Words For This Journey

This is a collection of stories and articles which I came across over the years. Most of them through emails that was forwarded to me, others, I came across myself while surfing the net. Some, I will forward them to a group as a post to be archived there. Many of them though, were deleted. Now, I decided to share it and post it up on this blog. At least, now I can come back and read them another times. So, here they are. Hope it would inspire you as most of them inspired me. Enjoy!

Friday, June 02, 2006

The REAL 7 Wonders of the World



A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World". Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:

1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basillica
7. China's Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet student hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.

The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help." The girl hesitated, the read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:

1. to see
2. to hear
3. to touch
4. to taste
5. to feel
6. to laugh
7. and to love"

The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook as simple, ordinary and take for granted are truly wondrous!

Point to ponder:
The most precious things in life ... cannot be built by hand ... or .... bought by man.

| inspirational | life | values | wonders | precious | love | kids |

posted by Kuan Cheen
@ 6/02/2006 11:02:00 PM
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