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Why You Want to Find Your Skeleton in the Attic

A Skeleton In The Attic  by Ken Willers        O nce Upon A Time , there was a big house that had a skeleton in the attic. The   family that lived there was very frightened by this skeleton so they insisted that no one in the family should ever go up to the attic. And yet, it so happened that one day the little boy who lived in the house and who was very curious by nature secretly made his way up to the attic. When he got to the   attic and opened the door he immediately saw the skeleton sitting in the corner of the attic. He was scared at the sight of this ugly skeleton, but he entered the attic and sat far away from the skeleton and just looked at it for a while. For a whole year the little boy would sneak up to the attic and would just sit on the floor and look upon the skeleton from a distance.             When a year had passed he realized that he was no longer really scared by the skeleton's presence so he attempted to get closer to it. He moved right next to it an

Only When You're Grounded Can You Experience Flight!

I Want To Fly  By Ken Willers        O nce Upon A Time , on a little farm out in the woods, there was born a little bird who cracked out of his shell before the time his mother expected--so, she had flown from the nest to find some food for her, soon to be, new infant to eat.             Well, when the little bird popped out of the shell he was very curious about where he was and started to look around with much intensity.             The Great Tree who was good friends with the mother bird said to the little bird, "Now, you be careful. You're very small and your mother's not here to care for you."             But the little bird wandered over to the side of the nest and began to peer over the side and see the world below. He marveled at all that was around him for it was all so new--and he was curious about it. The Great Tree again warned him not to bend to far--but it was too late. No sooner had the Great Tree warned him than the little bird fe

Don't be the Reason the Lights Go Out!

The Chapel of Lights             Once Upon A Time, there was a Spanish nobleman who lived in a castle. The land, as far as one’s eye could see, belonged to him. His family was his pride but in time the children grew up and one by one they moved out of the castle to lands he had given them. When the last son moved away he became very lonely. He decided to build a chapel where all of them might come to worship together. He did not tell his children about his plans, but he built a beautiful chapel high on the side of a mountain. From its front door he could see the entire valley, the castle and all of his children’s homes. When it was finished he called his children to his home and then took them up the side of the mountain to see the new chapel. When he asked them how they liked it, he could see that they were deeply moved. One by one his sons gripped his hand. His daughters gave h im a kiss. He was very happy. “The first service will be this Sabbath night,” he announced. “We will g

Are You a Malcontent Teaching Children?

At the Gate Once upon a time,  A woman sat at the gate of her town to greet and interview all the travelers wishing to enter her village. She would greet the traveler with a gracious hello and ask one single question. From this answer she would be able to advise the traveler whether her town was the place for them to enter. One day a traveler passed by and sought entrance. The woman greeted the traveler warmly and asked, “Explain for me please what life was like in your previous town?” The traveler said, “I had no friends, the previous village was a hard place to live. The place was cold and lonely and there were many things about the village I didn’t like.” The traveler continued to describe a miserable place and was grateful just to leave it. The woman at the gate replied, “My friend, you will find the same type of place and people here. You may enter if you wish—the choice will be yours.” With that the traveler moved on—and thanked the woman for the warning. The next day anot

Teach the Child NOT the Subject

A story for everyone to read.  The Animal School  by George Reavis Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world.” So they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects. The duck was excellent in swimming, in fact better than his instructor; but he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webfeet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school, so nobody worried about that except the duck. The rabbit started at the top of the class in running, but had a nervous breakdown because of so much make- up work in swimming. The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in t

'But We've ALWAYS Done It That Way!'

The Ham I Once Heard A Story about a little girl who used to watch her mother prepare Ham for dinner. In preparing the Ham the mother always cut off 2 inches from both sides of the Ham.  The Girl asked her mother one day, "Mom, why do you cut 2 inches off the sides of the Ham before you place the Ham in the pan and then in the oven?"  "Well, you see," said the mother, "I learned this trick from my your grandmother--I used to watch her and that is what she used to do before she put the Ham in the pan and then in the oven."  "I see," said the little girl, "but why?"  The mother thought and said, "I think it's because it makes the Ham taste different--it gives it a distinctive taste." One day the little Girl was at her grandmother's house and they were both the kitchen preparing Ham for dinner. The little girl watched her grandmother cut 2 inches off the side of the Ham just like her mother. The lit

How to Create High Performance in ALL Students

Here's a true story that I read in a “great” book entitled, Developing the Leader Within You , by John C. Maxwell. A principal of a school called three teachers together and said, “Because you three teachers are the finest in the system and you have the greatest expertise, we’re going to give you ninety high-IQ students. We’re going to let you move these students through this next year at their own pace and see how much they can learn.” Everyone was delighted––faculty and students alike. Over the next year the teachers and the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The teachers were teaching the brightest students; the students were benefitting from the close attention and instruction of highly skilled teachers. By the end of the experiment, the students had achieved from 20 to 30 percent more than the other students in the whole area. The principal called the teachers in and told them, “I have a confession to make. You did not have ninety of the the most intell