The lumber truck backed into...
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The lumber truck backed into the doorway. Then the driver came to the door. "I'm here by myself," he said to the woman at the door, "is there someone here who can help me?" The woman shook her head no. "Just me," she said. Not wanting to see her long-awaited kitchen cupboards being driven away, the woman said to the driver, "I'll help. We can do it." The driver just muttered, "Maybe we can do the two small ones but I just don't know about the big one." The woman looked at the cupboard on the truck. It didn't look that heavy to her. The driver was probably one of those people who thought that women were weak. So, she said again, "We can do it." Well, to make a long story short, the driver was right. Well, almost right. The two little cupboard units were lifted with ease but the big cupboard was heavier than the woman thought and she said so. But by then the driver had also learned something. "Come on," he urged, "we can do it." By moving the cupboard very slowly, they were able to get it into the house. As the woman signed for the delivery she said, "You were right, it was heavier than it looked." The driver replied, "But we got it here. I didn't think women could be so strong." Both the driver and the woman learned a lesson that day. In order to really and truly hear what another person is saying, it needs to be understood on a personal level. Conroy
