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First They Came . . .

Posted in Cause and Effect, Difficult Decisions, Friends, Holocaust, Making a Difference, Poetry, Quotes, Regrets, The Power of One on August 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The story of “The Rat Trap” reminds me of a quote/poem attributed to Rev. Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), a Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi activist who survived imprisonment in Dachau concentration camp during World War II. There are several versions of this poem, but they all make a powerful statement just the same. This is the version [...]

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The Rat Trap

Posted in Anecdotes, Cause and Effect, Difficult Decisions, Friends, Making a Difference, Regrets, Short Stories, The Power of One on August 10, 2007 | 4 Comments »

 
A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a rat trap. Retreating to the farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning, “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap [...]

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You’ll Never Make a Difference

Posted in Anecdotes, Making a Difference, The Power of One on August 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This is my paraphrase of a favorite anecdote . . . .
A businessman on vacation was walking at sunset along the seashore where thousands of starfish had been beached by the waves. Soon he came upon a native who was picking up starfish one by one and throwing them back into the surf.
The businessman laughed [...]

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