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"Randy Murphy drove for 30 years without a driver's license. Why? That's simple: He'd somehow made it through life without being able to read, so he couldn't take the test." "But one day Murphy turned up his car radio and was stopped by Officer Mark Taylor for blaring his music. Taylor wanted to know why Murphy didn't have a license. When he found out Murphy couldn't read, Officer Taylor could have just written a ticket and been done with it. Instead, he offered to help Murphy learn to read. For three months they studied together. Then it took Murphy six times. But with Taylor's help and encouragement, he finally passed the driver's license test. Today the two men are friends and continue to read together." "It's easy to skip a lot of chances to make a difference. Some of them are small, and some are bigger, but they usually present themselves without warning, without giving us time to prepare ourselves to say yes or no or sometimes even to think about it. Consequently, we must develop the necessary character so that when those moments of opportunity arrive, there's no hesitation between seeing the need and acting."