.....AND LIFE CHANGED!!!!

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love.
One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so
all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.



Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last
possible moment.




When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.



Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,

"Richness, can you take me with you?"

Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my
boat. There is no place here for you."



Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel.
"Vanity, please help me!"

"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,"
Vanity answered.



Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."

"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"



Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not
even hear when Love called her.



Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an
elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where
they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own
way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,



Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"

"It was Time," Knowledge answered.

"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time
is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.



The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
"Sweetheart,please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.




"The little girl said, "No,Dad.You hold my hand." "What's the difference?"
Asked the puzzled father.



"There's a big difference," replied the little girl." If I hold your hand and
something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.But if
you hold my hand,I know for sure that no matter what happens,you will
never let my hand go."



In any relationship,the essence of trust is not in it's bind,but in it's bond.
So hold the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting

them to hold yours.This story is too short but it carries a lot of feeling.



So never let the hand go to Whom you 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 unconditional 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 to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise,
and they always want to open their hearts to us. Show your friends how
much you care.

Do read this letter carefully and see how creative it is.

Read this "Hate Letter". It is so funny and creative.

This is a love letter

from a boy to a girl....

However, the girl's father does not like him and want them stop
theirrelationship.

...and so..

the boy wrote this letter to the girl..

he knows

that the girl's father will definitely read this letter......

you read this letter and then the message after it..

"The great love that I have for you

is gone,and I find my dislike for you

grows every day. When I see you,

I do not even like your face;


the one thing that I want to do is to

look at other girls. I never wanted to

marry you. Our last conversation

was very boring and has not

made me look forward to seeing you again.

You think only of yourself.

If we were married, I know that I would find

life very difficult, and I would have no

pleasure in living with you. I have a heart

to give, but it is not something

that I want to give to you. No one is more

foolish and selfish than you, and you are not

able to care for me and help me.

I sincerely want you to understand that

I speak the truth. You will do me a favor


if you think this is the end. Do not try

to answer this. Your letters are full of

things that do not interest me. You have no

true love for me. Good-bye! Believe me,

I don't care for you. Please don't think that

I am still your boyfriend."

So bad!!!!!!! is it???

However,

Before handing over the letter to the girl,

The boy told the girl to "READ BETWEEN THE LINES"...

Between the lines ? ? Try yourself...

Read the Alternate Lines.. [ 1,3,5 etc... ]

It's so smart & sweet....

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old
daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and
he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under
the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her
father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger
flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her,
stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is
supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with
tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses
into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he
begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told
that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and,
whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and
remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a
gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses... from our
children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other
possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.