General Discussion - It Was a Good Barn andynoruy - Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:17 am Post subject: It Was a Good Barn
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Gazing out his window to the wooded Vermont hills, he pointed toward a neighboring farm, “Used to be a large barn over there. Ramos W9 It was solidly built, probably in the 1870s. But like so many of the places around here, it went down because people left for richer lands in the Midwest. No one took care of the barn. mid 70003 google android 7 touch tablet Its roof needed patching; rainwater got under the eaves and dripped down inside the posts and beams.
“One day a high wind came along, and the whole barn began to tremble. Archos 101 G9 Android Tablet You could hear this then a sharp series of cracks and a tremendous roaring sound. Suddenly it was a heap of scrap lumber.
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My friend said he had turned the incident over and over in his mind, and finally came to recognize some parallels between building a barn and building a friendship: Malata Zpad T8 no matter how strong you are, how notable your attainments, you have enduring significance only in your relationship to others.
“To make your life a sound structure that will serve others and fulfill your own potential,” Zenithink ZT-180 Android Tablet He said, “you have to remember that strength, however massive, can’t endure unless it has the interlocking support of others. Go it alone and you’ll inevitably tumble.
“Relationships have to be cared for,” he added, “like the roof of a barn. SmartQ N7 Letters unwritten, thanks unsaid, confidences violated, quarrels unsettled-all this acts like rainwater seeping into the pegs, weakening the link between the beams.”
My friend shook his head. “It was a good barn. And it would have taken very little to keep it in good condition.” SmartQ G7 SkyPad M3 Skyworth M5 SkyPad M6 Skyworth Tablet Teclast Tablet Ramos W12ivy00135 - Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject: 暑期打工 星座運勢 暑假打工 酒店 高雄酒店 台湾高雄夜总会 酒店 台南酒店 台南酒店 高雄酒店經紀 台南酒店經紀 台湾夜总会 便服酒店 酒店 酒店經紀 暑期打工 業績幹部 酒店 訪檯幹部 酒店上班 酒店經紀 金典酒店 高雄便服酒店 高雄義大世界 高雄酒店 高雄酒店經紀 高雄金典 酒店文化知識 便服酒店 酒店手腕 高雄酒店應徵 高雄傳播小姐 酒店上班招財法 高雄酒店工作 高雄酒店經紀人 高雄酒店兼差 酒店 酒拳 業績幹部 高雄酒店少爺 酒店管理 高雄新富爺101酒店 便服酒店 酒店經紀
