SHOULD YOU…
o Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight;
Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in.
o Should you find yourself stuck in traffic; don’t despair.
There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.
o Should you have a bad day at work;
Think of the man who has been out of work for the last three months.
o Should you despair over a relationship gone bad;
Think of the person who has never known what it’s like to love and be loved in return.
Should you grieve the passing of another weekend;
Think of the woman in some third world country,working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for $15.00 to feed her family.
o Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance;
Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that talk.
o Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror;
Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.
o Should you find yourself the victim of other people’s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities;
Remember, things could be worse. You could be them!!!
Recipe For A Successful Marriage
3 cups Tenderness
1 cup Commitment
1 cup Consideration
1 cup Courtesy
2 cups Unselfish support
2 cups Milk of human kindness
1 gallon Faith in God and in each other
Add:
2 cups — Praise
3 cups — Cooperation
1 small pinch of in-laws
1 realistic financial budget
3 T pure extract of “I am sorry”
1 cup Contentment
2 cups of open and honest communication
1 cup each: Confidence, Encouragement, Supportive friends, Blindness to each other’s faults, Individual interests and hobbies
Mix in: Several mutual activities and hobbies.
Flavor with occasional tokens of your love and a dash of happy memories.
Stir well and remove any specks of temper, jealousy, or criticism.
Sweeten well with a generous portion of love and keep warm with a steady flame of devotion.
Never serve with a hot tongue or cold shoulder.
45 RULES OF LIFE
Author Unknown
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland , Ohio
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught
me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their
journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God
never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one
is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no
for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.
Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years,
will this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time enough time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you
did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative (dying young).
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside, every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s,
we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”
January 6th,2010
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Do Not Doubt It
You are beautiful
God made you and you are beautiful
Do not doubt it
You are loved
God loves you
HIS love is unfailing and never ending
Do not doubt it
You are not alone
God is always with you
through the good times and the bad
HE will never forsake you
Do not doubt it
HE is waiting for you
When your time on this earth has ended
HE will be waiting for you at Heaven’s Gate
with open arms
HE is ready to welcome you home
when the time is right
Do not doubt it
by LJ Rogers
Let Go Of Anger
Anger: It can be defined as the noise of the soul. Anger: It is the unseen irritant of the heart. Anger: The relentless invader of our peace…. The louder it gets the more desperate we become…..
The normal response to a plea to calm down is; “You don’t know how hard my life has been.” And you are right. I don’t. But I have a very clear idea how miserable your future will be unless you deal with your anger. For in the words of our day; “I’ve been there, done that.” And I speak from experience, anger only breeds bitterness, depression and defeat.
If you could x-ray the soul of the vengeful and angry person you would behold the tumor of bitterness, black, menacing, malignant. Anger is carcinoma of the spirit. It’s fatal fibers creep around the edge of the heart and ravage it, driving a wedge between us and happiness. Yesterday you can not alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you can not change, but your response to your past you can.
God will take your anger, you have only to ask, and then be willing to give it away. Don’t fall for the world’s trap, voiced in that old saying; “People can bury the hatchet; but they never forget where they buried it.” God brings the peace that passes all understanding and can restore silence, tranquility and love in our lives.
November 3rd,2009
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21 Suggestions…
1) Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90 of your happiness or misery.
2) Work at something you enjoy and that´s worthy of your time and talent.
3) Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4) Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5) Be forgiving of yourself and others
6) Be generous
7) Have a grateful heart
Persistence, persistence, persistence
9) Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary
10) Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated
11) Commit yourself to constant improvement
12) Commit yourself to quality.
13) Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
14) Be loyal
15) Be honest
16) Be a self-starter
17)Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.
18) Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19) Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.
20) Take good care of those you love.
21) Don’t do anything that wouldn’t make your mom proud.
November 3rd,2009
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PEACE OF HEART
Almighty and Eternal God,
Give me, I beseech You,
the great gift of inward peace.
Command the winds and storms
of my unruly passions.
Subdue, by Your grace, my proneness to love created things too much.
Give me a love of suffering for Your sake.
make me forbearing and kind to others,
that I may avoid quarrels and contentions.
And teach me constantly to seek after
and to acquire that perfect resignation
to Your Holy Will
which alone brings interior peace.
Amen.
Golden Rules for Living
by Miriam Hamilton Keare
1. If you open it, close it.
2. If you turn it on, turn it off.
3. If you unlock it, lock it up.
4. If you break it, admit it.
5. If you can’t fix it, call in someone who can.
6. If you borrow it, return it.
7. If you value it, take care of it.
8. If you make a mess, clean it up.
9. If you move it, put it back.
10. If it belongs to someone else, get permission to use it.
11. If you don’t know how to operate it, leave it alone.
12. If it’s none of your business, don’t ask questions.
October 31st,2009
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Don’t let go of hope.
Hope gives you the strength to keep
going when you feel like giving up.
Don’t ever quit believing in yourself.
As long as you believe you can,
you will have a reason for trying.
Don’t let anyone hold your
happiness in their hands;
hold it in yours, so it will always
be within you reach.
Don’t measure success or failure by
material wealth, but by how you feel;
our feelings determine the richness
of our lives.
Don’t let bad moments overcome you;
be patient, and they will pass.
Don’t hesitate to reach out for help;
we all need it from time to time.
Don’t run away from love but towards
love, because it is our deepest joy.
Don’t wait for what you want to come to
you; go after it with all that you are,
knowing that life will meet you halfway.
Don’t feel like you’ve lost when plans
and dreams fall short of your hopes.
Anytime you learn something new about
yourself or about life, you have progressed.
Don’t do anything that takes away from
your self-respect; feeling good about
yourself is essential to feeling good
about life.
Don’t ever forget how to laugh or be
too proud to cry.
It is by doing both that we live
life to its fullest.
The Power of Prayer
The day was long, the burden I had
borne
Seemed heavier than I could longer
bear,
And then it lifted-but I did not know
Some one had knelt in prayer.
Had taken me to God that very hour,
And asked the easing of the load, and
He,
In infinite compassion, had stooped
down
And taken it from me.
We cannot tell how often as we pray
For some bewildered one,
hurt and distressed,
The answers comes, but many times
those hearts
Find sudden peace and rest.
Some one had prayed, and Faith, a
reaching hand,
Took hold of God, and brought Him
down that day!
So many, many hearts have need of
prayer: Oh, let us pray
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