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Abraham Lincoln had a difficult childhood. His formal schooling was for less than a year. He failed in business in 1831 and was defeated for the legislature in 1832. The next year he again failed in business. His fiancee died in 1835. He was defeated for speaker in 1838. When he got married, his wife became a burden for him. Only one of his four sons lived past age 18. He was defeated for congress, Senate and vice-presidency. But he was elected as President in 1860! There is no one without failures in this world, no failure is final. Failures, crises, suffering, losses, disappointments and such things belong to the same category. In the providence of nature or real life, all these can be redemptively used to learn obedience and discipline and respect for others. Why does this difficult and depressing situations happen in our life? The most satisfying answer: "We have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. When our fathers corrected us it was painful for ...

  One day in a school a student went to the teacher and told him with fear that he had spoiled the paper that teacher had given him and he requested for a new paper.   The teacher got back the spoiled paper from him and gave him a new paper.   The teacher told him that he had exchanged the spoiled paper with a new paper so asked him to use it carefully. The student, feeling relieved that he had received a new paper, thanked the teacher and promised to be more careful this time. As he sat down at his desk, he couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the spoiled paper he had returned to the teacher. Curiosity got the better of him, and during a break, he approached the teacher with a question. "Excuse me, sir," the student said hesitantly. "I'm just curious about the spoiled paper I returned to you. What happened to it?" The teacher smiled kindly at the student and replied, "Ah, that's a good question. You see, the spoiled paper you returne...