~Story of the WeEk~

SMUGGLING

         There was an old woman who crossed the 
  Mexican frontier everyday on a motor scooter
  with a sack of sand behind her.
         The customs officer eventually became 
  suspicious and inquired, " What have you got in 
  that sack?" "Only sand, sir," came the reply.
  The officer emptied the sack and, indeed, it 
  contained nothing but sand. And so it went on 
  for a month.
         One day, the officer said to the old woman,
  "I won't arrest you or say anything to the 
  police, but just tell me: are you smuggling or 
  not?" "Yes," she answered truthfully. "Well,
  what are you smuggling?" he pressed her. With a
  smile, she replied, "Scooters."
 
         
  -Author: Fr. Bel San Luis, SVD-
           Stories of life and laughter, 2001

The Black and the Gold  

Sunday, June 15, 2008

God’s Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."

 I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me."

I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."

-Author Unknown-

......Now you know....XD

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