GOD'S BOXES

I have in my hand two boxes,

which God gave me to hold.

He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box

and all your joys in the gold".

I heeded His word and in the two boxes
both my joys and sorrows I stored,
but though the gold became heavier each day,
the black was as light as before.

With curiosity I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
and I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"

He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they’re all here with me".

I asked God why he gave me the boxes,

Why the gold and the black with a hole?

"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,

the black is for you to let go".

Author Unknown

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GRANDMOTHERS
(by an eight year old school boy)

A Grandmother is a woman, who has no children of her own, so she loves the boys and girls of other people.

Grandmothers have nothing to do, they only have to be there.

If they take you for a walk, they go slowly past beautiful leaves and caterpillars.

They never say "Come along quickly", or "Hurry up for goodness sake".

They are usually fat, but not too fat to tie up my shoe laces.

They wear spectacles and sometimes take out their teeth.

They can answer any question, for instance why dogs hate cats, and why God is not married.

When they read to us, they never leave anything out.

They do not mind if it's always the same story.

Everyone should have a Grandmother, especially those who do not have a television.

Grandmothers are the only grown ups who have plenty of time.

via Moira Black’s friend in Leeds