working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History. One
day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an
elderly couple come in with a little girl ina wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on
her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck
and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.
As the couple wheeled herup to me I was looking down at the register.
I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the
money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving
me the cutest, largest smile I haveever seen. All of a sudden her
handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose
smilejust melted me and almostinstantly gave me a completely new sense
of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college
student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and
warmth.
That was ten years ago. I'm a successful business person now and
wheneverI get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think
about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she
taught me.
Source: Submitted by a Writer of AL-Islaah Publications.
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