What Do You Perceive
What Do You Perceive As The Seven Wonders Of The World?
By Author Unknown (thanks to Claire for submitting)
Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:
While gathering the votes, the teacher noticed that one quiet student hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."
The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:
The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
A group of students was asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World."
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall
1. to see
2. to hear
3. to touch
4. to taste
5. to feel
6. to laugh
7. and to love."
A gentle reminder - that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.
There are many inspirational quotes that reinforce this story, below are a few to give you food for thought:
"Cherish life's simple pleasures."
"The most important things in life, aren't things."
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
Robert Brault
"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Lao Tzu
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