Crying is common in this world. It does little good to ask the reason for it. Muddyscuttle is what one might call a weeping planet. Laughter can be heard here and there, but by and large, weeping predominates. With maturity the sound and reason for crying changes, but never does it stop. All infants do it everywhere, even in public. By adulthood most crying is done alone and in the dark. Weeping, ...
2. We Help Each Other
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Calvin Miller
When Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest, when he was at the summit in 1953, he had a partner in his success. He had climbed the mountain all the way to the top, the first man ever to do that. The thing that surprised me about the whole story was not that Edmund Hillary climbed the mountain, but that he had a companion who climbed the mountain with him. Nobody ever hears his name. His ...
Late faith is unavailing. There's little use accepting arks once the rain begins to fall. Death is such an instant storm that by the time you reach for an umbrella, you already need your water wings.
