Two frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them
fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit
was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The
two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit
with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop,
that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took
heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down
and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again,
the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He
jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the
other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to
them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the
entire time.
This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging
word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it
through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes
to kill them.
Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your
path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand
that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak
words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in
difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time
to encourage another.
Sand and Stone

A story tells that 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 until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who
had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the
friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in
the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds
of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must
engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN
STONE
Short inspirational Parable Of The Pencil - Pencil story

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.
"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world.
Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

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"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in
Someone's hand."
"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a
better pencil."
"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."
"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."
"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the
condition, you must continue to write."
The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its
heart.
Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and
you will become the best person you can be.
One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's
hand. And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess.
Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various
problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.
Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.
Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.
And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the
situation, you must continue to do your duties.
Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only
you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.
Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make
a change.
Mothers day - inspiring story about mother

A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who
lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother.
But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars."
The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me. I'll buy you a rose."
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers.
As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home.
She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother."
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the
two hundred miles to his mother's house.
motivational stories - THE 4 WIVES

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her
with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but
the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He's very proud of her and always wanted to
show off her to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run
away with some other men.
He too, loved his 2nd wife. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the
merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his
2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times.
Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in
maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the

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merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of
her.
One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon. He thought of
his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone.
How lonely I'll be!"
Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and
showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"
"No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word.
The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart. The sad merchant then asked
the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me
and keep me company?" "No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to
remarry when you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.
He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out.
Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry,
I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to
your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated.
Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The
merchant looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered
from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of
you while I could have !"
Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives
a. The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look
good, it'll leave us when we die.
b. Our 3rd wife ? Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to others.
c. The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when
we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.
d. The 1st wife is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual
pleasure.
Guess what? It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea
to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament

PUPPIES FOR SALE

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the pups and set
about Nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he
Felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the Eyes of a little boy.
Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
"Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, "these puppies come
from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."
The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a
handful of change and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a
look?"
"Sure," said the farmer.
And with that he let out a whistle, "Here, Dolly!" he called.
Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The
little boy pressed his face against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight.
As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else stirring inside the
doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared; this One noticeably smaller. Down the ramp it
slid. Then in a somewhat awkward manner the little pup began hobbling toward the others, doing
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"I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the runt.
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never
be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would."
With that the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg
of his trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching
itself To a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run
too well myself, and he will need Someone who understands."
The world is full of people who need someone who understands.

Inspirational God Story : Wait For The Brick

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast
in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed
down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a
brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the
spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the
nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who
are you?
Just what the heck are you doing?
That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry... I didn't know what else to
do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a
parked car.
"It's my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back
into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He
hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy
handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was
going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound
brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The
damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept
the dent there to remind him of this message: Don't go through life so fast that someone has to
throw a brick at you to get your attention!
God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to
listen, He has to throw a brick at us.
It's our choice: Listen to the whisper ... or wait for the brick!

motivational sayings & stories - A Box Full of Kisses

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of
gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate
a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the
next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

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 The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found
out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a
present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in
her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for
you, Daddy."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept
that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an
imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled
with unconditional love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There
is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.

The Wooden Bowl

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson. The old
man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together
nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made
eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass often
milk spilled on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. "We
must do something about grandfather," said the son. I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy
eating, and food on the floor. So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There,
grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since
grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. Sometimes when
the family glanced in grandfather's direction, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone. Still, the
only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled
food. The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He
asked the child sweetly, "What are you making?" Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am
making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up." The four-year-old
smiled and went back to work. The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then
tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be
done. That evening the husband took grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family
table.
For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither
husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the
tablecloth soiled. Children are remarkably perceptive. Their eyes ever observe, their ears ever
listen, and their minds ever process the messages they absorb. If they see us patiently provide a
happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of their
lives. The wise parent realizes that every day that building blocks are being laid for the child's
future.
Let us all be wise builders and role models. Take care of yourself, ... and those you love, ...
today, and everyday.
stories that inspire - Trees That Wood

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams
when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver
and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the
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Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across
the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the
strength of my hull."
Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest.
People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and
God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will
always remember me."
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came
upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I
should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter" ... and he began cutting it down. The tree was
happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.
At the second tree a woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to
the shipyard." The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a
mighty ship.
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if
they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need
anything special from my tree so I'll take this one", and he cut it down.
When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was
then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second
tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying
kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The
years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in
the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have
made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of
this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time. Years later, a group of men
got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep.
While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong
enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace"
and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its
boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the people
mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree
and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it
was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because
Jesus had been crucified on it.
The moral of this story is that when things don't seem to be going your way, always know that
God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the
trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what
God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always
best.
Mountain Story - An interesting short story

"A son and his father were walking on the mountains.

Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain:
"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"
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The voice answers: "I admire you!"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.
It gives you back everything you say or do.
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;
Life will give you back everything you have given to it."
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!"
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 his extended family.
He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more
house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart
was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an
unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed
the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked!
What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all
so differently.
So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the
building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could
do it over, we would do it much differently.
But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board,
or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the
choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build
wisely!
inspiring love story - The Rose Within

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.
He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought,
"How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?
Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom...
it died.
So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God-like qualities planted in us
at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns,
the defects.
We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good
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Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of
the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find
the rose within them.
This is one of the characteristic of love... to look at a person, know their true faults and accepting
that person into your life... all the while recognizing the nobility in their soul. Help others to
realize they can overcome their faults. If we show them the "rose" within themselves, they will
conquer their thorns. Only then will they blossom many times over.

Another man's folly .......He paid the price for another man’s folly.
One life gone, 2 people dead !

A mother is devastated, she is howling with pain, yelling all she can in that dark and dingy
corner of her four by four kholi. There was nobody to hear her yell and not a soul to pacify her,
because outside her shack is a long winding lonely road. There was no existence of mankind for
miles and miles ahead. The wind was at rest, the leaves didn’t rustle and no resonance of a
barking dog, silence filled the air. Loneliness was already killing her, but no one knows what
made her cry?
Losing something you love with all your heart isn’t really the grief you can ever overcome.
Radha lost her baby. Her only means to live. She saw her child getting crushed under a car in
front of her own eyes. Blood was all over and the accident was terrible. One lonely night, she
was walking down the street t get a breath of fresh air with her child cuddled tight in her arms.
She walked a long time s till she saw the face of mankind (in the evilest form).
The whole time she walked with her child in her arms the only thing that worried her was
Aryans (her son’s) future. What kind of a person will he be? Will he make me proud? How much
light is life going to bring in his existence? She was imagining and feeling every day of the
Childs growth, and what she had in store for him. But who knows what’s in store for us
tomorrow, life can change in the splits of a second. Talk about destiny, all those dreams hopes
and expectations were snatched away from her in an instant. Her smiles were frowns and her
faith just crumbled, like a deal soul in a living, rather breathing body.
This is how it happened…. On that abandoned road, were a few streetlights barely sufficient?
There was this one light that was visible from a distance, but as it came closer it got brighter and
brighter. That light changed radha’s life into darkness forever. A speeding car came down that
road, as if the driver had jammed the accelerator, cutting across the wind. He came at a speek of
110kmph throwing beer bottles out of his half open window. He was definitely drunk, the speed
took everything in its path. Just then, there was a loud cry, and silence set in again. The cry of a
baby and no sight of a child.
Ironically the mother wasn’t hurt, not a scratch on a body, not a bruise on her arm. She opened
her eyes and didn’t she Aryan, her vision was blur. After a few minutes when her sight cleared
up she looked all over frantically for her baby, but alas! There was nothing. Just then she noticed
something about then feet away it was blood draining into the gutter’s, and pieces of minced
flesh, laying there saying so much without saying anything at all. The blood of her baby, the
child who hadn’t even seen life,
He paid the price for another man’s folly. The same little child whose future was just being
planned.
Simple, don’t drink and drive. You could take a life, but kill a number of people.

Sand and Stone

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey
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was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who
had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the
friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in
the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds
of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must
engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN
STONE
Mothers day - inspiring story about mother

( an inspiring motivational story )

A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two
hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.
He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother.
But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars."
The man smiled and said, "Come on in with me. I'll buy you a rose."
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers.
As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home.
She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother."
She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.
The man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the
two hundred miles to his mother's house.

The Making Of A Mother - inspiring mother stories

By the time the Lord made mothers, He was into the sixth day working overtime. An Angel
appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?"
And the Lord answered and said, "Have you read the spec sheet on her? She has to be
completely washable, but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all replaceable; run on black
coffee and leftovers; have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when
she stands up; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and have
six pairs of hands."
The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!" said
the Angel.
The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem. It's the three pairs of eyes that
mothers must have!"
"And that's on the standard model?" the Angel asked.
The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she
asks her children what they are doing even though she already knows. Another pair in the back
of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third
pair are here in the front of her head. They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she
understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word."
The Angel tried to stop the Lord "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to
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"But I can't!" The Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my
own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound
of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower."
The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, "But you have made her so soft, Lord."
"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can
endure or accomplish."
"Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel.
The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate."
The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it
looks like You have a leak with this model. I told You that You were trying to put too much into
this one."
"That's not a leak." the Lord objected. "That's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the Angel asked.
The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her
pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride."
The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything for this one.
You even created the tear!"
The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and said, "I'm afraid you are wrong again. I created the
woman, but she created the tear!"
Alexander Fleming

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a
living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and
ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and
struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and
terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly
dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming
had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At
that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.
"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education.
If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."
And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical
School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir
Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia.
What saved him? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

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