A fragile and frail senior citizen stood in the line at the post office, a line that wound its way almost to the front door. A concerned customer behind her said, as he pointed to a stamp machine built into the far wall, “Ma’am, you must be getting very tired. Did you know there’s a stamp machine over there in …
Speech is an art. When one knows what, when and how to talk, such a person will surely be successful in life, as demonstrated in the following story: As King Haroun and Queen Zubayda were sitting in their palace one day, a fisherman selling fresh fish appeared before them. The king decided to buy a fish, and gave the fisherman …
Lessons We Learn From The Creator There are many lessons the Creator teaches us. For instance, once upon a time, two friends were walking through the forest. While following a river they got into a heated argument, and one friend struck the other in the face. The friend who was struck was hurt, but without saying anything, bent down and …
Take twelve fine, full-grown months. Make sure that they’re thoroughly cleansed from all old memories of bitterness, anger, hate, and jealousy. Cut these months into thirty or thirty one equal parts. (This batch will keep for a year. Don’t make more than one batch at a time…. many people spoil the entire lot in this way). Prepare one day at …
No one knows when it first began, but reports of angelic actions at Kmarts across North America are flooding in. For instance, on December 13th, a woman in her mid-forties at a Kmart in Indianapolis paid off the balance owing on layaway orders for as many as fifty people. A young single father, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots, stood …
One night, a grandson asked his grandmother what she thought was different today than it was when she was a child. The grandmother replied, “Let me think a minute. Well, let’s see. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, contact lenses, frisbees and birth control pills. There weren’t any credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens yet. …
When people in China pray to the god of the household, it’s to the kitchen god, Zao-jun, which literally translates into ‘stove spirit’ or ‘stove god.’ Of all the Chinese mythological domestic gods, he’s one of the most important. Zao-jun is a god that protects the hearth and family. It is thought that on the twenty third day of the …
From: God, also known as the Creator, Allah, Waheguru, Bhagwaan, Elohim, Yahweh, Ek Onkar, and so on…. It has come to my attention that there’s been an excessive amount of complaining and internal strife going on around the world. The cause appears to be a virulent strain of self-pity that is rapidly spreading throughout the Earth. To prevent further spread …
Sandi and Clara were best friends forever, until they had a fight. It was over some unimportant trivial point, The next day Clara tried to talk to Sandi, but was given the cold shoulder. She tried smiling at Sandi, who just tossed her hair angrily, ground her teeth and stomped away. While Clara said nice things about Sandi, Sandi spread …
Bobby was cold, sitting out in his back yard. He didn’t wear a coat. He didn’t like them, and anyway, he didn’t own one. He was trying to come up with an idea for his mom’s birthday. He thought, “It’s useless, I don’t have any money.” His father had passed away three years ago, leaving the family of five struggling. …
She must have been 6 years old, a beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was absolutely pouring rain outside. We stood under the awning, on the sidewalk just outside the door of the supermarket. As the deluge continued, we all waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature had messed up their hurried day. Her voice was so …
