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A SAMURAI ASKS A MONK: "WHAT IS HEAVEN AND HELL?"
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COWBOYS “TALKING THE TALK” VS. “WALKING THE TALK”

A SAMURAI ASKS A MONK:
"WHAT IS HEAVEN AND HELL?"

“A big, tough Samurai once went to see a little monk.

“Monk,” he said in a voice accustomed to instant obedience,
“teach me about heaven and hell!”

The monk looked up at this mighty warrior and replied with utter disdain, “Teach you about heaven and hell? I couldn't teach you about anything. You're dirty. You smell. Your blade is rusty. You're a disgrace, an embarrassment to the samurai class. Get out of my sight. I can't stand you.”

The samurai was furious. He shook, got all red in the face, was speechless with rage.

He pulled out his sword and raised it above him, preparing to slay the monk.

“That's hell,” said the monk softly.

The samurai was overwhelmed. The compassion and surrender of this little man who had offered his life to give this teaching to show him hell!

He slowly put down his sword, filled with gratitude and suddenly peaceful.

“And that's heaven,” said the monk softly.”

-- from: Dr. Rob Gilbert with Joe DePalma

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COWBOYS“TALKING THE TALK” VS. “WALKING THE TALK”

Late one night out on a lonesome Texas prairie, three cowboys were sitting around a campfire.

Then the stories began . . .

The first cowboy said, “I must be the meanest, toughest cowboy in the world. Just the other day, a bull got loose in the corral and gored six men to death. I immediately jumped over the fence and wrestled the bull to the ground with my bare hands.”

The second cowboy not wanting to be outdone said, “That's nothing! I must be the meanest, toughest cowboy in the world. Just the other day, I was walking down a trail when a 15-foot rattlesnake slid out from under a rock and made a move toward me. When he was just about to bite me, I grabbed the snake by the neck and choked him to death with my bare hands.”

The third cowboy listened intently and remained silent while he stirred the orange-hot coals in the campfire with his bare hands.

-- from: Dr. Rob Gilbert with Joe DePalma

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