3I. love thy neighbour


from the ABC set Ф Bible Stories

The right thing

Why does one do the right thing in life? You do it for others, and in doing so, you do it for yourself. The one hand washes the other.

Learning curve

When a baby learns to walk, it sometimes stumbles and falls. Then it has to get up and try walking again. He has to fall from time to time in order to learn how to walk. Life is like this.

Fate

In the army during a war, the soldiers have the following expression when someone gets shot; they say ‘the bullet had his number on it’. This means he was destined to die this way, by this bullet, as it was his fate.

Injustice

The Law is not a piece of funny-putty to be moulded to your whims. It is constant. It is set. It is a rock.

Justice

A lawyer that has a strong case is like a Rottweiler in court. He devours his rivals…

Purity

In the army you get a fire-bucket, which is a mug that fits onto the bottom of your waterbottle. It is used to make coffee in, over a small fire or fuel-tablet. It gets soot on the outside as a result, but must always be kept clean on the inside, because you drink out of it.

Equality

There is a philosophy that all religions are like the spokes of wheel; they all converge on one central point; the hub, or in a religious terms ‘God’. All paths thus leads to the origin; God. Thus all religions are equal.

Genetics

Human history is like a man grinding corn. He grinds and grinds the corn on a grinding stone until its fine. He grinds it as finely as he can. Then he sifts it to seperate the wheat from the chaff. The final product is finely ground and free of impurities...

The Truth

In his prime Mike Tyson was unbeatable in the ring. His opponents would not last long with him. He would inevitably wear them down, and usually finish them off with a knock-out punch. The truth is like this; it is unstopable...

A Tip

Focus on the here and now...

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