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Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying: “Lord, where are you? I want to help you, to fix your shoes and comb your hair. I want to wash your clothes and pick the lice off. “I want to bring you milk to kiss your little hands and feet when it’s time for you to go to bed. “I want to sweep your room and keep it neat. God, my sheep and goats are yours. ” “Who are you talking to?” Moses could stand it no longer. “Only something that grows needs milk. Only some one with feet needs shoes. Not G’d!”  The shepherd repented and tore his clothes and sighed and wandered out into the desert. A sudden revelation came then to Moses. “You have separated me from one of my own. “Did you come as a Prophet to unite, or to sever? “I have given each being a separate and unique way of seeing and knowing and saying that knowledge. “What seems wrong to you is right for him. “What is poison to one is honey to someone else. “Purity and impurity, sloth and diligence in worship, these mean no...

If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes I would relax. I know of very few things that I would take seriously. I would go more places. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less bran. I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary troubles. You see, I have been one of those fellows who live prudently and sanely, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I have had my moments. But if I had it to do over again, I would have more of them – a lot more. I never go anywhere without a thermometer, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do over, I would travel lighter. If I had my life to live over, I would pay less attention to people telling us we must learn Latin or History; otherwise we will be disgraced and ruined and flunked and failed. I would seek out more teachers who inspire relaxation and fun. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefooted a little earlier in the s...