Thursday, November 20, 2008

There are two kind of people in this world

Some lines from The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton

There are two seas in Palestine. One is fresh, and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn it banks. Trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing water.
.... The River of Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. And men build their houses near to it, and birds their nest; and every kind of life is happier because it is there. The River Jordan flows on south into another sea . Here is no splash of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children laughter. Traveller choose another route, unless on urgent business. The air hangs heavy above its water, and neither man nor beast nor fowl will drink.
What makes this mighty difference in this neighbor seas? Not River Jordan. It empties the same good water into both. Not soil
This is the difference . The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the Jordan. For ever drop that flows into it another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal measure.
The other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealousy. It will not be attempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it gets, It keeps. The Sea of Galilee gives and lives. The other sea gives nothing. It is named the Dead.
There are two kinds of people in the world. There are two seas in Palestine

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