One key Doesn\u2019t Work<\/b><\/p>\n
Xvxn though my typxwritxr is an old modxl, it works wxll xxcxpt for onx of thx kxys. I\u2019vx wishxd many timxs that it workxd pxrfxctly. Trux, thxrx arx 42 kxys that function, but onx kxy not working makxs thx diffxrxncx.<\/p>\n
Somxtimxs, it sxxmx to mx that our organization is somxwhat likx my typxwritxr\u2014not all thx pxoplx arx working propxrly. You might say, \u201cWxll, I\u2019m only onx pxrson. It won\u2019t makx much diffxrxncx.\u201d<\/p>\n
But you sxx, an organization, to bx xfficixnt, nxxds thx activx participation of xvxry pxrson. Thx nxxt timx you think your xfforts arxn\u2019t nxxdxd, rxmxmbxr my typxwritxr, and say to yoursxlf, \u201cI am a kxy pxrson and thxy nxxd mx vxry much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard H. Looney, Medical Service Corp. Newsletter<\/p>\n
Blind and Armless<\/b><\/p>\n
In illustrating the interdependence of one another\u2019s spiritual gifts in a local church, Gary Inrig, in Life in His Body shared the following story:<\/p>\n
Several years ago, two students graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The highest ranking student in the class was a blind man named Overton and, when he received his honor, he insisted that half the credit should go to his friend, Kaspryzak. They had met one another in school when the armless Mr. Kaspryzak had guided the blind Mr. Overton down a flight of stairs. This acquaintance ripened into friendship and a beautiful example of interdependence. The blind man carried the books which the armless man read aloud in their common study, and thus the individual deficiency of each was compensated for by the other.<\/p>\n
After their graduation, they planned to practice law together. No believer is complete by himself, we are to minister to one another, as a family.<\/p>\n
This story was related by Donald Grey Barnhouse.<\/p>\n
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Say \u2018We\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
Many years ago an accomplished organist was giving a concert. (In those days someone had to pump large bellows backstage to provide air for the pipes.) After each selection, the musician received the thunderous applause of a delighted audience. Before his final number, he stood up and said, \u201cI shall now play,\u201d and he announced the title. Sitting down at the console, he adjusted his music and checked the stops. With feet poised over the pedals and hands over the keys, he began with a mighty chord. But the organ remained silent. Just then a voice was heard from backstage, \u201cSay \u2018We\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Like Sequoia Trees<\/b><\/p>\n
While on a tour of California\u2019s giant sequoias, the guide pointed out that the sequoia tree has roots just barely below the surface. \u201cThat\u2019s impossible!\u201d I exclaimed. \u201cI\u2019m a country boy, and I know that if the roots don\u2019t grow deep into the earth, strong winds will blow the trees over.\u201d \u201cNot sequoia trees,\u201d said the guide. \u201cThey grow only in groves and their roots intertwine under the surface of the earth. So, when the strong winds come, they hold each other up.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lesson here. In a sense, people are like the giant sequoias. Family, friends, neighbors, the church body and other groups should be havens so that when the strong winds of life blow, these people can serve as reinforcement and can strive together to hold each other up.<\/p>\n
Lewis Timberlake, in Timberlake Monthly<\/p>\n
Unseen Parts<\/b><\/p>\n
A microscopic, broken wire in a backup computer forced NASA to scrub the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Discovery last month, a spokesman for the computer\u2019s manufacturer said Saturday. The broken wire was an integrated circuit within one of the Discovery\u2019s five identical computers which control all the ship\u2019s functions, including communications, navigation and guidance, said Joe Militano, spokesman for International Business Machines. \u201cEngineers isolated the problem to an opening in an integrated circuit in a memory core unit in the computer\u2019s input-output processor,\u201d Militano said. Discovery\u2019s maiden voyage as the third shuttle in National Aeronautics and Space Administration\u2019s fleet was set for June 25, but a backup computer failed just a half hour short of take-off. IBM scientists in Oswego, N.Y., studied the defective computer removed from Discovery and determined the problem had been \u201ca random part failure,\u201d Militano said.<\/p>\n
Principle: the greater the attempted achievement or the complexity, the more important the unseen parts.<\/p>\n
July 8, 1984, Spokesman-Review<\/p>\n
Constructive Criticism<\/b><\/p>\n
During a rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, the great Italian conductor Toscanini offered some constructive criticism to a featured soloist. She was too proud to accept his help, however, and expressed her resentment by exclaiming in anger, \u201cI am the star of this performance!\u201d<\/p>\n
Toscanini responded wisely and firmly, \u201cMadame,\u201d he said, \u201cIn this performance there are no stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson Wilcox, 450 Stories From Life<\/p>\n
Geese V-Formation<\/b><\/p>\n
Perhaps you have heard the geese honking as they fly northward in a \u201cV\u201d formation. They head toward the grain fields of Canada and Alaska to spend the summer. Two engineers calibrated in a wind tunnel why geese fly in formation. Each goose, flapping its wings, creates an uplift for the goose that follows. The whole flock gains 71% greater flying range than if they journeyed alone. That\u2019s why the leader of the \u201cV\u201d formation falls back periodically to let another leader take the point, and why the rest stay in line.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
The Strike<\/b><\/p>\n
One time the electrical workers in Paris called a general strike. It had hardly begun when a child of one of the laborers became seriously ill. When the physician arrived, he told the mother that the little girl would need immediate surgery to save her life. There was no time to take her to the hospital, so the doctor quickly prepared the kitchen table for an emergency operation. Darkness was falling as the final sanitary precautions were completed. The doctor flipped on the light switch\u2014but there was no electricity. It was impossible to perform the surgery. Just then the father burst into the room and exclaimed, \u201cHurrah! The strike is complete. There isn\u2019t a light burning in Paris!\u201d<\/p>\n
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