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The hand

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The hand
The hand (Internet) On the Thanksgiving Day, a school teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they wer...

The colours of Friendship

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The colours of Friendship
The colours of Friendship (Internet)    Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel: all claimed that they were the be...

The obstacle on our path

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The obstacle on our path
The obstacle on our path (Internet) In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to s...

The fool and the king

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The fool and the king
There once was a fool who set off for the palace of the king. Along the way, people pointed and laughed at him. They called sarcasticall...

Dad's Blessing

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Dad's Blessing
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,...

Love in action

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Love in action
One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food an...

The cookie thief

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The cookie thief
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shop, Bought ...

I'm sorry, I lied

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I'm sorry, I lied
Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life, she would be staying on the right side of town. She unpacked her t...

Unconditional love

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Unconditional love
A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. ...

True love

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True love
Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known German composer, was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature, he ...

A Story For Valentine's Day

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A Story For Valentine's Day
Larry and Jo Ann were an ordinary couple. They lived in an ordinary house on an ordinary street. Like any other ordinary couple, they str...

Amy Graham

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Amy Graham
After flying all night from Washington, D.C., I was tired as I arrived at the Mile High Church in Denver to conduct three services and ho...

The smile

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The smile
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other—it doesn't matter who it is—...

Who would like this $20 bill ?

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Who would like this $20 bill ?
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked: "Who would like this $20 bill ?...

A Simple Gesture

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A Simple Gesture
Everybody can be great . . . because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make yo...

It's never too late

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It's never too late
Several years ago, while attending a communications course, I experienced a most unusual teaching process. The instructor asked us to list ...

The wood cutter's axe

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The wood cutter's axe
Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. The salary was really good and so were ...

The important things in life

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The important things in life
A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a...

Peace of mind

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Peace of mind
Buddhist was going from town to town with some of his followers. They happened to pass by a lake and they decided to stop a little close ...

The wise old man

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The wise old man
A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a ga...