Horror gripped the heart of the World War I
soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with
continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if
he might go out into the “no man’s land” between the trenches to bring his
fallen comrade back.
“You
can go,” said the lieutenant, “but i don’t think it will be worth it. Your
friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away.” The lieutenant’s
advice didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to
reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their
company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the
trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his
friend.
“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,” he
said. “Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded.”
“It was worth it, though, sir,” said the
soldier.
“What do you mean; worth it?” responded the
Lieutenant. “Your friend is dead.”
“Yes, Sir” the private answered. “But it was
worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the
satisfaction of hearing him saying, “Jim…, I knew you’d come.”
Many times in life, whether a thing is worth
doing or not, really depends on how u looks at it. Take up all your courage and
do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it
later in your life. May each and every one of you be blessed with the company
of TRUE FRIENDS. A true friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world
walks out. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War only determines who’s left.
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