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This will make you shiver and quiver! “Please, PaPa?” “No, I don’t feel like being buried on the sand.” “But we spent all this time digging a place for you.” “I thought you and your brothers were building some kind of fort.” “No, PLEASE. Look! The sand is so cool…

As it came up, the stomach acid burnt his throat, mouth, and nasal passages. The jalapeno peppers mixed within the remains of the tacos stung worse than they had when he ate them. He could not stop his stomach from heaving. His stomach had a mind of its own. It…

THE INCIDENT Just over two and one half months ago, a suicidal 18-year-old youth walked into an elementary school 90 miles from my home and slaughtered 19 students and 2 teachers. Last Saturday night, I watched excerpts from a 77-minute video of the tragedy taken from a security camera inside…

Measures of Success I adapted this from a story circulating on the Internet. It shows how we might measure success and happiness. An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. …

I recently participated in a meeting where we discussed this version of the St. Francis prayer. “Lord, make me a channel of thy peace — that where there is hatred, I may bring love — that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness — that where…

High in the Himalayan mountains lived a wise old man. Periodically, he ventured down into the local village to entertain the villagers with his special knowledge and talents. One of his skills was to psychically tell the villagers the contents in their pockets, boxes, or minds. A boy from the…

The two boys and the girl laughed as they walked up to the ice cream truck. Jack had the wallet. After he paid for the ice cream, he remarked. “There’s a bunch of tens I here. Do you think PaPa would miss it if we each took one for ourselves?” …

The two boys and the girl laughed as they walked up to the ice cream truck. Jack had the wallet. After he paid for the ice cream, he remarked. “There’s a bunch of tens I here. Do you think PaPa would miss it if we each took one for ourselves?” …

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