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Miracle



This 6-year-old kid was crossing a river alone
He was walking along the two lengths of
coconut tree trunks
laid parallel and about 12 feet from one bank
to the other bank.
It was raining heavily the other night
He slipped and fell into the river
The basket he was carrying rested
on the two trunks
The contents were intact
The poor fellow went right into the water
He saw bubbles above his head
Surprisingly, he was moving upward
though he was not able to swim
He grasped on the creepers
and pulled himself out of the water
Why didn’t he drown ?
Was it Jesus saving him ?
Was it Mary ?
Was it a deva ?
I have no answer

When he reached his grandmother’s place
She helped him to remove the shirt and the shorts
Cleaned them and dried them in the fierce hot sun
The incident was closed
Not every family can afford to have a maid
to look after their kids
Was it because of his mission
on this planet that he escaped death?
Was it his good deeds in previous lives?


(END)

Copyright © 2005 by Poh Tiong Ho




The Good Life Here

The panorama of life
is breathtaking
To be more specific,
they are beautiful and exhilarating
It’s up to you
The good man shall reap the good
The evil ones the evils
There’s no escape

Don’t you ever believe them
They cannot remove your defilements
Who are they?
Have you ever met them?
There’re lots of evil people
Fortunately, there’re also lots of good people
Let me tell you this good story
One millionaire was having lunch
in an expensive restaurant
He had several dishes on his table
but he could not eat
Next to his table was a labourer
who, it was obvious
was in the restaurant for the first time
He finished the food in his plates
not a drop was left

That rich man looked at him admirably
And asked how that young fellow was
earning a living?
This honest fellow said he was
a construction labourer
from the nearby building sites
He had to save for some time
just to have a feeling of
dinning in this restaurant
And therefore he could not afford
to waste any food

The rich man was thinking
Here is a rich guy who could buy up
this restaurant
But he could not eat,
He had no appetite
And yet here is a poor fellow
who can eat and eat and enjoy
the foods but
who cannot afford to come here often
This poor millionaire pulled out a cheque book
And wrote sever thousands dollars on it
Filled in the labourer’s name and presented it to him
The shocked fellow took the cheque and
thanked him profusely
It was said the money was enough to buy
two new cars at that time

Just to prove to you
That we’re not short of good people
on this lovely planet
There was this other incident
Where a student won a third price
In a high jump competition
during an inter-schools sports on an island
His respectful school principal
suggested that he donate that beautiful
silver trophy to the school
so as the encourage other students
to do well in the classrooms and in the fields
This student was very much moved
by the principal.
He donated the trophy
The following year that student
moved to another school
for higher studies.
During the sports meet
He was able to win the same prize
but because another guy from his former school
would be able to win that prize
he did not compete for that event
leaving the prize for the guy from his former school

Can you name another incident like this?
Good words and polite behaviour
can move people for life.
Won’t you want to try?


Copyright © 2005 by Poh Tiong Ho
Please contact poh_tiong_ho@hotmail.com for enquiry.






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