PICTURE DAD I can still picture my Dad bouncing me on his knee, coaching me in little league, showing me how to shine my shoes, helping me reel in my first fish, and telling me…
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JUST LIKE HOME He was the happiest man at the wedding reception after drinking several glasses of champagne. He sidled up behind a woman, put his arm around her and said, "Let's dance." When she…
JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS Jennifer came back from the third grade and reported that her teacher taught them how babies are made.Mother, who was in favor of sex education, thought the third grade was a bit…
NEVER SATISFIED At a retreat house called "Dayspring," when a retreat has ended the participants follow a custom of making their own bed and leaving a note for the next occupant of the room. Usually…
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND A San Francisco public relations man walking briskly to work was stopped by a panhandler who asked to borrow bus fare. The PR man gave him a dollar and the…
JUST REWARDS Many will be shocked to find When the day of Judgment nears, There's a special place in Heaven Set aside for Volunteers./There's nothing there to staple, Not one thing to fold or mail;…
COURAGE? I 'm writing this letter, Quite frankly, to say I abhorred the column You wrote yesterday! It was weak and insipid And words synonymous -- In short, it lacked courage! Yours truly, Anonymous. Mary…
CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS VERY CAREFULLY Three friends were having lunch together -- Jack Benny, George Burns and Edgar Bergen. Jack Benny had a reputation for being tight. George Burns said he had a "reach impediment"…
PROGRESS There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about. Ashleigh Brilliant
MY ROLE IN LIFE It is possible that my whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others. Ashleigh Brilliant
LET'S TALK AGGRAVATION Hardly anything is as upsetting as picking up a lunch check for someone who is too rich to carry money.
WASTE OF ENERGY One of the greatest wastes of energy known to man is arguing with someone whose opinion you don't give a hoot about anyhow.
GET READY When the farmer prays for a good crop, God expects him to say amen with a hoe. J. Vernon McGee
ON RISK TAKING An article in the Saturday Evening Post gave me a different slant on risk-taking. Consider the following statistics: Many people fear dying in a plane crash. Yet the odds against that are…
FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION: "WHAT IT WILL TAKE?" The Queen Mary, lying in repose in the harbor at Long Beach, California, is a fascinating museum of the past. Used both as a luxury liner in…
THE RISK OF SACRIFICE There is the story of a businessman, a lawyer, and a Christian Missionary travelling in Korea. One day they see in a field by the side of the road a young…
THE RISK OF THE NEW It would seem that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a…
PROGRESS Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second and keep your foot on first.
LOST BY NAUGHT "Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will…
BRAVO Take Larry Walters for example. In 1982 he took flight in a lawn chair suspended by 42 helium-filled weather balloons. Reaching an altitude of 16,000 feet he began popping the balloons with a pellet…
