When I was a sophomore in high school, I spent many of my summer days at the swimming pool. On two days of each week I gave one or two of those hours to CHAP kids. Children Have Potential. All were physically or mentally handicapped in some way. I helped teach them to swim and enjoy the water, and their parents got to relax and watch as someone else paid attention to their children. And I don’t mean that the parents dumped them on us. They watched in joy seeing their children having fun with others in a way they seldom did.
Varifrank spent a summer as a camp counselor doing something similar. He expresses the lessons learned quite well while talking about Robert. The value of a single life.
Frank also links to other tales of one person’s reaching higher, and the effect is has on the whole world. Take the time to read his post, and all those he links to.
Each of these men made choices in their lives that bettered not only their lives, but our lives as well. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “ What is the worth of a new born babe?”