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friendly133 76M
3962 posts
12/28/2014 11:42 pm

Last Read:
1/12/2015 7:19 pm

2015 - WELCOME



Sharing something I read ages ago .........



Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience!

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"

'How in the world did you know that?' asked Plumb.

'I packed your parachute,' the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude.

The man pumped his hand and said, 'I guess it worked!'

Plumb assured him, 'It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today.'

Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, 'I kept wondering what he had looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat; a bib in the back; and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.'

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, 'Who's packing your parachute?'

Everyone has someone who provides what one needs to make it through the day - physical parachute, mental parachute, emotional parachute, spiritual parachute.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we may fail to say hello, please, or thank you or congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

So next time when you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke. Pl do think that you've been thought of and your friend on the other end wanted to send you a smile, just helping you pack your parachute.

Thank you for packing my parachute.

Have a wonderful day and a great year ahead. !!!

*HAPPY 2015*




"To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" - Zarathustra


spiritwoman45

12/29/2014 10:56 am

Great illustration of how we take our "support staff" for granted and also as morjoe said not realizing how the things we do effect others. I consider myself fortunate to have a very large family who packs my parachute.

Spiritwoman ^i^


lilium6 74F
4498 posts
12/30/2014 6:51 pm

Thanks for the great platter of food for thought Friendly. May you have a great year ahead too


friendly133 76M
5418 posts
1/10/2015 6:16 am

Rather belated, but this is to thank all of you, My dear Friends, for your kind words !!

No excuses - mea culpa as far as this delay is concerned.

Roxy alias Mary Ann - I have always known you to be a beautiful person heart and soul !! ((((((hugs))))))

JKH - It apears times have changed; flying seems to have gone considerably more technical viz a viz the times when I learnt to fly !! Many thanks for your observation and visit .

MrsJoe - MrsJoe, you do have a heart of gold; MrJoe is, indeed, fortunate !! (((((hugs)))))

SpiritGirl - Those who have not yet known you to be the golden girl of spirit and creativity are criminals (of utter lack of humanity) in my eyes !! You have been clear as is your inimitable style and spot on - many thanks again ((((((hugs)))))) !!

Lilium - You are so kind and appreciative - I am glad you enjoyed this post. There are so many who contribute to our many successes and sometimes survival - it is only correct that we show our gratitude !!

Poet_dancer - Many thanks - your god wishes convey much more than just the words herein - you are the natural diamond amongst us mortals and, I know, are an epitome of goodwill, wit, courtesy, a sharp and analytical mind which is understanding !! ((((((((hugs)))))))) & KsOCs

ONCE AGAIN WISHING YOU ALL, MY FRIENDS A GREAT 2015 AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOW WITH YOUR HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH AND PERSONAL WELL-BEING ESCALATING FASTER THANTHE EVER MENACING INFLATION !!



"To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" - Zarathustra