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"Practical Living"
PRACTICAL LIVING
Several years ago, two students graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The highest ranking student in the class was a blind man named Overton and, when he received his honor, he insisted that half the credit should go to his friend, Kaspryzak.
They had met one another in school when the armless Mr. Kaspryzak had guided the blind Mr. Overton down a flight of stairs. This acquaintance ripened into friendship and a beautiful example of interdependence. The blind man carried the books which the armless man read aloud in their common study, and thus the individual deficiency of each was compensated for by the other. They planned, after their graduation, to practice law together. I don't know if it happened or not.
Isn't this account a very significant one? Did you catch what they did? They sought for common ground and for common abilities. What one lacked, the other provided. Rather than complain about their mutual woes, they looked for ways to transcend them - not ignore or tolerate them. This certainly did not solve all their problems, but it led to a mutual love, dignity and respect. The world could sure use more folks like this. Let's you and I sincerely seek ways in which we can help each other. Here is a passage that should be required reading (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). Go to it now, before you forget it.
