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Archive for June, 2007

Be happy.

Unhappy people fear the worst, while happy people see the positive”. I don’t know exactly who said that, but it is absolute truth. Be happy, it’s easy actually.

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In a small village, a young woman spreads an unkind rumor. Her victim goes to the village rabbi to get justice for her ruined reputation. The gossipmonger offers to make amends by taking back her words, demonstrating that she does not truly understand the harm she has caused. The rabbi invents a creative way to teach the heedless woman the destructive power of rumors and gossip.

“He tells her: ‘Take my feather pillow to the market square. Cut it open and let the feathers fly through the air. When this task is done, bring back the feathers, every one.’ Although she thinks the rabbi has gone mad, she follows his strange instructions. Of course, she cannot possibly retrieve all the feathers, and thus learns the intended lesson: ‘I suppose,’ she sighed as she lowered her head, ‘they are like the words I can’t take back from the rumor I spread.’

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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