame and is he carrying a load of wheat?" 

The man was happy and said, "Yes, exactly! 

Where have you seen it?" the boy answered 

"I haven't seen it." This made the man very angry 

and he took the boy to the village chief for punishment.

The judge asked, "Dear boy, if you had not seen at 

the donkey, how could you describe it?" 

The boy answered, "I saw the tracks of a donkey and 

the right and left tracks were different from this 

I understood that the donkey that passed there was 

limping. And the grass on the right side of the road 

was eaten but the grass on the left was not. From that

I understood that his left eye was blind. There were 

wheat seeds scattered on the ground and I understood

that he must have been carrying a load of wheat. 

The judge understood the boy's cleverness and told 

the man to forgive the boy.

Lesson from the Inspiring Story:

This story teaches us that we should not be quick 

to judge the people.

Author: Unknown

I can sleep when the Wind blows

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. 

He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were 

reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded 

the awful storms that raged across the ocean, wreaking havoc

on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants 

for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached 

the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand?" the farmer asked him.

"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help,

hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy 

from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the little 

man's work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. 

Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed 

next door to the hired man's sleeping quarters. Farmer shook 

the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! 

Tie things down before they blow away!"

The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. 

I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him 

on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. 

To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had 

been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, 

the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. 

The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. 

Nothing could blow away.

Lesson from the Story:

The farmer then understood what his hired man meant, 

so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

When you're prepared, spiritually, mentally, and physically, 

you have nothing to fear. Can you sleep when the wind blows 

through your life? The hired man in the story was able to sleep 

because he had secured the farm against the storm.