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The Coin in the Shoes

A young man, a student in one of our universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students' friend, from his kindness to


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The Coin in the Shoes


Kiss Someone Before You Go

The subway train sways back and forth, its wheels screeching more fiendishly than ever against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules and the dreary bay


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Kiss Someone Before You Go


Risking

Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil. The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me


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Risking


A Story of Hope

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 fluid


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A Story of Hope


Marble Trader

During the waning years of the Depression in a small southeastern Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller's roadside stand for farm-fresh produce as the season made it


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Marble Trader


Cat Up A Tree

Ever have a cat-up-a-tree? Ever seen a catapult? The following was received from a missionary in Romania. God's care, creativity and timing is awesome! Suddenly a bright idea struck the


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Cat Up A Tree


Unconditional Acceptance

When Andrew got ready for work one Friday morning, he announced to his wife that he finally decided to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Andrew felt


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Unconditional Acceptance


Building Your House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy


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Building Your House


A Simple Gesture

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two


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A Simple Gesture


Which Are You? Carrot, Egg, and Coffee

A daughter complained to her father about life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to


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Which Are You? Carrot, Egg, and Coffee


Gift of Insults

There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. His reputation extended far and wide throughout the land and many students gathered


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Gift of Insults


The coackroach that never came out

In my house there's a sofa underneath which a lot of cockroaches live. Sometimes while I'm sitting at my couch a cockroach comes out so i am scared because of


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A Blue Ribbon to Make a Difference

True Story by: Helice Bridges MUST WATCH: Its Video Story A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference


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A Blue Ribbon to Make a Difference


Teddy Stoddard Story

By: Elizabeth Silance Ballard Watch the video story: HERE There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in


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Teddy Stoddard Story


Love Never Dies

When Nazi did the holocaust in Germany by burying alive the Jews, there also spread a story of undying love. A mother and her daughter happened to be captured as


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Love Never Dies


The Beautiful Flower In The Broken Pot

By: Author Unknown Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out


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The Beautiful Flower In The Broken Pot


You are a DOG

Sometimes back, a person came to me and told, "You know one thing, you are a DOG". I said, 'I am too happy as a Human Being and I have


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You are a DOG


One Glass of Milk

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was


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One Glass of Milk


Rich Or Poor - How Rich Are You?

One day a rich father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day


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Rich Or Poor - How Rich Are You?


Heaven and Hell, The Real Difference

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, "Come, I will show you hell." They entered a room where a group of


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Heaven and Hell, The Real Difference


The Dream

By: Diarmuid Cronin He gently opened his eyes and the warm sun beat upon his face. He lay among the soft caress of the grass and a gentle wind embraced


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The Dream


You Are My Life

By: Viraj Bhandare There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school. Before being sent away this boy was the brightest student in


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You Are My Life


The Prophet: On Children

By: Khalil Gilbran Watch the beautiful Video Movie ---- Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you


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The Prophet: On Children


Growing Good Corn

Source: inspirationpeak.com Author Unknown There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One


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Growing Good Corn


A 'Yes' Face

Source: inspirationpeak.com By: Charles Swindoll During Thomas Jefferson's presidency he and a group of travelers were crossing a river that had overflowed its banks. Each man crossed on horseback fighting


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A 'Yes' Face


The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon

The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with


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The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon


Part of the Beautiful Flow

Source: inspirationpeak.com By: Jenni Piech Once upon a time there was a young merman who lived in a beautiful kingdom deep in the ocean. Ever since he had been born


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Part of the Beautiful Flow


Celibacy in the Church

The Pope dies and, naturally, goes to heaven. He's met by the reception committee, and after a whirlwind tour he is told that he can enjoy any of the myriad


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Celibacy in the Church


Pickup in the Rain

One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down


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Pickup in the Rain


Moving Rocks

A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic


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Moving Rocks


Tale of the Stupid Oaf

When Nasruddin reaches Tekka's village, he inquires about customs and regulations in order to be a good citizen. The most important person was a man who lived near the center


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Tale of the Stupid Oaf


Do Something

A man distraught by all the pain and suffering he saw all around him broke down and banged his fists into the dirt. His head turns upward and he yells


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Do Something


Time

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of


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Time


The New Taxi Driver

For there was a job that she could not just leave, Susi had to work till late in her office. When she was done, she stopped a taxi to bring


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The New Taxi Driver


Losing Child

There was a young merchant and his son. The merchant had lost his wife and so loved his son very much. One day when the father was away from house


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Losing Child


Beware of Peace Symptoms

Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could


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Beware of Peace Symptoms


Enjoy Your Coffee

A group of alumni got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor


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Enjoy Your Coffee


The Price Of A Miracle

'My Daddy says only a miracle can save my brother now . . . so how much does a miracle cost?' Sally was only eight years old when she heard


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The Price Of A Miracle


Time Management: Stones, Pebbles, Sand

One day, an old professor of the School of Public Management in France, was invited to lecture on the topic of “Efficient Time Management” in front of a group of


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Time Management: Stones, Pebbles, Sand


Compassion is Seen Through the Eyes

That evening was a very cold evening in North Virginia, many many decades ago. The beard of the old man was covered with the winter ice while he was waiting


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Compassion is Seen Through the Eyes


The Goose and the Rooster

A maggid - a preacher - came to a small Jewish village. After delivering a series of public lectures, he visited the town's rav - the rabbi who helped the


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The Goose and the Rooster


How gullible are we

Very is the answer, now I need a glass of something wet A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair. He


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How gullible are we


Installing Love

Subject: Installing Love: (Love V.4.0) Service Rep: Hello, you have reached the Heart Systems Software Company help desk. How may I help you? Customer: I just received your latest program


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Installing Love


The Miracle Lioness: Kalmuniak

SAMBURU , KENYA - In Biology, we know that there exist the thing called food chain. It could be like this: soil nutrients consumed by grass, grass consumed by deer


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The Miracle Lioness: Kalmuniak


Wealth, Success & Love

One day a woman answered a knock on the door of her little family home. To her great surprise, she saw three ancient and wise-looking men with long white beards


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Wealth, Success & Love


To Hit the Right Spot

A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old


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To Hit the Right Spot


A Suicidal Coward

A very rich wealthy man was standing thoughtfully on a bridge. Despite of all his riches, he could feel none of happiness but sorrow and emptiness hollow in his heart


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A Suicidal Coward


The Arrogance of the Young Pianist

A father, enrolled his 5 years old son to a music school to learn how to play piano, in the hope that the son would later grow up being a


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The Arrogance of the Young Pianist


God! Grand Me Strength!

It was a merry afternoon at the hall. Oh, one could see that a toy-car race was being held, and the final round is a few minutes away. There were


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God! Grand Me Strength!


Puppy for Sale

A pet store decided to put on an interesting advertisement for kids, "Puppy for Sale". In just few moments, came a young boy, came into the store and asked, "How


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Puppy for Sale


Sister and Brotherly Love

Source: Real Story, Anonymous I was born in a far village by the side of the mountains. Day by day, my parents plow the dry yellow soil with their backs


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Sister and Brotherly Love


Dream-Stealer

There was once a young girl who was very fond of dancing. Her skill in dancing was extraordinary and surpassed her dancing friends that she often appeared as the champion


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Dream-Stealer


Cliff of The Lily

Once,somewhere near a deep isolated cliff, a very young lily flower sprouted out of the earth. But it was still very young at its age that it looked just like


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Cliff of The Lily


No Hair

In one party occasion, a head sergeant accidentally slipped his walk and his wine spilled over the hairless head of his general. The head sergeant was almost frightened to death


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No Hair


The Concert According to Anton

A mother brought his son, Anton, who was still in kindergarten to go see a concert. In that pretty big concert, the performers enthusiastically displayed their skills. Along the concert


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The Concert According to Anton


Lawn mowing

A wife who had been nagging at her husband for days for doing the lawn finally found an effective way to have him do as she wanted. When the husband


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Lawn mowing


Puppy Sold

A small boy entered a pet shop, and asked the owner: "How much do you sell for that puppy?" The store owner said, "It would cost about 30-50 dollars." The


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Puppy Sold


Why Me?

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received


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Why Me?


The Love of the Apple Tree

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples,took


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The Love of the Apple Tree


Fishhead for the mother

After endless tiredless struggle of the great widow making ends meet raising her little four children, she finally can see them growing into great successful people of the society. One


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Fishhead for the mother


Threatening crisis

A president, a proffessor, a priest and an adventurer was flying with a private plane. However suddenly something unexpectedly bad happened to the plane during the flight. The pilot announced


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Threatening crisis


Let Go

One day, a kid was playing with a very expensive vase. He put his hand into the vase, and ups..stucked, he could not pull his hand out again. He started


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Let Go


The Assignment

The young man was climbing the hill, slowly a step at a time. His bowed head seemed to indicate that something was bothering him. Perhaps he was lonely, or discouraged


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Where is God??

There were two very mischievous children. Their parents were overwhelmed with their behaviour. One day they heard of a religious teacher who were known for his skill in handling naughty


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Where is God??


Honesty

A priest informed his people that next week they would be discussing about honesty. They were expected to read verse 32 of Sulaiman. The next week, the priest started by


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Honesty


Careful and careless

In a laboratorium, an old proffesor was holding a glass, within it is yellow liquid. "This is a urine sample from a diabetes patient," said the old teacher to all


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Careful and careless


Rising the Child

A boy stole a book from his school, and told his mother about it when he got home. Hearing that, the mother did not get angry. Instead, she praised how


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Rising the Child


The Harmful Neighbours

In a school east of America, there was a very reputated school. To enter the school, one need to have almost perfect mark, and the school fees can be compared


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The Harmful Neighbours


A Priest and a Lad

There was once a lad who had been scholastic study abroad for a very long time before returning to his hometown. Upon his return, he asked his parents to find


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A Priest and a Lad


A Smile of a Life Saver

There was a guy who of a certain failure in his life decided to end his own life. He started a long journey along the city towards a bridge from


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A Smile of a Life Saver


Fresher than Fresh Coffee

One day around 7 AM in San Diego, when i was walking around, a man that aged around 35 years approached me with a very enthusiastic manner. Looked like he


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Fresher than Fresh Coffee


A penny of sincerity

During one of his travel around America, President Wilson stopped at Billings, Montana, and was going to give short speech from the train platform. Beside him was none other than


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A penny of sincerity


The Rose of Sincerity

John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose


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The Rose of Sincerity


The Warm Heart in the Winter

That night the cold winter wind was blowing through my skin, but my heart warmed up at that time. We students who have been waiting in the open bus stop


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The Warm Heart in the Winter


Physical Judgement

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home


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Physical Judgement


Signals

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for


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Signals


A Chance to Start Over

It was a cold December night in West Orange, New Jersey. Thomas Edison's factory was humming with activity. Work was proceeding on a variety of fronts as the great inventor


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A Chance to Start Over


The Little Soul and the Sun - Part 2

Part 1 - Little Soul and the Sun God said to the little soul, "You may choose to be any Part of God you wish to be. You are absolute


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The Little Soul and the Sun - Part 2


Little Soul and The Sun

There once was a soul who knew itself to be the light. This was a new soul and so, anxious for experience. "I am the light" it said. "I am


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Little Soul and The Sun


Always remember those who Serve

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a


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Always remember those who Serve


Giving When it Counts

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease


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Giving When it Counts


Listen to your heart

Horror gripped the heart of a World War I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fell in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head


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Listen to your heart


Rules for being human

When you were born, you didn't come with an owner's manual; these guidelines make life work better. 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it


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Rules for being human


Stranded Starfish

A guest at a beach hotel was strolling along the beach when, in the distance, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. Intrigued, he decided to investigate. As


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Stranded Starfish


You Do Make The Difference

If each grain of sand were to say: One grain does not make a mountain, There would be no land If each drop of water were to say: One drop


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You Do Make The Difference


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