The Trial

Lawyers should never ask a Southern grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer.In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve [...]

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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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My Mistake!

This is a short story written by Dr Kishore Shah….he is a gynecologist in Pune and a very gifted writer….enjoy thisextremely funny story*****************************************************My wife is an ENT Surgeon while as I am a Gynaecologist.(In fact, we had nearly called our hospital The ‘Holey’ Family hospital butare now waiting for our son to be a Proctologist [...]

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TRUST

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships.When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship.Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generatesanger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result inseparation.
A telephone operator told me that one day she receiveda phone call. She answered, “Public Utilities Board.”There was silence. She repeated, “PUB.”
There [...]

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The Crush of Envy

An incident is related in Greek history of a wrestler who was so envious ofTheagenes, the prince of wrestlers, that he could not be consoled in anyway. After Theagenes died, a statue of him was erected in a public place.His envious antagonist went out every night and wrestled with the statue,until one night he threw [...]

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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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Doorway

A pioneer preacher was called to conduct the funeralfor a man who never entered the church building whilehe lived. As the pallbearers neared the meetinghouse door,the old preacher stood in the doorway and beckoned saying:
“Gentlemen, I have never taken an undue advantage of any livingperson, and I am not going to begin imposing on the [...]

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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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House or Home

A cute little girl was sitting on top of a pile of luggage in a hotellobby.Her parents were at the desk registering for their room.A sympathetic lady asked the little girl if they were visitingrelatives in the city. “Oh, no,” the girl replied. “We’re going to liveat this hotel until we find a house. My [...]

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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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