Wealth, Success and Love

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?”, [...]

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Just For This Day

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 [...]

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Lesson Of The Fence

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 [...]

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Giving Tree

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 [...]

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The Wooden Bowl

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 [...]

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The Trouble Tree

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 [...]

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Love Can Be Forever

 

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Reflections Of A Mother

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 [...]

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The Lost Son

“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. [...]

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I Can’t Live Without You

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 [...]

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