Write Your Epitaph
A famous epitaph that doubles as a pun can be found in the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona (US). It reads, “HERE LIES LESTER MOORE, FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44, NO LES NO MORE.” The Wells, Fargo & Co. station agent died in an Old-West gun battle with another man in the late 1800s.
In the End
The CEO quickly scanned the email from a company that makes and installs wooden doors. His community radio station needed new doors, but money was tight. Out of a sense of obligation, he hit the “reply” button and asked for a quote on a set of double doors. Moments later, he got a response. Turns out, Andrew hadn’t read the email all the way through to the end. The company had in fact offered the radio station a free set of doors!
Healing Prayer
After learning that a 7-year-old boy dying of leukemia wanted to be a police officer, several members of the Arizona Police made every effort to make his wish come true. Just days before he died, they made him an honorary officer—including his own law enforcement hat and junior-sized police uniform. That one wish launched a movement. Make-A-Wish, an international organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children, was established in 1980.
Victory
King Pyrrhus had tasted victory against the Romans in the Battle of Asculum (279 BC). But the victory was bittersweet. Pyrrhus lamented, “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” Why? Even though the Romans had sustained more losses in the battle, the depth of their army was far greater. So Pyrrhus knew that ultimate victory in war with Rome was impossible.
citizenship
Where is your citizenship? No, I am not asking if you are a naturalized citizen of your country. I am not asking if you are African, French, German. According to the Bible, there are only two citizenships—that of the world, and that of heaven; the kingdom of darkness, and the kingdom of light. In which of these do you hold…
final reunion
We giggled over crushes, passed volumes of notes during study hall, and once we even braided our hair together! Silly—I know—but our friendship was famous in the halls of our high school. After graduation, we moved hundreds of miles apart. Eventually she got married; I stayed single. The letters and phone calls slowed until they stopped completely.
Any way you…
high hopes
What do the following have in common? An unemployed man flees his life of poverty by becoming a suicide bomber. A soldier unable to defend his homeland hugs a grenade to his chest in one final act of "honor." A new mother guilt-ridden over the accidental death of her infant, swallows a bottle of sleeping pills.
All are dying for…
