Henry David Thoreau
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
Jim Davis
“Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.”
Charles M. Schulz
Three Kernels of Corn Parable
Three young men were once given three kernels of corn apiece by a wise old sage, who admonished them to go out into the world, and use the corn to bring themselves good fortune.
The first young man put his three kernels of corn into a bowl of hot broth and ate them. The second thought, “I can do better than that”, and he planted his three kernels of corn. Within a few months, he had three stalks of corn. He took the ears of corn from the stalks, boiled them, and had enough corn for three meals.
The third man said to himself, “I can do better than that!” He also planted his three kernels of corn, but when his three stalks of corn produced, he stripped one of the stalks and replanted all of the seeds in it, gave the second stalk of corn to a sweet maiden, and ate the third. His one full stalk’s worth of replanted corn kernels gave him 200 stalks of corn!
And the kernels of these he continued to replant, setting aside only a bare minimum to eat. He eventually planted a hundred acres of corn. With his fortune, he not only won the hand of the sweet maiden but purchased the land owned by the sweet maiden’s father. And he never hungered again.
The more you give, the more you get. However, that should not be the reason for your giving.
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Love the Jim Davis quote. Seems that must be the reason I haven't lost much weight.
xx
I completely agree with Vodka…Jim certainly has the right idea.
The 3 kernels of corn story? So true!
Have fun playing today…can't wait to see the pictures.
xo, Mango
What a nice parable.
I like those "vegetables"!
the more you give the more you get…the new/old economy. have a great sunday!
Love those quotes!! Great parable too. Have a fantastic Sunday!
Raven
Extraordinary post! Very nice! 🙂
That story was really "Corny"! LOL!
It was a good story though!!!
I definitely need to decorate my home to give the illusion that my life is more interesting than it really is. Love the quote! Thanks for sharing. Have a great Sunday!
It's amazing what you can do with Corn, other than eat it!
Peace and Love
Hey, just wanted to let you know that you have an award at my blog. 🙂
You're gonna take pictures of the porches when you're done, right? I wanna see! I wouldn't even know where to get a hay bale around here!
Justine 😮 0
I love the parable! Good lesson to remember!
Yesterday did turn out to be an amazing day! We got a late start though, then this is what we did
Enjoy the day, enjoy decorating!
Love the Jim Davis quote, my kind of veggies 🙂
Great post! I love the quotes.
Our weather the past couple days has also been ideal. Even though it doesn't get cold enough here to change the color of the leaves, I can still feel fall in the air.
Way to tie fall and sincere generosity all into one topic.
Stacy;
I love your quotes today, especailly…" I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion”
Awesome parable and quotes. I adore tis one and it may need to be stenciled above a door: “Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.”
Charles M. Schulz
I love the Corn Parable! What a great lesson to remember!
I enjoyed this story…and the moral behind it.
I am so glad you stopped by my blog today..I really like yours!
What a fun day. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Now that I know the secret, I'm gonna get on this right away!
“Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.”
Charles M. Schulz
I love your quotes too! I really like your parable! Have a great Sunday!
These are my kind of vegies!
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
Jim Davis
Love the pic and the kernels of corn parable. Very nice and a good one to share! Happy Sunday!!
I love the Jim Davis quote…too funny!
Love the quotes, they were pretty good! Ok so I'm still wondering what movie you saw…
Oh and maybe I'm behind here, but I love the fall look to you blog!
check out my blog, I left you something
Corn and pumpkins are two of my favourite things. Now I can add your blog to the list. 🙂
walked around BabiesRus this weekend and gave out extra coupons that I had. Does that count?
Nice 🙂
I guess I better start decorating my home.
I LOVE your blog Fall Make-over!!!
The parable is very nice, and we can learn a lot of lessons about life reading it. Thank you very much for sharing that inspiring parable!
The Jim Davis quote is awesome. 😀 Just what is expected from the guy behind the naughty cat Garfield.
What a great parable. These are wonderful lessons to learn about life.