Knights of the Pain Table

A Camelot for Sufferers of Chronic Pain

Providence by Ernest R. Heale, Nosmo King & Ernest Longstaffe (1938)

Lady Sharon | June 20, 2011

PROVIDENCE Have you ever been broke, just to the wide With just what you stand up in, and nothing beside? Living on scraps for best part of a week, When you can’t get ‘em and know where to seek. I’ve been like that on a cold winter’s night When the streets were deserted with nothing [...]

The Three Trees – God Mouldeth Thy Destiny

Lady Sharon | April 22, 2011

The Tale of Three Trees Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: "I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I’ll [...]

The Old Violin by Ernest Longstaffe -The Touch of the Master’s Hand

Lady Sharon | April 7, 2011

The Old Violin It was battered and scarred and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin, but he held it up with a smile. What am I bid, good folks?" he cried. "Who’ll start the bidding for me? A guinea! A guinea! Two Only two? Two [...]

Suffering and Forgiveness – A Powerful Message on Good Friday

Lady Sharon | April 2, 2010

One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job. His thoughts turned to those who had stolen [...]

Kindness – A Story of Compassion for Thy Herte

Lady Sharon | December 26, 2009

Kindness One day a woman was walking down the street when she spied a beggar sitting on the corner. The man was elderly, unshaven, and ragged. As he sat there, pedestrians walked by him giving him dirty looks They clearly wanted nothing to do with him because of who he was — a dirty, homeless [...]