Strangers are friends I haven't met yet :)
Unknown "Tjasa" Loving - 15 years, 9 months, 21 days ago

Give every day a chance to be the best day of your life. ~Mark Twain~
Unknown "Tjasa" Loving - 15 years, 9 months, 26 days ago

smile...it confuses people :)
Unknown "Tjasa" Loving - 15 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEART
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowed gathered and they all admired his heart, for it was perfect. There was not a mark or flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen.
The young man was very proud of and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart. Suddenly, and old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not a nearly as beautiful as mine. The crowd looked at the old man's heart, it was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces have been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't quite fit. In some places there were deep gouges where hole pieces were missing. The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears. "Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking, but I would never trade, you see every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of their heart to me. These are the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?" The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands The old man took his offering, placed it in his and then took a piece of his old scared heart and placed it in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect any more, but more beautiful then ever, since the love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
Unknown "Tjasa" Loving - 15 years, 10 months, 6 days ago

An Afternoon In the Park
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted!
They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face.
She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?"
He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"
Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home.
Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?"
She replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God." But before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."


Unknown "Tjasa" Loving - 15 years, 10 months, 6 days ago