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Dan · 08-31-2005, 11:56 AM

A little girl was late coming home for dinner. Not unlike any worried mother, hers demanded she tell her why she was late and where she'd been.

The little girl replied that she had stopped to help Janie, whose bicycle was broken in a fall.

"But you don't know anything about fixing bicycles," her mother responded.

"I know that," the girl said. "I just stopped to help her cry."

Not many of us know anything about fixing bicycles, either. And when our friends have fallen and broken, not their bicycles but their lives, none of us knows how to fix that. We simply cannot "fix" someone else's life, even though that's what we would like most to do.

But like the little girl, we can stop to help them cry.

Unknown author.

CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-31-2005, 11:58 AM

Can never have enough of them

Hopefloats · 08-31-2005, 06:20 PM

Ohhhhh, that is so touching. I will always remember that.
Thank you

Hope

***Anna*** · 08-31-2005, 06:23 PM

I love that Dan - Thanks!!

Anna

wingsfree · 08-31-2005, 06:45 PM

I love that too, thanks Dan

Don W · 08-31-2005, 07:56 PM

I think that is great Dan. I've tried for years to fix other's bikes, when my own was broken. Don W

nogard · 09-01-2005, 07:49 PM

Thanks Dan thats great

nogard

08-31-2005, 11:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,710	(...) A little girl was late coming home for dinner. Not unlike any worried mother, hers demanded she tell her why she was late and where she'd been. The little girl replied that she had stopped to help Janie, whose bicycle was broken in a fall. "But you don't know anything about fixing bicycles," her mother responded. "I know that," the girl said. "I just stopped to help her cry." Not many of us know anything about fixing bicycles, either. And when our friends have fallen and broken, not their bicycles but their lives, none of us knows how to fix that. We simply cannot "fix" someone else's life, even though that's what we would like most to do. But like the little girl, we can stop to help them cry. Unknown author.

08-31-2005, 11:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,446 Blog Entries: 1	Can never have enough of them __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-31-2005, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 22,813	I love that Dan - Thanks!! Anna __________________ And I dont know what the future is holding in store I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end. John Denver

08-31-2005, 06:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
wingsfree Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Life Is Short Posts: 2,019	I love that too, thanks Dan __________________ *God provides the winds, but man must raise the sails........Saint Augustine*

08-31-2005, 07:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	I think that is great Dan. I've tried for years to fix other's bikes, when my own was broken. Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

08-31-2005, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hopefloats Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: With Good Spirit Posts: 378	Ohhhhh, that is so touching. I will always remember that. Thank you Hope

09-01-2005, 07:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
nogard everything is already ok Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 16,962 Blog Entries: 3	Thanks Dan thats great nogard __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

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