Posted in family, life, love, stories on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them.
Then she said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”
“Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.
“No,” [...]
Posted in family, letters, life, poems on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just for this morning, I am going to smile whenever I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning, I will let you wake up softly, all rumpled in your flannel and I will hold you until you are ready.
Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you [...]
Posted in family, inspirational, life, stories, tips & advice on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper to hammer a nail in the back fence.
The first day the boy had driven thirty-seven nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was [...]
Posted in family, life, stories, tips & advice on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.
Time went by. The little boy had grown [...]
Posted in family, inspirational, life, stories, tips & advice on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his [...]
Posted in family, life, stories, tips & advice on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farm house had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire had caused him to miss an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pick-up truck refused to start.
As I drove him home, he sat in stony [...]
Posted in family, life, love, posters on November 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Posted in family, life, love, quotes, tips & advice, women on November 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I gave you life, but cannot live it for you.
I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn.
I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you.
I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it.
I can take you to church, but I cannot make you believe.
I can teach [...]
Posted in family, life, stories, tips & advice on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
“A young widower, who loved his five year old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away. When the man returned, he saw the ruins and panicked. The took the burnt corpse of an infant to be his son and cried uncontrollably. [...]
Posted in family, letters, life, love, stories on October 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
French philosopher Andre Gorz wrote his terminally ill wife a moving letter before their joint suicide last month. This love letter that he wrote to her has turned into a surprise bestseller. The following is an excerpt from the letter:
“You will soon be 82. You have shrunk six centimetres and you weigh just 45 kilos [...]
Posted in family, life, love, stories, tips & advice on October 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I once participated in a small workshop on public speaking. Each of us was presented with the goal of deeply connecting with all eight attendees. We were to speak from the heart on a specific topic, and the audience was to connect back with the speaker. And while the workshop was indeed interesting, what really [...]
Posted in family, inspirational, life, love, stories, tips & advice on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love. A little while ago I had started to go out with another woman. It was really my wife’s idea.
“I know that you love her,” she said one day, taking me by surprise.
“But I love YOU,” I protested.
“I know, [...]
Posted in family, friendship, inspirational, letters, life, tips & advice on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Life is like the little decisions you make every day. Decisions of the past have had their effect, but every new day can be a new start. No matter what has happened up till now, you have a chance to make the right decisions today.
Don’t waste time reliving the pain of past mistakes and wrong [...]
Posted in family, inspirational, life, stories, women on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
By the time the Lord made mothers, He was into the sixth day working overtime. An Angel appeared and said “Why are you spending so much time on this one?”
And the Lord answered and said, “Have you read the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not [...]
Posted in family, friendship, humor, inspirational, life, love, quotes, tips & advice on September 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-8 year olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore so my grandfather does it for her all [...]
Posted in family, inspirational, life, stories on September 15, 2007 | No Comments »
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the [...]
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