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Được nvs sửa chữa / chuyển vào 13/07/2002 ngày 02:32

Sand and stone
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During
some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped
the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without
saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN
THE FACE."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to
take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and
started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered >from the
near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I
hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?" The
other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in
sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone
does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind
can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN
STONE.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to
appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget
them.
vison

Work Work Work
A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.
Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.
Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself."
The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.
One day when we look back, we will realize that we don't really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.
Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, the whole aim of human existence.
So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy Life!
Watch your thoughts ; they become words.
Watch your words ; they become actions.
Watch your actions ; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character .
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny .
vison

Uncon***ional love
A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.
"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."
"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an uncon***ional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.
Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!! There's a miracle called Friendship That dwells in the heart You don't know how it happens Or when it gets started But you know the special lift It always brings And you realize that Friendship Is God's most precious gift! Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you *****cceed They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.
vison

Exceptional Friend.Who?
Extraordinarily giving
Xtra special
Cares about me
Exemplary citizen
Perfect friend
Totally unique
Intelligent conversationalist
Outstanding listener
Never cold-hearted
Awesome personality
Lovable!
You are an exceptional friend!
vison
Được nvs sửa chữa / chuyển vào 03:07 ngày 11/07/2002

Life's Struggles...
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared; he
sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its
body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress.
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no
farther.
Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors
and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged
easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any
moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able *****pport the body,
which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling
around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the
restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get
through the tiny opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of
the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it
achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If nature allowed
us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We
would not be as strong as what we could have been.
And we could never fly...
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Easy come, easy go
apricot

The most important thing​

With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work, "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
Greatly surprised, but giving his boy a glaring look, the father said: "Look, son, not even your mother knows that. Don't bother me now, I'm tired."
"But Daddy, just tell me please!? How much do you make an hour," the boy insisted.
The father finally giving up replied, "Twenty dollars per hour." "Okay, Daddy? Could you loan me ten dollars?" the boy asked.
Showing restlessness and positively disturbed, the father yelled, "So that was the reason you asked how much I earn, right? Go to sleep and don't bother me anymore!"
It was already dark and the father was me***ating on what he had said and was feeling guilty. Maybe his son wanted to buy something.
Finally, trying to ease his mind, the father went to his son's room. "Are you asleep son?" asked the father.
"No, Daddy. Why?" replied the boy partially asleep. "Here's the money you asked for earlier," the father said.
"Thanks, Daddy!" rejoiced the son, while putting his hand under his pillow and removing some money.
"Now I have enough! Now I have twenty dollars!" the boy said to his father, who was gazing at his son, confused at what his son just said. "Daddy could you sell me one hour of your time?"
Anyway the winds blows,nothing's really matter to me....
Chocolate

A glass of milk
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water.
She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness."
He said..... "Then I thank you from my heart." As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Year's later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.
He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill.
She read these words.....

"Paid in full with one glass of milk"​

(Signed)​

Dr. Howard Kelly.​

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed:
"Thank You, God, that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."
Free, it's all i gotta be, dreams dreams, no one else can see.....
Được chocolatemilk sửa chữa / chuyển vào 00:22 ngày 12/07/2002

This is one story that I read from "Special Day - Special Gift 2", the press to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Seamap (Speaking English as much as possible), an ESC in Hanoi.
LOVE STORY
As love has always been considered the biggest asset that belongs to human kind, this story will open your eyes with an extraordinarily imaginary plot created by H (a girl in Seamap). Moreover, it is also a precious lesson for girls who do not value the love they have.
"I am sitting by the door with tears falling my eyes and scratching the bottom of my heart. He has gone away forever leaving me alone on earth. How silly and rude I was!!!
I am so stubborn and intolerable that no one can stand me for more than two hours after getting acquainted with me except HIM. He is a very handsome one with a white, shiny hair and very large, brown eyes. And of course he is always kind to me, the kindest one I have ever met in my life ever since. He loved wandering with me every afternoon, watching the sunset and hearing our hearts beating with the sound of the sea waves. Every time I looked into his eyes, I felt myself being melted down by its warmth. Time passed by and we fell in love with each other as naturally as the sun looks towards to the west, as the trees living in the forest and the fish swimming in the water. However, our habits are completely different. I like meat while he often prefers vegetables. And it is also unfortunate that I always want to see him run after me pleading while other ones are around me, praising my beauty into the sky. Hardly could he find a moment beside me without hearing me complaining, annoying and getting angry with him, not myself. Now looking back I suddenly find out how patient he was.
One day, a special day that marked the beginning of our love one year ago, I stood under the dating tree of our own and waited, I had thought that he would come there at the right time of last year. But one hour, two... and the whole afternoon passed by, he did not and the only thing I could see was the falling leaves prepared for an upcoming cold winter. "I hate you, hate, hate" I shouted and cried but nothing answered me apart from the deadly cold wind. So finally when he showed up at the end of the path, I could not help getting angry. I did not hear any of his explanation and even did not pay much attention to his special gift on that special day. I threw away his gift and ran to my little hose, never wanted to see him again. It was so foolish of me not to forgive and listen to any word of his explanation. Not until he was so fed up with waiting and apologizing that he decided to say goodbye to me on this raining day did I realize that I had made the biggest mistake in my life. It was the gift, I mean a BIG bone, he had to fight with a group of wild dogs. He was the winner in the fight but this time I was the loser in love.
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A day for hard work, an hour for sport, but for a friend whole life is still too short.

Bác no one cares.....ý nhầm, nooneknow cũng tham gia seamap à, vậy là chủ nhật này gặp bác rùi, à mà chủ nhật này mưa to lắm đấy bác nooneknow ạ!hehhe
Chocolate