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Number of posts : 4150 Age : 73 Location : Canal Winchester Ohio 43110 Registration date : 2011-04-19
| Subject: happyness is not an accident November 5th 2011, 8:26 pm | |
| "Happiness is not an accident, nor is it something you wish for. > Happiness is something you design". > > But....sometimes you just need to smile! > > As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral > director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. > He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's > cemetery in the Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the > backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for > directions. > > I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently > gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only > the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and > apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave > and > looked down and the vault lid was already in place. > > I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put > down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out > my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. > > I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I > played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept; > we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and > started for my car. > > Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my > car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' > like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty > years." > > Apparently I'm still lost . . . > | |
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