"If you were happy everyday of your life, you wouldn't be a human being, you would be a TV game show host."
Two brothers were convicted of stealing sheep in the olden days in England. In accordance with the brutal punishment of those days, they were branded on the forehead with the letters ST (sheep thief). One brother, unable to bear the stigma, fled to a foreign country, where he tried to hide himself. He wandered from land to land, and died full of biterness. He was buried in a forgotten grave. The other brother repented of his misdeed and did not try to run away from home. He said " I can't get away from the fact that I once stole sheep, but I will remain here until I win back the respect of my neighbors and my own self respect."
The years passed, and he gradually established a reputation for respectability and integrity, honesty and worth. At last a stranger in town saw an old man hobbling along with the letters ST branded on his forehead. The stranger asked a native what the letters signified. After thinking awhile, the villager said " it all happened a long time ago, and I have forgotten the particulars, but I think the letters are an abbreviation for Saint."
(this is one of my favorite short stories, but I have no idea who wrote it!)
Two brothers were convicted of stealing sheep in the olden days in England. In accordance with the brutal punishment of those days, they were branded on the forehead with the letters ST (sheep thief). One brother, unable to bear the stigma, fled to a foreign country, where he tried to hide himself. He wandered from land to land, and died full of biterness. He was buried in a forgotten grave. The other brother repented of his misdeed and did not try to run away from home. He said " I can't get away from the fact that I once stole sheep, but I will remain here until I win back the respect of my neighbors and my own self respect."
The years passed, and he gradually established a reputation for respectability and integrity, honesty and worth. At last a stranger in town saw an old man hobbling along with the letters ST branded on his forehead. The stranger asked a native what the letters signified. After thinking awhile, the villager said " it all happened a long time ago, and I have forgotten the particulars, but I think the letters are an abbreviation for Saint."
(this is one of my favorite short stories, but I have no idea who wrote it!)
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Yeah, I'm getting the purple hair. The worst thing that can possibly happen is that I don't like it and dye it back to bland...er, brown
As for the man being an assweasel...I'm 110% better off without him, thanks! I do have more than my original share of the dreaded "trust issues" now, but I manage anyway
--Summer