It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.
"May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back."
- Irish blessing
A wise old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment.
Then a new school year began. The very next afternoon three young boys full of youthful after-school enthusiasm came down his street beating merrily on every trash can they encountered. The crashing percussion continued day after day, until finally the wise old man decided it was time to take some action.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
A mother was watching her four year-old son playing outside in a small plastic pool half-filled with water. He was happily walking back and forth across the pool, making big splashes.
Suddenly, the little boy stopped, stepped out of the pool, and began to scoop water out of the pool with a pail.
"Why are you pouring the water out, dear?" asked the mother.
"Because my teacher said Jesus walked on water, and this water doesn't work," he replied.
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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