Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/6

4/6–Start Your Day Off Right Series Quote: 4/6–Cast Your Bread Upon The Water Story: Illustration:  Can you imagine firemen straightening pictures on the wall of a burning house? Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:9-10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men inContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/6”

The Speaker And The Lessons Of The Balloons

There was once a group of 100 people attending a seminar on personal development. In the middle of their talk, the speaker stops and decides to run an impromptu group activity. He hands out a balloon to each attendee and tells them to write their name on it. The balloons are then collected and placedContinue reading “The Speaker And The Lessons Of The Balloons”

Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/5

4/5– Start Your Day Off Right Series Quote: 4/5–Not every door is closed Story: In The Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient, Norman Cousins tells of being hospitalized with a rare, crippling disease. When he was diagnosed as incurable, Cousins checked out of the hospital. Aware of the harmful effects that negativeContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/5”

The Young Boy On The Beach Rescuing Starfish

One morning, an elderly man was walking along the beach when he noticed a young boy picking something off the sand and throwing it into the sea. As he got closer, the man realized the child was throwing stranded starfishes that had washed up on the shore back into the breaking waves. Approaching the boy,Continue reading “The Young Boy On The Beach Rescuing Starfish”

Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/4

4/4–Start Your Day Off Right Series Quote: Help people even when you know they can’t help you back Story: Sir Winston Churchill once irritated Lady Astor to the point that she angrily retorted, “If I were your wife, I would give you arsenic to drink.” Churchill calmly responded, “And if I were your husband, IContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 4/4”

The Story Of The Man Who Toured The Foundry

I heard a story about a man touring a foundry. The tour guide asked the man if he would wait for him for a few minutes and he would be right back. After a few minutes the man heard awful sounding noises coming from the furnace where the dross was being separated.       WhenContinue reading “The Story Of The Man Who Toured The Foundry”