Enjoyed the story, It caused me to reflect on some old timers that befriended me along the way. I remember a few of them that probably did not measure up on societies yard stick as being “normal”.
I believe the base of your friendship with those brothers was founded on respect, you and your wife treated those fellows with respect and in turn you earned their respect. I believe that the strongest friendships always contain a strong element of respect.
My father was big on treating people with respect; he always told me “never get too full of yourself, regardless of how much you learn or how good you get at something, always remember that everyone either knows something that you don’t or can do something that you can’t”
I was raised to believe that God gives everyone gifts and you can never tell by how someone looks or by how someone talks or dresses what their special gift might be.
A man may appear to be uneducated and socially backward but he may have the gift to see in his head how mechanical things work and have the ability to fix anything, another person might have the gift to be able to read something in a book and to remember and understand what they have read and yet another might have a gift for music or art.
When we do not treat people with respect they may never share their gift with us because many people only respond to people they like and respect.
During the times that I have been able to remember this philosophy in the past 73 Years I have learned from the village idiot, been amazed by the wisdom of the town drunk and have met some really amazing people that have made my life more interesting.
This post was edited by EX 450 Owner at 12:31:36 02/13/12.
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