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10/31/2013

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1. I believe that I have won the greatest lottery of all time. I am alive. I walk the Earth. I live in America. Above all things, I am grateful.

07/23/2013

Dr. Victor E. Frankl, survivor of three grim years at Auschwitz and other N**i prisons, has recorded his observations on life in Hitler’s camps:

06/25/2013

I heard a story once about a farmer who had some puppies for sale. He made a sign advertising the pups and nailed it to a post on the edge of the yard. As he was nailing the sign to the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down to see a little boy with a big grin and something in his ha...

06/11/2013

Jason, our youngest, has two goals in life. One is to have fun, and the other is to rest. He does both quite well. So I shouldn’t have been surprised by what happened when I sent him to school one fall day.

05/16/2013

At the Royal Palace of Tehran in Iran, you can see one of the most beautiful mosaic works in the world. The ceilings and walls flash like diamonds in multifaceted reflections.

05/07/2013

A certain old recluse lived deep in the mountains of Colorado. When he died, distant relatives came from the city to collect valuables. Upon arriving, all they saw was an old shack with an outhouse beside it. Inside the shack, next to the rock fireplace, was an old cooking pot and his mining equi...

04/23/2013

When grown kids come to visit..

In earlier days, I was a mother who made her kid pick up their rooms, make their own snacks and put their laundry in the utility room. Now when they come home, I put the rules aside. I am like a concierge looking for the big tip. I follow them around asking,

04/17/2013

She was distraught. It was her fault, she admitted, and hers was a new car, less than two days from the showroom. She dreaded facing her husband.

04/10/2013

There is a story of a woman in England who came to her vicar with a troubled conscience. The vicar knew her to be an habitual gossip – she maligned nearly everyone in the village.

04/02/2013

I was busy. I wanted to say no – until I looked down at their feet. Thin little sandals, sopped with sleet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.” There was no conversation. Their soggy sandals left marks upon the hearthstone.

03/20/2013

I put my things in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought. Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surro...

03/07/2013

The Picture of Peace

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.