Wise Old Goats

Martin Luther is credited with this interesting story. Two mountain goats meet each other on a narrow ledge just wide enough for one of the animals. On the left there is a sheer cliff, and on the right a deep lake below. The two face each other. What should they do? They cannot back up

Conscience

There’s a little thing called conscienceAnd it lives inside of you,And it’s always asking questions,Of the things you say and do. Like the time it asked the reasonWhy you went and told that lie,And it’s not much use you fibbingFor it knows the reason why. Like that certain place you went to,When its voice came

Horse Sense

“In shooing flies or hauling freightIt’s wiser to cooperate,For better jobs are sooner doneIf two take hold and work as one. Now, that’s a truth all horses know,They learned it centuries ago.When days are hot, and flies are thickCooperation does the trick. One tail, on duty at the rear,Can’t reach the fly behind the ear,But

WHEN I WHINE

Today, upon a bus, I saw a girl with golden hairI looked at her and sighed and wished I was as fair.When suddenly she rose to leave,I saw her hobble down the aisle.She had one leg and used a crutch.But as she passed, she passed a smile. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.I have

POWER SOURCE

Have you ever turned on a lamp only to find it doesn’t work? You’re left in the dark. So you tap the bulb. Nothing. You shake the lamp a bit harder. Still nothing. But when you put the light bulb into a different lamp, it works! So there’s nothing wrong with the bulb and there’s