GET EVEN THROUGH LOVE Go ahead and get even with them Find all those people who have shown you love and kindness and get even with them! In other words, […]
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It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. From Bruce Rowlison, Gilroy, California
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ALL YOU CAN Do all the good you can by all the means you can in all the ways you can in all the places you can at all the
NOT TOO PICKY A woman went into a restaurant and ordered the breakfast special, “I want my pancakes well done,” she said. “You need to cook them all the way
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TINY LOAF OF SILVER Long ago, there was a great famine in Germany, and those who were poor suffered severely from hunger. A rich man who had great compassion sent
PRETENDING THEY’RE MARRIED A man and a woman who have never met before find themselves in the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial embarrassment they both go
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CHRISTIAN OR BAPTIST Robert Hastings told a story of a preacher friend returning from an out-of-town meeting. The preacher stopped in a small Georgia town to spend the night. After
COACH BROWN IN TOWN When Larry Brown was the coach of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, he spent an afternoon at a local men’s store signing autographs. He spent
SWEET ARROWS OF TRUTH An old Arab proverb, “When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.”
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITENESS Barbara Bush wrote in her diary about presidential politeness: “(Pat Buchanan) endorsed George (Bush) strongly after cutting him to ribbons for month after month and was very extreme.
STRETCHING THE SOUL It’s a good story which was told many years ago by R. Lee Sharpe. And a short but big sermon it was too! Let’s relate it mostly
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SAY GOODNIGHT Paul Tournier tells of a Swiss woman who lived in a large apartment house and worked in a shop with many people, but every evening she would tune
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STEALING OUR KINDNESS One upon whom we show kindness, But who does not express gratitude, Is worse than a thief, Who takes that which is ours. From a Nigerian proverb
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, RABBI An actual story is told by a young couple in Brooklyn, George H. Thomas, Jr. and his wife. They had a little boy also named George who
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SENATOR BRADLEY ON CIVILITY Former U. S. Senator Bill Bradley left the senate to make a greater difference by chairing the National Civic League which assists local communities by promoting
WHAT JESUS WOULD DO Six-year-old Tommy entered the kitchen with two pieces of candy in his hand. “Look Mom, I found two pieces of candy in the drawer.” His mother
GEORGE WASHINGTON ON PEACE Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct. And can it be that good
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TOUCHING MARILYN MONROE A free-lance reporter from the New York Times was interviewing Marilyn Monroe years ago. She was aware of Marilyn’s past and the fact that during her early
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COMFORT THERAPY Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. — Louis Nizer
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ENCOURAGEMENT SPREAD Encouragement in a family is like a peanut butter sandwich–the more you spread, the better the sandwich sticks together.
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