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Why God made Mums -
BRILLIANT
Answers given by 2nd
grade school children to the following questions !!!
Why did God make
mothers?
1. She's the only
one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.
How did God make
mothers?
1. He used dirt,
just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mum just the same like he made me. He Just used
bigger parts.
What ingredients
are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything
nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly
use string, I think.
Why did God give you
Your mother & not some other mum?
1.We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mums like
me.
What kind of little
girl was your mum?
1. My mum has always
been my mum and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty
bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mum need to
know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get
drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year?
4. Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mum
marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the
best spaghetti in the world. And my Mum eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mum didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at
your house?
1. Mum doesn't want
to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mum. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under
the bed.
3. I guess Mum is, but only because she has a lot more to do than
dad.
What's the
difference between mums & dads?
1. Mums work at work
and work at home & dads just go to work at work.
2. Mums know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but mums have all the real power
'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your
friend's.
4. Mums have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mum
do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do
spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take
to make your mum perfect?
1. On the inside
she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic
surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change
one thing about your Mum, what would it be?
1. She has this
weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my Mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who
did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the
back of her head.
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Why
God Created Children (And In The Process Grandchildren)
To those of us who have children in our lives,
whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or
students...here is something to make you chuckle.
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from
the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own
children.
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit?
We have forbidden fruit?
Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!"
" No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit! " said God.
“Why?"
Because I am your Father and I said so! "
God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making
the elephants.
A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and
He was ticked!
“ Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? " God asked.
“ Uh huh," Adam replied.
“ Then why did you? " said the Father.
“ I don't know," said Eve.
“ She started it! "Adam said.
“ Did not! "
“ Did too! "
“ DID NOT! "
Having had it with the two of them, God's
punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.
Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried to
give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on
yourself.
If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would
be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life
teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen
telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word
for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind
yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We child proofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY:
Be nice to your kids.
They will choose your nursing home one day
And Finally: If You ! Have A Lot Of Tension And
You Get A Headache, Do What It Says On The Aspirin Bottle:
“Take
Two Aspirin" And "Keep Away From Children"!!!!!
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A woman came out of
her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in
her front yard.
She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but
you must be hungry.
Please come in and have something to eat."
"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.
No", she replied. "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they
replied.
In the evening when
her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
"Go tell them I am
home and invite them in!"
The woman went out and invited the men in"
"We do not go into a House together," they replied.
Why is that?" she asked.
One of the old men
explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his
friends,
and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am
Love."
Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of
us you want in your home."
The woman went in
and told her husband what was said.
Her husband was overjoyed.
"How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite
Wealth.
Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"
Their daughter was listening from the other corner of the house.
She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to
invite Love?
Our home will then be filled with love!"
"Let us heed our daughter's advice," said the husband to his wife.
"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is
Love?
Please come in and be our guest."
Love got up and started walking toward the house.
The other 2 also got up and followed him.
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love,
Why are you coming in?"
The old men replied
together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us
would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes,
we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and
Success!!!!!!"
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MY WISH FOR YOU...
Where there is pain,
I wish you peace and mercy.
Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in
your ability to work through it.
Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding,
patience, and renewed strength.
Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage.
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GLASS OF MILK
One day, a poor boy
who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through
school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.
He decided he would
ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a
lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a
drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large
glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, "How much do I
owe you?"
"You don't owe me
anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay
for a kindness."
He said ... "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
As Howard Kelly left
that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in
God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit..
Many year's later
that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were
baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in
specialists to study her rare disease.
Dr. Howard Kelly was
called in for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light
filled his eyes.
Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her
room.
Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized
her at once.
He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to
save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.
After a long
struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested
the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He
looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent
to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take
the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and
something caught her attention on the side of the bill. Tears of joy
flooded her eyes as she read the words ..
"Paid in full with
one glass of milk"
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.
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This is why I always say I love You....
IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,!
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will l always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn! 't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
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He almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road,
but even in the dim light of day, could see she needed help. So he
pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out.
His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped
to help for the last hour or so.
Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and
hungry.
He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the
cold. He
knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you.
He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car
where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.
Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad
enough.
Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack,
skinning his knuckles a time or two.
Soon he was able to change the tire.
But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and
began to talk to him.
She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just
passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her
aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much
she owed him.
Any amount would have been all right with her.
She already imagined all the awful things that could have
happened had he not stopped.
Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to
him.
This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty
who had given him a hand in the past.
He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him
to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time
she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the
assistance they needed, and Bryan added, "And think of me."
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a
cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home,
disappearing into the twilight.
A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe.
She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she
made the last leg of her trip home.
It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps.
The whole scene was unfamiliar to her.
The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet
hair.
She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole
day couldn't erase.
The lady noticed the waitress was
nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches
change her attitude.
The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so
giving to a stranger.
Then she remembered Bryan.
After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar
bill.
The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill,
but the old lady had slipped right out the door.
She was gone by the time the waitress came back.
The waitress wondered where the lady could be.
Then she noticed something written on the napkin.
There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote:
"You don't owe me anything
I have been there too
Somebody once helped me out
The way I'm helping you
If you really want to pay me back
Here is what you do:
Do not let this chain of love end with you."
Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.
Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to
serve, but the waitress made it through another day.
That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was
thinking about the money and what
the lady had written.
How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed
it?
With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard.
She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to
her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low,
"Everything's gonna be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson."
There is an old saying "What goes around comes around."
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Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting. After reading this, you'll never look at a
banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose
combined with fibre.
A banana gives an instant, sustained and
substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for
a strenuous 90-minute workout.
No wonder the banana is the number one fruit
with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit.
It can also help overcome or prevent a
substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to
add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND
amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better
after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a
type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make
you relax, improve your mood and genre ally make you feel happier.
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it
contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anaemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production
of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high
in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood
pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just
allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's
ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school
were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at
breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power.
Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist
learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet
can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the
problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is
to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.The banana calms
the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted
blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your
system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body,
so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing
relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to
keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream,
try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many
people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and
irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the
nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of
Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on
comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital
patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in
high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid
panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar
levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to
keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against
intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It
is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in
over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces
irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a
"cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional
temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example,
pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool
temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD
sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to
give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium
and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects
of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize
the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's
water balance.When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises,
thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with
the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of
Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk
of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you
want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on
the wart,with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place
with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you
compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the
carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A
and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.
It is also rich in potassium and is one of the
best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known
phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time!
I will add one here; want a quick shine on
our shoes??
Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the
shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit!
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THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT
THEY SEEM
Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night
in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to
let the angels stay in the mansion's guestroom. Instead the angels
were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their
bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and
repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel
replied, "Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house
of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After
sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in
their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun
came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in
tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay
dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the
older angel how could you have let this happen? The first man had
everything, yet you helped him, she accused. The second family had
little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die.
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older
angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I
noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the
owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good
fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed,
the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead.
Things aren't always what they seem."
Sometimes that is exactly
what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you
have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to
your advantage. You might not know it until some time later...
Some people come into our lives and quickly go…
Some people become friends and stay awhile...
leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts...
and we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend!!
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!
I think this life is special...live and savour every moment...
This is not a dress rehearsal!
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Why, Why, Why
Why do we press harder on a remote
control when we know the batteries are getting weak?
Why do banks charge a fee on
"insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you
say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint
is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why do they use sterilized needles
for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with
his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an
"S" in the word "lisp"?
If people evolved from apes, why are
there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what colour
bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses
are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to
the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have
materialized?
Why do people keep running over a
string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down,
pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more
chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will
open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those
enclosed light fixtures?
When we are in the supermarket and
someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for
doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't
all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid
idiot?"
Why is it that whenever you attempt
to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to
knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the
house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-
in-law jokes?
And my FAVOURITE......
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is
suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best
friends -- if they're okay, then it's you!
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Old age, I decided,
is a gift.
I am now, probably
for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to
be.
Oh, not my body! sometime despair over my body ... the wrinkles, the
baggy eyes, and the sagging butt.
And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my
mirror, but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving
family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've
become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become
my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or
for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I
didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to
overeat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear
friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great
freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer
until 4 a.m., and sleep until noon?
I will dance with
myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's, and if I, at the same
time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.
I will walk the
beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and
will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the
pitying glances from the bikini set.
They, too, will get
old.
I know I am
sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well
forgotten ... and I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the
years my heart has been broken.
How can your heart
not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or
even when a beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are
what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart
never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of
being imperfect.
I am so blessed to
have lived long enough to have my hair turn gray, and to have my
youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So
many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair
could turn silver.
I can say "no", and
mean it. I can say "yes", and mean it.
As you get older,
it is easier to be positive.
You care less about what other people think.
I don't question
myself anymore.
I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your
question, I like being old.
It has set me free.
I like the person I
have become.
I am not going to
live forever, but while I am still here,
I will not waste
time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.
And I shall eat dessert every single day.
Author unknown
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The new baby was going to be a girl,
and day after day, night after night,
Michael sang to his sister in Mommy's tummy.
He was building a bond of love with
his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member
of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown,
Tennessee. In time, the labor pains came.
Soon it was every five minutes,
every three, every minute. But serious complications
arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.
Would a C-section be required?
Finally, after a long struggle, Michael's little sister was born.
But she was in very serious
condition.
With a siren howling in the night,
the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal
intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The days inched by. The little girl got worse.
The pediatrician had to tell the parents there is very little hope.
Be prepared for the worst.
Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial
plot.
They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new
baby but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral.
Michael, however, kept begging his
parents to let him see his sister.
I want to sing to her, he kept
saying.
Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before
the week was over.
Michael kept nagging about singing
to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care.
Karen decided to take Michael
whether they liked it or not.
If he didn't see his sister right
then, he may never see her alive.
She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU.
He looked like a walking laundry basket.
The head nurse recognized him as a
child and bellowed
"Get that kid out of here now. No
children are allowed."
The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered
lady glared steel-eyed
right into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line.
"He is not leaving until he sings to his sister" she stated.
Then Karen towed Michael to his
sister's bedside.
He gazed at the tiny infant losing
the battle to live.
After a moment, he began to sing.
In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
"You are my sunshine, my only
sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray."
Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond.
The pulse rate began to calm down
and become steady.
"Keep on singing, Michael," encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.
"You never know, dear, how much I love you,
please don't take my sunshine away."
As Michael sang to his sister, the
baby's ragged, strained
breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr.
"Keep on singing, sweetheart."
"The other night, dear, as I lay
sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms".
Michael's little sister began to
relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Keep on singing, Michael."
Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse.
Karen glowed.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
Please don't take my sunshine away..."
The next, day...the very next day...the little girl was well enough
to go home.
Woman's Day Magazine called it The Miracle of a Brother's Song.
The medical staff just called it a miracle.
Karen called it a miracle of God's love.
NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.
LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
Be who you are and say what you feel. Those who mind don't
matter, and those that matter don't mind. -- Dr. Seuss
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When the house lights dimmed and the
concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her
seat and discovered that her
child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on
the impressive Steinway on stage.
In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard,
innocently picking out -- "Twinkle, Twinkle Little
Star."
At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly
moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy's ear: "Don't
quit." Keep playing."
Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached down with
his left hand and began filling in a bass part.
Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of
the child, and he added a running obbligato.
Together, the old master and the young novice transformed
what could have been a frightening
situation into a wonderfully
creative experience.
The audience was so mesmerized that they couldn't recall what else the great master
played.
Only the classic, "
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
Perhaps that's the way it is with God.
What we can accomplish on our
own is hardly noteworthy.
We try our best, but the results aren't always graceful
flowing music.
However, with the hand of the Master, our
life's work can truly be beautiful.
The next time you set out to accomplish great feats, listen
carefully. You may hear the voice of the Master,
whispering in your ear,"Don't quit." "Keep
playing."
May you feel His arms around you and know
that His hands are there, helping you turn
your feeble attempts into true masterpieces.
Remember, God doesn't seem to call the equipped,
rather, He equips the 'called.'
Life is more accurately measured by the lives you
touch than by the things you acquire.
So touch someone by passing this little message along. May
God bless you and be with you always!
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A professor stood before his philosophy class and
had some items in front of
him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large
and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with
golf balls.
He then asked the students if
the jar was full?
They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles
and poured them into the
jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open
areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the
jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and
poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up
everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with an unanimous "yes."
The professor then produced two cans of beer from
under the table and poured
the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the
empty space between the
sand.
The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor,
as the laughter subsided,
"I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things; your family,
your health,
your children, your friends, your favourite passions -
things that if everything else
was lost and only they remained, your life would
still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your
job, your house, your car. The
sand is everything else - the small stuff."
"If you put the sand into the jar
first," he continued,
"there is no room for
the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your
time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room
for the things that are
important to you.
Pay attention to the things that
are critical to your
happiness.
Play with your children.
Take time to get medical
checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to
clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter.
Set your priorities. The rest
is just sand."
One of the students raised her hand and inquired
what the beer represented.
The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It
just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple
of beers."
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READ EACH SENTENCE SLOWLY AND
THINK ABOUT IT.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to
forget
Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.
When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead,
you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be
there.
If you wish to send this on to
everyone special in your life, even the people who really
make you mad sometimes and to the people whose lives
you want to be in!!!
If you wish you can send it back to the person who sent it to
you if they mean something to you!! Remember, every minute
spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.
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When in
despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and
love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and
for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always
fall."
- M.K. Gandhi
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A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida
for a long weekend to thaw out
during the particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their
honeymoon 20 years ago.
Because both had jobs, they found it difficult
coordinating their travel schedules.
It was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday,
and his wife would follow him the next day.
Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into
the hotel. In his room there
was a computer, so he decided to send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis.
However, he accidentally left out one letter in
her address, and sent the
e-mail without realizing his error.
In Houston, a widow had just returned from her
husband's funeral. The dearly
departed was a minister of many years who had been called home to glory following a heart attack.
The widow checked her e-mail, expecting messages
from relatives and friends.
Upon reading the first message, she fainted.
The widow's son rushed into the room, found his
mother on the floor, and saw
the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Arrived.
I know you are surprised to hear from me.
They have computers here now and you are allowed to send e-mails
to your loved ones.
I've just arrived and have been checked in.
I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you then!
Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
PS: Sure is hot down here
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Think about them one at a time BEFORE going on to the next one.........IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD specially the thought at the
end.
1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the supermarket
5. A special glance.
6. Getting mail
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.
8. Hearing your favourite song on the radio.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
11. Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
12. Chocolate milkshake. (or vanilla!) (or strawberry)
13. A long distance phone call.
14. A bubble bath.
15. Giggling.
16. A good conversation.
17 The beach
18. Finding a 20 note in your coat from last winter.
19. Laughing at yourself.
20. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
21. Running through sprinklers.
22. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
23. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
24. Laughing at an inside joke.
25. Friends.
26. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
27. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
28. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).
29. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
30. Playing with a new puppy.
31. Having someone play with your hair.
32. Sweet dreams.
33. Hot chocolate.
34. Road trips with friends.
35. Swinging on swings.
36. Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking your favourite tipple.
37. Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.
38. Going to a really good concert.
39. Making eye contact with a cute stranger
40. Winning a really competitive game.
41. Making chocolate chip cookies.
42. Having your friends send you home-made cookies.
43. Spending time with close friends.
44. Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends.
45. Holding hands with someone you care about.
46. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change
47. Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
48. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you.
49. Watching the sunrise.
50. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.
PASS ON THESE NATURAL HIGHS TO AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND SOMETHING FANTASTIC
WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. Be sure to send it back to the person who sent it to you!
Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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The Poem
First, my car broke down
I was very late for work
But I missed that awful accident
Was that your handiwork?
..
I found a house I loved
But others got there first
I was angry, then relieved
When I heard the pipes had burst!
..
Yesterday, I found the perfect dress
But the colour was too pale
Today, I found the dress in red
Would you believe, it was on sale!
..
I know you're watching over me
And I'm feeling truly blest
For no matter what I pray for
You always know what's best!
..
I have this circle of E-mail friends,
Who mean the world to me;
Some days I "send" and "send",
At other times, I let them be.
..
When I see each name download,
And view the message they've sent;
I know they've thought of me that day,
And "well wishes" were their intent.
..
I am so blessed to have these friends,
With whom I've grown so close;
So this little poem I dedicate to them,
Because to me they are the "Most"!
..
So to you, my friends, I would like to say,
Thank you for being a part;
Of all my daily contacts,
This comes right from my heart.
..
God bless you all is my prayer today,
I'm honoured to call you "friend";
I pray the Lord will keep you safe,
Until we write again.
God Bless
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Heaven's Grocery Store
As I was walking down life's
highway many years ago
I came upon a sign that read Heavens Grocery Store.
When I got a little closer the
doors swung open wide
And when I came to myself I was standing inside.
I saw a host of angels. They were
standing everywhere
One handed me a basket and said "My child shop with
care."
Everything a human needed was in
that grocery store
And what you could not carry you could come back for more
First I got some Patience. Love was
in that same row.
Further down was Understanding, you need that everywhere you go.
I got a box or two of Wisdom and
Faith a bag or two.
And Charity of course I would need some of that too.
I couldn't miss the Holy Ghost It
was all over the place.
And then some Strength and Courage to help me run this race.
My basket was getting full but I
remembered I needed Grace,
And then I chose Salvation for Salvation was for free
I tried to get enough of that to do
for you and me
Then I started to the counter to pay my grocery bill,
For I thought I had everything to
do the Masters will.
As I went up the aisle I saw Prayer and put that in,
For I knew when I stepped outside I
would run into sin.
Peace and Joy were plentiful, the last things on the shelf.
Song and Praise were hanging near
so I just helped myself.
Then I said to the angel "Now how much do I owe?"
He smiled and said "Just take
them everywhere you go."
Again I asked "Really now, How much do I owe?"
"My child" he said,
"God paid your bill a long long time ago.
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| This story was told to
me by a friend Lee, while having a coffee at a local
coffee shop in my home town - it couldn't have come at a better
time - thanks mate. Terry Keene
Life story in four verses
Verse 1
A man was walking down the sidewalk and fell into a large hole in
the sidewalk - he immediately yelled out
"Who pushed me into this hole!"
Verse 2
Later, the same man was walking down the same sidewalk and fell
once again into the same hole he wondered
"Who would have pushed me into this hole?"
Verse 3
Later, the same man walked down the same sidewalk and fell into
the same hole - he questioned "Why did
I cause myself to fall into this hole."
Verse 4
Later, the same man walked down the same sidewalk, he saw the hole
and crossed the street and walked up the
other sidewalk.
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Lost on a rainy night, a nun stumbles
across a monastery and requests shelter there. Fortunately, she's just in time for dinner
and was treated to the best fish
and chips she had ever tasted.
After dinner, she went into the kitchen to thank the chefs. She
was met by two of the Brothers.
The first one says, "Hello, I am Brother Michael, and this is
Brother Charles." "I'm very
pleased to meet you," replies the nun. "I just wanted
to thank you for a wonderful dinner. The fish and chips were the best I've ever had. Out of curiosity, who cooked
what?" Brother Charles replied,
"Well, I'm the fish friar." she
turned to the other Brother and said, "Then you must
be....?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so -- I am the chip monk."
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| IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall
asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to
keep.
If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the
door,
I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up
in praise,
I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back
day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute to stop and say "I love you," instead of
assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be t! he last time I would be there to share
your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one
slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance to make everything just right.
There will always be another day to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I
can do?"But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I
get,
I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one
tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be
their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear,
tell them how much you love them and that you'll
always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive
me," "Thank you," or "It's okay.
"And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about
today.
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| Why Men Pee Standing Up
Seems God was just about done with creating the universe but he
had two extra things
left over in his bag so he decided to split them between Adam and
Eve.
He told them that one of the things he had left was a thing that
would allow the owner
to pee while standing up. "It's a very handy thing," God
told them,"and I was wondering if
either one of you would like that."
Well, Adam jumped up and down and begged "Oh, give that to
me! I'd love to be able
to do that. It seems just the sort of thing a man should be able
to do.
Please. Please! Pleeease! Give it to me." On
and on he went like an excited little boy.
So Eve just smiled and told God that if Adam really wanted it so
badly, he should have it. So God gave Adam
the thing that allowed him to pee while standing
up and he was so excited. He whizzed on the bark of a tree and then went off to write his
name in the sand, laughing with delight all the while.
God and Eve watched him for a moment and then God said to Eve,
"Well, here's the
other thing and I guess you can have it."
"What's it called?" Eve asked.
"Brains" God said.
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There was a tradesman, a
painter called Jock, who was very interested in making
a penny where he could, so he often would thin down paint to make it go a wee bit further.
As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but
eventually the Baptist Church decided to do
a big restoration job on the painting of one of
their biggest buildings. Jock put in a bid, and because his price
was so low, he got the job. And so he set to
erecting the trestles and setting up the
planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning
it down with turpentine. Well, Jock was up on the
scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly
completed when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of
thunder, and the sky opened, the rain poured down, washing the
thinned paint from all over the church and
knocking Jock clear off the scaffold to land
on the lawn among the gravestones, surr! ounded by telltale
puddles of the thinned and useless paint.
Jock was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty,
so he got on his knees and cried: "Oh,
God! Forgive me! What should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke...
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| New Recruit
A successful female executive stood before the Pearly Gates,
facing St. Peter himself. "Strange," mused
St. Peter, "we've never had an executive make it
this far before. I'm not sure what to do with you.
While I think it over, I'll let you experience a day here
and a day in Hell."
So the female exec spent an entire day lounging on clouds,
playing the harp, having intelligent civilized discussions
with great philosophers. Her 24 hours passed
quickly and she was then transported to Hell where
the Devil took her to a beautiful country club where
she found many of her old friends, dressed to the
nines, drinking, joking, laughing, having a great time.
They talked old times, played golf, had steak and
lobster, drank Champagne and danced till dawn.
Before she knew it, her 24 hours was up and she was back
at the Pearly Gates.
St. Peter said, "I've considered your placement, and decided
I'll just let you choose where you wish to spend
eternity."
She thought only briefly before she replied. "Well, Heaven
was nice, but, no offence, I had a great time in
Hell." And back down she went. But this time she found
herself in a desolate wasteland covered with garbage.
Her friends were still there, but now they were
dressed in rags, picking up garbage and carrying it
from one pile to another.
"Wait a minute," stammered the woman to the Devil,
"I don't understand. Yesterday when I was here, there was
a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and
drank Champagne and we danced the night away, having
a wonderful time. Now everyone's slaving away hovelling
garbage."
The Devil looked at her and smiled. "Yesterday we were recruiting you. Today, you're staff!"
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I walked into the
grocery store not particularly interested in buying groceries.
I wasn't hungry. The pain of losing my husband of 7 years was
still too raw. And this grocery store held so many sweet memories.
He often came with me and almost every time he'd pretend to go off
and look for something special. I knew what
he was up to. I'd always spot him walking
down the aisle with the three yellow roses in his hands.
He knew I loved yellow roses.
With a heart filled with grief, I only wanted to buy my few items
and leave, but even grocery shopping was
different since he had passed on.
Shopping for one took time, a little more thought than it had for
two.
Standing by the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak and remembered how he had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was blonde, slim and lovely
in a soft green pantsuit. I watched as she
picked up a large pack of T-bones, dropped
them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back.
She turned to go and once again reached for the pack of steaks.
She saw me watching her and she smiled.
"My husband loves T-bones, but honestly,
at these prices, I don't know." I swallowed the emotion down my throat and met her pale blue eyes. "My
husband passed away eight days ago," I told her.
Glancing at the package in her hands, I fought to control the
tremble in my voice.
"Buy him the steaks. And cherish every moment you have
together."
She shook her head and I saw the emotion in her eyes as she placed
the package in her basket and wheeled away.
I turned and pushed my cart across the length of the store to the
dairy products. There I stood, trying to
decide which size milk I should buy. Quart,
I finally decided and moved on to the ice cream. If nothing else, I could always fix myself an ice cream cone.
I placed the ice cream in my cart and looked
down the aisle toward the front.
I saw first the green suit, then recognized the pretty lady coming towards me. In her arms she carried a package. On
her face was the brightest smile I had ever
seen. I would swear a soft halo encircled her
blonde hair as she kept walking toward me, her eyes holding mine.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and
tears began misting in my eyes.
"These are for you," she said and placed three beautiful
long stemmed yellow roses in my arms.
"When you go through the line, they will know these are paid
for." She leaned over and placed a
gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again.
I wanted to tell her what she'd done, what the
roses meant, but still unable to speak, I
watched as she walked away as tears clouded my vision.
I looked down at the beautiful roses nestled in the green tissue wrapping and found it almost unreal.
How did she know? Suddenly the answer seemed so clear. I wasn't
alone.
Oh, you haven't forgotten me, have you? I whispered, with tears in
my eyes.
He was still with me, and she was his angel.
Every day be thankful for what you have and who you
are.
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| THE BURNING DREAM
I dared to dream a burning dream,
Of sounds unheard, of sights unseen;
A drum that tapped a different beat,
A growing flame, a burning heat.
I dared to stand when others bent.
I dared to go where no one went.
I raised my head above the cloud,
I took a breath and cried aloud"
Ï want to be a better me,
To be the best that I can be.
I want to walk beneath the sun
And do the things I've left undone."
I took a step and then one more,
I spread my wings, prepared to soar.
Some held me back. They though me made,
Crazy, reckless, maybe bad.
But I kept my eyes upon my dream,
That sound unheard, that sight unseen,
And helping hands reached down for me,
To lift me up, to set me free.
New friends saw what I could see,
Said "Be the best, that you can be!
You can do it! We're proud of you!"
So I spread my wings and then... I flew.
Author unknown
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| Amen...
These are actual clippings from church newspapers. It's amazing
what a little proofreading would've prevented.
The church is starting a New Young Mother's Group. Anyone desiring to be a new young Mother is to meet with
the pastor in his office.
Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa will be
speaking tonight at The Calvary Memorial
Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all
the way from Africa.
Announcement in the church bulletin for a National PRAYER &
FASTING Conference: "The cost for
attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes
meals."
Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM
in the school recreation hall. Come out and
watch us kill "Christ the King".
Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I Will Not Pass This Way
Again," giving obvious pleasure to the
congregation.
"Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to
get rid of those things not worth keeping
around the house. Don't forget your husbands."
Next Sunday is the family hayride and bonfire at the Fowlers'.
Bring your own hot dogs and guns. Friends
are welcome! Everyone come for a fun time.
The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled
due to a conflict.
The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water".
The sermon tonight will be: "Searching
for Jesus"
Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the
choir. They need all the help they can get.
Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping
and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.
The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the
choir will sing "Break Forth into
Joy."
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.
Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say
"hell" to someone who doesn't care much
about you, and hopefully they will respond.
Don't let worry kill you - let the Church help.
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in
the church. So ends a friendship that began
in their school days.
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to
our choir practice.
Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition
of several new members and to the
deterioration of some older ones.
The senior choir invites any member of the congregation who
enjoy sinning to join the choir.
Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles, and
other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be
used to help cripple children.
The Lutheran men's group will meet at 6 PM. Steak,
mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and
dessert will be served for a nominal feel.
For those of you who have children
and don't know it, we have a nursery
downstairs.
Please place your donation in the envelope along
with the deceased person (s) you want
remembered.
Attend this meeting and you will hear an excellent
speaker and heave a healthy lunch.
The church will host an evening of fine dining,
superb entertainment, and gracious
hostility.
Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 P. M. ... prayer and
medication to follow.
The ladies of the Church have cast off old
clothing of every kind. They may be seen in
the basement on Friday afternoon.
This evening at 7 P. M. there will be a hymn sing
in the park across from the Church. Bring a
blanket and come prepared to sin.
Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning
at 10AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in
the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.
The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of
the congregation would lend him their
electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday
at 7 PM, Please use the back door
The eighth-graders will be presenting
Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement
on Friday at 7 PM. The Congregation is invited to
attend this tragedy.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First
Presbyterian Church. Please use the large
double door at the side entrance.
Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital this
week for testes.
AND THE BEST FOR LAST, .......
*** The Associate Minister unveiled the church's
new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday:
"I Upped My Pledge - Now Up Yours."
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| Just P.U.S.H."
A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord
told the man he had work for him to do, and
showed him a large rock in front of his cabin.
The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with
all his might.
So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled
from sun up to sun down; his shoulders set squarely against the
cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock,
pushing with all of his might.
Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Since the man was showing signs of discouragement, Satan decided
to enter the picture by placing thoughts
into the weary mind: "you have been pushing against
that rock for a long time, and it hasn' t moved."
Thus, giving the man the impression that the task was impossible
and that he was a failure. These thoughts
discouraged and disheartened the man. "Why kill
myself over this?" he thought! "I'll just put in my
time, giving just the minimum effort; and
that will be goo enough."
And that is what he planned to do, until one day he decided to make it a matter of prayer and take his troubled
thoughts to the Lord.
"Lord," he said, "I have labored
long and hard in your service, using all my strength
to do that which you have asked.
Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half
a millimeter.
What is wrong? Why am I failing?" The Lord responded
compassionately,
"My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I
told you that your task was to push against
the rock with all of you strength, which you have
done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move
it.
Your task was to push.
And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you
have failed. But, is that really so? Look at
yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled,
your back sinewy and brown, your hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard.
Through opposition you have grown much, and
your abilities now surpass that which you
used to have. Yet you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was
to be obedient and to push and to exercise
your faith and trust in My wisdom.
This you have done. Now, my friend, I will now move the
rock."
At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our
own intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what God
wants is just a simple obedience and faith
in Him. By all means, exercise the faith that
moves mountains, but know that i is still God who moves mountains.
When everything seems to go wrong . . . . just P.U.S.H.!
When the job gets you down . . . . just P.U.S.H.!
When people don't react the way you think they should ...just P.U.S.H.!
When your money looks "gone" and the bills are due . .
...just P.U.S.H!
When people just don't understand you . . just P.U.S.H.!
P= Pray
U= Until
S= Something
H= Happens
Pass this on to all the love ones and friends who may need it, they may get it just in time.
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The beauty of life is in the living
of it. It is the way we think and the choices
that we make that determine how beautiful that living is. Terry Keene 2002
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Consider no one a stranger. Learn to
feel that everybody is akin to you. - Paramahansa
Yogananda
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| A beautiful definition of love
Mature love: I need you because I love you
Immature love: I love you because I need you - Author unknown
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It is our own perceptions (usually
gained from the past) that determine failure
or success in ourselves and in others.
In an unconditional world there is no failure or
success, just experience.
If our current experience doesn't feel right; change it or our
view of it and have no concern for failure
or success or for the opinions of others in
this regard. - Terry Keene 2002
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Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is a dream, realise it. - Sai Baba
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Whether your actions, words and even
your lifestyle represent your true desires
and true self. Or, whether these are self actualised outcomes of negative influences, desires and in some cases
manipulation and emotional blackmail of
others.
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Love cannot be far behind a grateful
heart and thankful mind..
These are the true conditions for your homecoming. - A course in
Miracles
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It is when you allow the depths of
your heart to open without limitation, that
your true desires can emerge. Then and only
then can you and God bring all you need to create the life you
truly wish for and deserve. - Terry Keene 2002
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Forgiveness
Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell
into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of
farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and
goods as needed without a hitch.
Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small
misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally
it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of
silence.
One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find
a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I'm looking for a few days
work" he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs
here and there. Could I help you?"
"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for
you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor, in
fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow
between us and he took ! his bulldozer to the river levee and now
there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite
me, but I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber curing by
the barn? I want you to build me a fence - - an
8-foot fence- so I won't need to see his place anymore. Cool him
down, anyhow."
The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show
me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job
that pleases you."
The older brother had to go to town for supplies, so he helped the
carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day.
The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just
finished his job.
The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence
there at all. It was a bridge-a bridge stretching from one side of
the creek to the other! A fine piece of work handrails and all-and
the neighbor, his younger ! brother, was coming across, his hand
outstretched.
"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've
said and done." The two brothers stood at each end of the
bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand.
They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his
shoulder.
"No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for
you," said the older brother.
"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but, I
have many more bridges to build."
God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but He'll ask how many
people you drove who didn't have transportation.
God won't ask the square footage of your house, but He'll ask how
many people you welcomed into your home.
God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, but He'll
ask how many you helped to clothe.
God won't ask about your social status; He will ask what kind of
class you displayed.
God won't ask how many material possession you had, but He'll
ask if they dictated your life.
God won't ask what your highest salary was, but He'll ask if you
compromised your character to obtain it.
God won't ask how much overtime you worked, but He'll ask if your
overtime work was for yourself or for your family.
God won't ask how many promotions you received, but He'll ask how
you promoted others.
God won't ask what your job title was, but He'll ask if you
performed your job to the best of your ability.
God won't ask what you did to help yourself, but He'll ask what
you did to help others.
God won't ask how many friends you had, but He'll ask how many
people to whom you were a friend.
God won't ask what you did to protect your rights, but He'll ask
what you did to protect the rights of others.
God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but He'll ask how
you treated your neighbors.
God won't ask about the color of your skin, but He'll ! ask about
the content of your character.
God won't ask how many times your deeds matched your words, but
He'll ask how many times they didn't.
God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation, but He'll
lovingly take you to your mansion in heaven, and not to the gates
of Hell.
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| TO A BEAUTIFUL PERSON
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If God had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
God sends you flowers every spring.
God sends you a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk,
God listens.
God can live anywhere in the universe, but God chose . . . your heart.
Face it friend, God is crazy about you!
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but God did
promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, light for the way.
Send this to every "beautiful person" you wish to
bless.
Return it to the person who sent it to you.
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| In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that
caters to learning disabled
children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school
career, while others can be mainstreamed
into conventional schools.
At a Chush fundraising dinner, the father of a Chush child
delivered a speech that would never be
forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out,
"Where is the perfection
in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection. But
my child cannot
understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is
God's perfection?"
The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the
father's anguish and stilled
by the piercing query. "I believe," the father answered,
"that when God
brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in
the way people react to this child."He then told the
following story about his son, Shaya:
One afternoon, Shaya and his father walked past a park where
some boys Shaya knew
were playing baseball. Shaya asked, "Do you think they will
let me play?"
Shaya's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that
most boys would not
want him on their team. But Shaya's father understood that if his son was chosen to play it
would give him a comfortable sense of belonging.
Shaya's father approached one of the boys in the
field and asked if Shaya could
play. The boy looked around for guidance
from his teammates. Getting none, he took
matters into his own hands and said "We are losing by six
runs and the game is
in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."
Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly. Shaya was
told to put on a glove
and go out to play short center field. In the bottom of the eight inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but
was still behind by three.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team
scored again and now with two outs and the
bases loaded with the potential winning run on base. Shaya was scheduled to be up.
Would the team actually let Shaya bat at this
juncture and give away their chance
to win the game?
Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it
was all but impossible because Shaya didn't
even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However as Shaya stepped up to
the plate, the Pitcher moved
a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact.
The first pitch came and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One
of Shaya's teammates
came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher
again took a few steps forward to toss the
ball softly toward Shaya. As the pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the ball and together
they hit a slow ground ball
to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball
to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the
pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high
arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman.
Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first. Run to
first."Never in his
life had Shaya run to first. He scampered down the baseline
wide-eyed and startled. By the time he
reached first base, the right fielder had the ball.
He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still
running.
But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions
were, so he threw the
ball high and far over the Third baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second." Shaya ran
towards second base as the runners ahead of
him deliriously circled the bases towards home. As Shaya
reached second base, the opposing short stop ran to him, turned
him in the direction
of third base and shouted, "Run to third."
As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Shaya run
home." Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys
lifted him on their shoulders and made him the hero, as he had
just hit a "grand
slam" and won the game for his team.
"That day," said the father softly with tears now
rolling down his face, "those 18 boys
reached their level of God's perfection."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash different ways of
living and believing and then wonder why the
world is going to hell. Funny how we can
send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like
wildfire, but when we
start sending messages regarding life choices, people think twice about sharing.
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely
through cyberspace, but the public
discussion of morality is suppressed in the school
and workplace.
Funny isn't it?
Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
send it to many on
your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or
what they will think
of you for sending it to them. Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what I
think of me.
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| IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(Written after she found out she
was dying from cancer.)
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending
the earth would go into a holding pattern if
I weren't there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it
melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was
stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and
worried much less about the dirt when
someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble
about his youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my
husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a
summer day because my hair had just been
teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried
about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and
more while watching
life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical,
wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to
last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have
cherished every moment and realized that the
wonderment growing inside me was the only chance
in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said,
"Later. Now go get washed up for
dinner."
There would have been more "I love you's." More
"I'm sorry's."
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it ... live it
... and never give it back
Stop sweating the small stuff.
Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's
doing what.
Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do
love us.
Let's think about what God HAS blessed us with.
And what we are doing each day to promote
ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as well as spiritually.
Life is too short to let it pass you by. We only have one shot at this and then it's gone.
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| Beautiful Women's Month.
Age 3: She looks at herself and sees a Queen.
Age 8: She looks at herself and sees Cinderella.
Age 15: She looks at herself and sees an Ugly Sister (Mum I can't go to school looking like
this!)
Age 20: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too
straight/too curly"- but decides she's going out anyway.
Age 30: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too
straight/too curly" - but decides she doesn't have time to
fix it, so she's going
out anyway.
Age 40: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too
straight/too curly" - but says, "At least, I am
"clean" and goes out anyway.
Age 50: She looks at herself and sees "I am" and goes
wherever she wants to go.
Age 60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves
in the mirror anymore. Goes out and conquers the world.
Age 70: She looks at herself & sees wisdom, laughter and
ability, goes out and
enjoys life.
Age 80: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the
world.
Send this on to all the women you are grateful to have as friends.
Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier.
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| A Man with A Passion
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist,
came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln
Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman
Concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement
for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has
braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches.
To see him walk across the stage one step at a
time, painfully and slowly, is an unforgettable sight. He walks
painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he
sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the
clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot
forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under
his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play. By now, the
audience is used to this ritual.
They sit quietly while he makes his way across
the stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent while he
undoes the clasps on his legs. They wait until he is ready to
play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the
first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could
hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room.
There was no mistaking what that sound meant.
There was no mistaking what he had to do.
People who were there that night thought to
themselves: "We figured that he would have to get up, put on
the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage
- to either find another violin or else find another string for
this one." But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed
his eyes and then signalled the conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began, and he played from where he
had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and
such purity as they had never heard before. Of course, anyone
knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just
three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night
Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.
You could see him modulating, changing,
recomposing the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like
he was de-tuning the strings to get new sounds from them that they
had never made before.
When he finished, there was an awesome silence
in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an
extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the
auditorium. We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing
everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had
done. He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to
quiet us, and then he said, not boastfully, but in a quiet,
pensive, reverent tone,
"You know, sometimes it is the artist's
task to find out how much music you can
still make with what you have left."
What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in
my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the
way of life - not just for artists but for all of us.
So, perhaps our task in this shaky,
fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make
music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no
longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
Jack Riemer, Houston Chronicle
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| God's Love for a Little Boy
Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room.
She said: "How is my little boy?
Is he going to be alright?
When can I see him?
" The surgeon said, "I'm sorry. We did all we
could, but your boy didn't make it.
" Sally said, "Why do little children
get cancer. Doesn't God care any more?
Where were you, God, when my son needed you?
" The surgeon asked, "Would you like some time alone
with your son?
One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before
he's transported to the university".
Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good-bye to
her son.
She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair.
"Would you like a lock of his hair?" the nurse asked.
Sally nodded yes.
The nurse cut a lock of the boy's hair, put it in a plastic bag
and handed it to Sally.
The mother said, "It was Jimmy's idea to donate his body to
the university for study.
He said it might help somebody else. "I said no at first,
but Jimmy said,
"Mom, I won't be using it after I die. Maybe it will
help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom."
She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of
gold.
Always thinking of someone else.
Always wanting to help others if he could
". Sally walked out of Children's Mercy
Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last
six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy's belongings on the seat beside her in the car.
The drive home was difficult.
It was even harder to enter the empty house.
She carried Jimmy's belongings, and the
plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son's room.
She started placing the model cars, and other personal things, back in his room exactly where he had always kept
them. She laid down across his bed and,
hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Laying beside her on
the bed was a folded letter.
The letter said:
"Dear Mom, I know you're going to miss me; but don't think
that I will ever forget you, or stop loving
you, just 'cause I'm not around to say I LOVE
YOU.
I will always love you, Mom, even more with
each day. "Some day we will see each
other again. Until then, if you want to adopt a
little boy so you won't be so lonely, that's okay with me.
He can have my room, and old stuff to play
with. "But if you decide to get a girl instead,
she probably wouldn't like the same things us boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, y'know.
"Don't be sad thinking about me.
This really is a neat place. Grandma and
Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some,
but it will take a long
time to see everything.
"The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly.
And, you know what?
Jesus doesn't look like any of his pictures. Yet, when I saw Him,
I knew it was him. "Jesus himself took
me to see GOD!
And guess what, Mom?
I got to sit on God's knee and talk to Him,
like I was somebody important.
That's when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to
tell you good-bye and everything. But I
already knew that wasn't allowed.
"Well, y'know what, Mom?
God handed me some paper and His own personal pen
to write you this letter.
I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who
is going to drop this letter off to you.
God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you
asked Him --
'Where was He when I needed him?'
"God said he was in the same place with
me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross.
He was right there, as He always is with all
His children.
"Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I've written
except you.
To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn't that
cool?
"I have to give God His pen back now.
He needs it to write some more names in the
Book Of Life.
Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper.
I'm sure the food will be great. "Oh, I
almost forgot to tell you.
I don't hurt anymore.
The cancer is all gone.
I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain
anymore...
and God couldn't stand to see me hurt so much, either.
That's when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me.
The Angel said I was Special Delivery! How
about that?
"Signed with Love from: God, Jesus & Me.
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Anyone can be a member of Gods Church all you
have to do is Ask.
It's when Humanity forgets the 4th Commandment " Love one another as
I have loved you "
that they slip back into Man's Church.
Jeffrey Shaw 15th December 1995
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| How To Stay Young, Happy & Healthy"
Throw out non-essential numbers.
This includes age, weight and height.
Let the doctor worry about them.
That is why you pay him/her.
Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
If you really need a grouch, there are
probably a few dozen of your relatives to do the job.
Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts,
gardening...whatever.
Just never let the brain idle.
Enjoy the simple things. When the children are young... that is
all that you can
afford.
When they are in college... that is all that you can afford.
When they are grown and you are on retirement... that is all that
you can afford!
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for
breath.
Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the
store by your distinctive laughter.
The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire
life is ... ourselves.
Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family,
pets, keepsakes, music,
plants, hobbies ... whatever. Your home is your refuge.
Cherish your health. If it is good ... preserve it.
If it is unstable ... improve it. If it is
beyond what you can improve ... get help.
Don't take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a
foreign country... but not guilt.
Tell the people you love, that you love them ...at every
opportunity.
Remember ...
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away.
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| ARE YOU A REASON, A SEASON, OR A LIFETIME?
Pay attention to what you read. After you read this, you will
know the reason it was sent to you! People
come into your life for a reason, a season or
a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know
what to do for each person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON. . . It is usually to
meet a need you have expressed. They have
come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide
you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and
they are! They are there for the reason you
need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part,
or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something
to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire
fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer
you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.
Then people come into your life for a SEASON. Because your turn
has come to share, grow, or learn. They
bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done. They usually
give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you
must build upon in order to have a solid
emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the
lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in
all other relationships and areas of your
life. It is said that love is blind but
friendship is clairvoyant.
Thank you for being a part of my life.
Stop here and just SMILE if you don't want to do this last
part:
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| Special One 15 Things You
Probably Never Thought About
1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would
die for you.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want
to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they
don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. If not for you, someone may not be living.
8. You are special and unique.
9. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes
from it.
11. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a
look: you most likely turned your back on
the world.
12. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want,
you probably won't get it, but if you
believe in yourself, probably, sooner or later, you will
get it.
13. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the
rude remarks.
14. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel
much better when they know.
15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know
that they are great.
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Keep Faith in Troubled Times
And the Lord Spoke to Noah and said:
" In One year, I am going to make it rain and cover the
whole earth with water until everyone is destroyed.
But I want you to save the righteous people and two of every kind
of living thing on the earth "
In a flash God delivered the specifications for an Ark. Noah took
the plans and agreed to build the Ark. Exactly one year later,
fierce storm clouds covered the earth and all the seas of the
earth went into a tumult.
The Lord saw that Noah was sitting in his front yard weeping
" Noah, " he shouted. " Where is the Ark ? "
'" Lord please forgive me ? cried Noah.
" I did my best, but there were big problems.
First, I had to to get a permit for construction and your plans
did not meet specifications. I had to hire an engineering company
to redraw them.
" Then I got into a fight with Occupational Safety people
over whether or not the Ark needed a fire sprinkler system and
floatation devices."
" Then my neighbour objected, claiming I was violating
by-laws by building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a
variance from Town Planning. "
" Then I had problems getting enough wood for the Ark,
because there was a ban on cutting trees to protect the Spotted
Owl
I finally convinced the Forestry Department that I needed the wood
to save the Owls. However, The Department of Environmental Affairs
won't let me catch any Owls. "
" The carpenters went out on strike. I had to negotiate a
settlement with the builders Federation before anyone would pick
up a saw or hammer. "
" Then I got sued by an animal rights group. They objected to
me only taking two of each kind aboard.
" When their objections were finally dismissed, the
Department of Environment notified me that I could not complete
the Ark, without filing an environment impact assessment on your
proposed flood "
" They didn't take very kindly to the idea that they had no
jurisdiction over the conduct of the Creator of the
universe."
" Then the city engineer demanded a map of the proposed new
flood plain. I sent them a globe."
" The Australian Tax office has seized my assets, claiming
that I'm building the Ark in preparation to flee the country to
avoid paying taxes."
" I just got a notice from the Licensing Department that I
owe them some kind of tax, having failed to register teh Ark as a
recreational watercraft."
And you thought you had it tough ???... Hang in there
Brian Andrews 17 / 10 / 01
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| What a beautiful day it is - absolutely
fantastic. Recently I have been considering the issue of the use
of control for the gain or benefit of individuals and groups. I
realise that control comes
in many forms - physical and emotional abuse, emotional
manipulation, withholding, subversive suggestion, gossiping -
there are many more. The issue for me is how to respond to people
and situations that use this method of 'getting what they want'.
Rather than other more open and effective means of communication
(I add I have recognised that in most instances the people
involved don't know that they are doing it - I didn't when I was).
The answer to this is different for everybody - for me it is to
not forsake myself by doing my utmost to not
use the same manipulative and controlling methods employed by
others. To (after all other avenues have been exhausted) use third
party intervention where necessary and to also realise that some
people only respond to firm action. In my case this firm action
must be tempered with the heartfelt belief that in the long term
all will benefit.- Terry Keene *
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Who has the most wealth:
The man who loves his broken pushbike or the man who doesn't
appreciate his $100,000.00 car
Who has the most joy:
The woman who loves the sound of children or the woman who needs
the sound of praise
Who is loved the most:
The child who is allowed to be free in their thoughts and sense of
being or the child who is always being told continually how to
think and behave. I guess the answer to this is up to you. - Terry
Keene 2001
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I find it interesting to watch and observe the
people around me. How people perceive their life, what they desire
and hope to achieve. The interesting thing is that there are no
two the same, yet we are all governed by the same laws - universal
laws. I look back and see how my ignorance of these laws created a
great deal of disharmony around me. I see how these laws have
played out in my life - no problems with that - I have learnt
through this. I wonder what the world would be like if more people
realised:
that we are receiving now is an outcome of our own past actions
and thoughts,
that we are abundant (and don't need to take from another for this
to be so),
that peace and true love starts inside and works out,
that what is around us reflects who we are,
that what we say about others is generally an indication of
ourselves,
that our word governs our future and
that love will always prevail over fear - in fact love is all that
there is.
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Consider the Circus Elephant
He can lift a ton with his trunk!
The elephant is one of the most powerful creatures on earth. But
if you visit a circus you'll see the elephant standing passively,
held to a little post by a slender piece of rope or chain.
Why doesn't he break free ???
While still young, small and weak, the elephant is tied by a
super-heavy chain to a big iron stake. He tries and tries and
pulls and pulls but cannot break free. Soon he accepts his
limitations.
Then, no matter how big and strong he grows, he continues to
believe he cannot move as long as he sees he is tied to the stake
in the ground beside him.
Are you like the circus elephant - immensely powerful but stuck
within your own limitations? Forwarded by my friend Curt - author
unknown
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My thoughts, ideas, dreams, plans, answers and
ways are mine alone.
They are as valid and important as anyone else's.
I am who I am and I am proud of myself.
I follow my heart to its own desires and love myself and my life
at all times.
I know what is right and best for me.
I do it my way.
That is the best way. Chris
Illingworth
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As I sit here I look outside and
realise that the rain has just stopped falling (the sound of it on
my iron roof was music to my ears) - we have just gone through
quite a dry spell. I can just about hear the grass and the trees
saying thank you. I think about how during life there have been
dry spells - times of perceived lack and loneliness. I think about
how there have been times of rain - abundance and regrowth. I now
know that as the sun goes up and goes down, that throughout life
the times of dry are times of re-evaluation, times of gaining
strength and times of preparation. The times of rain - are times
of expression, creativity and movement. The truth is that life has
cycles and it is what I do in these different times that
determines my future. For I know that when there is dry - there
will be rain, when there is rain there will be dry and that all is
in order. - Terry Keene 2001
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Out of hardship, a positive outcome for the
betterment of all will always surface, it is truly up to us as
individuals and members of the greater community, with the
direction of love and compassion to create this outcome. - Terry
Keene 2001
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And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t
contracts and presents aren’t promises.
And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your
eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not
the grief of a child.
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| JESUS is the ONLY healer!
He healed me - that's all the proof I need.
The Word of God (The Bible) tells me that no one comes to GOD
except through His Son JESUS. GOD does not lie
- I'm praying for you guys. God Bless
you. Gary ( East London, South Africa) 6 / 10 / 01
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| I think we need more fun in our lives, I listen
to so many songs these days and they are so spiritual to me, if
you really listen to the words, they give you a message about
having more peace and harmony in our lives.
We need to treat our children a lot more kinder, it upsets me
so much when I am out in public and I hear the way parents speak
to their children as if they are a bother, and the way teachers
and educators treat children in schools, they are always saying to
respect your elders, but they need to give respect before they
will get it back. parents are the first teachers and we instill
good morals and values on to them and raise their self esteem,
only to have it beaten down when teachers call them
dumb and stupid or yell at them, especially
when they are going through the teenage years when they are very
touchy and vulnerable, it can cause a lot of damage. if only
people would treat other people how they would like to be treated
we would have a happier world. Too many people judge other people
by their appearance, this is only because we are bought up that
way, you hear people say look at that person how could they do
that, for eg: people searching through bins, people that lo!
ok like they live in the park etc, my favourite saying is what's
normal everything is normal as long as you are not hurting
anybody, its only because society tells us its not normal that we
believe this. have more fun and do silly childlike things we will
be much happier than worrying about money and what's normal.
Christine Blades 5 / 10 / 01
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I believe - that
we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends
change.
I believe - that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to
hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I believe - that true friendship continues
to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I believe - that you can do something in an
instant that will give you heartache for life.
I believe - that it's taking me a long time
to become the person I want to be.
I believe - that you should always leave
loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see
them.
I believe - that you
can keep going long after you can't.
I believe - that we are responsible for what
we do, no matter how we feel.
I believe - that either you control your
attitude or it controls you.
I believe - that regardless of how hot and
steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had
better be something else to take its place.
I believe - that heroes are the people who
do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless
of the consequences.
I believe - that money is a lousy way of
keeping score.
I believe - that my best friend and I can do
anything or nothing and have the best time.
I believe - that sometimes the people you
expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you
get back up.
I believe - that sometimes when I'm angry I
have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the
right to be cruel.
I believe - that just because someone
doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't
love you with all they have.
I believe - that maturity has more to do
with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned
from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've
celebrated.
I believe - that it isn't always enough to
be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive
yourself.
I believe - that no matter how bad your
heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I believe - that our background and
circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are
responsible for who we become.
I believe - that just because two people
argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just
because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I believe - that you shouldn't be so eager
to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I believe - that two people can look at the
exact same thing and see something totally different.
I believe - that your life can be changed in
a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
I believe - that even when you think you
have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you you will find
the strength to help.
I believe - that credentials on the wall do
not make you a decent human being.
I believe - that the people you care about
most in life are taken from you too soon.
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The Universe call the Human Race
" The Masters of limitation, if we can find a way of limiting
ourselves we will " Jeffrey Shaw March 1992
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| What a beautiful day – as I sit and
listen to music in the background. My weekend has been full of
many wonderful moments – all adding up to a wonderful weekend. I
recall when I used to spend so much time thinking of the past and
so much time thinking of the future – I forgot how to enjoy the
moment – and wasn’t happy. I could have died at 40 or died at
100 – would have made no difference to me – I would allowed
life just to pass me by I would have died unhappy.
Now – every moment is an experience of life – so to die now
or in 40 years time will still make no difference to me except one
– I’ll die in the moment and therefore die happy.
So, I figure that if I desire to live happy, die happy then all
I need is to be happy – in every moment – my choice. – Terry
Keene
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The best form of healing mental
sickness is confession, take time to listen they will heal them
selves in the process of speaking from their heart, mind and
venting their spleen. Jeffrey Shaw February 1991
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Big people are always giving someone
credit and taking blame; little people are always seeking credit
and giving blame. - Charlie 'Tremendous'
Jones
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Observing and listening to people
gives me a great deal of pleasure, watching the up and downs of
life. My greatest teachers are those around me. Sometimes I hear
and see things that I feel bad about, sometimes the other way.
What I have come to realise is that in all people there is
something for me to learn – if I choose to. The way people
interact guides me – my way of interaction can change – if I
choose to make it so. My life can grow in other directions (there
are people around me who I can learn from) – if I choose to.
Simple but true – all I have to do is choose to change – (all
the help I need is around me) - only of course though if I think
it necessary.
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| One day a young man was standing in
the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful
heart in the whole valley.
A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it
was perfect.
There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it
truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen.
The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his
beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and
said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as
mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's
heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places
where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they
didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In
fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces
were missing.
The people stared how can he say his heart is more beautiful,
they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state
and laughed.
"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart
with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and
tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect
looking but I would never trade with you.
You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my
love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and
often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the
empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I
have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of
the love we shared.
"Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the
other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are
the empty gouges - giving love is taking a chance. Although these
gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I
have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and
fill the space I have waiting.
So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks.
He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and
beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old
man with trembling hands.
The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then
took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound
in the young man's heart.
It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The
young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more
beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed
into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
How sad it must be to go through life with a whole heart.
Remember . . .
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody is watching.
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| As I sit here in my office I hear the
birds and see and feel the trees. I think about how my kids will
grow up to be themselves and I start to be concerned for their
health and life and I feel sad as I am not able to be always to be
there with them. Then I remember a story that a dear friend and
adviser told me - it goes like this: "When a bird flies away
from the branch of a tree - does it not always have another branch
to land on". He goes on to say: are we not "greater
" than the bird - are we not "greater" than the
tree.
I come back to realising that although I am not able to always
be with my children - I am always there for them and that they are
greater than the bird - and that I am greater than the tree - I
feel better for I know that they are safe and that in the total
scheme of things - all is in order and as it is meant to be -
faith
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The higher your energy
level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body,
the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to
produce outstanding results. – Anthony Robbins
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Things do not change; we
change. – Henry David Thoreau
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"Until you can understand that
nothing can happen to you, nothing can ever come to you or be kept
from you, except in accord with your state of consciousness, you
do not have to the key to life." - Paul
Twitchell
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| This is special and much along the
lines of the blue ribbon
A thought - TAKE TIME I
had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose
husband died suddenly of a heart attack.
About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students.
As the late afternoon sunlight came
streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was
nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk
and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, "Before class is over, I would like to
share with all of you a thought that
is unrelated to class but which I feel is very important. Each of us
is put here on earth to
learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves.
None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is
God's way of telling us that we must make
the most out of every single day." Her
eyes beginning to water, she went on, "So I would like you
all to make me a
promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find
something beautiful to
notice. It doesn't have to be something you see.
It could be a scent, perhaps
of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze
slightly rustling the leaves in
the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as
it falls gently to the ground.
Please, look for these things and cherish them.
For, although it may sound trite
to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The
little things we are
put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted.
We must make it important to notice them,
for at any time ... it can all be taken
away."
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and
filed out of the room
silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home
from school than I had that whole semester. Every once in a while,
I think of that
teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and
I try
to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today.
Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset.
Stop off on the way home tonight to
get a double-dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not
the things we did that
we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
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| How far you go in life depends on you
being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged,
sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the
strong.
Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
--George Washington Carver
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| Who's packing your parachute ???
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet pilot
in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a
surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy
hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese
prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned
from that experience.
One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant,
a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You
flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk,
You were shot down!"
"How in the world did you know that?"
asked Plumb.
"I packed your parachute," the man replied.
Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand
and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked,
I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb
says, "I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a
Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom
trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not
even said
"Good morning, How are you?" or anything because, you
see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long
wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the
shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands
each time the fate of someone he didn't know.
Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your
parachute?"
Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it
through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds
of parachutes when his plane was shot down
over enemy territory ? he needed his physical parachute, his
mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual
parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss
what is really important.
We may fail to say hello, please, or
thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has
happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for
no reason.
As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize
people who pack your parachute.
I am sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part
in packing my parachute!!!
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Faith has to do with things that are
not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand. Saint Thomas
Acquinas
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To allow oneself to ‘stop’ and to
allow one self’s body and mind to relax is a self given gift of
immense potential.- Terry Keene
Recommended reading
Manhood – An action plan for changing men’s
lives – Steve Biddulph
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If we are all perfect, why not stop
trying and start being – Terry Keene
Recommended reading
The prophet – Kahil Gibran
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"It is in the understanding that
there is always more to know. That the basis of knowing is
gained" Terry Keene - 2001
Recommended reading
Footprints on the path – Eileen Caddy
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One of the greatest gifts that we can
give ourselves - and therefore all people is the gift of
Manifestation - bringing to ourselves what we desire.
The path to this includes the process of: Thought -
Word - Action
Upon using this consistently - all will be provided
- it may take time - yet it does come about - our life is
ultimately a result of our thoughts - "Ask and it shall be
given"
Recommended reading
I could do anything, If only I knew what it was – How to
discover what you really want and how to get it – Barbara Sher
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"Faith without action serves no
useful purpose."
Recommended reading
The Celestine Prophecy – An adventure – James Redfield
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TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND READ THESE AND
THINK ABOUT THEM WITHOUT GOING ON TO THE
NEXT ONE...IT DOES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD...
*Falling in love.
*Laughing so hard your face hurts.
*A hot shower.
*No lines at the Super Wal-Mart.
*A special glance.
*Getting mail.
*Taking a drive on a pretty road.
*Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
*Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
*Hot towels out of the dryer.
*Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
*Chocolate milkshake. (or vanilla!)
*A long distance phone call.
*A bubble bath.
*Giggling.
*A good conversation.
*The beach.
*Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
*Laughing at yourself.
*Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
*Running through sprinklers.
*Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
*Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
*Laughing at an inside joke.
*Friends.
*Falling in love for the first time.
*Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
*Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
*Your first kiss.
*Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
*Playing with a new puppy.
*Late night talks with your roommate that keep you from sleeping.
*Having someone play with your hair.
*Sweet dreams.
*Hot chocolate.
*Road trips with friends.
*Swinging on swings.
*Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you
love.
*Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies
and drinking eggnog.
*Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without
feeling stupid.
*Going to a really good concert.
*Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.
*Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
*Winning a really competitive game.
*Making chocolate chip cookies.
*Having your friends send you homemade cookies.
*Spending time with close friends
*Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends...
*Holding hands with someone you care about.
*Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good
or bad) never change.
*Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.
*Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
*Hugging the person you love.
*Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much-desired
present from you.
*Watching the sunrise.
*Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God for another beautiful
day........
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| IF YOU CAN:
If you can start the day without caffeine,
if you can get along without pep
pills,
if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for
it,
if you can understand when your loved ones
are too busy to give you any time,
if you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, though no fault of yours, something goes
wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
if you can ignore a friend's limited
education and never correct him/her,
if you can resist treating a rich friend
better than a poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
if you can conquer tension without medical
help,
if you can relax without liquor,
if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can honestly say that deep in your heart you have no
prejudice against creed, color, religion or
politics,
Then, my friend, you are ALMOST as good as your dog.
|
Subject: Religion
As some of you may know there is a census coming around on August
the 7th.
For those who don't know, a census is where the government
collates general information
about it's residents (number of people living in your house, religion, etc)
If there are enough people in Australia, who put down a
religion that isn't mentioned
on the census form it becomes a fully recognised and legal religion.
It usually takes about 10,000 people to nominate the same religion.
It is for this reason that it has been suggested that anyone who does not have a dominant
religion to put "Jedi" as their religion.
Send this on to all your friends and tell them to put down
"Jedi" on their census
form. And remember ......If you are a member
of the Jedi religion then you are by default a 'Jedi Knight'.
So If this has been your dream since you were 4 years old....
Do it cos you love
Star Wars, If not........... then just do it to annoy people.
"May the Force be with you!"
|
| I
dreamed I had an interview with God.
"Come in," God
said. "So, you would like to interview Me?"
"If you have the time," I said.
God smiled and said:
"My time is eternity and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask me?"
I said "What
surprises you most about mankind?"
God answered: "That
they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again."
"That they lose their health to make money and then lose
their money to restore their health."
"That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present,
such that they live neither for the present nor the
future."
"That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if
they had
never lived..."
God's hands took mine and we were silent for while and then I asked...
"As a
parent, what are some of life's lessons you want your children
to learn?"
God replied with a
smile:
"To learn that they
cannot make anyone love them, what they can do
is to let themselves be loved."
"To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in
their lives, but who they have in their lives."
"To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.
All will
be judged individually on their own merits,
not as a group on a comparison basis."
"To learn
that a rich person is not the one who has the
most, but is one who needs the least."
"To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds
in persons we love, and that it takes many
years to heal them."
"To learn to
forgive by practicing forgiveness."
"To learn that
there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings"
"To learn that
money can buy everything but happiness."
"To learn that two
people can look at the same thing and see it totally different."
"To learn
that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them. ..and likes them
anyway."
"To learn
that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but that they have to forgive themselves."
I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment.
I thanked Him for his time and for all that He has done for me and my family,
and He replied,
"Anytime. I'm here 24 hours a day.
All you have to do is ask
for me, and I'll
answer."
"People will
forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them
feel."
"Thinking of
you.....:
PS: Pass it on to someone
special in your life....just as
we thought of you. |
PURPOSE By
Jalaluddin Rumi
One thing must not be forgotten. Forget all else, but remember
this, and you'll have no regrets. Remember
and be concerned with everything else, but ignore
this one thing and you'll have done nothing. It
is as if a king has sent you on a mission to a foreign land to
perform one specific
task for him. If you do a hundred things, but not this appointed task, what have you accomplished? Human beings come
into this world for a particular purpose,
and if they forget it they will have done nothing at all. |
| UNDERSTANDING By
Thich Nhat Hanh
We have to understand in order to be of help.
We all have pain, but we tend to suppress
it, because we don't want it to come up to our living room.
The most important thing is that we need to be understood.
We need someone to be able to listen to us
and to understand us.
Then we will suffer less.
But everyone is suffering, and no one wants to
listen.
We don't know how to express ourselves so
that people can understand. Because we suffer so much, the way we express our pain hurts other people, and
they don't want to listen.
Listening is a very deep practice.
You have to empty yourself.
You have to leave space in order to listen,
especially to people we think are our enemies - the ones we believe are making our
situation worse.
When you have shown
your capacity for listening and understanding, the other person
will begin to listen to you, and you have a
chance to tell him or her of our pain, and it's our turn to get healed.
This is the practice of peace. |
| PERSISTENCE
Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a
mother took the small boy to a Paderewski
concert. After they were seated, the mother
spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle
to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and
eventually explored his way through a door
marked
"NO ADMITTANCE."
When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin,
the mother returned to her seat and
discovered that her son was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights
focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.
In horror, the mother saw her little boy
sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out "Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star."
At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy's
ear,
"Don't quit", "Keep
playing."
Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm
reached around to the other side of the
child and he added a running obligatio.
Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative
experience.
The audience was mesmerized.
That's the way it is with God.
What we can accomplish on our own is hardly
noteworthy.
We try our best, but the results aren't exactly graceful
flowing music.
But with the hand of the Master, our life's work
truly can be beautiful.
Next time you set out to accomplish great
feats, listen carefully.
You can hear the voice of the Master,
whispering in your ear,
"Don't quit." "Keep playing." |
| IMPERFECTION
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each
end of a pole which he carried across his
neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always
delivered a full portion of water at the end
of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For
a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering
only one and a half pots full of water in
his master's house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its
accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it
was made.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only
half of what it had been made to do.
After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself, and want to apologize to you."
"Why?" asked the bearer.
"What are you ashamed of?"
"I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only
half my load because this crack in my side
causes water to leak out all the way back to
your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of
this work, and you don't get full value from
your efforts," the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked
pot, and in his compassion he said,
"As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the
beautiful flowers along the path."
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the
beautiful wild flowers on the side
of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the
trail, it still felt bad because it had
leaked out half its load, and so again it apologized
to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you
notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but
not on the other pot's
side?
That's because I have always known about your flaw, and
I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the
path, and every day while we
walk back from the stream, you've watered them.
For two years I have been able to pick these
beautiful flowers to decorate my master's
table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."
Moral:
Each of us has our own unique flaws.
We're all cracked pots.
But it's the cracks and flaws we each have
that make our lives together so very interesting
and rewarding.
You've just got to take each person for what they
are, and look for the good in them.
There is a lot of good out there.
There is a lot of good in you! |
Here is the purpose of the Four main religions:
This is what they can achieve when they unite and share their
knowledge with each other.
The Eastern religions emphasised the effects on
consciousness itself the experience of lightness a sense of one
ness with the universe.
The release of the ego's desires, and certain detachment.
Islam emphasised the feeling of unity that comes
with sharing this experience with others and the power inherent in
group action
Judaism emphasised the importance of a tradition
based on this connection, of the experience of feeling chosen, and
that each person alive is responsible for pushing forward the
evolution of human spirituality
Christianity was emphasizing the idea that the
spirit manifests in human beings not just as an increased
awareness of being part of God but also as a higher self - as
though we become an expanded version of who we are, more complete
capable, with an inner guidance and wisdom leading us to act, as
if the human personality of God, the Christ, was now looking
through our eyes. |
Prayer of St Francis of
Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred ... let me sow love.
Where there is injury ... pardon.
Where there is doubt ... faith.
Where there is despair .. hope.
Where there is darkness ... light.
Where there is sadness .. joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled ... as to console,
To be understood .. as to understand,
To be loved ... as to love,
For it is in giving ... that we receive,
It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned,
It is in dying ... that we are born to eternal life |
| Be a fundamentalist- make sure the
Fun always comes before the mental. Realise that life is a
situation comedy that will never be cancelled. A laugh track has
been provided, and the reason why we are put in the material world
is to get more material. Have a good laughsitive twice a day, and
that will ensure regularhilarity.
Remember that each of us has been given a
special gift just for entering - so you are already a winner.
The most powerful tool on the planet today is
TellAvision. That is where I tell a vision to you and you tell a
vision to me. Tat we if we don't like the programming we are
getting, we can simply change the channel.
Life is like photography. You use the negative
to develop.
It is true. As we go through life thinking heavy
thoughts, thought particles tend to get caught between the ears,
causing a condition called tooth decay. So be sure to use
mental floss twice a day. And when your tempted to practice
tantrum yoga, remember what we teach in swami's Absurbness
Training class: " Don't get even get Odd. "
If we want world peace, we must let go of
attachments and truly live like nomads. That's where I no mad at
you, you no mad at me. that way, there'll surely be nomadness on
the planet. And peace begins with each of us. A little peace here,
a little peace there, pretty soon all the peaces will fit together
to make one big peace everywhere.
I know great earth changes have been predicted
for the future, so if you're looking to avoid earthquakes, my
advice is simple. When you find fault, don't dwell on it.
There's no need to change the world. All we have
to do is toilet train the world, and we'll never have to change it
again.
If you're looking to find the key to the
Universe, i have some bad news and some good news. The bad news
is: there is no key to the Universe. The good news is : it has
been left unlocked.
Finally, everything I have told you is
channelled. That way, if you don't like it, its not my fault, And
remember, enlightenment is not a bureaucracy. So we don't have to
go through channels. |
The Twelve Peace Prayers
( for bibliography see below )
These are the shortened versions of the twelve prayers for peace
offered in Assisi, Italy, on the day of Prayer for World Peace
during the United Nations International Year of Peace, 1986
Hindu Prayer for Peace
Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the real.
Oh God, lead us from the darkness to the light.
Oh God, lead us from death to immortality.
Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all
Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in Celestial regions.
May there be peace on earth.
May the waters be appeasing.
May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to
all.
May all beneficent beings bring peace to us.
May thy Vedic law propagate peace all through the world.
May all things be a source of peace to us.
And may thy peace itself, bestow peace on all, and may that peace
come to me also
---- The Peace Seeds
Buddhist Prayer for Peace
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and
mind quickly be freed from their illness.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
And may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power
And may the people think of befriending one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wildernesses
–
The children , the aged, the unprotected – be guarded by
beneficent celestials,
And may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
---- The Peace Seeds
Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace
We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world:
That understanding triumph over ignorance,
That generosity triumph over indifference,
That trust triumph over contempt, and
That truth triumph over falsehood.
---- The Peace Seeds
Jewish Prayer for Peace
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may
walk the paths of the Most High.
And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares, and our spears
into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation ---
Neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the
Lord of Hosts has spoken.
---- The Peace Seeds
Jainist Prayer for Peace
Peace and Universal Love is the essence of the Gospel preached
by all the Enlightened Ones.
The lord has preached that equanimity is the dharma.
Forgive do I creatures all,
And let all creatures forgive me.
Unto all have amity, and unto none enmity.
Know that violence is the root cause of all miseries in the world.
Violence, in fact, is the knot of bondage.
" Do not injure any living being ".
This is the eternal, perennial, and unalterable way of spiritual
life.
A weapon, howsoever powerful it may be, can always be superseded
by a superior one;
But no weapon can, however, be superior to nonviolence and love.
---- The Peace Seeds
Shinto Prayer for Peace
Although the people living across the ocean surrounding
us,
I believe are all our brothers and sisters,
Why are there constant troubles in this world ?
Why do winds and waves rise in the ocean surrounding us ?
I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all the
clouds which are hanging over the tops of the mountains.
---- The Peace Seeds
Native African Prayer for Peace
Almighty God, the Great Thumb we cannot evade to tie the knot:
The Roaring Thunder that splits mighty trees:
The all – seeing Lord up on high who sees
even the footprints
of an antelope on a rock mass here on Earth.
You are the one who does not hesitate to respond to our call.
You are the cornerstone of peace.
---- The Peace Seeds
Native American Prayer for Peace
O great Spirit of our Ancestors,
I raise my pipe to you.
To your messengers the four winds,
and to Mother Earth who provides for your children.
Give us the wisdom to teach our children
To love, to respect, and to be kind to each
other so that they may grow
With peace in mind.
Let us learn to share all good things that
You provide for us all on this Earth.
---- The Peace Seeds
Muslim Prayer for Peace
In the name of Allah,
The beneficent, the merciful.
Praise be to the Lord of the Universe who has created us and made
us into tribes and nations.
That we may know each other, not that we may despise each other.
If the enemy incline toward peace, do thou also incline towards
peace, and trust God, for the Lord is the one that heareth and
knoweth all things.
And the servants of God,
Most Gracious are those who walk on the Earth in humility,
and when we address them, we say " Peace."
---- The Peace Seeds
Baha’i Prayer for Peace
Be generous in prosperity,
and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in they judgment,
And guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk
In darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light
Unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of life to the body of humankind,
a dew to the soil of the human heart,
And a fruit upon the trees of humility.
---- The Peace Seeds
Sikh Prayer for Peace
God adjudges us according to our deeds,
Not the coat that we wear:
That Truth is above everything,
But higher still is truthful living.
Know that we attaineth God when we loveth,
And only that victory
Endures in consequence of which no
One is defeated.
---- The Peace Seeds
Christian Prayer for Peace
Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be known as the
Children of God.
But I say to you that hear, love your enemies,
Do good to those who hate you,
Bless those who curse you,
Pray for those who abuse you.
To those who strike you on the cheek,
offer the other also,
And from those who take away your cloak,
do not withhold your coat as well.
Give to everyone who begs from you, and of those who take away
your goods, do not ask them again.
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them
---- The Peace Seeds
Bibliography
James F Twyman
Author of " Emissary of Light " My Adventures with the
Secret Peacemakers
ISBN 0 7336 0559 1
A Hodder & Stoughton Book
Published in Australia and New Zealand in 1997
by Hodder Headline Australia Pty Ltd
10 - 16 South street Rydalmere NSW 2116 |
| Healing the Family Tree - the use
of ritual
Most people find it difficult to acknowledge
that the use of directed consciousness is more powerful than the
remedies that can be offered for a particular alignment,. The
spoken word has greater impact on the blue prints that hold your
present personality as well as your physical and emotional
imbalances, in place.
The extent of its power as a healing tool is rarely recognised.
you are a channel for devine energy. You are not
a " blue print for perfection " You are it. You are not
separate from it. You are the all, the source. we all are.
Most people are in bondage to their personality
and the ego mechanism that is constructed by their genealogy. The
ego mechanism is, however, the " sighting mechanism
"through which they begin to realise their true self. The
purpose of these rituals is to train the ego so that it can better
serve that purpose. Surrender is not enough. You have to be strong
enough to be able to stay in the middle of the powerful, buffeting
winds of mundane reality, while also being open to the experience
of the higher calm. it requires a combination of strength and
openness. Remember that the part of you that you will eventually
know what you really are will never need any training, any
information, and never did.
Ritual 1
To release all negative attachments acquired
through sexual intimacy with any other human being other than your
mate. Any time there is an exchange of vibratory intimacy
associated with sharing bodily fluids ( ie not just sexual
intercourse) there is along term, and very deep psychic connection
with that person. regardless of where on the planet they are, you
are sharing their experiences with them.
Write out in your own handwriting, something
like this:
" I now lovingly release all negative
energy acquired through sexual intimacy with the following
individuals:
(write out as many s you can remember, and then include the
statement - this also includes any persons that I may have
forgotten.) This allows me to honor my true self, to be more
awake, and to feel love for my true life mate. "
Do this in the name of any mentor you may have
that represents the name of love and your spiritual devotion if
you have one.
Then burn the list.
It is important to name as many people as you
can.
Do this ritual with your mate if you have one,
although you don't have to show this list to your mate ! That way
you are both disconnecting the energy of attachment that stops you
being vibrationally awake.
Be very open the next day, rest and drink plenty of water, and
ignore anything that comes up in your relationship over the next
seven days. Do not make any fundamental decisions about your
relationship during this time. You are likely to have some strong
reactions about your mate. If you find that fantasies and images
of previous relationships keep coming up even after this, it may
be worth doing again.
Ritual 2
To release the energy of any unborn child.
Whether you are a man or woman,, if you've had an abortion or
miscarriage, the child's spiritual entity is still hanging around,
and needs to be cleared. forget about feelings of guilt or
responsibility in the situation. In terms of you being able to
move on, the moral issues are irrelevant. At the point of
conception, the child's energy attaches itself to the matrix of
the couple, and waits to come in. If the embryo aborts, the energy
/ entity has nowhere to go, and hangs around looking for same way
to be manifested in your energy field.
Give the unborn child a physical name ( eg.
Harry or sally) and release it back into the ether, symbolically
handing it over to whatever spiritual guardian you may have, or
into the hands of love. You don't have to believe it, just do it.
No writing or burning is necessary. Just say it,
and its over.
Ritual 3
To release the unconscious connective tissue
binding you to the past of your family tree. This ritual is not
always necessary for all people, but is particularly useful where
you have cause to believe that some transgenerational issue is
creating " dis-ease ". The more precise the wording off
this ritual is the better. You only have to this once, although
you may wish to repeat it if other specific forms of
transgenerational control becomes evident.
Do one ritual for the mother's side of the
family first. Then wait at least three days and o one for the
father's side of the family, but do not wait longer than three
weeks.
Example " i now lovingly release all negative mental control
from my mother's side of the family, known or unknown to me, for
four generations. This now allows me to be free and open, to
experience my true self. I do all of this in the name of love ( or
whatever represents the spirit of grace to you )
It is helpful if you know the names of all those people in the
preceding four generations, and use those names, but it is
not essential. Once you have written it, burn it.
Other specific wordings will be appropriate in
different family circumstances and for different illnesses, e.g if
there is anger from the mother's side, the ritual should be about
that issue rather than mental control. " i now lovingly
release all forms of negative emotional control from my mother's
side of the family, including anger, abuse, addiction ( whatever
is appropriate ), known or unknown to me, for four generations '.
The more precise you can get with naming the forms of control, the
better. Within three weeks, but preferably more than three days
later, do a ritual for the father's side of the family.
If you can see a form of negative control, e.g
in your mother, then understand that it is not just her that is
doing it. It is her whole side of the family that is controlling
you. It is important to include all four generations ending with
her.
Also understand there are positive reasons why these influences
are in your life, to force you into situations which allow you to
be clear and certain of your true self.
Whatever it is that you're are suffering from,
God didn't do it to you.
Nothing devine ever sent this to you, it was the
unconscious mechanism of the ego trying to access the Infinite by
creating social or physiological experiences that would help you
to learn what you need to learn. You don't have to learn in this
way if you recognise who you are through some other means.
After doing any of these rituals - lie down and
be still for the whole of the next day. If you can, be still for
three days. You may not feel well as a result of these clearing
rituals. Resting will help the energy to shift. After a few days
you will feel calmer. After these rituals, stop going back into
your past. |
Hi everyone - this came from someone
I know. Deb
Could it be that brains don't actually think, they only act as a
point from which data regarding the body can
be collected by the person (spirit) that inhabits
the body?
Many people talk about being spiritually aware, but few of them
actually have made even the "mental
seperation" from their bodies. They still consider
themselves to exist only because their bodies operate. Do you really think that all of your thoughts are simply
chemical reactions? Have you no say in what
you think?
If the scientists who say that brains think are right, then every
thought that you have is purely the result
of a chemical reaction that has taken place. think that have some modicum of input into does the
thinking, your body via the brain. Come on!?
Bodies respond to the thoughts of the inhabiting being which is
why "Benjamin Libet, of the University
of California found the brains of volunteers
asked to raise their arms only registered activity about half a second after the movement had been made. He
believes his work implies another part of
the body may have been involved in making the decision".
This is also why such things as lie detectors react to thought. This forum is dedicated to freedom of the dispersal
of those things that would enslave us. The
greatest con of all times has been by those who would have
us believe that we are simply meat bodies and that without them we
do not exist.
Why is it that only those scientists that follow this
non-spiritual line of research are ever
noted or published? I have had it said to me once that most
of the Christian based churches actually promoted multiple lives
until just before the Dark Ages. At about
this time, the story goes, the priests of
the day decided that no one was taking them seriously, or if they
were, the listener often decided that since
the Church told them that they lived for
ever there was no rush, they would do it next time around. With
this problem in mind the religious leaders
of the day decided to begin a campaign whereby
the conditioned everyone to believe that they only got one chance and they had better not stuff it up.
Is this story true? I don't know. But I sure do know that somebody
has been pulling the wool over our eyes and
has done little bit by little bit so over a
long period of time.
Subject: [Betteroff] Scientists discover 'second brain' in the
stomach
Scientists discover 'second brain' in the stomach
Scientists are claiming to have discovered a second brain - in
the human stomach. The
breakthrough, involving experts in the US and Germany, is believed
to play a major part in the way people
behave.
This 'second brain' is made up of a knot of brain nerves in the
digestive tract. It is thought to involve
around 100 billion nerve cells - more than held
in the spinal cord.
Researchers believe this belly brain may save information on
physical reactions to mental processes and
give out signals to influence later decisions.
It may also be responsible in the creation of reactions such as joy or sadness.
The research
is outlined in the latest issue of German science magazine, Geo, in which Professor Wolfgang Prinz, of the Max
Planck Institute for Psychological Research
in Munich, says the discovery could give a new twist on
the old phrase "gut reaction".
He said: "People often follow their gut reactions without
even knowing why, its only later that they
come up with the logical reason for acting the way they
did. But we now believe that there is a lot more to gut feelings
than was previously believed."
Professor Prinz thinks the stomach network may be the source for unconscious decisions which the main brain later
claims as conscious decisions of its own.
The second brain was rediscovered by Michael Gershorn, of the
University of Colombia in New York, after it
was forgotten by science. He says it was first
documented by a 19th century German neurologist, Leopold Auerbach.
He discovered two layers of nerve cells near a
piece of intestine he was dissecting. After
putting them under the microscope he found they were part of
a complex network.
Recent research has already raised the idea that many reactions
may be made in the stomach. Benjamin Libet,
of the University of California found the brains
of volunteers asked to raise their arms only registered activity about half a second after the movement had been
made. He believes his work implies another
part of the body may have been involved in making the decision. |
| Subject: Powerful!!!
READ These comments and you will see how Satan gets us to
believe his lies.
In light of the recent shooting in Massachusetts, let's see, I
think it started when
Madeline Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body was found recently) complained she didn't want any prayer in
our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school....
the Bible that says
thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
yourself. And we said, OK.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave
because their
little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spocks son committed suicide) And
we said, an expert should know
what he's talking about we said OK, we won't spank them anymore.
Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline
our children when they
misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member
in this school better touch a student when
they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be
sued. (There's a big difference between
disciplining and touching, beating, smacking, humiliating,
kicking, etc.) And we accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if
they want, and they
won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be
boys and they're going
to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so
they can have all the fun
they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents
they got them at school. And we said, that's another great idea.
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter
what we do in private
as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the
President, does in private as
long as I have a job and the economy is good.
And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
and call
it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female
body. And we said we
have no problem with that.
And someone else took that appreciation a step
further and published pictures of nude
children and then stepped further still by making them available on the internet. And we said they're
entitled to their free speech.
And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and
movies that promote
profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages rape, drugs,
murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect,
and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go
right ahead. Now we're asking ourselves why
our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't
bother them to kill strangers, their
classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure
it out.
I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE
SOW."
Dear God,
Why didn't you save the little girl in Michigan?
Sincerely,
Concerned Student
..............................AND THE REPLY
Dear Concerned Student, I am not allowed in schools.
Sincerely, God.
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why
the world's going to hell. Funny how we
believe what the newspapers say, but question
what the Bible says. Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say,
or do anything the Bible says.
Funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still
follow Satan who, by the way, also "believes" in God.
Funny how we are quick to judge but not to be judged.
Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through
email and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages
regarding the Lord, people think
twice about sharing.
Funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is
suppressed in the school and
workplace.
Funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be
an invisible Christian the rest of the week.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send
it to many on
your address list because you're not sure what they believe, of
what they will think
of you for sending it to them.
Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of
me than what God
thinks of me.
Are you thinking?
Pass it on if you think it has merit! If not then just discard
it....no one will
ever know what you did, for sure.
But, if you discard this thought process, then don't sit back and complain
about what a bad
shape the world is in.....I sent it to everyone on my list |
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