HOPES FOR SUCCESS "I was once so young and virile, and in what seems like the twinkling of an eye I am old and infirmed. I thought I could set the world on fire, and…
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THE SURVIVORS For all those born before 1945 - consider the changes we have witnessed... We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, frisbees and the PILL.…
Accident | Adversity | Aging | Debt | Defeat | Destroy | Golf | Humor | Sports | Stewardship | Trial
THE GOLF BALL MISSILE I read about Mathieu Boya, who was practicing his golf swing in a pasture adjacent to the Benin Air Base (Benin, Africa). He accidentally destroyed his country's entire air force! With…
LET OUR SENIORS BE USEFUL My wife and I took our grandchildren to visit my parents in Missouri. When we were ready to leave, my dad gave me a picture of myself. I had sent…
TOO OLD TO FLY? This story is of my father and the years immediately following my mother's death. My dad, alone in a small town he had never liked, made the usual mistakes: sold the…
TOO OLD TO FLY SOLO? This story is of my father and the years immediately following my mother's death. My father, alone in a small town he had never liked, made the usual mistakes: sold…
RETIREMENT DEFINITIONS Sixty-five is the age when one acquires sufficient experience to lose his job. There are a lot of books telling you how to manage when you retire. What most people want is one…
KINDNESS ADMIRED When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Herschel, quoted by Harold S. Kushner in When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough
EVERYONE DIES I 've done the research, and I hate to tell you, but everybody dies - lovers, joggers, vegetarians and nonsmokers. I'm telling you this so that some of you who jog at 5…
MY GET UP AND GO HAS GOT UP AND WENT How do I know that my youth's all spent? Well, my get up and go has got up and went. But in spite of it…
MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER Someday my yellowed picture will look up from a cardboard box full of old pictures, And my great, great Granddaughter will ask who that funny lady is. And her mother will…
SHOCK THERAPY A patient in a doctor's waiting room heard a scream from within the doctor's examining room, and saw an elderly woman come out and quickly depart in a state of agitation. "What happened?"…
OLD SINS A middle-aged woman phoned her daughter in not a little exasperation. "Dear," she said, "have you spoken to your grandmother recently? I've tried to call her every evening this week, and there's been…
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER Not too long ago we received a memorial gift to the Church. There was a short note written on a beautiful little card that described whom the memorial was for. It said…
A HUNDRED YEARS OF LOVING For a hundred years she has stood graced by the memories of the gentle and robust saints of humanity. She has stood immovable rooted in history preserving in her heart…
SHORT- SIGHTED MEMORY Alan Kraft of Greeley Colorado sent in a "Bob Hope classic" which is one of our "Humorous Contest" winners. We have published a similar story a number of years ago with a…
WHAT IS A CHILD? By Paul Noxon What are you my child? A match that needs to be struck, potential to light up our world and make it a cheerier place. What are you my…
IT'S HOW YOU SEE IT! "I don't want my face washed!" cried Jane. "Oh come now," Grandmother coaxed, "I've washed my face three times a day since I was a little girl like you." Jane…
NOT TOO OLD TO LEARN Harry Truman visited Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., when Holmes was in his nineties. When Truman walked into the room, the retired justice was reading Plato's Republic. Truman asked him, "Mr.…
GROWING OLD This business of growing old bothered me once when I was fifty- five. But now at three-score years and ten (plus five) all fears concerning age are gone and I'm just glad to…