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In some parts of Mexico hot springs and cold springs are found side by side; and because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon the women often bring their laundry and boil their clothes in the hot springs and then rinse them in the cold ones. A tourist who was watching this procedure commented to his Mexican [...] A story tells of two friends who 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 [...] A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without [...] A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy and grace, A friend is someone to laugh with, over little personal things; Friends gently teach you, how to give and how to care, Have you noticed how people are always complaining? They complain about everything, you try to address their grievances, but they still find something else to complain again and again. It is like they are ungrateful to all your efforts at trying to please them. The story is told of a regular customer at the restaurant who was always [...] It takes a world with trouble in it to make possible some of the finest qualities of life. You do not need to be an art connoisseur to realize that it is an essential of a good picture that in it there should be shadow as well as light. You do not need to be a [...] Several years ago there was a well-known television circus show that developed a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done “live” before a large audience. One evening, the tiger trainer went into the cage with several tigers to do a routine performance. The door was locked behind him. The spotlights highlighted the [...] “I’ll never forgive him. I told him I would never forgive him.” The elderly lady spoke softly, but with resolve, as the nurse brought her her nightly medication. The lady’s expression was troubled as she turned away, focusing on the drape wrapped around her nursing home bed. This brief exchange revealed a deep, deep hurt. She told of [...] Bitterness is an unprofitable servant. It is like the clouds that promise water to a drought-stricken land but pass over, leaving the environment they overshadowed parched and desolate, with the inhabitants sick of heart because of hope deferred…. Bitterness is inebriated with a strong drink of pride. It promises sweet delicacies, but once consumed, is full of [...] There was a story told of a 60-year-old Japanese shipbuilder in Tokyo who came home from a hard day at work to find his family busy making arrangements for his funeral. It seems that earlier in the day, police had told the family that the man had been killed in a car crash, after people at the [...] |
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