The Lion and the Boar

One summer day, many animals became thirsty because of heat. Then,  the Lion and Boar came at the same time at a small well to quench their thirst. 

But they argued who should drink first. So they fiercely fight to determine who should drink first.

While they were fighting they both see many vultures looking at them and waiting who will go down first. 

The Lion and Boar quickly stop their fighting and they knew that the vultures will eat one of them if they have a deadly injury. The two animals talk it over on who will drink first. 

The Lion won and the boar give way and they become best of friend since.   

Life Lessons: 

Many will take advantage of the defeat of a person. 

The Doctor

There was once a doctor who has been called for an urgent surgery for a boy.

While going to the operating room, he was confronted by the father of the boy yelling.

"Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? How can you take this long for an emergency case like this? How irresponsible of you? I bet you don't know the feeling cause you don't have a son" .

The Doctor trying to calm the father, smiled and say.

"I'm sorry I was not in a hospital. Calm down now. I'm here, I will do everything to save your son." 

The Father of the boy still yelling. 

"Calm down? How can I calm down if I don't know if my son will live or not. Put yourself in my shoe so you will know the feeling. 

The doctor replied. " Just pray for your son. It will help him a lot". 

After long hours of operation, the doctor save the boy's life and hurriedly leave. 

The Father of the boy seeing the hurried doctor then said, "What an arrogant man? Never stopping just so I can ask for the status of my son." 

The nurse then speak to the father of the boy after hearing his murmured then said, 

"I will be in charge of your son and I will give you every status we have. We apologies if the Doctor who operated your son have to leave soon, it's just that he's son passed away yesterday and he's in the burial. We have to call him because of the emergency we have with your son. 

 The Father of the boy was shocked to hear that the doctor is in so much pain and yet still has the energy to help his son. 


Life Lessons:

1. Don't think that you have a bigger problems. It may be little compared to others. 
2. Be responsible and professional just like the Doctor. 
3. Don't easily judge others if you don't know what they are going through.       

The Fisherman and the Banker

A Banker standing on the pier of a coastal fishing village in Mexico watched as a small boat with just one young Mexican fisherman pulled into the dock. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. Enjoying the warmth of the early afternoon sun, the Banker complimented the Fisherman on the quality of his fish.

"How long did it take you to catch them?" the Banker casually asked.

"Oh, a few hours," the fisherman replied.

"Why don't you stay out longer and catch more fish?" the Banker then asked.

The Fisherman warmly replied, "With this I have more than enough to meet my family's needs."

The Banker then became serious, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

Responding with a smile, the Fisherman answered, "I sleep late, play with my children, watch ball games, and take siesta with my wife. Sometimes in the evenings I take a stroll into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, sing a few songs..."

The Banker impatiently interrupted, "Look, I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help you to be more profitable. You can start by fishing several hours longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra money, you can buy a bigger boat. With the additional income that larger boat will bring, before long you can buy a second boat, then a third one, and so on, until you have an entire fleet of fishing boats."

Proud of his own sharp thinking, he excitedly elaborated a grand scheme which could bring even bigger profits, "Then, instead of selling your catch to a middleman you'll be able to sell your fish directly to the processor, or even open your own cannery. Eventually, you could control the product, processing and distribution. You could leave this tiny coastal village and move to Mexico City, or possibly even Los Angeles or New York City, where you could even further expand your enterprise."

Having never thought of such things, the Fisherman asked, "But how long will all this take?"

After a rapid mental calculation, the Harvard MBA pronounced, "Probably about 15-20 years, maybe less if you work really hard."

"And then what, señor?" asked the fisherman.

"Why, that's the best part!" answered the Banker with a laugh. "When the time is right, you would sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions."

"Millions? Really? What would I do with it all?" asked the young fisherman in disbelief.

The Banker boasted, "Then you could happily retire with all the money you've made. You could move to a quaint coastal fishing village where you could sleep late, play with your grandchildren, watch ball games, and take siesta with your wife. You could stroll to the village in the evenings where you could play the guitar and sing with your friends all you want."

"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what we are doing now. So what's the point wasting twenty years?" asked the Fisherman.

LIFE LESSONS:
Know what really matters in life, and you may find that it is already much closer than you think. 

SOURCE: http://www.wanttoknow.info/051230whatmattersinlife 

Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?"

You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Many year's later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words ...

"Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

The Cunning Monkey

Long time ago, there were two monkey's who were best of friend. One day, while they were walking down the forest, one monkey saw one huge watermelon. The other monkey quickly grab the watermelon.

Monkey1: The watermelon is mine, I saw it first.
Monkey2: No this is mine. I get it first.

While they were arguing. Another monkey saw them and thought of an idea.

Monkey3: Don't fight. Let's settle this so that both of you can share the watermelon.

Monkey1 and 2: So what do we do then?

Monkey3: Let me cut the watermelon into two so you can share it.

After cutting, the third monkey said: "The other half is bigger. Let me eat some of the big part so it will be equal."

But he ate more that it become smaller than the other. the third monkey then said. " Oh, this one is smaller than the other, let me eat the excess part.

The third monkey do this over and over again until none was left of the watermelon.

The Legend of Mango

 

In a small town of Aman, there live a boy named Ango. Ango is a very caring and loving person. He loved everything that has color green and yellow on it.

The people of Aman and the nearby villages loved him for that. He always help people, make the townspeople happy, and have a wonderful personality. 

One day, when a helpless elderly is crossing a river. Ango was there to help the old lady crossed the river and even help her in getting her belongings safely to the other side. Unknown to Ango, the old lady is the Forest Fairy. 

The old lady smiled to Ango after helping her. She cast a spell to him and said that he will always be remembered for his beautiful heart. 

Life has been normal for the townspeople, until one day there have been a great famine that struck the town of Aman and it's country. Most people died including Ango. 

Many people have come to his tomb to pay respect and showed their love to Ango, the boy with a beautiful heart. 

Another year past by but the famine has not been resolved. Then, one of the people of Aman saw a fruit-bearing tree beside the tomb of Ango. There was a green and yellow heart- shaped fruit.

Because the people have nothing to eat, they get and ate the fruit. Many people have ended their hunger because of the fruit. They call it the Tree of Ango. 

In the long run, the people have called it the Mango tree. 

 

The Black Book

One day, a young guy was walking on a dark street.  Suddenly, out of an Acacia tree, an old man wrapped in a black robe appeared. 
His eyes were fierce, his face pale, his beard unkempt.  He pushed a black book towards the young man and ordered, “You need to read this book!  Buy it for P700.”

       The young man was shocked and mumbled, “I don’t have P700…”

       But the elderly man spoke with a louder voice, “You need to read this book!  
Give me P700.”  So with shaking hands, the lad fumbled with his wallet and handed P700 to him.  

The mysterious man placed the black book in the chap’s hand and said, “Whatever you do, never look at the last page.  Or you will regret it.”  He then walked towards the field behind them and suddenly disappeared!

       The young man went home, shaken to the core.  In the evening, he started reading the book.  It was all about ghosts and werewolves and vampires!  After awhile, he grew tired, closed the book and went to bed. 

But he couldn’t sleep.  Tossing and turning, the young man could only think of one thing: What was on the last page of the book?  What will I regret seeing there?

Finally, he couldn’t take the suspense any longer.  With every ounce of courage he could muster, he grabbed the black book.  With trembling fingers, he opened it to the last page…

And when he saw it, at once, waves of regret filled him!
The last page was empty.

Except for a small note that said, “P49.50, National Bookstore.”

The Smart Hunter

Once upon a time, there were two hunters who went for a 
safari trip in South Africa. 

As they were resting under a banyan tree after a long hunting day, 
they saw a lion approaching them with its wild roar. 

One of the 
hunters started putting on his running shoes. 

“Hey, you cannot outrun the lion, said the other hunter. 

“I’m not trying to outrun the lion,” the first hunter replied. 

“All I need to do is outrun you!”

Hypocrites

One Sunday morning during service, a 2,000
member congregation was
surprised
to see two men enter, both covered from
head
to toe in black and carrying
submachine guns. 

One of the men proclaimed,

"Anyone willing to take a bullet for Christ
remain
where you are."


Immediately, the choir fled...  

the deacons fled...

and most of the congregation fled.... 


Out of the 2,000 there only

remained around 20.


The man who had spoken took off his hood... 

He then looked at the preacher and
said "Okay
Pastor, I got rid of all the 

hypocrites...  Now you may begin your service. 
Have a nice
day!"

And the two men turned and walked out.

The Fairy

 "For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each
 other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish."

 "Ooh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband" said the
 wife.

 The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra -- two tickets for a new
 luxury liner appeared in her hands.

 Now it was the husband's turn.

 He thought for a moment and said: "Well this is all very romantic, but an
 opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime, so, I'm sorry my
 love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than I".

 Well the wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a
 wish...

 So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and -abracadabra, the
 husband became 92 years old.


 The moral of this story.....

 Men might be ungrateful idiots... But fairies are females.

John 3:16

A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner,
the people were in and out of the cold.
The little boy was so cold that he wasn't trying to sell
many papers.  
He walked up to a policeman and said,
"Mister,
you wouldn't happen to know where a poor boy could
find a warm place to sleep tonight would you?
You see, I sleep in a box up around the corner there and
down the alley and it's awful cold in there for tonight.
Sure would be nice to have a warm place to stay." 



 The policeman looked down at the little boy and said, "You go down the street to that big white house and you knock on the door. When they come out the door you just say
John 3:16, and they will let you in." 
 So he did. He walked up the steps and knocked on the
door, and a lady answered. He looked up and said,
"John 3:16." The lady said, "Come on in, Son."
She took him in and she sat him down in a split bottom
rocker in front of a great big old fireplace, and she went
off. The boy sat there for a while and thought to himself:
John 3:16...I don't understand it, but it sure makes
a cold boy warm.  


 Later she came back and asked him "Are you hungry?"
He said, "Well, just a little. I haven't eaten in a couple of
days, and I guess I could stand a little bit of food,"
The lady took him in the kitchen and sat him down to a table
full of wonderful food. He ate and ate until he couldn't eat
any more. Then he thought to himself:
John 3:16...Boy, I sure don't understand it but it sure
makes a hungry boy full.  


 She took him upstairs to a bathroom to a huge bathtub
filled with warm water, and he sat there and soaked for a
while. As he soaked, he thought to himself: John 3:16...
I sure don't understand it, but it sure makes a dirty boy
clean. You know, I've not had a bath, a real bath, in my
whole life. The only bath I ever had was when I stood in
front of that big old fire hydrant as they flushed it out.
The lady came in and got him. She took him to a room,
tucked him into a big old feather bed, pulled the covers
up around his neck, kissed him goodnight and turned out
the lights. As he lay in the darkness and looked out the
window at the snow coming down on that cold night, he thought to himself: John 3:16...I don't understand it but
it sure makes a tired boy rested.  


 The next morning the lady came back up and took him
down again to that same big table full of food. After he
ate, she took him back to that same big old split bottom
rocker in front of the fireplace and
picked up a big old Bible.
She sat down in front of him and looked into his young face.   "Do you understand John 3:16?" she asked gently. He
replied, "No, Ma'am, I don't. The first time I ever heard it
was last night when the policeman told me to use it,"
She opened the Bible to John 3:16 and began to explain
to him about Jesus. Right there, in front of that big old fireplace, he gave his heart and life to Jesus.   He sat there
and thought: John 3:16 -- don't understand it, but it sure
makes a lost boy feel safe.  



You know, I have to confess I don't understand it either, how God was willing to send His Son to die for me, and how
Jesus would agree to do such a thing. I don't understand
the agony of the Father and every angel in heaven as they watched Jesus suffer and die. I don't understand the intense
love for ME that kept Jesus on the cross till the end.
I don't understand it, but it sure does make life worth living.  
John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Salamat Po

Isang bagong-saltang kaluluwa ang umakyat sa langit ang ngayon ay nakaharap kay San Pedro. Namasyal silang dalawa sa langit. Magkahawak-kamay silang naglakad-lakad sa isang malaking silid doon na puno ng mga anghel.
Huminto si San Pedro sa harap ng isang lupon ng mga anghel at nagsalita, "Ito ang silid-tanggapan. Sa silid na ito, tinatanggap lahat ng mga kahilingan sa panalangin."

Pinagmasdan ito ng kaluluwa, at nakita nitong abala ang lahat sa pag-uugnay-ugnay ng mga kahilingan na nakasulat sa bunton ng mga papel na galing sa buong mundo.

Nagpatuloy silang maglakad hanggang madaanan nila ang pangalawang lupon ng mga anghel. Ang wika ni San Pedro sa kaluluwa, "Ito naman ang 'Packaging at Delivery Section'. Dito, ang biyaya at mga pagpapala na hiniling ng mga tao ay binabalot at dini-deliver sa mga tao na humingi noon ."
Nakitang muli ng kaluluwa kung gaano ito kaabala. Maraming anghel doon ang talagang subsob sa trabaho sa dami ng mga pagpapalang hiniling at dini-deliver araw-araw sa lupa.

Hanggang sa dumako sila sa huling lupon, sa pinakamalayong lupon.  Huminto ang anghel doon sa isang maliit na lupon. Sa kanyang pagkamangha, iisang anghel lamang ang nakaupo doon, walang ginagawa.
"Ito ang 'Acknowledgement Section," sabi ni San Pedro.

"Bakit tahimik?  Wala ba silang ginagawa rito?"

"Nakakalungkot," sagot ni San Pedro,"pagkatapos makatanggap ng sagot sa kanilang mga panalangin ang mga tao, kakaunti ang nagbibigay ng pasasalamat."

"Papaano ba magbibigay ng 'acknowledgement' ang mga tao sa Diyos?"
"Simple lang.  Sabihin mo lang na "Salamat po Panginoon."

"Ano bang pagpapala ang dapat nilang ipagpasalamat?"

"Kung may pagkain ka sa iyong hapag-kainan, damit na sinusuot, may bahay na tinutuluyan at kamang tutulugan, ikaw ay mas mayaman sa 75% sa mundong
ito.

"Kung may salapi kang naiipon sa iyong pitaka at may natitira pang pambili ng pagkain, ikaw ay isa sa 8% na may mga kabuhayan sa mundo.

"Kapag nakuha mo ang mensaheng ito sa iyong computer, bahagi ka ng 1% sa mundong ito na may ganyang oportunidad.

"Kapag gumising ka sa umagang ito na walang sakit, mas pinagpala ka sa milyong tao sa mundong ito na hindi na makagising dahil sa hirap ng buhay.
"Kung di mo nararanasan ang takot sa gitna ng giyera, ang kalungkutan sa loob ng piitan, ang pasakit ng mga pagsubok, at ang pangil ng pagkagutom, mas malayo ka nang milya-milya sa 700 milyong tao na nabubuhay sa mundo.

"Kung buhay pa ang iyong mga magulang at nananatiling magkasama sa bisa ng kasal, kakaunti lang kayo.

"Kung naititingala mo pa ang iyong ulo nang may ngiti sa iyong mga labi, hindi ka kasama sa karamihan.  Naiiba ka kaysa sa kanila na puno ng kapighatian at mga kagulumihanan."

Tanong ng kaluluwa, "Kung gano'n, papaano ako magsisimulang magpasalamat?"

"Pagpalain ang araw mo, bilangin mo ang iyong mga pagpapala, at kung ibig mo, pagpalain mo rin ang mga tao sa iyong paligid upang malaman din nila kung gaano sila pinagpala ng Panginoon.

Mary Had A Little Lamb

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Life Lessons:

Put God at the center of everything. Let God's word spread in school so students can learn His wisdom. 

Two Friends

A story tells that two friends were walking 
through the desert. During some
point of the journey they had an argument, and
one friend slapped the other one in the face. 

The one who got slapped was hurt, 
but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: 

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND 
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. 

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, 
where they decided to take a bath. The one who 
had been slapped got stuck in the mire and 
started drowning, but the friend saved him. 
After he recovered from the near
drowning, he wrote on a stone:  

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE. 
  
The friend who had slapped and 
saved his best friend asked him, 
"After I hurt you, you wrote in the 
sand and now, you write on a stone,
why?" The other friend replied "When someone 
hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds 
of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone
does something good for us, we must engrave
it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

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Life Lessons:

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND 
AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.  

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life.. 
But value WHO you have in your life! 

Wrapping

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, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.

Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat Disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible? And stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

 

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.  He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.  With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father carefully underlined a verse:

 

Matt 7:11, "And if ye, being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in heaven, give to those who ask HIM?"  As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired.  On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words.... PAID IN FULL.

 

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Life Lessons: 

How many times do we miss GOD's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?  Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you have now was once among those things you only hope for...

 

"IF YOUR GIFT IS NOT PACKED THE WAY YOU WANT IT, IT'S BECAUSE... IT IS BETTER PACKED! THAT WAY, ALWAYS APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS; THEY USUALLY LEAD YOU TO ATTACHMENTS!"

$50

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $50.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $50 bill?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $50 to one of you but first, let me do
this. He proceeded to crumple the $50 dollar bill up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $50.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.

But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, <
priceless to those who DO LOVE you.

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Life Lessons:


The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

You are special - Don't EVER forget it."

Count your blessings, not your problems.

And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built the Titanic.

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

A McDonald's Love Story...

A little old couple walked slowly into a McDonald's one cold winter evening.



They looked out of place amid the young families and young couples eating there that night.


Some of the customers looked admiringly at them. You could tell what the admirers were thinking:



"Look, there is a couple who has been through a lot together, probably for 60 years or more!"


The little old man walked up to the cash register, placed his order with no hesitation and then paid for their meal.


The couple took a table near the back wall and started taking food off of the tray.



There was one hamburger, one order of  french fries and one drink.


The little old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half.



He placed one half in front of his wife.


Then he carefully counted out the french fries, divided them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.

He took a sip of the drink, and then his wife took a sip as the man began to eat his few bites.


Again, you could tell what people around the old couple were saying. - "They were used to sharing everything."



Then the crowd noticed that the little old lady still hadn't eaten a thing.


She just sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally sipped some of the drink.


A young man came over and begged them to let him buy them another meal.



The lady explained that no, they were used to sharing.



As the little old man finished eating and was wiping his face neatly with a napkin, the young man could stand it no longer and asked again.


After being politely refused again, he finally asked the little old lady, "Ma'am, why aren't you eating. You said that you share everything.



What is it that you are waiting for?"



She answered,


"THE TEETH"

Gallon of Milk

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study.


The Pastor had shared about listening to God and
obeying the Lord's voice.

The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God
still speak to people?"

After service he went out with some friends for
coffee and pie and they
discussed the message.

Several different ones talked about how God had led
them in different ways.

It was about ten o'clock when the young man started
driving home. Sitting in
his car, he just began to pray, "God...If you still
speak to
people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best
to obey."
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had
the strangest thought
to stop and buy a gallon of milk.
He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that
you?" He didn't get a
reply and started on toward home.
But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.
The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't
recognize the voice of
God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
"Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the
milk." It didn't seem like
too hard a test of obedience. He could always use
the milk. He stopped and
purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward
home.
As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge,
"Turn Down that
street."
This is crazy he thought and drove on past the
intersection.
Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh
Street.
At the next intersection, he turned back and headed
down Seventh.
Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I
will".
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like
he should stop. He
pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in
semi commercial area of
town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of
neighborhoods either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses
looked dark like the
people were already in bed.
Again, he sensed something, "Go and give the milk to
the people in the house
across the street." The young man looked at the
house. It was dark and it
looked like the people were either gone or they were
already asleep. He
started to open the door and then sat back in the
car seat.
"Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and
if I wake them up, they
are going to be mad and I will look stupid." Again,
he felt like he should
go and give the milk.
Finally, he opened the door, "Okay God, if this is
you, I will go to the
door and I will give them the milk. If you want me
to look like a crazy
person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that
will count for something
but if they don't answer right away, I am out of
here."
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He
could hear some noise
inside. A man's voice yelled out, "Who is it? What
do you want?" Then the
door opened before the young man could get away.
The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt.
He looked like he
just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his
face and he didn't seem
too happy to have some stranger standing on his
doorstep. "What is it?"
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, "Here,
I brought this to you."
The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway.
Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the
milk toward the kitchen.
The man was following her holding a baby. The baby
was crying. The man had
tears streaming down his face.
The man began speaking and half crying, "We were
just praying. We had some
big bills this month and we ran out of money. We
didn't have any milk for
our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show
me how to get some
milk."
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, "I ask him to
send an Angel with some.
Are you an Angel?"
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out
all the money he had on
him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked
back toward his car and
the tears were streaming down his face.

He knew that God still answers prayers.

Window

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. 

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. 

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. 

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. 

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. 

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. 

Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. 

Days and weeks passed. 

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. 

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. 

He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. 

It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. 

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. 

She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you." 


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Life Lessons: 


There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. 

Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. 

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. 

"Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present." 

The Barber

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut  as 
always. 

He started to have a good conversation with the barber who attended 
him.

They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly, 
they touched the subject of God.


The barber said : "Look man, I don't believe that God exists as you 
say so." 

"Why do you say that?" Asked the client.

"Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to 
realize that God does not exist. Oh, tell me, if God existed, would 
there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If 
God existed, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of 
a God who permits all of these things."

The client stopped for a moment thinking but he didn't want to 
respond so as to prevent an argument.

The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop. 
Just after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the street with a 
long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he 
had his cut and he looked so untidy).

Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said to the 
barber: "Know what? Barbers do not exist." "How come they don't 
exist?" asked the barber. 

"Well I am here and I am a barber." 

"No!" the client exclaimed. 

"They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with 
long hair and beard like that man who walks in the street."

"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to 
me." 

"Exactly!" affirmed the client. "That's the point. God does exist, 
what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him 
that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."