"Dance Like Nobody's Watching"

hissy

TCS Member
Thread starter
Veteran
Joined
Feb 19, 2001
Messages
34,872
Purraise
77
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day,while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of. "And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill. Someone once said: What goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
Author Unknown
 

melissa

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Jul 26, 2001
Messages
1,979
Purraise
94
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
What a touching story
I am a firm believer in Karma...what you give you receive back threefold. This story is evidence of it I think.
 

threeleggedkat

TCS Member
Top Cat
Joined
Mar 9, 2001
Messages
1,239
Purraise
2
Location
St. Louis, MO
Hissy; That story is so true. Thanks. The full quote it is based on is an excellent way to live one's life. "Sing like you know all the words and Dance like no one is watching. . . . . "
 

debby

TCS Member
Veteran
Joined
Nov 5, 2000
Messages
10,983
Purraise
4
Location
Iowa
Hissy!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was beautiful!!!!!!!!!! And it really touched me! Thanks for posting it for us!
 
Top