“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the handcuffs of hate.” – William Ward
June 29, 2009
June 28, 2009
Learning to Dance in the Rain
“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
Style and Tone
“The style and tone of your communications are messages in and of themselves.” – Eric Harvey
The Only True Gift
“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maintaining Good Performance
“The responsibility for maintaining good performance is the employee’s, not the manager’s. The manager’s job is to point out the discrepancy – the employee’s job is to fix it.” – Paul Sims
A Duty to Encourage
“We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.” – William Barclay
June 27, 2009
How Far You Go In Life
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver
Make the Most of Your Senses
“Make the most of every sense; glory in all of the pleasures and beauty which the world reveals to you.” – Helen Keller
The $2.99 Special
We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the ’seniors’ special’ was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $2.99.
‘Sounds good,’ my wife said. ‘But I don’t want the eggs.’
‘Then, I’ll have to charge you three dollars and forty-nine cents because you’re ordering a la carte,’ the waitress warned her.
‘You mean I’d have to pay for not taking the eggs?’ my wife asked incredulously.
‘YES!!’ stated the waitress.
‘I’ll take the special then,’ my wife said.
‘How do you want your eggs?’ the waitress asked.
‘Raw and in the shell,’ my wife replied. She took the two eggs home and baked a cake.
Turn Your Face to the Sun
“Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori proverb
People Will Never Forget How You Made Them Feel
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
Start Small
“You will find it easier to do a single, small piece of a large project than to start on the whole job.” – Brian Tracy
June 24, 2009
A Prayer for the Caregiver
Unknown and often unnoticed, you are a hero nonetheless.
For your love, sacrificial, is God at his best.
You walk by faith in the darkness of the great unknown,
And your courage, even in weakness, gives life to your beloved.
You hold shaking hands and provide the ultimate care:
Your presence, the knowing, that you are simply there.
You rise to face the giant of disease and despair,
It is your finest hour, though you may be unaware.
You are resilient, amazing, and beauty unexcelled,
You are the caregiver and you have done well!
- Bruce McIntyre
A Little More
“Every day we should do a little more than is required.” – Helen Keller
All Attack is a Call for Help
“All attack is a call for help. When you know this, you begin at once to look deeply into the question of what kind of help is being called for.” – Neale Donald Walsch
June 22, 2009
June 21, 2009
The Philosophy Exam
An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics.
The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his desk and wrote on the board: “Using everything we have learned this semester, prove that this chair does not exist.”
Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled in furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages in one hour attempting to refute the existence of the chair. One member of the class however, was up and finished in less than a minute. Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest of the group wondered how he could have gotten an A when he had barely written anything at all.
His answer consisted of two words: “What chair?”
The Broken Doll
Little Emily ran into the house, crying as though her heart would break.
“What’s wrong, dear?” asked her mother.
“My doll! Billy broke it!” she sobbed.
“How did he break it, Emily?”
“I hit him over the head with it.”
The Vacant Seat
A sports fan was sitting in the top row at the Super Bowl, barely able to see the field. He noticed a vacant seat about 3 rows back on the 50-yard line. It was still vacant when the second quarter started, so he went down and asked the man seated next to it if anyone was sitting there.
The man said “No, have a seat.” A few minutes later he asked the man if he knew whose seat this was and why they weren’t here at such an important event. The man said that for ten years it had been his wife’s seat but that she had passed away.
Feeling sorry for the nice man, the fan asked if he didn’t have a friend or family member that he could have offered the seat to instead of just leaving it vacant. The man said “No, they’re all at the funeral.”
Fractured Christmas Carols
Listen very closely when kids sing Christmas carols, This is what you just might hear!
- Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly…
- We three kings of porridge and tar…
- On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me…
- Later on we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire…
- He’s makin’ a list, chicken and rice…
- Noel. Noel, Barney’s the king of Israel…
- With the jelly toast proclaim…
- Olive, the other reindeer…
- Frosty the Snowman is a ferret elf, I say…
- Sleep in heavenly peas…
- In the meadow we can build a snowman, Then pretend that he is sparse and brown…
- You’ll go down in Listerine…
- Oh, what fun it is to ride with one horse, soap and hay…
- O come, froggy faithful…
- You’ll tell Carol, “Be a skunk, I require…”
- Good tidings we bring to you and your kid…
