What is the most important ......Body Part ?

Someone used to ask me:

"What is the most important part of the body............?"

Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer.

When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said:

"My ears ? " 

"No Many people are deaf, but you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."

Several years passed before I was asked again.  

Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer.  

So this time I told her, "Sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes...."  

She looked at me and told me, "You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."

Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge.  

Then sometime ago, a close family member died.

Everybody was hurt.

Everybody was crying.

Shortly thereafter I was asked the much contemplated question again.........

"The most important body part is your shoulder."

I asked, "Is it because it holds up my head?"

The reply:

 "No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry.

Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. 

It is sympathetic to the pain of others....... 

Being Compassionate!

People will forget what you said...

People will forget what you did....

But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.

Shalom