Have you ever watched a cow grazing. It just meanders in the grass chewing the cud, growing fatter by the day. In the heat of the day it will even lie down and rest. Just dumb and fattened. Nothing seems to perturb it – and the butcher loves it that way. And so it is…
DetailsHave you ever noticed how kids can be cruel at times by observing some trait of a kid and then naming him accordingly? For example, some kid wearing glasses gets “four-eyes”, a little rounder than most, “Fatso”, tall and lankie, “Stretch”, etc. Nicknames are very common. What starts off as a bit of teasing can…
DetailsAlmost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income. In…
DetailsWe are all aware that the Global Financial Crisis has hit the world with a vengeance. It has come about mostly due to greed and the desire for more – more money, more power, more whatever…just more! The desire to better oneself is a good motivator, but not if it is done to the exclusion…
DetailsHave you ever experienced someone flattering you. They are smooth and you just feel a tinge uncomfortable. You like the words, but there is something not quite right. The cliche car salesman is the first thing that comes to mind. “Oh, this sports car will be perfect with someone like you behind her wheel!”, or,…
DetailsWho would love to have a new car, a newly built beautiful 4 bedroom home, in a prestigious suburb, with a maintenance free garden with a pond, waterfall and a swiming pool – heated of course. The house is filled with amazing comfortable furniture and the latest gizmos – Plasma Theater style TV, piped music…
DetailsBusiness was growing and I was increasing my staff. The Internet services were expanding and we had begun website development and graphic design. It seemed we could do nothing wrong. Taking Mondays out to read God’s Word, pray for my business, staff, suppliers, clients and to strategise had become a key strategy to my business…
DetailsOn May 08, 2009, Damir Dokic, 50 was arrested and held in a Serbian jail after police raided his hilltop mansion and found a cache of weapons, including two illegal home-made bombs, following alleged threats he made in the Serbian press against the Australian Ambassador Clare Birgin if she did nothing to stop Australian media…
DetailsThe sun beat down on a vast parched desert ground. The temperature had risen over 50 degrees Celsius and the spellbinding horizon shimmered in lakes of water on the ever distant horizon. The dryness of the land drew the water from our bodies in beads of sweat. To stumble into a valley, an oasis, with…
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