”When I despair; I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end always they fall. Think of it… Always.” by Mahatma Gandhi
Etikett: About Faith
CHEROKEE LEGEND – WE ARE NEVER ALONE
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not re move the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He is all by himself. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. Once he survives the…
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
One night I dreamed a dream. I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord. When the last scene of my life shot before me…
LUCK FAVORS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES
A flood was threatening a small town and everyone was leaving for safety except one man who said, ”God will save me. I have faith.” As the water level rose a jeep came to rescue him, the man refused, saying ”God will save me. I have faith.” As the water level rose further, he went…
HAPPY DERVISH
Once, a shah was riding in his palanquin through the town, looking through the window at the scurrying people. Suddenly, he saw a lonely dervish sitting in the middle of the crowd, who was smiling and looking happy about something. The dervish was dressed poorly, and except the saucer for hand-outs and a road script…
THINGS AREN´T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead, the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bedroom the hard floor, the older angel saw a…
THE TWO PEBBLES
A farmer owed a local rich but very ugly and old man a lot of money. And the farmer had a beautiful young daughter that the old rich man favours. The latter proposed to the farmer to waive the debt in return for the hand of the beautiful daughter. Both the farmer and daughter were…
THE DARK CANDLE
A man had a little daughter, an only and much beloved child. He lived only for her, she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health. His…