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The Cat Delivers the Goods
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat
By John Newlin A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
~Ernest Hemingway Don't ever join a church just because it is close to your home. That is definitely not a criterion to use. My family and I made that mistake several years ago, hoping to avoid long drives elsewhere. We avoided the drives all right, but found ourselves involved in a situation we had to get out of. We made our decision to leave. Soon the pastor telephoned and asked to come for a visit. When he arrived, we showed him into the living room. My wife, the pastor, and I all sat on an L-shaped sofa, the pastor in the middle. It was soon clear he wanted to convince us that we were wrong in our decision. (Keep reading)  
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