Re: who packs your parachute?

[Guest guest]

Lu, honey, you can pack my chute anytime, and I will be honored to pack yours! Love you, Judy

LOL okay Judy, where can we go? I'm ready.

Lu

[Guest guest]

Lu, honey, you can pack my chute anytime, and I will be honored to pack yours! Love you, Judy who packs your parachute? Who Packs Your Parachute? > > 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 from 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 might have 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 on 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. > Plumb 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 parachute. > I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in packing > my parachute !!! And I hope you will send it on to those who have helped > pack yours! > Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without > writing a word, maybe this could explain: > 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 if you get a joke, don't think that you have 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. > Thanks! DISCLAIMER!!WE ARE NOT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THEREFORE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS RECEIVED HERE IS FROM EXPERIENCE ONLY. PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TRYING ANYTHING THAT IS SUGGESTED. WE ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR PHYSICIAN AND ARE NOT TRYING TO BE. REMEMBER EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND TREATMENT MAYBE DIFFERENT FOR MANY OF US. THANK YOU