Let’s hear a tale about HOPE IN OUR LIVES together. Once upon a time, there lived a poor man, Abhilas by name.He was clever and often made jokes at rich people and even at the chief. So they did not like him and wanted to kill him.Once the chief sent for Abhilas and he came to the…

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Let’s hear a tale about THE EMPATHY together. My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.There was this one day during elementary school when my mom came to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.How could she do this to…

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Let’s hear a tale about FRIENDSHIP together. Once there lived a cat. She thought, “The lion is the strongest of all the animals. It is good to have strong friends. I shall go to the lion and make friendship with him.”She did so and the lion and the cat were friends for many, many days.Once they went…

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Let’s hear a tale about THE WAYS OF DEALING WITH PROBLEMS together. Once upon a time, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed that just as one problem…

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Let’s hear a tale about THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE together. My wife, Tere, and I purchased a new car in December. Even though we had tickets to fly from California to Houston to visit her family for Christmas, we decided to drive to Texas to break in the new car. We packed the car and took off…

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Let’s hear a tale about THE EFFECT OF DRINKING ALCOHOL together. I was walking around in a Target store when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back. The boy couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, “I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy this…

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Let’s hear a tale about TEMPER CONTROL together. Once upon a time, there was a little boy who was talented, creative, handsome, and extremely bright. A natural leader. The kind of person everyone would normally have wanted on their team or project. But he was also self-centered and had a very bad temper. When he got…

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Let’s hear a tale about WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND  together. One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still…

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Let’s hear a tale about DETERMINATION AND PERSISTENCE together. This is a real-life story of engineer John Roebling building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, after 13 years.In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New…

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Let’s hear a tale about THE WAYS OF THINKING together.  Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!”He…

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