There is a story about a very old man so crippled with arthritis that he could hardly bend over who was seen along the side of the road planting small seedlings. Someone stopped and asked him why he was planting those little seedlings. They realised that he would be long dead before these se…
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There is a story about a man standing by his stalled automobile, hoping someone will stop and give him a push. Finally a lady pulls up alongside of him and asks if she can help. The gentleman explains that he needs a push but adds that his car has an automatic transmission and that she will …
There is a Chinese Proverb which says, “Do not fear going forward slowly, fear only to stand still”. Begin where you are. But begin. Act. Move. Don’t just stay where you are.
It is amazing how much progress can be made just by keeping on keeping on. As Confucius said so many y…
It has been said that “It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action”. This captures the same thought that James expressed when he said: “Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only”. Paul underlines this same concept when he declared, “For not t…
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“Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad” (Acts 26:24). With a loud voice Festus cried out these words as Paul was making his defence before King Agrippa.
Although Paul was not mad, as he patiently explained to Festus, nevertheless it is possible to become �…
When is a parasite not a parasite? When it is dead. A parasite is dependent upon someone else while it lives. This is true of plants and animals. It is also true of human beings. People detest the thought of being parasites and yet no-one is truly independent. In the fullest sense, we are al…
The mountains behind our home are inhabited by rattlesnakes. Every year many people hiking in the foothills are bitten. Most of the bites are on the hands, rather than the legs and feet. Why would that be? Rattlesnakes cannot bite hands unless the hand gets close to their fangs. Even in the Garden o…
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Dr Albert Schweitzer said, “Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate”. It’s a funny thing about kindness. The more it’s used, the more there is – because kindness is so contagious.
If we …
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There is a story that Albert Einstein was once asked by some scientists if they could analyse his brain after his death. They wondered what the brain of a genius would be like. Einstein agreed but he did so only if they promised that he be allowed to write a letter which would be read after their re…
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There is a story about a businessman who rode the subway into downtown New York every day. He took the escalator up to the street and walked to the corner where he bought a newspaper from a little boy yelling, “Paper! Paper!” at the top of his lungs. The man smiled, handed the boy a quarter for …
