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Not All Who Bark, Bite (The Wolf Who Cried Man) - By Samuel Gregory Korn

  What is annoyance to your heart, may mean everything to another. And discarding any heart which bleeds for you, may destroy more than you know A man walks outside one day to find a dog he had never seen before laying in front of his house As soon as the dog noticed him it began to bark Not unfriendly or vicious barking, because the dog was not a vicious dog. Just regular, non-threatening barking The dog did not seem aggressive or dangerous to the man, it just kept on barking at him The man walked out onto the front road and looked around, trying to find the dogs owners. But his street was empty, there was nobody to be found Still the dog continued to bark at him, as if it were talking to him The man ignored the dog and went about his business, not returning home till later that night When he arrived home, the man was surprised to find the dog still laying outside his house As soon as the dog noticed the man, it again began to bark at him As it w...

Eye Of The Beholder - By Samuel Gregory Korn

  Eye Of The Beholder - By Samuel Gregory Korn Once a fine artist was painting a portrait of his good friend in a small Abbey courtyard, when a man came to him to commission his work The man spoke to the artist, with a heart full of love, about how he wanted a portrait painted of his wife. A painting which captured how beautiful she was to him, so that when she looked at this beautiful painting, she could understand exactly how he sees her. And she would understand just how beautiful she truly is The artist could see that the man had found true love, and so carefully considered what he was being asked to do. “Though it would honour me greatly to be the one who gives the colour to a expression of love such as this, I fear I may not be able to give you what you want" The man insisted to the artist, that he could. And that he had chosen him specifically by such belief The artist agreed, and after the man had left, his friend asked him why he had told the man th...