When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that
it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I learned that the little things can be the
special things in life.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend
who was sick, and I learned that we all have to
help take care of each other..


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you give of your time and money to help people
who had nothing, and I learned that those who have
something should give to those who don't.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it,
and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when
you didn't feel good, and I learned that I would have to
be responsible when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that
sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything
that I could be.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to
be a good and productive person when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'


LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT.


Live simply. Love generously.


Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Are you unbreakable

I belong to an Internet club called positive-club. I receive free inspirational stories every week, recently I received this story and wanted to share it with you.


My friend Hans Zimmer had a serious motorcycle accident and lost the use of his left hand.
"Fortunately I'm right handed," he told me as he adroitly served me a cup of tea. "It's amazing what I can do with just one hand."


Despite the loss of his fingers, he learned to fly an airplane in less than a year. But one day, while flying over a mountainous region, his plane had engine problems and crashed. He survived, but was paralyzed from head to foot.


I visited him in the hospital. He smiled at me. "Nothing that happens is really of any importance," he said. "What matters is what I decide to do now!"


I was dumbfounded. I thought my friend was just pretending, and that as soon as I left he would start crying and regretting his situation. That might have been what he did on that day, but he wasn't finished yet. Life still had some fine surprises in store for him.


He met the woman of his life during a conference for handicapped people. He invented a system of digital writing that responded to voice commands. And he sold millions of copies of a book that he wrote about developing the new system.


On the back cover he wrote this short note: "Before becoming paralyzed, I could do a million different things. Now I can only do 990,000. But what sensible person would worry about the 10,000 things he can no longer do, while there are 990,000 things left?" ________________

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Epictetus

I hope you enjoyed it and when facing adversity I also hope you'll remember this story.