Archive for the 'Wise thoughts' Category
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long [...]
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | 1 Comment
Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and [...]
November 12th, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | No Comments
A young man who had been raised as an atheist was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his outspoken Christian friend. The young diver never really paid much attention to his friend’s sermons, but he heard them often.
One night the diver went to the indoor [...]
October 31st, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | No Comments
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of paper & is it worth any thing ?” “It is a $20 bill, encashable in international & national markets for it’s quoted [...]
October 30th, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | No Comments
A nurse escorted a tired, anxious young man to the bed side of an elderly man. “Your son is here,” she whispered to the patient. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. He was heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack and he dimly saw the [...]
October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | No Comments
The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned, pot-bellied coal stove. A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames. They dragged the [...]
October 24th, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts | No Comments
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
His bed was next to the room’s only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for [...]
October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Wise thoughts, inspirational | Comments Off
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors [...]
September 26th, 2008 | Posted in Miscellaneous, Wise thoughts | 3 Comments
“The fruit of silence is PRAYER.
The fruit of prayer is FAITH.
The fruit of faith is LOVE.
The fruit of love is SERVICE.
The fruit of service is PEACE.
The fruit of Peace is YOU and ME.”
- Mother Teresa
This stanza summary is Mother Teresa. She used to say “Life is pool of mystery, so solve it; life is [...]
July 29th, 2008 | Posted in Health, Mind And Body, Wise thoughts | 2 Comments
Once a young man, suffering from hunger and thirst for many days, reached to a door of a house. In response to knock at door, a young lady opened the door. Due to embarrassment, he could not ask for food and just ask a glass of water to drink. She noticed that he has not [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in Miscellaneous, Wise thoughts | No Comments