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In a message dated 03/08/2002 3:56:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> >>When we combine our strengths instead of fighting them, we end up way
> >>ahead.>>
>
> I like this. It could be said of most situations.
>
>

From Teaching Your Children About God, by David Wolpe, quoted in Spiritual
Literacy:
A boy and his father were walking along a road when they came across a large
stone. The boy said to his father,"Do yo think if I use all my strength, I
can move this rock?" His father answered, "If you use all your strength, I am
sure you can do it." The boy began to push the rock. Exerting himself as much
as he could, he pushed and pushed. The rock did not move. Discouraged, he
said to his father, "You were wrong. I can't do it." His father placed his
arm around the boy's shoulder and said, "No, son. You din't use ALL your
strength--you didn't ask me to help."


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