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A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little Old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had Cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but One day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said She would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took Down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was In the box. When he opened it, he found two knitted dolls And a stack of money totaling $95,000.
He asked her about the contents.
'When we were to be married,' she said, ' my
grandmother told me The secret of a happy marriage was to never argue.
She told me that
If I ever got angry with you, I should just
keep quiet and knit a doll.'
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two Precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two Times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with Happiness.
'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?'
A Birth Certificate shows that we were born.
A Death Certificate shows that we died. Pictures show that we lived!
I Believe...
That
just because two people argue, doesn't
mean they don't love each
other. And just because they don't argue,
doesn't mean they do love
each other.
I Believe...
That we don't
have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I Believe...
That no matter how good a
friend is, they may hurt you once in a while and you must forgive them
for that.
I Believe...
That true
friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.
I Believe...
That you can do something in an instant that will give you
heartache for life.
I Believe...
That
it's taking me a long time
to become the person I want to be.
I Believe...
That you should always
leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see
them.
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.. 'Your son is here,' she said to the old man.
She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent.. He reached out his hand.
The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile. He refused..
Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.
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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
Friendship among Women:
A woman didn't come
home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had
slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best
friends. None of them knew anything about it.
Friendship among Men:
A man didn't come
home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept
over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best
friends. Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was
still there.
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Two old men, Abe and Sol, sit on a park bench feeding pigeons and talking about baseball. Abe turns to Sol and asks, "Do you think there's baseball in Heaven?"
Sol thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno. But let's make a deal -- if I die first, I'll come back and tell you if there's baseball in Heaven, and if you die first, you do the same."
They shake on it and sadly, a few months later, poor Abe passes on. Soon afterward, Sol sits in the park feeding the pigeons by himself and hears a voice whisper, "Sol... Sol...."
Sol responds, "Abe! Is that you?"
"Yes it is, Sol," whispers Abe's ghost.
Sol, still amazed, asks, "So, is there baseball in Heaven?"
"Well," says Abe, "I've got good news and bad news."
"Gimme the good news first," says Sol.
Abe says, "Well, there is baseball in Heaven."
Sol says, "That's great! What news could be bad enough to ruin that?"
Abe sighs and whispers, "You're pitching on Friday."
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A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must
have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image
of
innocence..
It was pouring outside. The kind
of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry
to hit the earth it has no time to flow
down the spout. We all
stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the
Target.
We waited, some patiently, others irritated
because nature messed up their hurried day.. I am always mesmerized by
rainfall. I got lost in the
sound and sight of the heavens
washing away the dirt and dust of the world.
Memories
of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a
welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
The little
voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught
in 'Mom let's run through the rain,' she said. 'What?' Mom asked.
When his father’s business began to fail, James Michael Pratt left
college to return home and help out. From a young age, he’d been
taught the value of selflessness.
Even so, while his family
struggled to make ends meet as they continued performing charitable
deeds for folks throughout the community, Pratt began harboring
resentment and doubt about his father’s “do-gooder” principles. He
recalled to himself every “service’’ project they’d taken on over the
past few years. Finally, after the two had spent the better part of a
day unloading 100-pound grain sacks from the back of a truck, Pratt
turned to his father and said, “We’ve done a lot of things for free.
It’s no wonder we are always broke.”
“Things always come
back to you how you send them out,” his father reminded him.
“Dad, if so, where’s the money?”
“It’s not always about
the money.” His father tried to explain that helping people, doing a
good job, and keeping your word were more important than money. But
the younger Pratt was unconvinced.
