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When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother used [...]

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Illuminated By Blindness – An Inspirational Story, Motivational Story

By Author Unknown
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, “If I could only see the world, I will marry you.”
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came [...]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

A Quick Story, An Inspirational Story, Motivational Story

by Elizabeth Silance Ballard
There is a story many years ago of an elementary teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. She looked at her students and said that she loved them all [...]

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

What I learned in life

I’ve learned -
that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved.   The rest is up to them.
I’ve learned-
that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.
I’ve learned-
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I’ve learned-
that it’s [...]

Monday, October 12th, 2009