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| | == The Broken Bicycle == | | == The Broken Bicycle == |
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| − | One morning in [[New York City]] a crowd of pedestrians waited for the streetlight to change so that they could cross the intersection. The sidewalk corner was crowded with people, as it often is, and one pedestrian stepped slightly into the street in anticipation of crossing it, but at that moment, a messenger on a bicycle was moving quickly through the intersection and was thrown off balance by hitting the pedestrian's foot. The bicycle crashed, destroying it beyond repair. | + | One morning in [[New York City]] a crowd of pedestrians waited for the streetlight to change so that they could cross the intersection. The sidewalk corner was crowded with people, and one pedestrian stepped slightly into the street in anticipation of crossing it, but at that moment a messenger on a bicycle was moving quickly through the intersection and was thrown off balance by hitting the pedestrian's foot. The bicycle crashed, destroying it beyond repair. |
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| | The crowd gasped in horror, but the bicyclist was unharmed. His bicycle, however, had been ruined. One bystander, observing that the fault was due to the pedestrian, wanted to donate so that the bicyclist could buy a replacement. But the bystander could not afford to give him much money. So instead the bystander took out a $5 bill and handed it to the bicyclist in front of the crowd. | | The crowd gasped in horror, but the bicyclist was unharmed. His bicycle, however, had been ruined. One bystander, observing that the fault was due to the pedestrian, wanted to donate so that the bicyclist could buy a replacement. But the bystander could not afford to give him much money. So instead the bystander took out a $5 bill and handed it to the bicyclist in front of the crowd. |
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| | == The Desperate Smoker== | | == The Desperate Smoker== |
| | [[Image:Ashtray.jpg|thumb|150px|Is [[charity]] really charity if it just goes up in [[cigarette|smoke]]?]] | | [[Image:Ashtray.jpg|thumb|150px|Is [[charity]] really charity if it just goes up in [[cigarette|smoke]]?]] |
| − | A smoker was in a drug store to purchase a pack of [[cigarette]]s. Short on cash, he emptied all his pockets in order to scrounge up every last penny he had. The cashier counted all the change but found it was ten cents short of the total required for the cheapest pack of cigarettes. | + | A smoker was in a drug store to purchase a pack of [[cigarette]]s. Short on cash, he emptied all his pockets to scrounge up every last penny he had. The cashier counted all the change but found it was ten cents short of the total required for the cheapest pack of cigarettes. |
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| | The smoker desperately turned to the man standing behind him and asked him for a dime. The bystander clearly had a spare dime. | | The smoker desperately turned to the man standing behind him and asked him for a dime. The bystander clearly had a spare dime. |
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| | The church was filled for the late-morning service, with many hundreds of worshipers. The woman sat near the back and watched the pews fill up with members of the community, young and old. The service was about to begin. The woman then heard an unusual commotion outside, including several loud noises and shouts. She turned around several times to look at the door to the church. Her intuition told her something was wrong. | | The church was filled for the late-morning service, with many hundreds of worshipers. The woman sat near the back and watched the pews fill up with members of the community, young and old. The service was about to begin. The woman then heard an unusual commotion outside, including several loud noises and shouts. She turned around several times to look at the door to the church. Her intuition told her something was wrong. |
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| − | Suddenly, a large, armed man burst through the door and began firing his gun at the hundreds of worshipers, children and all. The woman mustered all her strength and pulled out her own gun from her bag. She then shot the intruder. Stunned, and expecting to die from her shot, the intruder reacted by killing himself. The worshipers in the church were all saved. Afterward, the woman said that she had been "praying to God that he direct me" in what to do in life.<ref>[http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14817480/detail.html ''God Guided Me And Protected Me.''] 7 News: The Denver Channel</ref> | + | Suddenly, a large, armed man burst through the door and began firing his gun at the hundreds of worshipers, children and all. The woman mustered all her strength and pulled out her own gun from her bag. She then shot the intruder. Stunned and expecting to die from her shot, the intruder reacted by killing himself. The worshipers in the church were all saved. Afterward, the woman said that she had been "praying to God that he direct me" in what to do in life.<ref>[http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14817480/detail.html ''God Guided Me And Protected Me.''] 7 News: The Denver Channel</ref> |
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| | == The Troubled Pregnancy == | | == The Troubled Pregnancy == |