A monk his entire adult life, Brother Andrew was responsible for training
new scribes in the art of copying by hand - word for word - the holy
writs.
One day an eager new scribe, Brother Johnathon, asked if anyone had ever
made a mistake.
"Oh, no," said Brother Andrew, "These words have been correctly copied
from
generation to generation."
Sceptical, Brother Johnathon asked how he knew that.
"My son, " said Brother Andrew, shuffling off towards the monastery's
library, "Let me get you the first volume ever written and you will see
that
it is just as correct today as it was then."
Many hours passed. Finally, Brother Johnathon decided he had better check
on
the elderly monk. At the library, he saw him sitting alone in a
candle-lit
corner, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"What's the matter?" Brother Johnathon asked.
"I can't believe it," Brother Andrew responded, his voice quivering, "The
word is celebrate. Cel-e-BRATE!!!"
cheers,
Andrew
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| Andrew S. Kulikovsky B.App.Sc(Hons) MACS
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| Software Engineer
| British Aerospace Australia
| Technology Park, Adelaide
| ph: +618 8290 8268
| fax: +618 8290 8800
| email: akulikov@baea.com.au
|
| What's the point of gaining everything this world has
| to offer, if you lose your own life in the end?
|
| ...Look to Jesus Christ
|
| hO IESOUS KURIOS!
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