Who Packs Your Parachute? - 3 Minutes on Gratitude

most of you are old enough to remember Vietnam America lost tens of thousands of soldiers in Vietnam they had a Navy warship and it was named the Kitty Hawk and it was a certain fellow his name was Captain plum he was the best jet fighter pilot and he flew 74 missions he had one mission left to fly and then he was going to finish his tour of duty with the Navy and he was going to come back to America the 75th mission was shot down the plane exploded he was propelled from the plane the parachute opened up and it saved his life but he fell in enemy territory and unfortunately he was imprisoned for five long years after five years the war was over he was sent back to America and he went into rehabilitation and he became a public speaker one night he was in Kansas City and when he was in Kansas City he went to a restaurant afterwards to eat quietly and suddenly he notices that somebody is staring at him now when you're alone in a place that you're not used to and not familiar with that somebody's staring at you it's very uncomfortable and then finally the guy who's staring comes over to me says excuse me are you captain plumb he says yes sir he says you were on the Kitty Hawk and you flew 74 missions we said yes sir he said I'm the 75th mission was shot down and the parachute saved your life and now captain palm stands up he says you are so right but how do you know this sir the guy says because I was a sailor on the Kitty Hawk and I packed your parachute well he could not believe it he said do you know how much I have prayed for you and your family and I didn't even know who you were I don't even know what to say he said well looks like the parachute worked didn't it and they get into this whole conversation determining about the war and finally the guy who was the sailor he left the restaurant and captain plum says he was sitting alone and he felt off he said I bet that I saw that sailor a hundred times at the Kitty Hawk not once did I ever say hello to him not ones that I ever thanked him you know what cus I was a jet fighter pilot he was only a sailor but he packed my parachute and if he packed my parachute I owed him thank you I owed him courtesy and he said that a lot of people out there who pack our parachutes and we never thanked them he said moment last time you thanked your parents or your friend who was there for you when you needed them most their people out there who packed our parachutes and we don't even think about it that's a great lesson of Actos Octus means not only when you actually do something for somebody but even to acknowledge and to say thank you you