One of my teachers had each one of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For every person we’d refuse to forgive in our life, we were told to choose a potato, write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag. Some of our bags, as [...]

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Author Unknown Two friends were walking through the desert. In a specific point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but…without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE. They kept [...]

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An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the [...]

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NOTE: It is interesting how stories get passed around and undergo changes along the way until you no longer know if this really happened or just a writer’s creative imagination. Another email very similar to this story has also been around in circulation for a long time now. We published it in December 2008. We [...]

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Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew [...]

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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. Name the last half [...]

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(Religious content) Just wanna share this message…. This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen… A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked [...]

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You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having “wealth” from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, “Purpose Driven Life “ author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California. In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, [...]

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Sometimes we just need to be reminded! A well-known speaker started off his seminar by: holding up a $20.00 bill In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do [...]

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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it’s harder every time. You’ll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You’ll fight with your best friend. [...]

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A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was sitting in the park [...]

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You have heard of the cup that overflowed. This is a story of a bucket that is like the cup, only larger, it is an invisible bucket. Everyone has one. It determines how we feel about ourselves, about others, and how we get along with people. Have you ever experienced a series of very favorable [...]

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