There was once a small boy who banged a drum all day and loved every moment of it. He would not be quiet, no matter what anyone else said or did. Various attempts were made to do something about the child.
One person told the boy that he would if he continued to make so much noise, perforate his eardrums. This reasoning was too advanced for the child, who was neither a scientist nor a scholar.
"Spin cheerfully, not tearfully; He knows the way you plod. Spin carefully, spin prayerfully; but leave the thread to God."
- Unknown
A teacher was finishing up a lesson on the joys of discovery and the importance of curiosity.
"Where would we be today," she asked, "if no one had ever been curious?"
One child quietly spoke up from the back of the room. "In the garden of Eden?"
"I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience."
- John Bunyan (imprisoned for preaching)
One morning the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. at Jeff's house. He picked up the phone and a woman asked, "Is this 555-1111?"
"No, this is 555-1112," Jeff replied.
"Oh, I'm so sorry for disturbing you," the woman said.
"That's alright," Jeff said. "I had to get up to answer the phone anyway."
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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