Peter Marshall wrote a prayer that all of us should pray:Forbid it, Lord, that our roots become too firmly attached to this earth, that we should fall in love with things.Help us to understand that the pilgrimage of this life is but an introduction, a preface, a...
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. One day a friend reminded her of a particularly hateful thing someone had done to her years before. When she ignored the comment and acted as if she had never heard of it, her friend called the conversation back."Don't you...
A Boston florist named Henry Penn once told how two boys and a girl came into his floral shop one day and explained: "We're the committee, and we'd like to buy some pretty yellow flowers, sir. So, you have any yellow flowers? He'd like them better if they were yellow....
What would it take to change someone's poor self-image? From loser to winner? From worthless nobody to valuable somebody? It's hard to say.USA Today carried a brief note on Sept. 25, 1997, about a marvellous rescue of a child. A homeless man in New York City saved the...
John L. Testrake died of cancer earlier this month. He was the TWA pilot who became famous during a tense 17-day hijacking in 1985. A group of Shiite terrorists took over his Boeing 727 about 20 minutes after takeoff on a flight from Athens to Rome. They flew to...
Early on the morning of February 17, 1994, James Rich crawled behind the controls of his plane at an airport near Louisville, Ky. The plan was to make a 30-minute flight to Crossville, Tenn., where a friend of his was the airport manager. He would arrive just about...
Grant Williams chose an unusual pet. The 19-year-old from the Bronx bought a python five months ago for $300. It turned out to be a bad decision.Earlier this month, Williams was found dead of asphyxiation in the hallway outside his apartment. A neighbour found him...