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A Pathway to Contentment
A wise man was asked, “What is the most astonishing thing about humanity?”
The man answered: “The people!
—They tire of their childhood and yearn to become adults in a hurry. Then you find them wishing to become children once again.
—They waste their health assembling fortunes, and then end up spending their fortunes to regain their lost health.
—They worry about the future and …
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Twisted Karaoke
Hey everyone.
I told my little sister (an eight-year-old) about twisted karaoke, and she decided to write her own. So, here it is (though I don’t think she understood the twisted part very well):
There once lived a little star named Sparkle. Sparkle was a very nice star but her friends thought that Sparkle was not a good star because she was not bright like the other stars. They thought s…
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True Wealth and Resolution
Upon reading Karen’s poem Fist of Confusion I wanted to relay to you a story that I had read online (maybe you have read it also). So here it is:
“One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for hi…
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April Fools' Day
Just thought I’d share this, it was sent to me from History.com:
April 1: General Interest
1700 : April Fools tradition popularized
On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual
tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each
other.
Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for
several centuries by different cultures,...
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The Greatest of Men...
“One who believes in God (the Glorified and the Exalted) and the Day of Judgement must not cause hardship and inconvenience to his neighbour; and he who believes in God (the Glorified and the Exalted) and the Day of Judgement must respect his guest; and he who believes in God (the Glorified and the Exalted) and the Day of Judgement must speak well or keep quiet”.
“Faith has over seventy br…
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Humility in Truth
What can we do to make God’s light
Shine forth through the darkness around us?
We must first let it shine in our own true
selves
With that light in the niche of our inmost hearts
We can walk with steps both firm and sure
We can humbly visit the comfortless
And guide their steps. Not we, but the light
Will guide! But, Oh! The joy of being found
Worthy to bear the torch, and to say
To …
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Rough reality
There’s still with us much sorrow and sin,
Injustice, oppression, wrong and hate,
Still does Arrogance deaden Conscience,
Rob struggling souls of e’en the crumbs
Of Pity, and make, of loathsome flesh
And crumbling dust, fair-seeming idols
For worship. Still does Ignorance blow
A mighty horn and try to shame
True Wisdom. Still do men drive Slaves, – -
Protesting smoothly the end of Sla…
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Friendship
My younger sister and her friends are email fanatics. Every forward they receive, they pass it on, and my inbox is usually clutterred with more than one email that are exactly the same. Unfortunately, most of the things they pass on are superstitions, things like, “Do this and your wish will come true” or “If you don’t pass it on, something horrible will happen to you”. Also, they’ve been sendi…
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Shel Silverstein
My little sister checked out “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein, and I just had to share this. It’s one of my favorite verses:
“If you’re a bird, be an early bird,
But if you’re a worm, sleep late.”
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The "Out There" Challenge
Well, this is the first time I’ve ever heard anything about a challenge here. Anyway, as soon as I found out about it, I remembered a story that I had read that fit the idea and was so beautiful that I just had to share it. I did not write this:
_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…
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