Archive for the ‘Optimism’ Category

Knock the “t” Off The “Can’t”

Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by toofaani
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Recently I took a sheet of paper and divided it into two columns: “Yes People,” and “No People.” Then I thought about individuals I knew and wrote their names in the appropriate column. What a shock it was to see the length of the “No” list.
These were the people who heard someone say, “You can’t [...]

What is on the other side?

Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by toofaani
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A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, with tears in his eyes, “Doctor, I am afraid to die, please tell me what is on the other side?”
Very quietly, the doctor said, “I don’t know”
“You don’t know?” said the sick man, “How come you don’t [...]

57 Cents

Posted on April 1st, 2007 by toofaani
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A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was “too crowded.”
“I can’t go to Sunday School,” she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by.
Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found [...]

World of Smiles

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by toofaani
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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this [...]

My Weakness My Strength

Posted on March 25th, 2007 by toofaani
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A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move.
“Sensei,” [...]

World Of Smiles

Posted on February 8th, 2007 by toofaani
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About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this [...]