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There was a woman who always went to a certain post office in her town because the postal employees there were just so friendly. One year just before Christmas, she walked in to buy a book of stamps, and the lines were particularly long.

Michael Green tells the story of a young boy trying out for a part in the school play…

Chuck Swindoll tells the story of a fighter pilot shot down by enemy fire during World War II…

At treetop level, he lost part of his stabilizer, a section of his rudder, the tip of his wing, and the landing gear. Finally, he came down in the top of the trees in his cockpit. He breathed a sigh of relief as he sat there in the cockpit, as it rocked precariously back and forth. Enclosed in the cockpit all by himself he was saved, yet so through fire. He was there intact, but he had very little to show for it.

In 1994, The New York Times reported that graffiti from the 1800s was discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument. It was quite a different tone from much of the graffiti found today on walls, railcars, and street signs. Here’s what it said…

The world-renowned psychologist, Sigmund Freud, died at the age of 83, a bitter and disillusioned man. Though he was one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Freud had little compassion for the common person.

A shopper approached the perfume counter at a department store and asked the saleswoman, “Do you still have Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion?”

An old mountaineer and his wife were sitting in front of the fireplace one evening just passing the time. Soon, they heard what they thought were raindrops falling on the roof of their small house. So after a few minutes, the wife said, “Jed, I think it’s raining. Go outside and see.”

The Reverend Ben Patterson once said, “Hope delivers us from the despair that nothing we do matters, and enables us to tackle even the most menial job with vigor.” He goes on to share an illustration from World War ll.

The famous author and inventor, Arthur C. Clarke once wrote…

The famous novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett received great recognition for his work – but not from everyone. Beckett’s marriage was plagued by his wife’s jealousy of his growing fame and success.