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 [...]

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TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME 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 ON WALKING [...]

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A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package… “What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered – he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning.  “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is [...]

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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. SON: ‘Daddy, may I ask you a question?’ DAD: ‘Yeah sure, what it is?’ replied the man. SON: ‘Daddy, how much do you make an hour?’ DAD: ‘That’s none of your business. Why [...]

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I live for those that love me, For those that know me true, For the heaven that smiles above me and waits my coming too; For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance For the good that i can do.

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You are only one, But still you are one! You cannot do everything but still you can do something! And because you cannot do everything, Never refuse to do something you can do!

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Fear Kills hope; worry and anxiety crushes confidence, ruin the power to concentrate, and paralyze the initiative. Fear is the fatal foe of all achievement. It is the prisoner of happiness.

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A man’s daughter had asked the local priest to come and pray with her father. When the priest arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The priest assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I [...]

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A man woke up early in order to have his morning devotion (prayer) in the Lord’s house (church). He got dressed, set on his way to the Lord’s house. On his way to the church, the man fell and his clothes got dirty.  He got up, brushed himself up, and headed home. At home, he [...]

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I have in my hands two boxes, Which God gave me to hold? He said, “Put all your sorrows in the black box, And all your joys in the gold.” I heeded His words, and in the two boxes, Both my joys and sorrows I stored, But though the gold became heavier each day, The [...]

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It’s easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble and it always comes with years. And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile [...]

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15 Things You Probably Never Knew or Thought About 1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you. 2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way. 3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just [...]

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