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Links to our Past Stories of the Week
(in the order that we posted them since October 14, 1998)

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(less than a dozen repeats)

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# 1--- The Devil's Disguise
[© 1986, by Edward M. Hays.] # 2--- The Wallet
[Arnold Fine] # 3--- First Date
(by: "Merium" - March 1997)

# 4--- An Hour of Your Time
[Author Unknown] # 5--- Anything You Wish
(by: Anthony de Mello, S.J.] # 6--- Heartlight Cafe
(by: Gregory R. Armel)

# 7--- A Basket of Problems
[by Lee Simonson-Copyright 1998] # 8--- A Rose Within
[Author Unknown] # 9--- Hammering Nails
[Author: Unknown]

# 10--- The Magpie
[Author: Unknown] # 11--- A Flower for Bobby's Mother
[By: Thomas Pucci] # 12--- The Value of Gold
[Author: Unknown]

# 13--- God Do You love Me?
[by: Vern Grimsley] # 14--- A Story To Live By
[by: Ann Wells (Los Angeles Times)] # 15--- Leaving the City of Regret
(By: Larry Harp)

# 16--- God's Embroidery
(By: Pastor Jack Hyles from "Grace and Truth") # 17--- Salutation of the Dawn
(by: Kalidasa-celebrated poet of India] # 18--- Attitude
[by: Charles Swindell]

# 19--- The First Time
[By Shirley Ward, via the Vidor, Texas church bulletin] # 20--- The Smile
(By Hanoch McCarty - from Chicken Soup for the Soul-Copyright 1993 by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen) # 21--- The Radiant Coat
(by: Clarissa Pinkola Estes)

# 22--- Tetsugen and the Sutras
(From: The Ubiquity Web Page) # 23--- Farmer Fleming
(Craig Cockburn (as reported in soc.culture.Scottish ) # 24--- Free To Soar
(by: Wayne B. Lynn - Lessons From Life)

# 25--- What Was In Jeremy's Egg? The Lesson of Easter from an Unlikely Child
(By: Ida Mae Kempel) # 26--- Circle of Love
[Author Unknown) # 27--- Parable of The Twins
(By: Jimmy D. Brown)

# 28--- The Brother's Grain
[by Anthony de Mello, S.J. Taking Flight, 1988] # 29--- The Touch of the Master's Hand
[by: Myra Brooks Welch] # 30--- From Harvard to Stanford
[Author Unknown)

# 31--- Your Son is Here
(originally part of a Sermon By: The Right Reverend C. Robert Townshend, Anglican Bishop of Georgian Bay, Huron Diocese, Ca. [The story was changed somewhat as shared over the Internet]) # 32--- A Piano Duet
[Author Unknown) # 33--- The Rich Family in Church
[By: Eddie Ogan)

# 34--- Stone Soup
[Author Unknown) # 35--- Is Your Hut Burning?
[Author Unknown) # 36--- Pedal!
[Author Unknown)

# 37--- The Poor People
[Author Unknown) # 38--- Why are we here?
(by: Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated - April 12th Issue) # 39--- The Cold Within
(by: James Patrick Kinney)
and
A Lone Ember
[Author Unknown]

# 40--- Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody
(Author Unknown]
and
Begin Again
(A Poem by: Helen Lowrie Marshall) # 41--- Three Choices
[Author Unknown] # 42--- The Cocoon
[Author Unknown]

# 43--- Life is Precious--Handle with Care
[Manfred Koehler <http://www.majoringinlife.com/>] # 44--- The Handwriting on the Wall
[© By: Valerie Cox] # 45--- A Successful Teacher
(by: Eric Butterworth - from Chicken Soup for the Soul)

# 46--- Attitude in Life
[Author Unknown] # 47--- Instants
[by Jorge Luis Borges] # 48--- The Doll and a White Rose
[by V.A.Bailey]

# 49--- Installing Love
(by: Gary L. Rocha - Last revised: September 09, 1999) # 50--- The Person Who Had Feelings
[by Barbara Dunlap] # 51--- A Lesson
(by: Donna Mohney)

# 52--- Lesson in Unconditional Love
[By Brenda] # 53--- Interview with God
[Author Unknown] # 54--- Blue Ribbon Corn
(by: James Bender)

# 55--- How shall we know the Savior when he comes?
(Author Unknown] # 56--- The Paradox of our Time
(by: Dr. Robert Moorehead, minister, author, and former pastor of Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Washington.) # 57--- Comes The Dawn
[Author Unknown]
and
Do small things with Great Love
(by: Michael Peterson]

# 58-- Angels, Once in a While
[by: Barb Irwin] # 59--- The Cracked Pot
[Author Unknown] # 60--- The Old Fisherman
[by Mary Bartels Bray]

# 61--- The Tattooed Stranger
[© 1999 by Susan Fahncke] # 62--- The Golden Crane
[Author Unknown] # 63--- The Letter
[Author Unknown]

# 64--- Durer's Hands
[Author Unknown] # 65--- Anyway
[by: Mother Teresa] # 66--- Look at the View
(Author: Anna Quindlen's Villanova University Commencement Address 1999)

# 67--- The Miracle of a Brother's Song
(from: Woman's Day Magazine) # 68--- The Master's Bedroom
[Author Unknown] # -69-- Grandfather's Wooden Bowl
[Author Unknown]

# 70--- Your laws ignore our deepest need
(by: Darrell Scott - Thursday, May 27, 1999) # 71--- Thank you, Lord, for the Thorns
(Author Unknown) # 72--- Surrender
(Author Unknown)

# 73--- Butch O'Hare & Easy Eddie
(Author Unknown) # 74--- A Perfect Mistake
(By: Cheryl Walterman Stewart) # 75--- Rose
(Author Unknown)

# 76--- The Contact Lens
( A True Story By Elisabeth Elliot - from her book: "Keep A Quiet Heart" Servant Publications, Ann Arbor Michigan) # 77--- I've learned
(Author Unknown) # 78--- The Race
(by: D. H. Groberg)

# 79--- Level of Perfection
(By: Rabbi Paysach Krohn) # 80--- A Place to Stand
[By: Dr. Charles Garfield from:
Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul] # 81--- Minimaxims for My Godson
(from: Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul - By Arthur Gordon)

# 82--- The Pearls
(Author Unknown) # 83--- The Maze
(Author Unknown) # 84--- Sometimes It's Worth The Risk!
(By: Jeff McMullen - As posted in The Tidbits Devotional)

# 85--- A Kitten from God
(Author Unknown) # 86--- THREE TREES
(Author Unknown) # 87--- Minor Distractions
(Author Unknown)

# 88--- A Fathers Anguishing Decision
(An edited version of the Original story by Carla Muir) # 89--- Love Is Stronger . . .
(By: John Wayne Schlatter - info@twac.org) # 90--- Billy's Gift
(Author Unknown)

# 91--- 'Heaven Scent' (formerly: "Smells Like Rain")
(By: Diana Blessing's Mother) # 92--- Sandpiper of JOY
(By Mary Sherman Hilbert) # 93--- The Man Who Had Plenty
(by :Jerry Ullman from "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul")

# 94--- 57 Cents That Made History
(Author of original presentation of this story was Pastor Russell H. Conwell from a chapter of his book "Acres of Diamonds") # 95--- From: "I Shall Not Want"
(By: Robert Ketchum) # 96--- 1000 Marbles
(Copyright © 1999, Jeff Davis)

# 97--- Being in God's Service
(Written by: Deborah Goaldman) # 98--- Doing God's Will
(Author Unknown) # 99--- Cupcakes and Root Beer
(By Julie A. Manhan)

# 100--- Love Made Visible
[© 2001By: Bob Perks]
[http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com] # 101---The Cab Ride
(Barry Kingsley Author & Copyright Holder (Original story written & published 1974) # 102--- Introduction from: “Enchanted Love”
[© by Marianne Williamson]

# 103--- God's Under the Bed
[by: Kelly Adkins] # 104--- Wait! I Have a Plan
(by Janet Detter Margul - Plano, Texas, USA) # 105--- The Tablecloth
(Author of this Version of the Story is Unknown---See also "The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth" by Howard C. Schade ["SOW Seeds Story" #285] for the Original Version.)

# 106--- Free the Birdies
(A true story that occurred in 1994 and as told by Lloyd Glen) # 107--- The Gift of Kindness
(By: John W. Schlatter) # -108--"They ran through the rain believing..."
[© 2001By: Bob Perks]
[http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com]

# 109--- His Name is Bill
(Author Unknown) # 110--- All the Good Things
(By: Sister Helen Mrosia) # 111--- Does God still speak to people?
(Author Unknown)

# 112--- The Choice
(by Max Lacado) # 113--- Life is an Echo
(Author Unknown) # 114--- The Toothless Grin
(Written by Sharon Palmer)

# 115--- To Fill A Sieve
(by: Trevor Leggett) # 116--- A Silver Belt
(by Cheewa James) # 117--- The Religious Life
(A Zen Story from The Tassajara Recipe Book )

# 118--- Level of Perfection
(By: Rabbi Paysach Krohn)

(formerly: Where is God's perfection? and listed as Author Unknown)
It turns out this is a duplicate of Story #79... but since the Prayer is different (and at this point it's all a part of history), I have decided to leave it here as story #118 anyway. # 119--- When The Chips Are Down
(Author Unknown) # 120--- The Child and the Pinion Tree
(By: Leila M. Turner 1991)

# 121--- Hold Onto Your Fork
(by Glen Wheeler) # 122--- Cost of A Miracle
(Author Unknown) # 123--- Daddy's Girl
(Written by Cheryl Costello-Forshey)

# 124--- The Obstacle in Our Path
(Author Unknown) # 125--- Sand Castles
(By: Max Lucado) # 126--- Angels In The Alley: A True Story
(Author Unknown)

# 127--- Pidge in Paradise
(Author Unknown) # 128--- Trouble Tree
(Author Unknown) # 129--- Explanation Of God
(Written by an 8 year old, Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA,]

# 130--- The Stone Cutter
(A Zen Story - Author Unknown) # 131--- The Pickle Jar
(Author Unknown) # 132--- Hoped You Would Talk To Me
(Author Unknown)

# 133---A Body Filled with Love
(by: Lee Paton) # 134--- Heavens Grocery Store
[by Ron De Marco - Copyright 1990] # 135--- The Daffodil Garden
[Author Unknown]

# 136--- An Old Lady's Poem
[Author Unknown] # 137--- A Very Special Prayer
[By: Helen Roseveare] # 138--- The Fishin' Accident
[Author Unknown]

# 139---The Holy Man
(A Zen Story) # 140--- The Posture Of Christian Servanthood
(by George D. Beukema) # 141--- The Threadbare Quilt
[Author Unknown]

# 142--- Robby
(Author Unknown) # 143--- Carl's Garden
[Author Unknown] # 144--- Value
[Author Unknown]

# 145--- "I'll Do Better Tomorrow, I Promise"
(Written and Published By:
Maurine Reynolds Adamek
from her book:
"I'll Do Better Tomorrow, I Promise") # 146---Special Delivery
(Author Unknown) # 147---The Empty Chair
(Author Unknown)

# 148---The Other Side of the Door
(Author Unknown) # 149---A King and His Four Wives
(Author Unknown) # 150---Strangers
(by: Chaplain Robinson)

# 151--- Entertaining Angels
(Author Unknown) # 152--- Seven Wonders of the World
(Author Unknown) # 153--- Teenagers Today
(By Kimberly Kirberger)

# 154--- The Story of Daniel
(By: Pastor Richard Ryan) # 155--- Making Music With What We Have
(by: Jack Riemer, Houston Chronicle) # 156---Today at the Mosque...
(Author Unknown)

# 157---SURVIVING THE 81ST FLOOR OF WORLD TRADE TOWER TWO
(By: Dan Van Veen) # 158---Above it all...
(Author Unknown) # 159---Two Wolves
(Author Unknown)

# 160---DESTINY
(By: Abraham Lincoln) # 161---The Teddy Bear
(Author Unknown) # 162---Unfolding the Rose
(Author Unknown)

# 163---The Phone Call
(Author Unknown) # 164---The Gold Wrapping Paper
(Author Unknown) # 165--- The Precious Stone
(A Zen Parable)

# 166---Billy's Dream
(Author Unknown) # 167---Christmas Spirit
(Author Anonymous) # 168---THE FIRE
(Author Unknown)

# 169---A Most Important Lesson
(Author Unknown) # 170---It's How I Arrange My Mind
(Author Unknown) # 171---Parachutes Of Life
(Author Unknown)

# 172---Giving When it Counts
(Author Unknown) # 173---Dr. Smith's Darts
(Author Unknown) # 174---The Stock Boy and the Check Out Girl
(Author Unknown)

# 175---I Wish You Enough
[© 2001By: Bob Perks]
[http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com] # 176---That's What Friends Do
[By: Suzanne Eller from "Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul" - http://daretobelieve.org] # 177---The Room
[Joshua Harris]

# 178---Sand and Stone
[Author Unknown] # 179---Three Yellow Roses
[Author Unknown] # 180---It held three things
(By: Bob Perks ©2002 - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 181---Shake It Off And Take A Step Up!
(Author Unknown) # 182---When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
(Written by a Child) # 183---God won't ask...
(Author Unknown)

# 184---Barking at the world
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 185---Three Generous Sons
(Author Unknown) # 186---Why I loved my Mom...
(Author Unknown)

# 187---Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee??
(Author Unknown) # 188---No more with me
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 189---Please, God?
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 190---Fences or Bridges
(Author Unknown) # 191---In the cards
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 192---I'll drop you a line
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 193---Nature's Beauty
(A Zen Parable) # 194---On the Other Side
(Author Unknown)
Same Story as #148 # 195---To see in the darkness
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 196---Are you happy?
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 197---A Simple Lesson
(Author Unknown) # 198---The Gift of Insults
(A Zen Parable)

# 199---Believe it, see it!
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 200---The Journey
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 201---Practice Makes Perfect
(A Zen Parable)

# 202---THE BIRTH OF JESUS
(From: The Urantia Book - Paper 122 Sections 7-8) # 203---It is there
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 204---The Lunch Bag
(a true story of Robert Fulghum and his 7-year-old daughter Molly)

# 205---Two Thousand One, Nine Eleven!
(Author Unknown) # 206---Colors
(Author Unknown) # 207---Sighs of the Heart
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 208---The Attitude of a Flower
(©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 209---THE EMPEROR'S SEEDS
(From: In The Garden With Jesus", by Tiziana Ruff -- from 'andychaps_the-funnies') # 210---NOTICE COMMONALITIES
(By: Jeffrey Hopkins - "Cultivating Compassion: A Buddhist Perspective")

# 211---Be Reverent
(From: Lama Surya Das - Awakening the Buddhist Heart) # 212---The Last Day
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com) # 213---Star Signs!
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)

#214---Three Marbles
(By: W. E. Petersen, as published in the October, 1975 'Ensign' magazine) # 215---God's Children
(Author Unknown) # 216---Thanks, Forgiving Day!
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)

# 217---The Best Christmas of My Life
(by: Rian B. Anderson) # 218---“Russian Christmas Story”
[formerly called: Two Babies In A Manger]
(Written by: Will Fish ) # 219---The True Meaning of Christmas
(Author Unknown)

# 220---In the Eyes of an Angel
(A Christmas Story ©2002 By: Pastor Daniel J. Megow - seewithin@churchwithin.org) # 221---A Gathering of Children
(by: Pastor Daniel J. Megow © 2-11-2001) # 222---The Kind Horseman
(Author Unknown)

# 223---Real Winners Lose
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com) # 224---A Page from the Book:"Discovering Alphaland"
(By: Rev Dc Michael Wheeler-Wyatt © mwyatt 2003) # 225---Face to face
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)

# 226---The Man Who Planted Hope
(By: Jean Giono) # 227---The 7 Wonders of the World
(Author Unknown)
The same story as #152 but the Prayer is different. # 228---The Evil Brothers
(by: Charles Swindoll)

# 229---Sixteen Minutes
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com) # 230---The Truth as to Why Men Lie
(Author Unknown) # 231---The Governor of Kyoto
(A Zen Parable)

# 232---A man with a present
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com) # 233---What is Egotism
(A Zen Parable) # 234---New
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)

# 235---Especially the Blue
(Author Unknown) # 236---Merging
(By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com) # 237---The Tea Cup
(Author Unknown)

# 238---“The Understanding Wife” - (Humor)
(Author Unknown) # 239---A Buzzard, a Bat, and a Bee
(Author Unknown) # 240---A Great Love
(Author Unknown)

# 241---Through God's Eyes
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 242---The Enlightened Being
(A Zen Parable) # 243---In a Single Bloom
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 244---They're Playing Your Song
(By: Alan Cohen, author of "Living from the Heart.") # 245---The things that count
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 246---A Path Worn Well
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 247---Thank You For Your Time
(Author Unknown) # 248---Pick One
(Author Unknown) # 249---Grandma's Pet Duck
(Author Unknown)

# 250---A Promise to a Flower
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 251---His Eye is On The Sparrow
(by John Thomas Oaks) # 252---God and Barbers
(Author Unknown)

# 253---He'll be back
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 254---Life Is a Dash
(by: Marilyn Tam) # 255---Outside the Window
(Author Unknown)

# 256---A Glass Of Water
(Author Unknown) # 257---Refining Silver
(Author Unknown) # 258---The Mission
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 259---God Knows His Business
(Author Unknown) # 260---Petals of Thanks
(By: Kristin Spengler Zerbe) # 261---The Trip
(By: Pastor Daniel J. Megow)

# 262---The Loss or the Lesson?
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 263---The Wreck On
Highway 109
(By: Ruth Gillis) # 264---Choose Your Words Well
(Author Unknown)

# 265---At that very moment
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 266---The Teacher
(Author Unknown) # 267---True Love
(Author Unknown)

# 268---It's just like you said it would be.
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 269---Are You Jesus?
(Author Unknown) # 270---Is It Only Words?
(Author Unknown)

# 271---NO SANTA CLAUS? RIDICULOUS!
(Author Unknown) # 272---Christmas Love
(A True Story - Written and © 1999 by Candy Chand) # 273---A Little Frog
(Author Unknown)

# 274---Listening
(Author Unknown) # 275---To end the darkness...
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 276---The Colors of Friendship
(Author Unknown)
Same Story as #206

# 277---Wanting God
(A Zen Story) # 278---Someday!
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 279---A Forever Kind Of Love
(By Christy M. Martin)

# 280---If I could...
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 281---The Best Way to Pray
(Author Unknown) # 282---Ol' Spot
(Humor - Author Unknown)

# 283---Temper
(A Zen Koan) # 284---An Angel Story
(By: Rev. Mary - as seen in the Inspired Buffalo) # 285---The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth
(by: Howard C. Schade)

# 286---Words I could have spoken
(By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 287---ROOM 712
(By Sue Kidd - as seen in firstIMPRESSIONS) # 288---Little Things
(from: Lisa Beamer)

# 289---A GLASS OF MILK
(Author Unknown) # 290---A Hot Cup of Coffee in His Name
(© by -- Jill Burnett jill@atthewell.com) # 291---BEHIND THE SCENE (An Embarrassing Possibility)
(by Patijé)

# 292---The Shoe Factory
(Author Unknown - Source: Signs of the Times http://www.signstimes.com) # 293---Granny's Pearls
(© Kathleen Shelton Poulson KathleenPoulson@postmark.net) # 294---WHEN THE WINDS BLOW
(Author Unknown)

# 295---You can't get away...
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 296---Map Of The World
(Author Unknown) # 297---Dear Son
(Author Unknown)

# 298---THE ROBIN'S RAIN SONG
(By Mary Emma Allen (c)2002 - me.allen@juno.com) # 299---The Second Ten Commandments
(By Ruth Bourdon) # 300---THE FLOWER
(By Pastor John R. Ramsey)

# 301---Point of no return
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 302---The Baptist Dog?
(Author Unknown) # 303---The Baggy Yellow Shirt
(Patricia Lorenz)

# 304---NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
(By Joseph Walker) # 305---The Trickle
(A MountainWings Original - http://www.mountainwings.com) # 306---The way we said goodbye
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 307---The Good Life - It's All In How You Look At It
(By Kathy Whirity) # 308---Look at Your Hands
(Author Unknown) # 309---Orchids and Daffodils
(© Celestial Artisan Katrina and Helen Whitworth)

# 310---Was He An Angel?
(By: Susan Roberts) # 311---A CONVERSATION OF WAVES
(Author Unknown) # 312---My Life as a Weed
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 313---Once In A Lifetime
(By: Arthur Gordon) # 314---Things aren't always what they seem...
(Author Unknown) # 315---THEM!
(By: A MountainWings Original)

# 316---A Great Christmas Story
(Author Unknown) # 317---The Invitation
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 318---Maybe
(©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 319---False Rumors
(Author Unknown)

Except for one additional line at the end (and the Prayer of course), this is the same story as our #271 that is titled "No Santa Clause? Ridiculous!"
Oopsie... # 320---A Load of Coal
(H.N. Cook) # 321---Who's Missing Jesus?
[formerly called: The Missing Jesus]
(Based upon a true inspirational story which happened in 1941 - © 2001 by Jean Geitzen and Published by Praize Books)

# 322---The Meaning of Peace
(Author Unknown) # 323---“John 3:16”
(Author Unknown) # 324---Break the Ice
(©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 325---A Mother's Footsteps
(From: The Daily Encourager) # 326---Lost
(©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 327---Winning
(Author Unknown)

# 328---Where is God?
(Author Unknown - Humor) # 329---He's 'Okay' in my book!
(©2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 330---LIFE IS NOT A HARDSHIP TO BE ENDURED
(© Charlie Badenhop)

# 331---MEAT AND LEAVES BOILED
(By Joseph Walker - valuespeak@msn.com) # 332---BLOSSOM WHERE YOU ARE
(By Kathy Whirity ©2004) # 333---Pine Tree Crosses
(Author Unknown)

# 334---The Old Man And His Dog
(By: Catherine Moore - As seen in MountainWings) # 335---God and the Geese
(Author Unknown) # 336---What was that I heard?
(Author Unknown)

# 337---Stuck in their Story
(© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 338---The Gift That Keeps On Returning
(By Joseph J. Mazzella) # 339---Affirmation For Today
(By: Ralph Waldo Emerson)

# 340---Watch The Children
(By Joseph J. Mazzella) # 341---Thank you Father
(Author Unknown) # 342---Looking for someone
(© 2002 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 343---Don't Hope Friend, Decide!
(© 1997 by Michael D. Hargrove and Bottom Line Underwriters, Inc.) # 344---Dreams
(© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 345---The Prodigal's Daughter?
(Author Unknown)

# 346---Sighs of the Heart
(© 2002 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 347---Window of Opportunity
(By Jeanne Getz Pallos - Source: Signs of the Times) # 348---On the Road
(© By Doyle Portela)

# 349---The Old Barn
(Author Unknown) # 350---Little things
(© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 351---A Gift
(Author Unknown)

# 352---The Way You See People
(By: Zelig Pliskin – “Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives” - Shaar Press) # 353---The Angel Who Opened My Heart
(By: Arlene Shipley - Edited by Shmuel Greenbaum) # 354---The Awakening
(By: Virginia Marie Swift)

# 355---In All Fairness
(Humor)
(Author Unknown) # 356---The Power And Beauty Of An Ugly Duckling
(© By: Charlie Badenhop) # 357---Courage
(© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)

# 358---Just Words
(© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 359---Katrina Winners
[formerly called: Great Story]
(As Told by Mike Dowdy - Hartselle, Alabama) # 360---Oh My!
(Humor)
(Author Unknown)

# 361---My Dog
(By: Al Batt) # 362---The Rope
(By: R. W. Miller editor @ SkyWriting.net -- based on a story account by Stephanie) # 363---Into the light
(© 2005 By Bob Perks)

# 364---Give Everything
(By: David Sims) # 365---Angel Smiles
(By Joseph J. Mazzella) # 366---Educating the soul
(©2005 By Bob Perks)

# 367---The Blind Men and the Elephant
(by: John Godfrey Saxe) # 368---What gift would I give Him?
(©2005 By Bob Perks) # 369---Dear Santa
(By Sharon Bryant)

# 370---THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS Violet
(©2004 by: Violet Apted) # 371---Manatee Tranquility
(By Paul Dragon as told to Steve Creech) # 372---An Unexpected Moment
(By Sara L. Henderson)

# 373---The Gnat
(Author Unknown--as seen in Mountain Wings) # 374---Untie The Cat
(Author Unknown) # 375---Wasting Precious Time
(by Joseph Sica--as seen in Morning Coffee)

# 376---"Look you're a star already"
(©2005 By Bob Perks) # 377---“Flower Shower”
(A Zen Parable) # 378---On the Road
(By Doyle Portela)

# 379---I Thought I Was the Only Balloon
(By Michael T. Smith - mtsmith@qwestonline.com) # 380---The Predictability Of Habit
(By Chuck Swindoll) # 381---A Boomerang World
(Author Unknown)

# 382---"Gracious, Abundant Rain"
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 383---Temper
(A Zen Story) # 384---On Crazy Days Like These
(Author Unknown)

# 385---"As is"
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 386---Perspective
(Author Unknown) # 387---The Best Road Rage
(Author Unknown)

# 388---The Whole Picture
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 389---The Auction
(Author Unknown) # 390---Rainbows And Thank You's
(By: Joseph J. Mazzella)

# 391---Gratitude
(Author Unknown) # 392---"Exercise Your Soul"
(By: Joseph J. Mazzella) # 393---Crooked little smile
(©2006 By Bob Perks)

# 394---The Real Miracle
(a Zen Story) # 395---The Gates of Paradise
(a Zen Parable) # 396---The Boy Who Saved Thousands of Lives
(By Reg Green)

# 397---When God Created Fathers
(By Erma Bombeck) # 398---A hole in the sky
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 399---'Enjoy the Coffee'
(Author Unknown)

# 400---Imperfect
(© Terri McPherson - From: Words from a Simple Heart©) # 401---Truth, Honor And Salt & Pepper Sandwiches
(By Joseph Walker) # 402---Shoes
(Author Unknown)

# 403---The Soap Maker
(as seen in Sermon Fodder) # 404---A Crabby Old Woman
(Author Unknown) # 405---View with Compassion
(By Zelig Pliskin)
(From: Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives: Formulas, stories, and insights)

# 406---How sad the dying rose
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 407---What is the purpose of life?
(From: An interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, author of "Purpose Driven Life " and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.) # 408---Heaven and Hell
(Author Unknown)

# 409---Two Horses
(Author Unknown) # 410---Sometimes God Uses Regular People
(written by a Hospice of Metro Denver physician) # 411---You Don't Have To Be Original
(By: Michael T. Smith)

# 412---"At the end of the day"
(©2006 By Bob Perks) # 413---And Then It's Winter
(Author Unknown) # 414---Kindness
(Author Unknown--as seen in the-inspired-buffalo)

# 415---The Monastery of Silence [Humor]
(Author Unknown) # 416---Tale Of A Taxi Driver [Humor]
(Author Unknown) # 417---Thanksgiving Proclamation;
(By: Abraham Lincoln)

# 418---The Show
(© 2006 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 419---The Biggest Gift of All!
(© 2004 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 420---A Borrowed Christmas
(By Kathy Pippig Harris - CritterCrazy@AnimalFan.net)

# 421---The Very Best Gift of All
(©December 7, 2006 By: Pamela Perry Blaine - pamyblaine@blaines.us) # 422---The Rock
(© 2001 by Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com) # 423---e= mc sq'd
(Author Unknown - Attributed)

# 424---1.) We Wish You A Speedy Recovery and 2.) That Smile
(Authors Unknown) # 425---I'm a Skunk
(© 2006 By Michael T. Smith) # 426---The Young Man Who Was Afraid
(From: The Urantia Book - Paper-130 Section-6)

# 427---Are You Adoptable?
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# 1--- The Devil's Disguise [© 1986, by Edward M. Hays.]	# 2--- The Wallet [Arnold Fine]	# 3--- First Date (by: "Merium" - March 1997)
# 4--- An Hour of Your Time [Author Unknown]	# 5--- Anything You Wish (by: Anthony de Mello, S.J.]	# 6--- Heartlight Cafe (by: Gregory R. Armel)
# 7--- A Basket of Problems [by Lee Simonson-Copyright 1998]	# 8--- A Rose Within [Author Unknown]	# 9--- Hammering Nails [Author: Unknown]
# 10--- The Magpie [Author: Unknown]	# 11--- A Flower for Bobby's Mother [By: Thomas Pucci]	# 12--- The Value of Gold [Author: Unknown]
# 13--- God Do You love Me? [by: Vern Grimsley]	# 14--- A Story To Live By [by: Ann Wells (Los Angeles Times)]	# 15--- Leaving the City of Regret (By: Larry Harp)
# 16--- God's Embroidery (By: Pastor Jack Hyles from "Grace and Truth")	# 17--- Salutation of the Dawn (by: Kalidasa-celebrated poet of India]	# 18--- Attitude [by: Charles Swindell]
# 19--- The First Time [By Shirley Ward, via the Vidor, Texas church bulletin]	# 20--- The Smile (By Hanoch McCarty - from Chicken Soup for the Soul-Copyright 1993 by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen)	# 21--- The Radiant Coat (by: Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
# 22--- Tetsugen and the Sutras (From: The Ubiquity Web Page)	# 23--- Farmer Fleming (Craig Cockburn (as reported in soc.culture.Scottish )	# 24--- Free To Soar (by: Wayne B. Lynn - Lessons From Life)
# 25--- What Was In Jeremy's Egg? The Lesson of Easter from an Unlikely Child (By: Ida Mae Kempel)	# 26--- Circle of Love [Author Unknown)	# 27--- Parable of The Twins (By: Jimmy D. Brown)
# 28--- The Brother's Grain [by Anthony de Mello, S.J. Taking Flight, 1988]	# 29--- The Touch of the Master's Hand [by: Myra Brooks Welch]	# 30--- From Harvard to Stanford [Author Unknown)
# 31--- Your Son is Here (originally part of a Sermon By: The Right Reverend C. Robert Townshend, Anglican Bishop of Georgian Bay, Huron Diocese, Ca. [The story was changed somewhat as shared over the Internet])	# 32--- A Piano Duet [Author Unknown)	# 33--- The Rich Family in Church [By: Eddie Ogan)
# 34--- Stone Soup [Author Unknown)	# 35--- Is Your Hut Burning? [Author Unknown)	# 36--- Pedal! [Author Unknown)
# 37--- The Poor People [Author Unknown)	# 38--- Why are we here? (by: Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated - April 12th Issue)	# 39--- The Cold Within (by: James Patrick Kinney) and A Lone Ember [Author Unknown]
# 40--- Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody (Author Unknown] *and* Begin Again (A Poem by: Helen Lowrie Marshall)	# 41--- Three Choices [Author Unknown]	# 42--- The Cocoon [Author Unknown]
# 43--- Life is Precious--Handle with Care [Manfred Koehler <http://www.majoringinlife.com/>]	# 44--- The Handwriting on the Wall [© By: Valerie Cox]	# 45--- A Successful Teacher (by: Eric Butterworth - from Chicken Soup for the Soul)
# 46--- Attitude in Life [Author Unknown]	# 47--- Instants [by Jorge Luis Borges]	# 48--- The Doll and a White Rose [by V.A.Bailey]
# 49--- Installing Love (by: Gary L. Rocha - Last revised: September 09, 1999)	# 50--- The Person Who Had Feelings [by Barbara Dunlap]	# 51--- A Lesson (by: Donna Mohney)
# 52--- Lesson in Unconditional Love [By Brenda]	# 53--- Interview with God [Author Unknown]	# 54--- Blue Ribbon Corn (by: James Bender)
# 55--- How shall we know the Savior when he comes? (Author Unknown]	# 56--- The Paradox of our Time (by: Dr. Robert Moorehead, minister, author, and former pastor of Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Washington.)	# 57--- Comes The Dawn [Author Unknown] *and* Do small things with Great Love (by: Michael Peterson]
# 58-- Angels, Once in a While [by: Barb Irwin]	# 59--- The Cracked Pot [Author Unknown]	# 60--- The Old Fisherman [by Mary Bartels Bray]
# 61--- The Tattooed Stranger [© 1999 by Susan Fahncke]	# 62--- The Golden Crane [Author Unknown]	# 63--- The Letter [Author Unknown]
# 64--- Durer's Hands [Author Unknown]	# 65--- Anyway [by: Mother Teresa]	# 66--- Look at the View (Author: Anna Quindlen's Villanova University Commencement Address 1999)
# 67--- The Miracle of a Brother's Song (from: Woman's Day Magazine)	# 68--- The Master's Bedroom [Author Unknown]	# -69-- Grandfather's Wooden Bowl [Author Unknown]
# 70--- Your laws ignore our deepest need (by: Darrell Scott - Thursday, May 27, 1999)	# 71--- Thank you, Lord, for the Thorns (Author Unknown)	# 72--- Surrender (Author Unknown)
# 73--- Butch O'Hare & Easy Eddie (Author Unknown)	# 74--- A Perfect Mistake (By: Cheryl Walterman Stewart)	# 75--- Rose (Author Unknown)
# 76--- The Contact Lens ( A True Story By Elisabeth Elliot - from her book: "Keep A Quiet Heart" Servant Publications, Ann Arbor Michigan)	# 77--- I've learned (Author Unknown)	# 78--- The Race (by: D. H. Groberg)
# 79--- Level of Perfection (By: Rabbi Paysach Krohn)	# 80--- A Place to Stand [By: Dr. Charles Garfield from: Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul]	# 81--- Minimaxims for My Godson (from: Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul - By Arthur Gordon)
# 82--- The Pearls (Author Unknown)	# 83--- The Maze (Author Unknown)	# 84--- Sometimes It's Worth The Risk! (By: Jeff McMullen - As posted in The Tidbits Devotional)
# 85--- A Kitten from God (Author Unknown)	# 86--- THREE TREES (Author Unknown)	# 87--- Minor Distractions (Author Unknown)
# 88--- A Fathers Anguishing Decision (An edited version of the Original story by Carla Muir)	# 89--- Love Is Stronger . . . (By: John Wayne Schlatter - info@twac.org)	# 90--- Billy's Gift (Author Unknown)
# 91--- 'Heaven Scent' (formerly: "Smells Like Rain") (By: Diana Blessing's Mother)	# 92--- Sandpiper of JOY (By Mary Sherman Hilbert)	# 93--- The Man Who Had Plenty (by :Jerry Ullman from "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul")
# 94--- 57 Cents That Made History (Author of original presentation of this story was Pastor Russell H. Conwell from a chapter of his book "Acres of Diamonds")	# 95--- From: "I Shall Not Want" (By: Robert Ketchum)	# 96--- 1000 Marbles (Copyright © 1999, Jeff Davis)
# 97--- Being in God's Service (Written by: Deborah Goaldman)	# 98--- Doing God's Will (Author Unknown)	# 99--- Cupcakes and Root Beer (By Julie A. Manhan)
# 100--- Love Made Visible [© 2001By: Bob Perks] [http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com]	# 101---The Cab Ride (Barry Kingsley Author & Copyright Holder (Original story written & published 1974)	# 102--- Introduction from: “Enchanted Love” [© by Marianne Williamson]
# 103--- God's Under the Bed [by: Kelly Adkins]	# 104--- Wait! I Have a Plan (by Janet Detter Margul - Plano, Texas, USA)	# 105--- The Tablecloth (Author of this Version of the Story is Unknown---See also "The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth" by Howard C. Schade ["SOW Seeds Story" #285] for the Original Version.)
# 106--- Free the Birdies (A true story that occurred in 1994 and as told by Lloyd Glen)	# 107--- The Gift of Kindness (By: John W. Schlatter)	# -108--"They ran through the rain believing..." [© 2001By: Bob Perks] [http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com]
# 109--- His Name is Bill (Author Unknown)	# 110--- All the Good Things (By: Sister Helen Mrosia)	# 111--- Does God still speak to people? (Author Unknown)
# 112--- The Choice (by Max Lacado)	# 113--- Life is an Echo (Author Unknown)	# 114--- The Toothless Grin (Written by Sharon Palmer)
# 115--- To Fill A Sieve (by: Trevor Leggett)	# 116--- A Silver Belt (by Cheewa James)	# 117--- The Religious Life (A Zen Story from The Tassajara Recipe Book )
# 118--- Level of Perfection (By: Rabbi Paysach Krohn) (formerly: Where is God's perfection? and listed as Author Unknown) It turns out this is a duplicate of Story #79... but since the Prayer is different (and at this point it's all a part of history), I have decided to leave it here as story #118 anyway.	# 119--- When The Chips Are Down (Author Unknown)	# 120--- The Child and the Pinion Tree (By: Leila M. Turner 1991)
# 121--- Hold Onto Your Fork (by Glen Wheeler)	# 122--- Cost of A Miracle (Author Unknown)	# 123--- Daddy's Girl (Written by Cheryl Costello-Forshey)
# 124--- The Obstacle in Our Path (Author Unknown)	# 125--- Sand Castles (By: Max Lucado)	# 126--- Angels In The Alley: A True Story (Author Unknown)
# 127--- Pidge in Paradise (Author Unknown)	# 128--- Trouble Tree (Author Unknown)	# 129--- Explanation Of God (Written by an 8 year old, Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA,]
# 130--- The Stone Cutter (A Zen Story - Author Unknown)	# 131--- The Pickle Jar (Author Unknown)	# 132--- Hoped You Would Talk To Me (Author Unknown)
# 133---A Body Filled with Love (by: Lee Paton)	# 134--- Heavens Grocery Store [by Ron De Marco - Copyright 1990]	# 135--- The Daffodil Garden [Author Unknown]
# 136--- An Old Lady's Poem [Author Unknown]	# 137--- A Very Special Prayer [By: Helen Roseveare]	# 138--- The Fishin' Accident [Author Unknown]
# 139---The Holy Man (A Zen Story)	# 140--- The Posture Of Christian Servanthood (by George D. Beukema)	# 141--- The Threadbare Quilt [Author Unknown]
# 142--- Robby (Author Unknown)	# 143--- Carl's Garden [Author Unknown]	# 144--- Value [Author Unknown]
# 145--- "I'll Do Better Tomorrow, I Promise" (Written and Published By: Maurine Reynolds Adamek from her book: "I'll Do Better Tomorrow, I Promise")	# 146---Special Delivery (Author Unknown)	# 147---The Empty Chair (Author Unknown)
# 148---The Other Side of the Door (Author Unknown)	# 149---A King and His Four Wives (Author Unknown)	# 150---Strangers (by: Chaplain Robinson)

# 151--- Entertaining Angels (Author Unknown)	# 152--- Seven Wonders of the World (Author Unknown)	# 153--- Teenagers Today (By Kimberly Kirberger)
# 154--- The Story of Daniel (By: Pastor Richard Ryan)	# 155--- Making Music With What We Have (by: Jack Riemer, Houston Chronicle)	# 156---Today at the Mosque... (Author Unknown)
# 157---SURVIVING THE 81ST FLOOR OF WORLD TRADE TOWER TWO (By: Dan Van Veen)	# 158---Above it all... (Author Unknown)	# 159---Two Wolves (Author Unknown)
# 160---DESTINY (By: Abraham Lincoln)	# 161---The Teddy Bear (Author Unknown)	# 162---Unfolding the Rose (Author Unknown)
# 163---The Phone Call (Author Unknown)	# 164---The Gold Wrapping Paper (Author Unknown)	# 165--- The Precious Stone (A Zen Parable)
# 166---Billy's Dream (Author Unknown)	# 167---Christmas Spirit (Author Anonymous)	# 168---THE FIRE (Author Unknown)
# 169---A Most Important Lesson (Author Unknown)	# 170---It's How I Arrange My Mind (Author Unknown)	# 171---Parachutes Of Life (Author Unknown)
# 172---Giving When it Counts (Author Unknown)	# 173---Dr. Smith's Darts (Author Unknown)	# 174---The Stock Boy and the Check Out Girl (Author Unknown)
# 175---I Wish You Enough [© 2001By: Bob Perks] [http://IWishYouEnough.com - Bob@BobPerks.com]	# 176---That's What Friends Do [By: Suzanne Eller from "Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul" - http://daretobelieve.org]	# 177---The Room [Joshua Harris]
# 178---Sand and Stone [Author Unknown]	# 179---Three Yellow Roses [Author Unknown]	# 180---It held three things (By: Bob Perks ©2002 - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 181---Shake It Off And Take A Step Up! (Author Unknown)	# 182---When You Thought I Wasn't Looking (Written by a Child)	# 183---God won't ask... (Author Unknown)
# 184---Barking at the world (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 185---Three Generous Sons (Author Unknown)	# 186---Why I loved my Mom... (Author Unknown)
# 187---Carrots, Eggs, or Coffee?? (Author Unknown)	# 188---No more with me (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 189---Please, God? (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 190---Fences or Bridges (Author Unknown)	# 191---In the cards (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 192---I'll drop you a line (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 193---Nature's Beauty (A Zen Parable)	# 194---On the Other Side (Author Unknown) Same Story as #148	# 195---To see in the darkness (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 196---Are you happy? (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 197---A Simple Lesson (Author Unknown)	# 198---The Gift of Insults (A Zen Parable)
# 199---Believe it, see it! (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 200---The Journey (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 201---Practice Makes Perfect (A Zen Parable)
# 202---THE BIRTH OF JESUS (From: The Urantia Book - Paper 122 Sections 7-8)	# 203---It is there (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 204---The Lunch Bag (a true story of Robert Fulghum and his 7-year-old daughter Molly)
# 205---Two Thousand One, Nine Eleven! (Author Unknown)	# 206---Colors (Author Unknown)	# 207---Sighs of the Heart (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 208---The Attitude of a Flower (©2002 By: Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 209---THE EMPEROR'S SEEDS (From: In The Garden With Jesus", by Tiziana Ruff -- from 'andychaps_the-funnies')	# 210---NOTICE COMMONALITIES (By: Jeffrey Hopkins - "Cultivating Compassion: A Buddhist Perspective")
# 211---Be Reverent (From: Lama Surya Das - Awakening the Buddhist Heart)	# 212---The Last Day (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)	# 213---Star Signs! (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)
#214---Three Marbles (By: W. E. Petersen, as published in the October, 1975 'Ensign' magazine)	# 215---God's Children (Author Unknown)	# 216---Thanks, Forgiving Day! (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)
# 217---The Best Christmas of My Life (by: Rian B. Anderson)	# 218---“Russian Christmas Story” [formerly called: Two Babies In A Manger] (Written by: Will Fish )	# 219---The True Meaning of Christmas (Author Unknown)
# 220---In the Eyes of an Angel (A Christmas Story ©2002 By: Pastor Daniel J. Megow - seewithin@churchwithin.org)	# 221---A Gathering of Children (by: Pastor Daniel J. Megow © 2-11-2001)	# 222---The Kind Horseman (Author Unknown)
# 223---Real Winners Lose (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)	# 224---A Page from the Book:"Discovering Alphaland" (By: Rev Dc Michael Wheeler-Wyatt © mwyatt 2003)	# 225---Face to face (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)
# 226---The Man Who Planted Hope (By: Jean Giono)	# 227---The 7 Wonders of the World (Author Unknown) The same story as #152 but the Prayer is different.	# 228---The Evil Brothers (by: Charles Swindoll)
# 229---Sixteen Minutes (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)	# 230---The Truth as to Why Men Lie (Author Unknown)	# 231---The Governor of Kyoto (A Zen Parable)
# 232---A man with a present (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)	# 233---What is Egotism (A Zen Parable)	# 234---New (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)
# 235---Especially the Blue (Author Unknown)	# 236---Merging (By Bob Perks - Bob@IWishYouEnough.com)	# 237---The Tea Cup (Author Unknown)
# 238---“The Understanding Wife” - (Humor) (Author Unknown)	# 239---A Buzzard, a Bat, and a Bee (Author Unknown)	# 240---A Great Love (Author Unknown)
# 241---Through God's Eyes (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 242---The Enlightened Being (A Zen Parable)	# 243---In a Single Bloom (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 244---They're Playing Your Song (By: Alan Cohen, author of "Living from the Heart.")	# 245---The things that count (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 246---A Path Worn Well (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 247---Thank You For Your Time (Author Unknown)	# 248---Pick One (Author Unknown)	# 249---Grandma's Pet Duck (Author Unknown)
# 250---A Promise to a Flower (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 251---His Eye is On The Sparrow (by John Thomas Oaks)	# 252---God and Barbers (Author Unknown)
# 253---He'll be back (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 254---Life Is a Dash (by: Marilyn Tam)	# 255---Outside the Window (Author Unknown)
# 256---A Glass Of Water (Author Unknown)	# 257---Refining Silver (Author Unknown)	# 258---The Mission (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 259---God Knows His Business (Author Unknown)	# 260---Petals of Thanks (By: Kristin Spengler Zerbe)	# 261---The Trip (By: Pastor Daniel J. Megow)
# 262---The Loss or the Lesson? (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 263---The Wreck On Highway 109 (By: Ruth Gillis)	# 264---Choose Your Words Well (Author Unknown)
# 265---At that very moment (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 266---The Teacher (Author Unknown)	# 267---True Love (Author Unknown)
# 268---It's just like you said it would be. (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 269---Are You Jesus? (Author Unknown)	# 270---Is It Only Words? (Author Unknown)
# 271---NO SANTA CLAUS? RIDICULOUS! (Author Unknown)	# 272---Christmas Love (A True Story - Written and © 1999 by Candy Chand)	# 273---A Little Frog (Author Unknown)
# 274---Listening (Author Unknown)	# 275---To end the darkness... (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 276---The Colors of Friendship (Author Unknown) Same Story as #206
# 277---Wanting God (A Zen Story)	# 278---Someday! (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 279---A Forever Kind Of Love (By Christy M. Martin)
# 280---If I could... (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 281---The Best Way to Pray (Author Unknown)	# 282---Ol' Spot (Humor - Author Unknown)
# 283---Temper (A Zen Koan)	# 284---An Angel Story (By: Rev. Mary - as seen in the Inspired Buffalo)	# 285---The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth (by: Howard C. Schade)
# 286---Words I could have spoken (By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 287---ROOM 712 (By Sue Kidd - as seen in firstIMPRESSIONS)	# 288---Little Things (from: Lisa Beamer)
# 289---A GLASS OF MILK (Author Unknown)	# 290---A Hot Cup of Coffee in His Name (© by -- Jill Burnett jill@atthewell.com)	# 291---BEHIND THE SCENE (An Embarrassing Possibility) (by Patijé)
# 292---The Shoe Factory (Author Unknown - Source: Signs of the Times http://www.signstimes.com)	# 293---Granny's Pearls (© Kathleen Shelton Poulson KathleenPoulson@postmark.net)	# 294---WHEN THE WINDS BLOW (Author Unknown)
# 295---You can't get away... (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 296---Map Of The World (Author Unknown)	# 297---Dear Son (Author Unknown)
# 298---THE ROBIN'S RAIN SONG (By Mary Emma Allen (c)2002 - me.allen@juno.com)	# 299---The Second Ten Commandments (By Ruth Bourdon)	# 300---THE FLOWER (By Pastor John R. Ramsey)
# 301---Point of no return (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 302---The Baptist Dog? (Author Unknown)	# 303---The Baggy Yellow Shirt (Patricia Lorenz)
# 304---NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN (By Joseph Walker)	# 305---The Trickle (A MountainWings Original - http://www.mountainwings.com)	# 306---The way we said goodbye (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 307---The Good Life - It's All In How You Look At It (By Kathy Whirity)	# 308---Look at Your Hands (Author Unknown)	# 309---Orchids and Daffodils (© Celestial Artisan Katrina and Helen Whitworth)
# 310---Was He An Angel? (By: Susan Roberts)	# 311---A CONVERSATION OF WAVES (Author Unknown)	# 312---My Life as a Weed (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 313---Once In A Lifetime (By: Arthur Gordon)	# 314---Things aren't always what they seem... (Author Unknown)	# 315---THEM! (By: A MountainWings Original)
# 316---A Great Christmas Story (Author Unknown)	# 317---The Invitation (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 318---Maybe (©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 319---False Rumors (Author Unknown) Except for one additional line at the end (and the Prayer of course), this is the same story as our #271 that is titled "No Santa Clause? Ridiculous!" Oopsie...	# 320---A Load of Coal (H.N. Cook)	# 321---Who's Missing Jesus? [formerly called: The Missing Jesus] (Based upon a true inspirational story which happened in 1941 - © 2001 by Jean Geitzen and Published by Praize Books)
# 322---The Meaning of Peace (Author Unknown)	# 323---“John 3:16” (Author Unknown)	# 324---Break the Ice (©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 325---A Mother's Footsteps (From: The Daily Encourager)	# 326---Lost (©2003 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 327---Winning (Author Unknown)
# 328---Where is God? (Author Unknown - Humor)	# 329---He's 'Okay' in my book! (©2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 330---LIFE IS NOT A HARDSHIP TO BE ENDURED (© Charlie Badenhop)
# 331---MEAT AND LEAVES BOILED (By Joseph Walker - valuespeak@msn.com)	# 332---BLOSSOM WHERE YOU ARE (By Kathy Whirity ©2004)	# 333---Pine Tree Crosses (Author Unknown)
# 334---The Old Man And His Dog (By: Catherine Moore - As seen in MountainWings)	# 335---God and the Geese (Author Unknown)	# 336---What was that I heard? (Author Unknown)
# 337---Stuck in their Story (© By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 338---The Gift That Keeps On Returning (By Joseph J. Mazzella)	# 339---Affirmation For Today (By: Ralph Waldo Emerson)
# 340---Watch The Children (By Joseph J. Mazzella)	# 341---Thank you Father (Author Unknown)	# 342---Looking for someone (© 2002 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 343---Don't Hope Friend, Decide! (© 1997 by Michael D. Hargrove and Bottom Line Underwriters, Inc.)	# 344---Dreams (© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 345---The Prodigal's Daughter? (Author Unknown)
# 346---Sighs of the Heart (© 2002 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 347---Window of Opportunity (By Jeanne Getz Pallos - Source: Signs of the Times)	# 348---On the Road (© By Doyle Portela)
# 349---The Old Barn (Author Unknown)	# 350---Little things (© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 351---A Gift (Author Unknown)
# 352---The Way You See People (By: Zelig Pliskin – “Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives” - Shaar Press)	# 353---The Angel Who Opened My Heart (By: Arlene Shipley - Edited by Shmuel Greenbaum)	# 354---The Awakening (By: Virginia Marie Swift)
# 355---In All Fairness (Humor) (Author Unknown)	# 356---The Power And Beauty Of An Ugly Duckling (© By: Charlie Badenhop)	# 357---Courage (© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)
# 358---Just Words (© 2005 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 359---Katrina Winners [formerly called: Great Story] (As Told by Mike Dowdy - Hartselle, Alabama)	# 360---Oh My! (Humor) (Author Unknown)
# 361---My Dog (By: Al Batt)	# 362---The Rope (By: R. W. Miller editor @ SkyWriting.net -- based on a story account by Stephanie)	# 363---Into the light (© 2005 By Bob Perks)
# 364---Give Everything (By: David Sims)	# 365---Angel Smiles (By Joseph J. Mazzella)	# 366---Educating the soul (©2005 By Bob Perks)
# 367---The Blind Men and the Elephant (by: John Godfrey Saxe)	# 368---What gift would I give Him? (©2005 By Bob Perks)	# 369---Dear Santa (By Sharon Bryant)
# 370---THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS Violet (©2004 by: Violet Apted)	# 371---Manatee Tranquility (By Paul Dragon as told to Steve Creech)	# 372---An Unexpected Moment (By Sara L. Henderson)
# 373---The Gnat (Author Unknown--as seen in Mountain Wings)	# 374---Untie The Cat (Author Unknown)	# 375---Wasting Precious Time (by Joseph Sica--as seen in Morning Coffee)
# 376---"Look you're a star already" (©2005 By Bob Perks)	# 377---“Flower Shower” (A Zen Parable)	# 378---On the Road (By Doyle Portela)
# 379---I Thought I Was the Only Balloon (By Michael T. Smith - mtsmith@qwestonline.com)	# 380---The Predictability Of Habit (By Chuck Swindoll)	# 381---A Boomerang World (Author Unknown)
# 382---"Gracious, Abundant Rain" (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 383---Temper (A Zen Story)	# 384---On Crazy Days Like These (Author Unknown)
# 385---"As is" (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 386---Perspective (Author Unknown)	# 387---The Best Road Rage (Author Unknown)
# 388---The Whole Picture (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 389---The Auction (Author Unknown)	# 390---Rainbows And Thank You's (By: Joseph J. Mazzella)
# 391---Gratitude (Author Unknown)	# 392---"Exercise Your Soul" (By: Joseph J. Mazzella)	# 393---Crooked little smile (©2006 By Bob Perks)
# 394---The Real Miracle (a Zen Story)	# 395---The Gates of Paradise (a Zen Parable)	# 396---The Boy Who Saved Thousands of Lives (By Reg Green)
# 397---When God Created Fathers (By Erma Bombeck)	# 398---A hole in the sky (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 399---'Enjoy the Coffee' (Author Unknown)
# 400---Imperfect (© Terri McPherson - From: Words from a Simple Heart©)	# 401---Truth, Honor And Salt & Pepper Sandwiches (By Joseph Walker)	# 402---Shoes (Author Unknown)
# 403---The Soap Maker (as seen in Sermon Fodder)	# 404---A Crabby Old Woman (Author Unknown)	# 405---View with Compassion (By Zelig Pliskin) (From: Kindness: Making a Difference in People's Lives: Formulas, stories, and insights)
# 406---How sad the dying rose (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 407---What is the purpose of life? (From: An interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, author of "Purpose Driven Life " and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.)	# 408---Heaven and Hell (Author Unknown)
# 409---Two Horses (Author Unknown)	# 410---Sometimes God Uses Regular People (written by a Hospice of Metro Denver physician)	# 411---You Don't Have To Be Original (By: Michael T. Smith)
# 412---"At the end of the day" (©2006 By Bob Perks)	# 413---And Then It's Winter (Author Unknown)	# 414---Kindness (Author Unknown--as seen in the-inspired-buffalo)
# 415---The Monastery of Silence [Humor] (Author Unknown)	# 416---Tale Of A Taxi Driver [Humor] (Author Unknown)	# 417---Thanksgiving Proclamation; (By: Abraham Lincoln)
# 418---The Show (© 2006 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 419---The Biggest Gift of All! (© 2004 By Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 420---A Borrowed Christmas (By Kathy Pippig Harris - CritterCrazy@AnimalFan.net)
# 421---The Very Best Gift of All (©December 7, 2006 By: Pamela Perry Blaine - pamyblaine@blaines.us)	# 422---The Rock (© 2001 by Bob Perks - Bob@BobPerks.com)	# 423---e= mc sq'd (Author Unknown - Attributed)
# 424---1.) We Wish You A Speedy Recovery and 2.) That Smile (Authors Unknown)	# 425---I'm a Skunk (© 2006 By Michael T. Smith)	# 426---The Young Man Who Was Afraid (From: The Urantia Book - Paper-130 Section-6)
# 427---Are You Adoptable? <