I was “gifted these” and thought they were wonderful and wanted to
share them with you.
The best sermons are lived....
1. Today, I interviewed my grandmother
for part of a research paper
I'm working on for my Psychology class.
When I asked her to define
success in her own words, she said,
"Success is when you look back at
your life and the memories make you
smile."
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2. Today, I asked my mentor - a very
successful business man in his
70s- what his top 3 tips are for
success. He smiled and said, "Read
something no one else is reading, think
something no one else is
thinking, and do something no one else
is doing."
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3. Today, after a 72 hour shift at the
fire station, a woman ran up
to me at the grocery store and gave me
a hug. When I tensed up, she
realized I didn't recognize her. She
let go with tears of joy
in her eyes and the most sincere smile
and said, "On 9-11-2001, you
carried me out of the World Trade
Center."
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4. Today, after I watched my dog get
run over by a car, I sat on the
side of the road holding him and
crying. And just before he died, he
licked the tears off my face.
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5. Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill,
but decided I needed the
money, so I went into work. At 3PM I
got laid off. On my drive home
I got a flat tire. When I went into the
trunk for the spare, it was
flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over,
gave me a ride, we chatted, and
then he offered me a job. I start
tomorrow.
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6. Today, as my father, three brothers,
and two sisters stood around
my mother's hospital bed, my mother
uttered her last coherent words
before she died. She simply said,
"I feel so loved right now. We
should have gotten together like this
more often."
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7. Today, I kissed my dad on the
forehead as he passed away in a
small hospital bed. About 5 seconds
after he passed, I realized it
was the first time I had given him a
kiss since I was a little boy.
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8. Today, in the cutest voice, my
8-year-old daughter asked me to
start recycling. I chuckled and asked,
"Why?" She replied, "So you
can help me save the planet." I
chuckled again and asked, "And why do
you want to save the planet?"
Because that's where I keep all my
stuff," she said.
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9. Today, when I witnessed a
27-year-old breast cancer patient
laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old
daughter's antics, I suddenly
realized that I need to stop
complaining about my life and start
celebrating it again.
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10. Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me
desperately struggling on
crutches with my broken leg and offered
to carry my backpack and books
for me. He helped me all the way across
campus to my class and as he
was leaving he said, "I hope you
feel better soon."
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11. Today, I was feeling down because
the results of a biopsy came
back malignant. When I got home, I
opened an e-mail that said,
"Thinking of you today. If you
need me, I'm a phone call away." It
was from a high school friend I hadn't
seen in 10 years.
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12. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and
I met a refugee from
Zimbabwe. He said he hadn't eaten
anything in over 3 days and looked
extremely skinny and unhealthy. Then my
friend offered him the rest of
the sandwich he was eating. The first
thing the man said was, "We can
share it.
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The best sermons are lived, not
preached... BUT great preaching is a blessing too!
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I am glad I have you to send these to.
"Thousands of candles can be lit
from a single candle, and the life of
the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being
shared."
