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Old October 30th, 2010, 09:40 PM
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Thumbs up Fable of the porcupine
It was the coldest winter ever. - Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.

Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

The other moral of the story is: Just learn to live with the Pricks in your life!
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Old October 30th, 2010, 10:43 PM
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Moral #1 - Great Advice



Moral #2 -
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Amen sister! I love this fable, it has a valuable lesson within it.
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Amen sister! I love this fable, it has a valuable lesson within it.
Yep, it does. I'm tending to go with the second moral. It seems to fit my life much better.
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LOVE IT!!! So very true when you think about it!
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Old November 1st, 2010, 11:49 AM
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Yep, it does. I'm tending to go with the second moral. It seems to fit my life much better.
Me too.
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Yep, it does. I'm tending to go with the second moral. It seems to fit my life much better.
You gotz lots of pricks in your life?
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You gotz lots of pricks in your life?
RAINBOW!!!! Naughty!! Yeah, seems I do.
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this is great. I am goign to forward this to friends and family.
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RAINBOW!!!! Naughty!! Yeah, seems I do.
Tee hee, but you've seen me be naughty before. Seems like I gotz me a new one too.
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before. Seems like I gotz me a new one too.
Tha's cos youze rude.................not
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