The Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer
Grocery List
Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face,
John Longhouse, the grocer scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store.
Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir! I will bring you
the money just as soon as I can."
John told her he could not give her credit, as she did not have a
charge account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the
conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told
the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her
family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice,
"Do you have a grocery list?
Louise replied, "Yes sir"
"O.K." he said, "put your grocery list on the scales and whatever
your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries."
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into
her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on
it.
She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her
head still bowed.The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement
when the scales went down and stayed down.
The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer
and said begrudgingly, "I can't believe it."
The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on
the other side of the scales. The scale did not balance so he
continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales
would hold no more.
The grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the
piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater
amazement. It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which said:
"Dear Lord,
you know my Needs and I am leaving this in your hands".
The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in
stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store.
The customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said,
"It was worth every penny of it."
Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.
Giving
Tree
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A long time ago,
there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it
everyday. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the
shadow...He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. The tree was glad
to see him happy but the boy never came back since then.
This is a
story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we were young, we loved to
play with Mom and Dad...When we grown up, we left them... only came to
them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what,
parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you
happy. You may think the boy is cruel to the tree but that's how all of us
are treating our parent.
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I Love You
I can not
promise you that
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Lord,
give me the
Serenity to
accept-even joyfully- that part of myself that I can't
change,
the Courage to change that
part of myself
that I ought to change,
and
the wisdom to know
one from the other.
