Thought 16JAN2008

JUST IN TIME
One night at 11.30, an older African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her - generally unheard of in the deep South during those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxi cab. She seemed to be in a hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked him and rode away. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant combination console color TV and stereo record player were delivered to his home. A special note was attached.

The note read :
Dear Mr. James; Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched my clothes but my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others. Sincerely, Mrs Nat King Cole
Dan Clark - Extracted from "Chicken Soup Series, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne & Marci Shimoff, Health Communications Inc,1995
If you think back and replay your year, if it doesn't bring you tears, either of joy or sadness, consider the year wasted - John Cage