My mother used to asked me:" what is the most important part of the body?"Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correctanswer.When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us, so I said "my ears, mommy."She said " no, many people are deaf. But you keep thinking and I will askyou again soon"Several years passed before she asked me again, this time I told her "mommy sight is very important to everybody , so it must be our eyes" Shelooked at me and told me, "you are learning very fast but the answer isnot correct because there are many people who are blind "I continued my quest for knowledge. Over the years mother asked me acouple more times and always her answer was " no, but you are gettingsmarter every year, my child."Then last year, my grandfather died.Everybody was hurt.Everybody was crying..even my father cried.I remember that especially because it was only the second time I saw himcry.My mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good bye toGrandfather.She asked me," Do you know the most important body part yet? "I was shocked when she asked me this now.I always thought this was a game between her and me..She saw the confusion on my face and told me," This question is very important.It shows that you have really lived in your lifeFor every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you it was wrongand I have given you an example why.But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson."She looked down at me as only a mother can..I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said," My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder."I asked, " Is it because it holds up my head?"She replied,"No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one whenthey cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in this life, mydear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you willalways have a shoulder to cry when you need it."Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfishone..It is sympathetic to the pain of others..People will forget what you said...People will forget what you did...But people will NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL..

hmm.. say this in MOP.. guess most of you will agree ba..