Choice for the Wrong Peace

An elderly lady stood tall in front of a great gate and behind her were these two paths, one of which led to the mountain of choice.

She had a book containing the meaning of both paths. The book told the story of two people who, after spending days on the mountain of choice, both returned on different paths. One returned with untold amounts of riches, cars, diamonds, jewelry of all kinds, women, a huge crowd, a band playing loud music, and a solid gold frame without an image inside it.

The other one returned with an old oak frame containing an image of a person in a rightful old age and a pleasant smile.

Someone asked the elderly lady in front of the gate what the meaning of all this was. She replied that the one with the untold riches chose the peace of this world, and the other with the wooden frame containing the image of the old person chose the peace that’s not of this world.

Then the person asked what the band was and why they were playing loud and sad music. The elderly lady responded that was his funeral march.

Grandma Pulled Dad’s Ear

This Great grandparent was sitting on her swing , while a father and son were sitting on the porch discussing, what the son should do concerning girls, a questions asked by the son seem to rattle the father, and he hesitated in answering,, then suddenly there was this YELL!! and suddenly Grandma was on the porch saying; "son you should never disrespect girls in any way, and someday in the future, your hormones will test what you've learned about being abstinent, and, make sure, you never stop any girl from saying, "Your Grandma is just like mine", his  mother comes out onto the porch, asking what was that yell, he replied; "Ooh, that was when Grandma pulled dad’s ear."

Written by: Coach James Joseph.
"Copyright" 5-18-09 James Joseph. "All rights  reserved."

Why Don't I Understand?

War is being waged and the enemy seems to be winning ... but why?

In this camp of evil these generals have come together to strategize their attack. This is what their plan says:

We will remove from them the knowledge of who they really are and bend their desires toward what they think they want, blinding their eyes and hearts away from what they really need. Then after the spirit of confusion has infiltrated their defenses, we can go in and finish off those who escaped the slaughter. We will cause them to rain upon each other.

Archives of Glory

In the year of 2020 a student was assigned to write a report on the extinction of a generation. Another student asked him about where he was gathering his information.

He responded that it was from the Archives of Glory. He explained that when he was 2 years old, there was this generation before him, but by the time he became a young adult, only a very few of them were left.

In order for him to correctly complete his project, why so many had disappeared. The Archives of Glory held evidence of elderly people who had tried to instruct this generation in the wisdom needed for their continual survival, only to have their counsel rejected, be disrespected, and be pushed aside like they had no value.

The generation began being guided by the forces of evil which caused them to destroy each other through drug addiction, murder, all sorts of sexual diseases, deception, etc. -- all because they never took the opportunities to become wiser that were in front of them. Instead they became a generation of potential killers, with the exception of those few we see now that heeded the instructions of those that are now recorded in the Archives of Glory.

Happy Mother's Day!

The Winner Is...

Prideful Intellect and Common Sense agreed to compete against one another in a foot race to see which was truly the champion. They each agreed that the first tennis shoe to cross the finish line would be declared the winner.

The crowd included supporters of both contestants, anxiously awaiting the start of the race. Bang!! At the sound of the starting pistol, Prideful Intellect sprinted through the area of Dot Your I's and Cross Your T's, with common sense always running three feet behind. Both of them ran through the area of World History.

Prideful Intellect, less then five feet away from crossing the finish line, stops to turn around and laugh at Common Sense. Common Sense abruptly stops, takes off his tennis shoes, and throws them six feet ahead of him. The winner is ...

Keeping It Real

If you keep it real, no one can give you anything false. Originality is more easily defined by knowledge of what is truly synthetic.

So Many Vaults, But So Little Treasure

While walking along a boardwalk in this quiet little town where a great deal of elderly people resided, this couple overheard a journalist interviewing a retired banker, asking him about what and why today’s conditions are the way they are.

The retired banker responded:

In times past, many of the elderly people you see here and all over the country prepared themselves for times like this. In banking, for example, vaults were used for storing money, which you could access when you needed the money.

But today, the elderly are treated so disrespectfully, as if they have no importance or value, abandoned to sometimes well-kept nursing homes that really compare to being in jail.

As a result, you now have so many vaults but so little treasure.

Note: This story was inspired by two lovely elderly ladies I came across while assisting people in a shelter in Baton Rouge, La., who went there because of Hurricane Katrina. God Bless the both of you and thanks for giving me a boot that strengthened my spirit.


Photo: Hans Vink