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Parachutes: True Inspirational Story 5/26/2007
5/26/2007 10:32:26 PM
               Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam After
               75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a
               surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted
               into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a
               communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and
               now lectures on lessons learned from that experience!

               One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a
               restaurant, a man at another table came up and said,
               "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the
               aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk You were shot down!"

               "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb..

               "I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped
               in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and
               said, "I guess it worked!"



               Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't
               worked, I wouldn't be here today."

               Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that
               man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he had looked
               like in a Navy uniform: a white hat; a bib in the back;
               and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I
               might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how
               are you?' or anything because, you see, I was a fighter
               pilot and he was just a sailor." Plumb thought of the
               many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table
               in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds
               and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his
               hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.

               Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your
               parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they
               need to make it through the day. He also points out that
               he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was
               shot down over enemy territory -- he needed his physical
               parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional
               parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all
               these supports before reaching safety.

               Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we
               miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello,
               please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something
               wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment,
               or just do something nice for no reason. As you go
               through this week, this month, this year, recognize
               people who pack your parachutes.

               I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your
               part in packing my parachute And I hope you will send it
               on to those who have helped pack yours!

               Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes
               to us without writing a word.. Maybe this could explain
               it: When you are very busy, but still want to keep in
               touch, guess what you do -- you forward jokes. And to
               let you know that you are still remembered, you are
               still important, you are still loved, you are still
               cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke.

               So my friend, next time when you get a joke, don't think
               that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but
               that you've been thought of today and your friend on the
               other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile,
               just helping you pack your parachute........
               Have a great day and stay in touch.....

               God Bless!
               Marion
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