18 Oct
This thing really touched!!!!!!
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name…
Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. [...]
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16 Oct
NAIL IN THE FENCE
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into [...]
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14 Oct
Roses
Bennet Cerf relates this touching story about a bus that was bumping along a back road in the South.
In one seat a wispy old man sat holding a bunch of fresh flowers.
Across the aisle was a young girl whose eyes came back again and again to the man’s flowers.
The time came [...]
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14 Oct
Take my Son
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art.
When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle [...]
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12 Oct
Self Appraisal
A little boy went into a store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits. The store owner observed and listened to the conversation.
The boy asked, “Maam, Can [...]
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11 Oct
THE MAN WHO WILLED HIMSELF TO DIE
There was a man who worked for the railroad. One day as he went into the freezer compartment to do his routine work, the door accidentally closed and he found himself trapped in the compartment. He shouted for help but no one heard him since it was past midnight. [...]
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11 Oct
Captain’s Prayer
There is a story of about a sea captain who in his retirement skippered a boat taking day-trippers to Shetland Islands. On one trip, the boat was full of young people. They laughed at the old captain when they saw him say a prayer before sailing out, because the day was fine and the [...]
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10 Oct
Lunch with God
A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She [...]
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09 Oct
Accept my sincere acknowledgments.”
James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, is known as the Father of the American Constitution. Madison was known for his spotless character. In his old age, the venerable ex-President suffered from many diseases, took a variety of medicines and managed to live a long life.
An old friend from [...]
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09 Oct
“Then where’s his hat?”
Winston Churchill loved to tell the story of the little boy who fell off a pier into deep ocean water.
An older sailor, heedless of the great danger to himself, dove into the stormy water, struggled with the boy, and finally, exhausted, brought him to safety.
Two days later the boy’s [...]
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