Here is a great story being passed online from friend to friend. It shows how important your life truly is and how what may appear the smallest service to others can make the biggest difference in someone else’s life.

The Cabbie

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy's life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn't realize was that it was also a ministry.

Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. Passengers climbed in, sat behind me in total anonymity, and told me about their lives. I encountered people whose lives amazed me, ennobled me, made me laugh and weep.

But none touched me more than a woman I picked up late one August night. I was responding to a call from a small brick fourplex in a quiet part of town. I assumed I was being sent to pick up some partiers, or someone who had just had a fight with a lover, or a worker heading to an early shift at some factory for the industrial part of town.

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Two angels were traveling and, weary from foot travel, stopped at the home of a family who had found good fortune. The angels clothes were worn and their appearances were unkempt.

The family looked at the outer appearances of the angels, judged them harshly and refused the angels a guest room. Instead, the family gave the angels access to a cold, old basement in an abandoned building on their property.

As they prepared their beds from the garbage on the basement floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

At the end of another day’s travels, the angels came to the home of a poor farm family. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where the angels could have a good night’s sleep.

When the sun came up in the morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.

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Failure does not mean you are a failure;

It means you are becoming a success.
 

Failure does not mean you have accomplished nothing;

It means you have more to learn.
 

Failure does not mean you have been a fool;

It means you have enough faith and believe to experiment.
 

Failure does not mean you are disgraced;

It means you have the bravery to try.
 

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It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at his best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

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This a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done; Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it; but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that; because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it; but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

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When F. W. Woolworth was a young store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten-cent sale to reduce inventory.

The boss agreed, and the idea was a resounding success. This inspired Woolworth to open his own store and price items at a nickel and a dime. He needed capital for such a venture, so he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store.

His boss turned him down flat. "The idea is too risky," he told Woolworth. "There are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents."

Woolworth went ahead without his boss's backing, and he not only was successful in his first store, but eventually he owned a chain of F. W. Woolworth stores across the nation.

Later, his former boss was heard to remark, "As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down cost me about a million dollars."

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The Boss drives men. The Leader inspires them.

The Boss depends on authority. The Leader depends on goodwill.

The Boss evokes fear. The Leader radiates love.

The Boss says "I". The Leader says "We".

The Boss shows who is wrong. The Leader shows what is wrong.

The Boss knows how it is done. The Leader knows how to do it.

The Boss demands respect. The Leader commands respect.

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Here is a favorite poem which reminds us of the significance of our thoughts, prayers, actions and lives.
 

One flower can catch an eye

One tree can spawn a forest

One bird can announce spring

One song can connect hearts

One smile starts a friendship

One handclasp lifts a soul

One star can guide a ship at sea

One word can frame the goal

One sunbeam lights a room

One vote can change a nation

One step must start each journey

One voice can speak with wisdom

One candle wipes out darkness

One laugh will conquer gloom

One word must start a prayer

One hope will raise our spirits

One touch can show you care

One heart can know what is true

One Life can make a difference

Blessings of Love and Light,

Lori Prokop  

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