Tag: lessons
group name: parables
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April 01, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
Summer 2003 ~ Journal Entry ~ Time to Reflect
Tina and I were friends – friends that evolved over the course of about 4 years time. In short, we are not friends any longer. Allow me to explain. . . . more
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November 29, 2006 10:52 AM EST --
Murphy's First Law for Wives: If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.
Kauffman's Paradox . . . more
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February 01, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
©2007 James A. Harris
A story loosely based on my experiences in Guatemala, in 1998.
She sat watching the younger women washing their clothes in the city park fountain. She clicked her . . . more
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November 29, 2006 10:20 AM EST --
A mother who had lost her only son went to the man of religion in her village and said: "Is there anything you can give me to reduce the pain that I feel?"
"Yes," he said. "There . . . more
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November 29, 2006 10:41 AM EST --
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 . . . more
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November 30, 2006 01:41 PM EST --
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, that the well needed to be . . . more
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November 29, 2006 10:26 AM EST --
Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them. And besides he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them. . . . more
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February 05, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
Since I began my spiritual journey, many years ago, I have understood the importance of reading. So when I was trying to figure out which side was up after my husband left me and after my diagnosis . . . more
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November 29, 2006 10:37 AM EST --
One day a wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country so that the son could see how the poor lived. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their . . . more
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December 01, 2006 04:09 AM EST --
What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he finishes them.
If that is true this man is in serious trouble. Things . . . more
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April 17, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
Recently my mother stood up for me while I fought to regain my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual strength during a divorce and then cancer. She smiled and reminded me that God did not promise me . . . more
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January 14, 2007 01:23 PM EST --
Shortly after I was divorced, a salesman came to my door trying to sell magazines, normally I would just say "I'm not interested" and would shut the door. However, after being recently . . . more
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January 14, 2007 02:19 PM EST --
I had to change my phone number only once to an unlisted number due to someone harrassing me. I was dating someone at the time who had an ex-wife and 3 kids. We were getting close to breaking up at this . . . more
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March 06, 2007 10:38 PM EST --
I have broken this down into sections for easier reading. I look forward to discussion and / or thought provoking dialogue.
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Part I
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November 30, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
(I'd like to share this story because it makes a lot of sense. You shouldn't ever let anyone ever tell you how to think. You should be free to think how you want. Also, there isn't always just . . . more
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