C.S. Lewis wrote: “It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been “had for a sucker” by any number of imposters; but it would be a torment to know that one had refused even one person in need.”
We who have been burnt a few times in life by those we have helped, need not let one bad apple spoil the bunch. We ought not major on the nine who did not return to give thanks but the one who did. That one was worth all the rest.
Both laymen and leader are susceptible to this plague of the heart. Memory loss is no excuse for forgetting how much others did for us when there was no one else to reach out a helping hand.
One does not have to agree with or adopt the lifestyle of a drunkard, but certainly there should be some show of appreciation when such a person runs into a burning house and saves their only child. Gratitude is never out of date.
A brief note of thanks says more than a whole book.
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