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Good Evening. Here is a great thought for the day: A mechanic working under an aircraft noticed a small leak from the forward lavatory. Having just completed the repair of a more sophisticated mechanical malfunction that threatened to delay the on-time departure of the plane, the mechanic decided the little drip could wait until the plane landed at the next airport. The plane took off. Well, that little drip kept dripping. And, as liquid is known to do at very cold temperatures, the drips began to freeze. The little drip turned into a big chunk of ice. At 650 miles per hour, that little chunk of ice broke off from the fuselage and slammed into an engine. The impact from all those little drips-turned-brick caused the engine to self-destruct and rip right off the plane. After the emergency landing, officials determined that the part that could have prevented the nearly catastrophic mishap was a little rubber washer. More than a hundred lives were almost lost and an engine costing more than $1 million was destroyed all for the want of, literally, a 10-cent part — and a little attention to detail by a mechanic focusing on the complex and not the simple. Sometimes the little things in life are important.
"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do." London Delicious stories are distributed weekly by email. If you'd like to be sure not to miss our next story, sign up for a free subscription here:
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