Archive for the ‘Must Reads’ Category

I ended up in Africa because the plane ticket there was cheapest. I came and I stayed. For nearly 25 years I’ve lived off and on in Mozambique. Time has passed, and I’m no longer young; in fact, I’m approaching old age. But my motive for living this straddled existence, with one foot in African [...]

The old fisherman

Posted: 21st February 2012 by sreejon in Inspirational Stories, Must Reads, Touching Stories
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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-patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. [...]

Mother

Posted: 18th February 2012 by sreejon in Must Reads, Parents, Quotes, True Love
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A mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever. – unknown

Happiness

Posted: 17th February 2012 by sreejon in Inspirational Stories, Must Reads, Positive Thinking
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The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. -James M. Barrie

The Kingdom of God

Posted: 17th February 2012 by sreejon in Inspirational Stories, Must Reads, Quotes
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Once is Enough

Posted: 16th February 2012 by sreejon in Must Reads, Quotes
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West

In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused. In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a greyhound female, to the nearby [...]

Sometimes…………

Posted: 15th February 2012 by sreejon in Must Reads, Positive Thinking
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CRACKED POT

Posted: 15th February 2012 by sreejon in Must Reads, Touching Stories
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A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots was perfectly made and never leaked. The other pot had a crack in it and by the time the water bearer reached his master’s house it had leaked [...]

Love and Friendship

Posted: 14th February 2012 by sreejon in Must Reads, True Love
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The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.                                                                     -Hubert Humphrey