Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Ruth Axsom is a dear friend of ours and she relates this true story of her father that I think it illustrates so well what we’ve been discussing this morning.
      Ruth’s father, Robert Eason was 8 years old when he lost his father, John Eason. It is hard to lose your father at any time but Robert
                    
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                    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is an old story told about a little girl who had been passed from one orphanage to another. She was very shy and felt rather unattractive. The other children would not play with her and her teachers considered her to be a problem child.
In this particular orphanage there was a rule that all
                    
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                    Sir Edmund Hillary and his Nepalese guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to make the historic climb of Mount Everest in 1953.  Coming down from the mountain peak, Sir Edmund suddenly lost his footing.  Tenzing held the line taut and kept them both from falling by digging his ax into the
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 19, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I saw a Peanuts cartoon with Lucy saying to Charlie Brown, "I hate everything. I hate everybody. I hate the whole wide world!"
	Charlie Brown says, "But I thought you had inner peace."
	Lucy replies, "I do have inner peace. But I still have outer obnoxiousness" And
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Walking through a state park near Miami, my wife and I saw a Cuban family enjoying a picnic as half a dozen raccoons begged for handouts. The family responded by tossing them bits of food and saying repeatedly, “Oye, chico, ven aca.” (C’mere, boy.”) I later confessed to my wife that my
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 9, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I came across this little reminder years ago.        
              “I’m careful of the words I say
              to keep them soft and sweet.
              I never know from day to day
              which ones I’ll have to eat.”
From Paul Lee Tan,
                    
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