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Special Guardian Angel
by: Author Unknown


On July 22nd I was in route to Washington, DC for a business trip. It was all so very ordinary, until we landed in Denver for a plane change. As I collected my belongings from the overhead bin, an announcement was made for Mr. Lloyd Glenn to see the ...

Tear to the Eye, A
by: Author Unknown,


Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson.

They were late, and Barbara was beginning to think she should have cancelled it. There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the local hospital, had recently ...

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

-Buddha (563-483 B.C.)

Author Unknown, Source Unknown


A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice. The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?"

After service he went out with some friends for coffee and ...

Do Not Forget
Source Unknown



With the work I do I use mathematics a bit. When I moved I lost my calculator so I had to purchase a new one. I bought a model that I thought could handle the calculations that I needed to do. This calculator has direct algebra input. This means that one can enter ...

Daily Tip
Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer


Research shows that people who regularly inspect their skin can reduce their risk of melanoma by as much as 63 percent. That’s an encouraging percentage and a great reason to make checking your body for signs of melanoma part of your daily routine. Use the ...

** You Are... **

** You are strong... when you take your grief and teach
it to smile.

** You are brave... when you overcome your fear and help
others to do the same.

** You are happy... when you see a flower and are thankful
for the blessing.

** You are loving... when your own pain does ...

"Judgment is ugly -- it hurts people. On the one hand you go on hurting them, wounding them, and on the other hand you want their love, their respect.It is impossible. Love them, respect them, and perhaps your love and respect may help them to change many of their weaknesses, many of their failures ...

O Momins, ABANDON your EGO. ABANDON the idea of "I". In reality, "I" is non-existant; you are non-existent but ALLAH ALONE EXISTS EVERYWHERE.

Hold on tightly to what is truly important in life.

Hold on to faith;
it is the source of believing that all things are possible.
It is fiber and strength of a confident soul.

Hold on to hope;
it banishes doubt and enables attitudes
to be positive and cheerful.

Hold on to trust;
it is at ...

We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart. Prayer is what gives us a clean heart. The fruit of prayer is a deepening of faith and the fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action -- Mother Teresa

A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.

Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.

Saint Peter addresses the man wearing somewhat sloppy clothes, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of ...

I was in the cardiologist’s office as a student nurse practitioner with my nurse practitioner preceptor John. There were two nurse practitioners and one cardiologist in this busy office. They were in the process of looking for another cardiologist. John was very knowledgeable about cardiology. It ...

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.


* Bible -- I Corinthians 13:11

A man walking along the beach one day finds a bottle. He rubs it and, sure
enough, out popped a genie.
"I will grant you three wishes," said the genie. "But there is a catch."
"What catch?" the man asked.
The genie replied, "Every time you make a wish, your mother-in-law will receive
double the wish ...

Your patience will give you success. This applies to anyone upon whom calamities befall. The one who exercises patience, to him success is granted by God. The Lord befriends the one who is patient, his Lord loves him very dearly. Noble is the creature who is patient, then in difficult times, the ...

Beautiful?

There was a lawyer and he was just waking up from anesthesia after surgery, and his wife was sitting by his side. His eyes fluttered open and he said, “You're beautiful!” and then he fell asleep again. His wife had never heard him say that so she stayed by his side. A couple minutes ...

The Aga Khan :

"We have to be careful not to try to take the sense of taste of the past and stick it on an airport or stick it on a modern building. I think we have to live in our time and live in the future."

How about personality!

"Personality can never develop unless the individual chooses his own way, consciously and with moral deliberation."

-Carl G. Jung (1875-1961)

There comes a time when we must grow up. Age dictates a lot of what goes on with us physically. Society says when we are "legally ...

(People who guard against evil are) those who, when they act indecently or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their bad actions (and who can forgive bad actions except Allah?) and do not knowingly persist in what they were doing. (3:135)

A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your ...

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure."


Norman Vincent Peale

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."


Thomas Jefferson

You momin must act in such a manner so that you do not harm each other.

If any momin desires that: “I do please God, day and night, and do not submit to Satan,” then his first duty is to please the heart of the one who is a momin.

Howsoever strong may be the faith (iman) of someone, even then, if ...

To those who see with loving eyes, life is beautiful. To those who speak with tender voices, life is peaceful. To those who help with gentle hands, life is full. And to those who care with compassionate hearts, life is good beyond all measure.

Author Unknown

MHI in one of his Farmans alluded to the richness of the hereafter and the futility of this life. The following anecdote is supposed to be a joke but I felt it was quite instructive and illuminates MHI's Farman!

You are soo right! I have this Farman and wish to share:

You will have to be very ...

News Release from the National Building Museum

For Immediate Release: November 19, 2004
Contact: Annette Larkin, 202.508.9825



National Building Museum Announces
Winner of the 2005 Vincent Scully Prize
Washington, DC—The National Building Museum’s fifth Vincent Scully Prize will be presented ...

Our Secret, Rumi


Shall I tell you our secret?
We are charming thieves who steal hearts
and never fail because we are
the friends of the One.
The time for old preaching is over
we aim straight at the heart.
If the mind tries to sneak in and take over
we will string it up without delay.
We turn ...

The Silent Sermon


A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending
services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the
minister decided to visit him. It was a chilly day. That
evening, the minister found the man at home all alone sitting by
a blazing fire.

Guessing the ...

The heart of the believer is the house of God.

---Prophet Mohamed



Faith is not, is not something which you can quantify.

[Interview] 6 Sept.1976.

-- Aga Khan IV



These two are not appreciated until lost - youth and health.

-- Hazrat Ali