hurt

Hurt
This story changed my life
and I thought maybe it could change others too, so I'm sharing it with
you.
This story was told to me by my sister, whom it
happened to.
She was really upset because
she hadn't see or spoken to her best friend Jim in a couple of weeks.
Finally he show up at her
door and commands her to get dressed and go riding with him.
So she finally does
As they were riding , they
passed a garden full of flowers
Jim says "Do you see those
flowers ?
"Yes ,"she says.
"Do you think that when
someone steps on those flowers that they lie there and feel sorry for
themselves ?
Jim Asks.
"No"
"No , they immediately start
to mend their wounds
so they can heal , and grow
strong and healthy"
They ride a little further
and Jim points up in a tree , 'You see those squirrels up there ?
Do you think that when
people shoot at them they go hide forever "?
"No 'she says.
About that time the ocean
came into sight.
Jon Says "You see that ocean
out there ?
Do you think that when
there's a hurricane out there that the ocean doesn't go back out
because it's
afraid to face the storm ?
No she says.
"Then, why have you stopped
living because you have been hurt?
That story really hit me
like a ton of bricks
The worst part was the fact
that Jim died a short time later , And that's when she realized how
much precious time she wasted.
Why have you stopped living
because you been Hurt?