THINK ABOUT HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE

A story was told of a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco, "Mum and Dad, I am finally coming home but I have a favour to ask for. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me". "Sure" they replied, "we'd like to meet him".
"There's something you should know" the son continued. "He was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go and I want him to come and live with us". "I am sorry to hear that son, we could help him find somewhere else to live", the dad said.
"No Dad, I want him to live with us". The mum retorted, "you do not know what you are asking for son, we can not allow someone with such a handicap to interfere with our lives. Such a person would be a terrible burden on us. Forget about this guy. He will find a way to live on his own."

At this stage the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing from him until a few days later when they were called by the San Francisco police. Their son had died, apparently having committed suicide by falling from a building. The grief stricken parents got there only to realise that their son had only one leg and one arm.

How often don't we behave like the parents in the story. We find it easy to love those who are good looking and 'perfect'. We are always eager to run far away from those who we think are not as beautiful, or smart or 'perfect' like we are. But in treating others we must think of how we want others to treat us. Everybody is not 'perfect' in a certain way.