Imran Khan - imrank.org » seven wonders http://www.imrank.org real fun blog - something for everyone Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Seven Wonders of the World http://www.imrank.org/articles-and-stories/seven-wonders-of-the-world/ http://www.imrank.org/articles-and-stories/seven-wonders-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:14:28 +0000 Imran Khan http://www.imrank.org/?p=23 If you were asked to list the Seven Wonders of the World, what would your response be?  Would you answer as the first group of students did?

A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of the World.”

Though there were some disagreements, the following received 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 student had not finished 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 see
  2. to hear
  3. to touch
  4. to taste
  5. to feel
  6. to laugh
  7. and to love.

The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.

The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous!   A gentle reminder – that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.

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