{"id":776,"date":"2011-01-14T01:47:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T05:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/14\/thought-provoking\/"},"modified":"2011-01-14T01:47:04","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T05:47:04","slug":"thought-provoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/thought-provoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought Provoking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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<\/font>The following, sent to me by my friend Alana, certainly had an impact on me today.  I have been very depressed mourning my Al and wondering what my purpose is in life now that he is gone.  I have always been independent so it is not that I can\u2019t carry on, the question has been do I really want to without him.   For all my independence, Al was my rock, my foundation, and my deepest love.  Reading the following gave me pause and something to think about.  Of course, I want to strangle the girl and hug the boyfriend.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. <\/font><\/strong>She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see <\/font><\/strong>the world, I will marry you.’<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>One day, <\/b>someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.<\/b> <\/font><\/font>He asked <\/b>her, ‘Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?’ <\/b><\/font><\/b><\/h3>\n

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The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life <\/font><\/b><\/font>led her to refuse to marry him.<\/b> <\/b><\/font><\/b><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>Her <\/b>boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.’<\/b> <\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>This is <\/b>how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.<\/b> <\/b><\/em><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font><\/b><\/b>Life Is a <\/b>Gift <\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font><\/b><\/b><\/font><\/font>Today <\/b>before you say an unkind word – Think of someone who can’t speak.<\/b> <\/b><\/font><\/b><\/b> <\/h3>\n

<\/font>Before <\/b>you complain about the taste of your food – Think of someone who has nothing to eat..<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>Before <\/b>you complain about your husband or wife – Think of someone who’s crying out to GOD for a companion.<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>Today <\/b>before you complain about life – Think of someone who went too early to heaven..<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>Before <\/b>whining about the distance you drive -Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>When <\/b>you are tired and complain about your job – Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job..<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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<\/font>And when <\/b>depressing thoughts seem to get you down – Put a smile on your face and think: you’re alive and still around..<\/b> <\/b><\/b><\/font><\/h3>\n

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The following, sent to me by my friend Alana, certainly had an impact on me today.  I have been very depressed mourning my Al and wondering what my purpose is in life now that he is gone.  I have always been independent so it is not that I can\u2019t carry on, the question has been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}