>> A true story . . . >> >> His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, >> while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for >> help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the >> bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, >> screaming and struggling to free himself. >> Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and >> terrifying death. >> The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse >> surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced >> himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. >> "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." >> "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer >> replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son >> came to the door of the family hovel. >> "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. >> "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. >> "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. >> If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be >> proud of." >> And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. >> Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known >> throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the >discoverer of >> Penicillin. >> Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What >> saved him? Penicillin. >> The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? >Sir >> Winston Churchill. >> Someone once said what goes around, comes around. Jesus said it >> another way: "Give and it will be given to you, good measure, >pressed down, >> shaken and running over, will be poured into your lap. >> "Everything we fight only weakens us and hinders our ability to see >> the opportunity in the obstacle." >> Make what would work against you, work for you.