Happiness

By Sonia Kaur on June 30, 2016 / 4,973 views

First of all what is happiness? Happiness is an inside job. Now how inside job when everything is available outside bunglow, expensive cars, big bank balance, beauty etc. These are materialistic things and for temporary happiness. These things give short term happiness. Foe example I have bought an expensive car whether it is out of my comfort but I am still feeling happy because none of our family...

Something Better

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 30, 2016 / 2,950 views

I can still remember the first moment I saw my first born son. He looked so perfect even with his red face and wrinkled skin. All I could do was sigh with delight. We named him Joseph John or JJ after me. JJ had a very normal infancy but when he hadn’t started talking by the age of two my wife and I grew worried about what might be wrong with him. It took a long time and trips to several doctors before...

Meet Albert

By Adam Beard on June 29, 2016 / 1,561 views

By Adam Beard on June 29, 2016 / 1,561 views

This is Albert, he is one of my customers on my window round. He was out painting his fence. He is 95 years old he's always up to something. He does all his own DIY, walks once a week 1 mile to shopping, carrying his goods back. He cooks nearly everyday a full Sunday lunch for him and his wife. He cares for his ill wife. Takes the locals shopping in his car (still drives) etc He's...

The 7 Lessons 11 Surgeries In 11 Years Taught Me

By Kathy Villar on June 28, 2016 / 3,374 views

1. Accept the Unacceptable I can never be a mother. That dreadful reality chased me since surgery 1 in August 2004 which started with a bilateral dermoid cyst and led to surgical adhesions which had to be repaired repeatedly causing further complications like umbilical hernia on top of the recurring dermoid cyst, endometriosis and myoma vs adenomyoma. I undergo surgery, once,...

A Friend Sent Me This While I Was Having A Tough Time

By Rick on June 26, 2016 / 5,203 views

One time I had an assignment handed to me in a small classroom of unmotivated students. There were a few questions, maybe a front and back on a single sheet of computer paper, meant to be completed in ten minutes or less. But I spent the whole time thinking about the first question. I answered it almost immediately, but I was struck, almost dumbfounded, at how simple it looked on paper. All my life...

Uniqueness

By C M Reddy on June 25, 2016 / 3,645 views

"The mystery of God's creation is incredible and inconceivable", it spawns phenomenal arrays and diversity among the species living on this earth. The human beings most evolved species on Earth, in spite of their similarity in the physical features they do differ in their thoughts and actions. So the world is becoming more wonderful, joyful and beautiful day by day. Each person is...

We Ared Loved

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 25, 2016 / 3,954 views

The other day my two sons and I got into my old car to drive to the local post office. I backed out of my drive slowly like I normally do and then pulled to a stop at the side road that leads to the main highway. When it was clear I pulled out and stepped on the gas. As I stepped on the clutch and tried to shift into second, though, I immediately knew that something was wrong. The normally solid gear shift now...

Unsolved Question!

By Anjali Mohapatra on June 25, 2016 / 3,746 views

Once some high ranked political leaders were holding a public meeting. Tables were well arranged with neat and clean white cloths, bouquet and bisleri water bottles. One of the leaders started his speech. People were listening the speech very minutely. Suddenly, a boy (maybe eleven or twelve years old) from the public, ran towards the table, picked up a water bottle and tried to run away. It...

Jesus Creates Miracles

By Veloshani on June 25, 2016 / 2,905 views

My Testimony... Keegan and I are soul mates. We had a beautiful wedding and a very happy life. The most awaited time arrived and We had our first boy , a gorgeous little soldier. After 9 hours I was given the horrible news that every mother dreaded, My little boy passed on. Our life reached a full stop. After a while, with the help of friends and family we started our life...

Peace Of Mind

By C M Reddy on June 25, 2016 / 3,899 views

Attaining the Peace of Mind is a great task in our day to day life. The path that drives to the destiny of Peace is becoming more gloomy because of our hectic lifestyle. The transformation of human life styles from sedentary to fast moving professional careers that led to the vicissitudes is the main reason to snatch away the reminiscent of peace ultimately from our minds. Someone has...

The Reason Her Daughter Asked To Take The Train To School

By Jamelia on June 21, 2016 / 2,216 views

By Jamelia on June 21, 2016 / 2,216 views

So, here I am sat at the train station soaked through! But I'm not miserable at all, as my daughter has warmed my heart right up, and thought it would be nice to share... A few weeks ago, my eldest, Téja asked if we could start taking the train more regularly, I asked her "why? I would've LOVED to be driven to school every day when I was younger" she said, "well, there's a...

A Proud Mom Moment!

By Michelle Resendez on June 20, 2016 / 1,830 views

By Michelle Resendez on June 20, 2016 / 1,830 views

Matthew worked this evening and a homeless gentlemen walked in the restaurant with .50 cents and asked if there was anything on the menu he could buy. Matthew asked him what he would order if he could and the man said anything would help his hunger pains. So Matthew rung him up for a hearty meal and then used his own debit card to pay for the mans meal. He handed him the receipt and told him to relax and take...

F.A.M.I.L.Y.

By Shelley Sprouffske on June 20, 2016 / 4,988 views

By Shelley Sprouffske on June 20, 2016 / 4,988 views

My dad's favorite acronym is FAMILY: Forget About Me, I Love You. He quoted it all the time about how we choose to put others first to make our family successful. He is now nearing stage seven Alzheimers, and has progressed rapidly over the past two years. He no longer knows who I am or that I am his daughter. Three years ago, when my youngest son Alexander was born, he headed to the...

A Few Coins

By Joseph J. Mazzella on June 20, 2016 / 5,649 views

Life is full to overflowing with miracles if you only open your heart to see them. I saw another one just the other day. I had been running errands all morning and was about to head home. The morning heat, though, felt more like a Summer afternoon than a Spring morning and my mouth was parched. I decided then to stop by a local convenience store to get something to drink first. As I walked in I...

Mama's Angels

By Sami on June 16, 2016 / 4,536 views

Mama was in a nursing home a victim of Alzhelmer's. I remember a time before the Alzheimer's had taken a firm grip on Mama's mind when she told me that she ask two things of God. One,that he would take her before she forgot any of her children and two, that she would go before losing a child. Mama did pretty well in the nursing home, enjoying activities and even being given little jobs...

Divine Love

By Sonia Kaur on June 16, 2016 / 2,171 views

God's love is true love. Saint Augustine says the only one who can love you truly and fully is God, because love with a human only allows for flaws such as “jealousy, suspicion, fear, anger, and contention.” Divine love is not demanding. It is a beautiful feeling which completes you accept you as you are without any complaint. When you feel the same love for god you feel...

The Road That Made All The Difference

By Michelle Kreib on June 15, 2016 / 5,295 views

A few years ago, my sister passed this letter on to me. It was a type-written copy. I did research to discover whether or not it is actually a letter or if it was written to make a point, but I found nothing. According to the sparse background information that was on the copy, the young man who supposedly wrote it fought in the Korean War. It is a letter to his former school teacher, who was a nun. Whether it...