James Keller Quotes on Life (2 Quotes)

High up in the Rockies a small boy and his mother were visiting. One day, after he had been punished, the boy ran to the edge of the cliff and shouted at his mother, 'I hate you I hate you' Across the ravine came the echo, 'I hate you I hate you' Thoroughly frightened the boy ran to his mother and said . 'Who is that bad man over there who said, I hate you' Taking the boys hand, the mother led him back to the top of the cliff, 'Now,' she said, 'call out I love you I love you' Clearly and sweetly the echo came, repeating his words. 'My boy,' said the mother, taking him into her arms, 'that is the law of life what you give, you get in return.'

William L. Stidger, in the magazine, Your Life, tells a story about the conductor, Walter D. Famrosch, who once stopped his orchestra when everything was apparently going along smoothly, and asked 'Where is the seventh flute Where is the seventh flute' As Mr. Stidger points out, the conductor didnt ask for the first flute, or the secondbut the seventh. Even the seventh flute had an important place in creating the harmony the leader desired. 'We may feel inferior, untalented, not even beautiful, and some of us uneducated,' Mr. Stidger comments, 'but each of us has a part to play and should play it well.'