A Daily Visitor
An elderly man was admitted to a hospital after becoming seriously ill. Every day, a young man came to visit him. He would spend more than an hour by the …
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A Lesson in Kindness
Through the kitchen window, a farmer’s wife saw her son coming home from school. The boy looked upset. As he crossed the field, he kicked a pig that happened to …
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The Bathroom Reader
A three-year-old boy was sitting on the toilet for a very long time. His mother began to wonder what was taking so long, so she walked over to check on …
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Every week, I entered the gold lotto hoping to win
For years, a man spent money every week buying lottery tickets. He always dreamed of winning a huge prize and becoming rich overnight. Week after week, he checked the results, …
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I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse
I hired a plumber to help restore an old farmhouse that had been sitting empty for years. He seemed experienced and confident, so I was glad to have him on …
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A man enters his local bar holding
One rainy evening, a man walked into his local bar carrying a frog in one hand and an iguana in the other. The regular customers stopped chatting and stared as …
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A son took his elderly father to a nice restaurant for an evening dinner. Now, his father was well into his 80s, and let’s just say his coordination had retired …
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Little Freddie was crying—no, wailing—in the living room like someone had just canceled cartoons forever. His mother rushed in, full of motherly concern and mild panic, the kind only a …
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After my husband and I had a huge argument—one of those dramatic ones that start with “You always” and end with “Fine!”—we decided to settle things like mature adults. Which, …
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A homeless man, down on his luck and looking like he’d lost a wrestling match with a dumpster, walked into a Catholic church one Sunday morning. Now, this wasn’t just …
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