Getting Even

To those who wished me ill,May good things come to you;To those wanting me to sin,May you also find yourself forgiven;To you who wanted to make an enemy out of me,May you open yourself to offers of friendship;To him who spoke only of my faults,May he be recognized for his good deeds;To her who only [...]

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No Shortcuts

When James A. Garfield was president of Hiram College,a man brought his son for entrance as a student, for whomhe wished a shorter course than the regular. “The boy cannever take all that in,” said the father. “He wants to get throughquicker. Can you arrange it for him?”
Mr. Garfield, a minister-educator said, “Oh, yes. He [...]

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No Root, No Fruit

Have you ever wondered why you do what you do?One former Navy pilot tells how he was living a wilder life than he knew he should live. He decided his problem was that he was being led astray by his friends in flight training. So he arranged to finish his work in the program early [...]

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A Lesson from the Gulls

Some time ago in Reader’s Digest there was a short articleabout a group of sea gulls that was starving to death inSt. Augustine. They were not starving because of a foodshortage but because they had forgotten how to fish.For years they had depended on the shrimp fleet operatingout of the harbor to toss them scraps [...]

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The Secret of Happiness

by Steve Brunkhorst
The old man shuffled slowly into the restaurant. With head tilted, and shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty cane with each unhurried step.
His tattered cloth jacket, patched trousers, worn out shoes, and warm personality made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his pale blue eyes [...]

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