King Xerxes<\/b><\/p>\n
It is said that on his retreat from Greece after his great military expedition there, King Xerxes boarded a Phoenician ship along with a number of his Persian troops. But a fearful storm came up, and the captain told Xerxes there was no hope unless the ship\u2019s load was substantially lightened. The king turned to his fellow Persians on deck and said, \u201cIt is on you that my safety depends. Now let some of you show your regard for your king.\u201d A number of the men bowed to Xerxes and threw themselves overboard!<\/p>\n
Lightened of its load, the ship made it safely to harbor. Xerxes immediately ordered that a golden crown be given to the pilot for preserving the king\u2019s life\u2014then ordered the man beheaded for causing the loss of so many Persian lives!<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, July 11, 1993<\/p>\n
Breaking Barriers<\/b><\/p>\n
In his autobiography, Breaking Barriers, syndicated columnist Carl Rowan tells about a teacher who greatly influenced his life. Rowan relates:<\/p>\n
Miss Thompson reached into her desk drawer and pulled out a piece of paper containing a quote attributed to Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. I listened intently as she read: \u2018Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men\u2019s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.\u2019<\/p>\n
More than 30 years later, I gave a speech in which I said that Frances Thompson had given me a desperately needed belief in myself. A newspaper printed the story, and someone mailed the clipping to my beloved teacher.<\/p>\n
She wrote me: \u201cYou have no idea what that newspaper story meant to me. For years, I endured my brother\u2019s arguments that I had wasted my life. That I should have married and had a family. When I read that you gave me credit for helping to launch a marvelous career, I put the clipping in front of my brother. After he\u2019d read it, I said, \u2018You see, I didn\u2019t really waste my life, did I?\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n
Published by Little, Brown, January 1992, Reader\u2019s Digest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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