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Life is just a state of mind
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently […]
Trouble (some quotes and stories)
From a friend: From a young Jew (unknown) on the wall of the Warsaw ghetto “I believe in the sun, even if it does not shine. I believe in love, even if I do not feel it. I believe in God, even if I do not see him” as recorded by Hans Kung, in “Reforming […]
Quotes
Message ‘Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable’. I prefer to die living than to live dying! “War is a poor chisel with which to carve out the future.” – Martin Luther King, Jr
Tolstoy’s Story About Greed
Tolstoy, in one of the greatest of short stories gives us an unforgettable picture of a man whose soul had been enslaved by the lust for money. He was offered as much land as he could walk around between sunrise and sunset for free, but with one stipulation that, unless he was back at the […]
Hope in Troubled Times
Interview: Studs Terkel December 19, 2003 Episode no. 716 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week716/exclusive.html “Hope has never trickled down,” writes Studs Terkel. “It has always sprung up.” His most recent book, HOPE DIES LAST: KEEPING THE FAITH IN TROUBLED TIMES (The New Press), is an oral history of social action — a collection of interviews about faith and hope […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS IN 33 LANGUAGES
Here’s how to say “Merry Christmas” in over 33 languages! ** Afrikaans – ‘n Geseende Kersfees en ‘n voorspoedige Nuwejaar ** Afrikander – Een Plesierige Kerfees ** Albanian — Gezuar Krishtlindje ** Arabic – I’D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA ** Armenian – Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand ** Azeri – Tezze Iliniz Yahsi […]
Be
Be strong enough to face the world each day. Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything. Be generous to those who need your help. Be frugal with what you need yourself. Be wise enough to know that you do not know everything. Be foolish enough to believe in miracles. Be willing to share […]
Who packed your parachute today?
Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience. One […]
Accept me
Accept me as I am, I have no guarantee. A claim to perfection I have not. Perfect I cannot be. I, like you, am human. Prone to make mistakes. Failure is not a character flaw, just a part of the human makeup. I live, I laugh and I also learn. My knowledge is incomplete. I […]
10 of Life’s Little Lessons
~~You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period. ~~You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life. Each day in this school, you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think […]
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