A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."
 
The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.
 
In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.
 
But the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'
 
They then went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
 
The holy man said, "I don’t understand."
 
"It is simple" said the Lord, "In this place the people have learned to feed one another."
 

 
There once was a wise sage who wandered the countryside. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by a woman who told him of a sick child nearby. She beseeched him to help this child.
 
So the sage came to the village, and a crowd gathered around him, for such a man was a rare sight. One woman brought the sick child to him, and he said a prayer over her.
 
"Do you really think your prayer will help her, when medicine has failed?" yelled a man from the crowd.
 
"You know nothing of such things! You are a stupid fool!" said the sage to the man.
 
The man became very angry with these words and his face grew hot and red. He was about to say something, or perhaps strike out, when the sage walked over to him and said: "If one word has such power as to make you so angry and hot, may not another have the power to heal?"
 
And thus, the sage healed two people that day.
 
Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into being, to nurture, to cherish, to bless, to forgive."
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As Gandhi stepped aboard a train one day, one of his shoes slipped off and landed on the track. He was unable to retrieve it as the train was moving. To the amazement of his companions, Gandhi calmly took off his other shoe and threw it back along the track to land close to the first. 
 
Asked by a fellow passenger why he did so, Gandhi smiled. "The poor man who finds the shoes lying on the track," he replied, "will now have a pair he can use."
 

 
Two young frogs fell into a bucket of milk. Both tried to jump to freedom, but the sides of the bucket were steep and no foundation was to be had on the surface of the liquid.
 
Seeing little chance of escape, the first frog soon despaired and stopped jumping. After a short while he sunk to the bottom of the bucket and drowned.
 
The second frog also saw no likelihood of success, but he never stopped trying. Even though each jump seemed to reach the same inadequate height, he kept on struggling. Eventually, his persistent efforts churned some milk into butter. From the now hardened surface of the milk, he managed to leap out of the bucket.
 
The moral of this little inspiring story:
 
Those who don't give up and persevere may be in for a pleasant surprise!
 

 
Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing.He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
 
As he got closer he called out,
 
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
 
The young man paused, looked up and replied,
 
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
 
"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
 
"The sun is up, and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
 
"But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"
 
The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said,
 
"It made a difference for that one."
 
Each of us can make a difference to this world.
 
Everybody is useful and it is just the matter of whether u want to make a difference.
 

 
The man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
 
"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.
 
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
 
"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.
 
"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.
 
"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."
 
"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said,
 
"Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?"
 
The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games."
 
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning.
 
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money.
 
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son.
 
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
 
"Are you asleep son?" he asked.
 
"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.
 
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man.
 
"It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."
 
The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled.
 
Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills.
 
The man, since the boy already had money, started to get angry again.The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.
 
"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.
 
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.
 
"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"
 
***** Share some time this weekend with someone special. ******
 
Always leave loved ones with loving words, it may be the last time you see them.
 

 
Horror gripped the heart of the World War 1 soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "no man's land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
 
"You can go," said the lieutenant, "but i don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away." The lieutenant's advice didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend.
 
"I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded." "It was worth it, though, sir," said the soldier. "What do you mean; worth it?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead" "YES, Sir" the private answered. "But it was worth it because when i got to him, he was still alive and i had the satisfaction of hearing him say, "JIM........, I KNEW YOU'D COME."
 
(Take sometime to think about the story then stroll down)
 
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Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how u look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life.."May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of TRUE FRIENDS." "A true friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out." War doesn't determine who's right. War only determines who's left.
 

 
System requirements for Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 
• Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Web Extensions Client
• Setup Runtime Files
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
• Microsoft Visual J# .NET Redistributable Package 1.1