Subject: Parachute
#1
Posted 14 February 2005 - 05:33 PM
Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat
missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb
ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6
years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now
lectures on lessons learned from that experience!
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man
at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet
fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise
and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked !"
Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I
wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says,
"I kept wondering what he had looked like in a Navy uniform: a white
hat; a bib in the back; and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many
times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are
you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was
just a sailor." Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent
at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving
the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands
each time the fate of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?"
Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through
the day He also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes
when his plane was shot down over enemy territory -- he needed his
physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and
his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is
really important! We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you,
congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them,
give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go
through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack
your parachutes.
I am posting this as my way of thanking you for your part in
packing my parachute. And I hope you will share it on to those who have
helped pack yours!
Sometimes, we wonder why friends forward jokes to us without
writing a word. Maybe this could explain it: When you are very busy,
but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do -- you forward
jokes. And to let you know that you are still remembered, you are
still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess
what you get? A forwarded joke.
So my friend, next time when you get a joke, don't think that you've
been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of
today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send
you a smile, just helping you pack your parachute.
AND please take a minute to thank a member of our Armed Forces...past or present...for without them...today and everyday would be an ordeal we can not imagine nor do we ever want too!
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#2
Posted 14 February 2005 - 05:35 PM
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#3
Posted 14 February 2005 - 06:07 PM
come here, i'll pack your 'chute
#4
Posted 14 February 2005 - 06:21 PM
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is
really important! We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you,
congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them,
give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go
through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack
your parachutes.
Random acts of kindness. Even the simplest things like looking the store clerk in the eye & saying "thank you" or, my personal favorite- "Don't work to hard!" Alway brings out a smile & a laugh & let's them know that I know they are not just a faceless entity put there for my convenience.
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." C. S. Lewis
#5
Posted 14 February 2005 - 06:25 PM
hey Kamala,
come here, i'll pack your 'chute
Hey Bradford...that's the best Valentine's Day offer I've had all day! -ww
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"Imitation is the sincerest flattery." - Gandhi
"Imitation is proof that originality is rare." - ScubaHawk
SingleDivers.com...often imitated...never duplicated!
Kamala Shadduck c/o SingleDivers.com LLC
2234 North Federal Hwy, #1010 Boca Raton, FL 33431
formerly...
710 Dive Buddy Lane; Salem, SC 29676
864-557-6079 tel/celfone/office or tollfree fax 888-480-0906
#6
Posted 14 February 2005 - 06:29 PM
well, i hope it cheers ya up from yesterdayhey Kamala,
come here, i'll pack your 'chute
Hey Bradford...that's the best Valentine's Day offer I've had all day! -ww
#7
Posted 14 February 2005 - 08:10 PM
#8
Posted 14 February 2005 - 09:44 PM
#9
Posted 14 February 2005 - 09:46 PM
erik
#10
Posted 14 February 2005 - 10:08 PM
And THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROUD MILITARY!!! We owe you all so much!
Contact me directly at Kamala@SingleDivers.com for your private or group travel needs or 864-557-6079 AND don't miss SD's 2018-2021 Trips! ....here! Most are once in a lifetime opportunities...don't miss the chance to go!!
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"Imitation is the sincerest flattery." - Gandhi
"Imitation is proof that originality is rare." - ScubaHawk
SingleDivers.com...often imitated...never duplicated!
Kamala Shadduck c/o SingleDivers.com LLC
2234 North Federal Hwy, #1010 Boca Raton, FL 33431
formerly...
710 Dive Buddy Lane; Salem, SC 29676
864-557-6079 tel/celfone/office or tollfree fax 888-480-0906
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