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Posted on: Jun 26, '08

Golden rules

Guys,
came accross this - it really stirred me and thought would share it with you my buddies!

I grew up in Trenton, a west Tennessee town of five thousand people. I have wonderful memories of those first eighteen years, and many people in Trenton influenced my life in very positive ways. My football coach, Walter Kilzer, taught me the importance of hard work, discipline, and believing in myself. My history teacher, Fred Culp, is still the funniest person I've ever met. He taught me that a sense of humor, and especially laughing at yourself, can be one of life's greatest blessings.

But my father was my hero. He taught me many things, but at the top of the list, he taught me to treat people with respect...to live the Golden Rule. I remember one particular instance of him teaching this "life lesson" as if it were yesterday. Dad owned a furniture store, and I used to dust the furniture every Wednesday after school to earn my allowance. One afternoon I observed my Dad talking to all the customers as they came in...the hardware store owner, the banker, a farmer, a doctor. At the end of the day, just as Dad was closing, the garbage collector came in.

I was ready to go home, and I thought that surely Dad wouldn't spend too much time with him. But I was wrong. Dad greeted him at the door with a big hug and talked with him about his wife and son who had been in a car accident the month before. He empathized, he asked questions, he listened, and he listened some more. I kept looking at the clock, and when the man finally left, I asked, "Dad, why did you spend so much time with him? He's just the garbage collector." Dad then looked at me, locked the front door to the store, and said, "Son, let's talk."

He said, "I'm your father and I tell you lots of stuff as all fathers should, but if you remember nothing else I ever tell you, remember this...treat every human being just the way that you would want to be treated." He said, "I know this is not the first time you've heard it, but I want to make sure it's the first time you truly understand it, because if you had understood, you would never have said what you said." We sat there and talked for another hour about the meaning and the power of the Golden Rule. Dad said, "If you live the Golden Rule everything else in life will usually work itself out, but if you don't, your life probably will be very unhappy and without meaning."

I recently heard someone say, "If you teach your child the Golden Rule, you will have left them an estate of incalculable value." Truer words were never spoken.

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Latav2063 said:
This is a golden rule...if only it were practised also by all...Thanks for sharing.

July 01, '08

hana83 said:
Nice thought... Thannx for sharing...

June 27, '08

geetsudha said:
gautam,its so strange, before reading ur post, i read maalolan's post 'hunger,love & appreciation' i left very similar comments on her post. have human values, treat every one with respect, love n care as v wud expect others to do with us.great post.

June 27, '08

earmarkedfortrouble said:

APPLY ZEE GOLDEN RULE IN REVERSE; N; Yee finds TROUBLE at UR Door Steps!!!!!

June 27, '08

madhumitaCAP2000 said:
The bare truth all of us know this .BUT DO WE FOLLOW???

nice write up may be it will help us wake up

Thanks for sharing

June 26, '08

Sohal_iqbal said:
Thanx for sharing truth and thoughts

June 26, '08

dranilguptakota1310 said:
Wonderful truth which is seldom followed. If everyone follows it then satyug shall return,anil

June 26, '08

khushidey said:
Just amaaaaaazzzinnggg!!<br /> Thnx for sharing!
God Bless You!

June 26, '08

manisha_bhattacharya said:

Thanks for sharing this Gautam!

June 26, '08

funynirs said:
treat every human being just the way that you would want to be treated."...well this golden rule is surely goin to do a lot of good for me...thanx a lot for sharing it...

June 26, '08

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