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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own shopping bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The…

A man knocked at his Bedouin friend’s door to ask him a favor: “I want you to lend me four thousand dinars because I have a debt to pay. Can…

One of the monks of Scete committed a grave error, and the wisest hermit was called upon to judge him. The hermit refused, but they insisted so much that in…

A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey. “But I haven’t got the energy.”…

I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to…

Once upon a time, there was a man who had been the soul of kindness all his life. When he died, everyone assumed that he would go straight to Heaven,…

A Siberian shaman asked God to show him a man that He loved. The Lord advised him to look for a certain farmer. “What do you do to make the…

Cassan Said Amer tells a story about a lecturer who began a seminar holding up a one dollar bill, and asking: “Who wants this dollar bill?” Several hands went up,…

A Samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a Zen monk to ask him for his advice. When the monk had finished his prayers, the…