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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for this!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> mdpobc-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:mdpobc-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>tlpickrel@hotmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dad; Pickrel Doug; Bernadette Jacobs and Bill; Maryland Children List Parents of Blind<br><b>Subject:</b> [Mdpobc] Fwd: This is good!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #6699CC 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'>A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his <br>>feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, <br>>please help." There were only a few coins in the <br>>hat. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'><br>></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br>>A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and <br>>dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote <br>>some words. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'>He put the sign back so that everyone <br>>who walked by would see the new words. <br>><br>>Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people <br>>were giving money to the blind boy. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'><br>> <br>></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br>>That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how <br>>things were. <br>> The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the <br>>one <br>>who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?" <br>><br>><br>>The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but <br>>in a different way." I wrote: <br>>"Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it." <br>><br>>Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign <br>>simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people <br>>that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we <br>>be surprised that the second sign was more <br>>effective? <br>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'><br>></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br>></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C20000'><br>>Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be <br>>creative. Be innovative. Think differently and <br>>positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show <br>>life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C20000'><br>>Face your past without regret. <br>>Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future <br>>without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. <br>><br>>The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling… <br>>And even more beautiful, is knowing that you are the reason <br>>behind it!!! </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:maroon'><br>></span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=300 height=204 id="_2_04194AB40419467C0062DA778525776C_x002f_ATT00001" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB4476.34B3F630"><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=300 height=207 id="_2_041954D0041950E80062DA778525776C_x002f_ATT00002" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB4476.34B3F630"><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=300 height=217 id="_2_041959A4041950E80062DA778525776C_x002f_ATT00003" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CB4476.34B3F630"><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>