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>Things Are Not Always as They Seem
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>Two traveling angels stopped to spend
>the night in the home of a wealthy family.
>The family was rude and refused to let
>the angels stay in the mansion's guest room.
>Instead the angels were given
>a space in the Family's old basement.
>As they made their bed on the hard floor,
>the older angel saw a
>hole in the wall and repaired it.
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>When the younger angel asked why, the
>older angel replied.
>"Things aren't always what they seem."
>The next night the pair came to rest at
>the house of a very poor, but very
>hospitable farmer and his wife.
>After sharing what little food they had
>the couple let the angels sleep in their bed
>where they could have a good night's rest.
>When the sun came up the next morning
>the angels found the
>farmer and his wife in tears.
>Their only cow, whose milk had been their
>sole income, lay dead in the field.
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>The younger angel was infuriated and
>asked the older angel how could you
>have let this happen!  The first man
>had everything, yet you helped him,
>she accused.  "The second family had
>little but was willing to share everything,
>and you let their cow die."
>"Things aren't always what they seem,"
>the older angel replied.
>"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion,
>I noticed there was gold
>stored in that hole in the wall.
>Since the owner was so obsessed with
>greed and unwilling to share his good fortune,
>I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it.
>Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed,
>the angel of death came
>for his wife.  I gave her the cow instead.
>Things aren't always what they seem.
>Sometimes this is exactly what happens
>when things don't turn out the way
>they should.  If you have faith,
>you just need to trust that every outcome
>is always to your advantage.
>You might not know it until some time later.
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>author unknown
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