Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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LIFE’S GOODNESS
During a particularly bad sales slump, a manager talked to a group of salespeople. Placing a black spot on a large white screen, he asked his employees...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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STEPPING FORWARD
A Marine officer, needing three men for a dangerous mission, asked for volunteers. He said to the platoon, “I am going to turn my back and give...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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FEW GREAT WORDS
It is said a parrot can learn 200 to 300 words; a bright 6-year-old knows about 2,000 to 3,000 words; an ordinary person, 35,000 to 70,000...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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THE GOOD LIFE
A few years ago Life magazine had a special issue on “The Good Life.” It was shown that we have in America wonderful resources of the...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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LIVING ALONE
Many people try to run away from their inner loneliness. They do not know how to be alone. They do anything to escape from being alone. They...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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WORK ADVICE
A mother gave this priceless advice to her son, who was about to start a job: “John, remember, it is not how much you get from your...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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SUFFERING ACCEPTANCE
We sometimes indulge in self-pity by thinking that disappointments, failures, heartaches and tragedies are peculiar to us. But they are a common lot of us all. We...
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by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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DISAPPOINTMENTS IN LIFE
A young man wrote, “Everything has gone wrong with me.” Yes, in life things do go wrong. A man who dreamed of becoming a physician is...
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by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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FINDING HAPPINESS
A preacher asked those in his congregation who wanted to go to heaven to stand up. All rose but one man. Then he asked those who wanted...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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ARE YOU MISERABLE?
There are 11 ways to be miserable:
• Use “I” as often as possible.
• Be sensitive to slight.
• Be jealous and envious.
• Think only about yourself.
• Talk...