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    How come I am always there for the ones who need someone but there is never someone there for me when I need someone?

    - yours truly
    More than a year ago by Di_Divine_  ID#:459977

  • 42

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    It doesn't matter how sucsesful you think you are in life,
    how much money you have in your pockets
    or how many things you have brought.
    just try and make others lives more enjoyable,
    give every cent to the ones who are less fortunate
    and make as many true friends as humanly possible


    because life isn't all that long, and when you eventually die, you leave this earth with exactly what youu came into it with.


    nothing.

    - sarah radziwill
    More than a year ago by Anonymous  ID#:340361

  • 43

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    When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her.
    It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

    - Mother Teresa
    More than 5 years ago by jr_7  ID#:31653

  • 44

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    A woman baked bread for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby.

    She kept the extra bread on the Window-sill, for whosoever would take it away.

    Every day, a hunch-back came and took away the bread. Instead of expressing gratitude,

    he muttered the following words as he went his way:

    "The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

    This went on, day after day. Every day, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and uttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

    The woman felt irritated. "Not a word of gratitude," she said to herself...

    "Everyday this hunch-back utters this jingle! What does he mean?

    "One day, out of despiration, she decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of this hunch-back," she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the bread she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the window sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am doing?" she said.

    Immediately she threw the bread into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window-sill.

    As usual, the hunch-back came, picked up the bread and muttered the words:

    "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

    The hunch-back proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman. Everyday, as the woman placed the bread on the window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return.

    That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. While I was but a mile away, I was so hungry that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunch-back passed by. I begged of him for a small part of his food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole bread. "As he gave it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!"

    "As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale and red. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned bread that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life!

    It was then that she realized the significance of the words: "The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"

    Do good and; Don't ever stop doing good, even if it's not appreciated at that time.

    - Unknown
    More than a year ago by ashes_prince  ID#:478637

  • 45

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    Love is about giving and making sacrifices not about receiving.
    When you love someone don't expect to receive as much as you were given.

    - Dum Guy
    More than 5 years ago by Dum_Guy  ID#:53652

  • 46

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    And sometimes you just have to smile through the heartache...

    - Unknown
    More than a year ago by Megan_Ann  ID#:286535

  • 47

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    If you expect respect be the first to show it.

    - Myself/Unknown
    More than 5 years ago by Fargus64  ID#:88870

  • 48

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    What is unappreciated is undeserved.

    - Mark Amend
    More than 6 months ago by Anonymous  ID#:517273

  • 49

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    Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.

    - Mother Teresa
    More than a year ago by arunromi  ID#:459111

  • 50

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    One of the least expensive but most valuable gifts we can give at Christmas time is the gift of time. In our busy world, the phrase, 'I don't have time to...' has become a universal excuse. Like a growing plant, any relationship between two people can thrive only if it receives constant care. A phone call to an unhappy friend or a short visit with an aunt who lives alone can be a great gift that costs very little.

    - Reed Markham, American educator
    More than 10 years ago by Anonymous  ID#:5755
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