Inspiring Stories

A Wise Woman’s Stone

March 9, 2009

A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did [...]

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Unconditional Love

March 9, 2009

A soldier was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.   “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.”   “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”   “There’s something you [...]

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Two Views

March 9, 2009

If you’re not living your dream, the following story about turnips, turnip greens and pigs might help you understand why. I suppose you could say this story begins when my wife, was just a little girl, and I was a little boy.   We were raised in totally different cultures. However, we did have one [...]

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The One

March 9, 2009

Many years ago, in a time of great war and consternation, there was a monastery which had fallen upon hard times. There were few monks left, and they tended to squabble amongst themselves. Everyone was convinced their path was the right path, and the peaceful ways of the past seemed little more than a dream. [...]

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The Cricket

March 9, 2009

A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening.   [...]

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Praying Hands

March 9, 2009

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore [...]

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The Power Of Perspective

March 9, 2009

One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked [...]

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The Power Of A Friend

March 9, 2009

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be [...]

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A Picture of Peace

March 9, 2009

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.   One picture was of a calm lake. The lake [...]

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Memo To Jesus

March 9, 2009

TO: Jesus, Son of Joseph COMPANY: The Woodcrafter’s Carpenter Shop, Nazareth FROM: Jordon Management Consultants, Jerusalem SUBJECT: Management Report   Thank you for submitting the resumes of the twelve men you have picked for managerial positions in your new organization.   All of them have now taken our battery of tests, and we have not [...]

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