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Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Milton Hershey Story.
Life Lesson #62 – Think Before You Act.
Jacob was sitting quietly in the cafeteria eating the lunch he had brought to school. He was eagerly anticipating the chocolate Star Crunch he was saving for dessert when suddenly the new kid grabbed it and began eating it right there in front of Jacob! Well, Jacob jumped up and grabbed the little thief by the collar when instantly the teacher was in the middle of what was almost a fight right there in the cafeteria!
Mrs. Jones took both boys straight to the office to straighten this whole thing out. Well, after talking for a little while with the principal, it was soon discovered that the new boy’s family was very poor. To make matters worse, the boy’s father had just lost his job, and the boy had not eaten anything at all since lunch time the day before! Jacob was surprised at how sad he felt. His father had a good job, and Jacob couldn’t imagine what being that poor must be like.
Jacob talked to his mom that evening about what had happened, and they decided to buy an extra snack-pack in case the boy did not have lunch the next day. Well, Jacob did not know that the principal had called the other boy’s father and that a school lunch would be worked out for him each day. But the new boy saw what Jacob was planning to do, and even though he already had a school lunch, he appreciated Jacob for thinking of him, and starting that day, they became friends.
Yes, Jacob started out reacting in a way that would have hurt the new boy. But soon he turned things around to be someone who HELPED instead of someone who hurt, and Jacob became a HERO.
– Jim Lord