The Golden Rule
What would this world be like if everybody practiced the “Golden Rule?” We certainly would not be facing a lot of the turmoil that we are faced with today. Let me tell you a story that really did happen of some that did just that.
There was a women’s softball game played on April 26, 2008. Central Washington and Western Oregon faced off against each other. The winner would recieve a bid to the NCAA’s Division II playoffs.
Sara Tucholsky, a Western Oregon player came to the plate in the second inning with the score tied 0-0 and there were two runners on base. Sara had never hit a homerun in her lifetime. But things were about to change. She connected on a pitch and hit the ball over the center field fence.
Due to the excitement, she missed first base. She stopped and turned to go back the base. But, when she made a sudden stop and turn, she collapsed on the ground, having torn her ACL. Her first base coach wanted to run out and help her, but the rules were, if she touched her she would have been called out.
As Sara lay on the ground, umpires conferred and determined that the best thing to do was to allow Western Oregon to substitued a pinch runner at firat base (which would have cancelled her home run). As they prepared for a substitution, a young lady on the other team said, “Excuse me, would it be OK if we carried her around and she touch every base.?”
The rule is, a team member cannot touch a runner but nothing is said about someone from the other team. So, Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, two players from the other team picked her up and carried her around the bases, allowing her to touch each base along the way.
After reaching home plate, these two girls handed Sara off to her own teammates. The score is now 3-0. Western Oregon went on to win the game 4-2. When asked why she did it, Mallory Holtman said, “Honestly, it’s just one of those things that I hope anyone would do for me!”
Matthew 7:12: “Therfore whatsoever you want men to do for you, do ye also to them, for this is the Law and the Phrphets.”