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  • 24 Hours
  • 24 Things
  • A Bag of Cookies
  • Potatoes, Eggs and Coffee Beans
  • 4 Basic Management Lessons
  • Seven Wonders of the World
  • Count Your Blessings
  • Heaven and Hell
  • The Tortoise and The Hare
  • Nature to Save
  • I Thought You Could Help
  • Living In Grace
  • In the Course of the Year
  • Genesis
  • I Love You Anyway
  • Love Thyself

    • Seven Wonders of the World


    Sometimes in life there are more wonders than you thought...


    A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there were some disagreements, the following got the most votes:

    1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
    2. Taj Mahal
    3. Grand Canyon
    4. Panama Canal
    5. Empire State Building
    6. St. Peter's Basilica
    7. China's Great Wall

    While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet student hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.

    The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many."

    The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."

    The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:

    1. to touch
    2. to taste
    3. to see
    4. to hear

    (She hesitated a little, and then added:)

    1. to feel
    2. to laugh
    3. and to love."

    The room was so full of silence you could have heard a pin drop.

    Those things we overlook as simple and "ordinary" are truly wondrous.


    A gentle reminder -- that the most precious things in life cannot be bought.
    I hope your life is filled with the world's Seven Wonders.


    Author Unknown