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Category:
Essays
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 20
Copyright: April 2013
Price: FREE! (eBook)
How to live a good life, regardless of the troubles the world throws at you.
A collection of essays from Bobbing Around http://mudsmith.net/bobbing.html
by Dr Bob Rich, a counseling psychologist of many years' experience.
Excerpt
What life is about
I had a sort of a flashback today, for no reason at all. When my son Robert was 7, the kids
organized a soccer game, including several visitors. Somehow, Rob ended up as the goalie.
A big, tough looking teenager, twice Rob's size and twice his age, captured the ball and was
racing down the field at a great rate. He pulled his foot back to kick a certain goal -- and saw
the little blond boy standing in the way, obviously terrified.
He kicked the ball to the side, deliberately missing.
I never found out his name, never met him again. But if all of us were like this teenager, our world would be a good place to live in. Already at that young age, he had learned the Lesson that scoring a goal, winning a game, is far less important than compassion and kindness.
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