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Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Chuck Norris Story.
Life Lesson #88 – There Is NOT Nothing To Do.
Darius was sitting quietly at his desk, working on the math sheet that Mrs. Simpson had assigned to her class. It was a cold day, and even the classroom was not as warm as it usually was, so Darius was wearing his leather jacket. The boy behind Darius thought it would be funny to write something very unkind on the back of Darius’ jacket. Very carefully, he began sneaking one part of a letter at a time, so Darius wouldn’t feel what he was doing. The boy had a friend who sat at the desk beside him, and they both quietly snickered.
Well, a boy named Robbie who sat all the way in the back of the room and over to the side saw what was going on, but he didn’t laugh at all. Instead he quietly raised his hand to get Mrs. Simpson’s attention and gestured toward the boy behind Darius. Mrs. Simpson caught him red-handed. The boy with the marker was sent directly to the office, and Mrs. Simpson told Darius how sorry she was that had happened. His coat was ruined. She wrote a note for him to take home saying that she saw what had happened.
Well, Darius’ dad called the other boy’s parents who did not think their son was being very funny either. They bought Darius a brand new jacket, and then made their son work—a lot—to pay for it. He was also grounded for a very long time. Now, he didn’t think it was funny anymore, either.
Just think. If he had made up his mind to be the kind of person who HELPS others instead of one who hurts others, he would have saved himself quite a lot of trouble. And he still could, if he just would.
– Jim Lord