#A True life story to learn from.

This was sent to me years ago and I am only passing it along. I thought that it is very appropriate for this blog as this is a true-life story and may well be something that knocks on our door. This lesson might just be the kick-start you need to start your journey to freedom!

“His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make an honest living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby swamp. He dropped his tools and ran to the swamp. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself.

Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of. "

And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the swamp was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time?

Penicillin.

What was the name of the nobleman? No other then Lord Randolph Churchill. The father of  

Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

Work like you don't need the money. 

Believe in yourself and love like you've never been hurt.

Dance like nobody's watching.

Sing like nobody's listening.

Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or two; May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May your heart be filled with gladness to cheer you. 

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