Sand or Stone?
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert.
In a specific point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend
slapped the other one in the face. The one, who got slapped, was
hurt, but without anything to say, he wrote in the sand:
"TODAY, MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."
They kept on walking, until they found an oasis, where they decided to
take a bath. The one who got slapped and hurt started drowning,
and the other friend saved him. When he recovered from the fright,
he wrote on a stone:
"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who saved and slapped his best friend, asked him,
"Why, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and
now you write on a stone?"
The other friend, smiling, replied:
"When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand,
where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away,
and when something great happens, we should engrave it
in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it"
Author Unknown
I have no money yet I live in the finest homes.
I am not a famous figure yet I am known the world over.
I have no mouth yet I cause conversation daily.
I do not have weapons yet I kill millions.
I have no mouth yet I eat wherever I please.
I have no transportation yet I go anyplace I wish.
I have no brain yet I outwit the most intelligent people.
I am totally silent yet multitudes fear me.
I have no friends yet I have hosts.
I get no invitations yet I am at millions of functions.
So let me introduce myself.........
....My name is Cancer....
© Norma Marek ~ 20 July 2003
This poem was written by my dear friend Norma Marek, the day she was diagnosed
with terminal cancer.
Norma Marek lost her battle with cancer 17th July 2004
Now at rest in God's beautiful garden of love.
Lord, send me an angel with a
big set of wings,
So she can help me get over the pain this life brings.
Give her a bright Halo, when you send her down.
It will serve as our beacon, until we both touch the ground.
We'll fly over rainbows and above the blue skies.
Then, we'll soar with the eagles and chase butterflies.
We'll circle the mountains, then ride out the gales.
We'll descend above sailboats and put the wind in their sails.
So, please, send me an angel with a Halo and wings,
So she can lift me above all the sad earthly things.
Many Blessings
© Vickie Lambdin 2002
Spiritualism - What is it?
Spiritualism is a
way of life. It combines philosophy, science and religion. It covers a very
wide field, and therefore,
you cannot expect to understand it without a certain amount of study.
Spiritualists mainly agree on seven principles:-
1. The Fatherhood of
God.
2. The Brotherhood
of man.
3. The communion of
spirits and the ministry of angels.
4.The continuous
existence of the human soul.
5. Personal
responsibility.
6 Compensation and
retribution hereafter for all the good and evil deeds done on earth.
7. Eternal progress
open to every human soul.