Each morning at 5:30, I take my Lhasa Apso, Maxwell, for a walk. He has
the bad habit of picking up bits of paper or other trash along the way.
When
he does, I command him to “drop it,” and he usually complies.

One morning, though, he absolutely refused to drop a piece of litter. So
I told him to “sit” and then approached him to see what his treasure
was. It
was a $10 bill.

– by Elsa Boggs (via Reader’s Digest)

Received from GCFL

In a spy novel I had just read, the hero hid
a letter in a particular statue in Washington, D.C. Since I was in that city at
the time, on a whim I decided to see if the statue really contained the small
niche the author had described. To my great surprise, it did – and a
cellophane – wrapped letter was inside. After a moment’s hesitation, I pulled out
the letter, opened it, and burst into laughter.

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Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God’s goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it.  

–William Law