Footprints in the sand
A story is told about a man who dreamed he was at the end of his life. He saw his life as if it were a walk along the beach with Jesus. He looked back over his life and he saw two sets of footprints in the sand along most…
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Face the music
Have you ever heard the expression face the music? Here's how that phrase came about. Many years ago, a man wanted to play in the Imperial Orchestra, but he couldn't play in note. And since he was a person of great wealth and influence, however, he demanded to be allowed…
Thomas Edison
Biographers have written that Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made over 900 light bulbs that didn't work before he finally made one that did. 900 times he went to all the trouble of making a light bulb. Plugging it in, flipping the switch and watching while nothing…
Cookies
While waiting at the airport terminal for her plane to begin boarding, a woman sat reading a newspaper. Earlier, she had purchased a package of cookies in the airport snack shop to eat, after she got on the plane. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the…
Construction Workers
Christopher Wren, who designed Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, one of the world's most beautiful buildings. Wrote about the reactions of construction workers who were asked what they were doing. Those workers who were bored and tired responded by saying, I'm laying bricks or I'm carrying stones.
Circus
A little boy who lived far out in the country in the late 1800s had reached the age of 12 and had never in all his life seen a circus. You can imagine his excitement when one day a poster went up at school announcing that on next Saturday a…
Chopsticks
A little girl wanted to become a great pianist, but all she could play on the piano was a simple little tune, chopsticks. No matter how hard she tried, that was the best she could do. So her parents decided to give her a great maestro to teach her.
Born to Fly
One day a Prairie chicken found an egg and sat on it until it hatched. Unbeknownst to the prairie chicken, the egg was an eagle egg. Abandoned for some reason, and that's how an eagle came to be born into a family of prairie chickens.
Blood Transfusion
A family was involved in a serious traffic accident. Mike, the youngest of the two brothers involved, was badly injured and needed a blood transfusion. Mike's big brother, Danny, who was only 8 years old, had the same blood type as his younger brother.
