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That was good huh? lol
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 2:40
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Subject: RE: [Sndbox] The Monk
ROFL!
David L.
Ben Franklin: "Only
a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt, they have
more need of masters."
The Monk
A man's car broke down as he
was driving past a beautiful, old monastery. He walked up the
drive and knocked on the front door of the monastery.
A monk
answered, listened to the man's
story and graciously invited him to
spend the night.
The monks fed the man and led him to a tiny chamber in
which to sleep. The man thanked the
monks and slept serenely until he
was awakened by a strange sound. The next morning, as the
monks repaired
his car, he asked about the sound that woke him. The monks said, "We're
sorry.
We can't tell you about the sound. You're not a monk."
The man was disappointed, but eager to be gone, so he thanked the
monks for their kindness and went on his way. During quiet moments
afterward, the man pondered the source of the alluring sound.
Several years later, the man was driving in the same area. He
stopped at the monastery on a whim and asked admittance. He explained to the
monks that he had so enjoyed his previous stay, he wondered if he might be
permitted to spend another night under
their peaceful roof.
The
monks agreed and the man stayed.
Late that night, he heard the
sound. The next morning, he begged the monks to explain the
sound. The
monks said, "We're sorry. We can't tell you about the sound. You're not a
monk."
By now, the man's curiosity had turned to obsession. He
decided to give up everything and
become a monk if that was the only way
to learn about the sound. He informed the monks of
his decision and
began the long and arduous task of becoming a monk.
Seventeen years
later, the man was finally established as a true member of the order. When
the celebration ended, he humbly went to the leader of the order and
asked to be told the source of the sound.
Silently, the old monk led
the new monk to a huge wooden door. He opened the door with a golden key.
That door swung open to reveal a second door of silver, then a third of gold
and so on until they had passed through twelve doors, each more magnificent
than the last.
The new monk's face was awash with tears of joy as he
finally beheld the wondrous source of the mysterious sound he had heard so
many years before.
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But,
I can't tell you what it was. You're not a monk.
Greg Hopper
"Why is it that our children
can't read a Bible in school, but they can
in
prison?"
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