Businessman and Fisherman
A retired businessman met a fisherman returning from the sea early one morning and asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish? He replied, “I have enough …
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Working in Vein
Did you hear about the blood transfusionist who quit his job? He felt all his work was being done in vein. Maybe you’ve felt that way at times. If so, …
Read More Job Worries
What are you afraid of? When we spend time worrying about all the things that can go wrong, we are generally not spending time trying to improve our situation which …
Read More Doing What You’ve Always Done
If you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done. Nearly all of us say we want some things we’ve never had. They …
Read More Mental Reset Button
Just after communism fell, my wife and I served as missionaries to Czechoslovakia. Lots of things there took some getting used to. One was our communist designed refrigerator. On the …
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You know you’ve been spending too much time at the office when the only way you recognize your kids is from their pictures on your desk at work. If that …
Read More Beginning a Family
A mother sea horse lays her eggs but then it is the father sea horse that carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch. For some ladies who have …
Read More Michaelangelo’s Work
Michaelangelo spent four grueling years on his back painting over 400 larger than life figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The task was so demanding that when he …
Read More Answering God’s Call
Two Eskimos in a kayak were chilly, so they started a fire, which sank the craft, proving the old adage you can’t have your kayak and heat it too. Many …
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