Once there was a leper colony on the outskirts of a kingdom. The kingdom, which had been ruled by a tyrant, had then been filled to overflowing with poverty, addictions, all kinds of disease and sickness, and injustice. However, one day the rightful king returned and overthrew the tyrant. Then the new king established laws […]
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Once upon a time there was a king who put a shepherd in charge of his flock of sheep. The sheep often were very annoying and acted stupidly. In his position, the shepherd took pride in his knowledge and experience to which the sheep could never measure up themselves. Where would those sheep be without
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Once upon a time, there was a father and his son who lived in the countryside. When the son came of age, the father delegated to him responsibility for a field of crops and for a flock of sheep. It was now up to the son to cultivate the field and to care for the
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Once upon a time there was a flock of sheep. As other shepherds have done, the shepherd of the sheep hired a wild donkey to provide a line of defense against wolves (1). After the wolves suffered injury from the donkeys’ bite and hooves, they started to change their tactics. The wolves decided to become
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Once upon a time there was an ox. The ox worked very hard in the field and he brought in a great harvest for his master year after year. After many years of service, however, the ox began to feel worn out. He began going through the motions and didn’t feel the same joy and
How a Guy Named “Will” Saved the World from a Zombie Apocalypse Imagine you are at a doctor’s appointment. After concluding various tests, the doctor soberly tells you the diagnosis. He says, “I have bad news and good news. The bad news is that you have a deadly virus and there is only one cure.”
Once upon a time there was an automobile manufacturing company. The CEO had designed state-of-the-art sports cars with incredible speed, gas mileage, and longevity. This famous CEO hired a team of writers and editors to publish a book about his life story. But the CEO didn’t just want any writers; he wanted writers with whom
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess. At various instances throughout her life, she encountered some relational traumas that left her feeling alone and confused. One day, she got into a big argument with her family. After this encounter, she felt unheard, unloved, uncelebrated, unnoticed, rejected, inferior, ashamed, and ostracized. Still hurting and
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There was once a war that broke out within a kingdom. The king fired his head of security, for this officer had formed a coup in attempts to overthrow the king and to take his place. In this uprising, agents of the rebelling ringleader had organized themselves into their own governmental structure mimicking that of
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Once upon a time there was a little girl. She had her own hopes and dreams, frustrations and disappointments, desires and longings, fears and hesitations. She also had her fair share of struggles with low self-esteem when her desire to be noticed and appreciated seemed to go unmet. One day, she had a quarrel with
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