For this installment of Gems of the Inbox I am showing one that I have had since 2004. The author is unknown but the message is amazing.  After reading this sit back for a minute and ask yourself what are your seven or more wonders of the world. If you want e-mail them to me and maybe I will included them in the next issue. Good day and God Bless. Email me at gemsfromtheinbox@powerlinemagazine.com.

The Seven Wonders of the World

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes:

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

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted 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:

1. To touch
2. To taste
3. To see
4. To hear
She hesitated a little, and then added
5. To feel
6. To laugh
7. And to love

The room was so full of silence you could have heard a pin drop. Those things we overlook as simple and "ordinary" are truly wondrous. A gentle reminder that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.