Expensive Love
July 17, 2018
A Cambodian man was so infuriated when he came home and found his wife gone and no lunch on the table that he set fire to the family house and burned it to the ground. The 37-year-old husband told police that he wanted to teach his wife a lesson. The police, however, felt that he had some lessons to learn himself and detained him in the local jail where he was assured of regular meals.
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It was a hot, humid day when elevator engineers from General Electric made their way to a Hong Kong high rise. Their task was to ensure that the elevator shafts were perfectly straight before the elevators were installed. As they analyzed their technical data, they first thought they had made a mistake, but not so! The whole building was leaning. As they sounded the alarm, concern began to grow. How dangerous was the situation, and who was to blame?
July 16, 2018
Whether you are into tattoos, comb your hair, wear neatly pressed khakis, a shirt with a message on it, wear a dark business suit, or a skirt one size too small, you are making a statement as to who you are. Jerry Adler, writing for a news magazine, says, “Human flesh has been stretched over giant discs implanted in the earlobe, bones have been compressed into dainty deformities by foot-binding or molded into the bizarre skull shape once favored by certain Pacific Coast Indians, marked by a forehead that slopes backward at the same angle as the nose. For that matter, bodies have been squeezed by corsets, pumped up by lifting weights, shaved by razors and highlighted by lipstick.” As the curator of a museum wrote, “Everybody does something to their bodies to communicate who they are. Even if just to comb their hair.”
July 13, 2018
It’s a catch-22 situation, one where you can’t win. That expression “catch-22″ was made famous by a book by the same title, one that came out of the war experiences of Joseph Heller. Heller was flying over France in World War 2 when shrapnel hit his plane, a B-25 bomber. Up to that time, he had been pretty well fearless, but no longer. He wanted out.
July 12, 2018
Your doctor tells you, “Put your house in order; you’re going to die.” Then someone says, “Hold it! You’ve got fifteen years to go!” How would you feel? Elated! Joyful! Thrilled beyond words! Suddenly your life would take on new meaning. What you thought was important pales in comparison because you were alerted for the knock of the grim reaper, and suddenly the darkness gives way to the dawn of hope. Fifteen years is a long time.
July 11, 2018
Celine Dion is the Canadian superstar in the elite club of musicians who has sold over 220 million albums. But in 2014 she stepped away from her career. The first thing she did was to renew her wedding vows. The singer’s personal world had fallen apart when her husband and manager, Rene Angelil, was diagnosed with throat cancer. Despite surgery and 38 radiation treatments, he lost his life, but the whole experience caused Celine to change her values. You see, when death stares you in the face, what you think is important pales quickly and some of the things you didn’t much prioritize suddenly become meaningful. Thinking of losing the man she deeply loved, her platinum albums, awards, and accolades weren’t as important as cooking, sitting by the fireplace and family time.
July 10, 2018
When you don’t in a world that generally does, you stand out like a sore thumb! In other words, when almost everybody cheats, and you don’t, you are penalized. When almost everybody lies to get ahead, and you feel compelled to tell the truth, you are at a distinct disadvantage. When almost everybody uses company time for their own personal business or pleasure and you don’t, you are thought strange or even stupid.
July 9, 2018
When Larry Krunsinski left the hospital after a stay of almost one year, he went home to a woman he couldn’t remember marrying but a woman who cared so deeply for him that he literally fell in love with her twice.
July 6, 2018
Can you relate to the following? A husband and a wife come together in marriage and celebrate their love. Nine months later a son is born. They name him Jezreel but call him Jesse for short. Don’t think that children always bring you closer together. In many cases, children put stress on a marriage, and that’s what happened with this couple. The husband was preoccupied with his work and he and his wife began to drift.
July 5, 2018
Years ago, before videogames, smartphones and tablet computers, kids used to play “Let’s pretend!” Perhaps you can remember back that far—fighting pirates in the Caribbean, riding wild horses or discovering buried treasure. For just a minute, let’s pretend we can turn back the calendar nearly 2000 years and walk the streets of ancient Ephesus, one of the most beautiful cities in the Roman world.
July 4, 2018
When China opened its doors to foreigners in the late 1970s, I was among the first 7000 to be granted a visa to see the land described as a sleeping giant. For decades, Chinese friends had been denied what we take for granted–freedom of expression and, certainly, freedom of religion. The group I traveled with was international, with people from all over the world. At dinner, a fellow traveler from Britain told of a strange encounter with a youth on the street seeking a Bible.
July 3, 2018
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