[nukkad] Your Inspiration Moment - Two for the Price of One

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Inspiration Moment 
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Two for the Price of One 
  
 Where's Jamie?  screamed my cousin Lee Ann. 

"Oh my  God, where is Jamie?" I thought, as we were standing in the  pool at
my parents' house. The question about my five-year- old son's momentary
disappearance sent shock waves through  my body.  

The entire pool has a safety ledge around the inside of  it and gently
slopes to a deep end of only four feet. It was  very common for us to let
the younger children splash their afternoons away in Grandma's pool while we
stood beside them and got totally soaked with their enthusiasm and the
water.  On that scary afternoon when Lee Ann yelled, it seems  that Jamie
had been walking near the safety ledge and slid  down into the deeper part.
We had taken our eyes off him for  only a split second, and then he was
gone! I quickly spotted  him and reached down to pull him up.   

As I yanked him up, he came out kicking and screaming,  crying and fearful,
and yelling that he wanted to get out. My guilt wanted to take him out and
grant him his wish, but my fatherly instincts told me to stay in the pool
with him.  Both of us were shaking as I talked to him and reassured him that
water can be scary and we must respect it. I held him  close as we gently
walked around the pool. After a couple of minutes he said he wasn't afraid
anymore and he started to splash around again.   I was feeling guilty and
sorry for myself for being such a bad father. "Good fathers don't let their
sons almost drown," I was telling myself. 

Just at the height of my personal pity party, Lee Ann walked by and said,
"You are a terrific dad and I really admire the way you handled that. He
will never be afraid of the water again!"

Lee Ann saved two lives that day. She saved my son's life when she yelled
"Where's Jamie!" and she saved my life,  as a father! 

She took me from pity to pride with her nurturing comment. 

It's amazing what can happen when you look at yourself through someone
else's eyes.

  
                 By Barry Spilchuk 
       from A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul 


Regardless of who you are or what you do,if you are looking for the best way

to reap most rewards in life,you should look for the good in every person
and in every situation and adopt this golden rule as a way of life.
- Zig Ziglar




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