Lately..
October 31, 2007
Faith
October 28, 2007
Faith is a vital element of life. It is faith that allows us to move forward in this confusing world, even when there are times that we would rather retreat. It is faith that allows us to forgive when we have been hurt, even when there are times when we would rather stay angry. It is faith that allows us to offer love, even when there are times when we would rather give indifference.
As much as we grow in our belief of those things which we cannot see, there is always more to see. Though at times it may be difficult to even muster a word of prayer, let us never cease praying for faith.
A Friendship Quote
October 26, 2007
In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion – the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers. -Pam Brown-
A Scorpion & A Set of Balanced Scales
October 25, 2007
Punctuation is powerful
October 23, 2007
An oldie but a goodie……
An English professor wrote the words : “A woman without her man is nothing” on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly.
All of the males in the class wrote : “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”
All the females in the class wrote : “A woman: without her, man is nothing.”
So to conclude, punctuation is powerful ….
Positive Words create a Positive Life
October 21, 2007
Good news travels fast and bad news travels faster. For some reason, people are more willing to pass along the negative things they hear than the positive. In so doing, they lose out on the positive return, for everything they say comes back to them eventually.
The road to true happiness is paved with compliments and praise. Such words bring hope and encouragement to both the speaker and the hearer. The positive things you say can also establish your reputation as a person of integrity, winning you the trust, admiration, and respect of others.
There is nothing that can’t be made worse by telling.
AVOID GOSSIP
hopefully…
October 18, 2007
If I can endure for this minute
Whatever is happening to me,
No matter how heavy my heart is
Or how dark the moment may be
If I can remain calm and quiet
With all the world crashing about me,
Secure in the knowledge God loves me
When everyone else seems to doubt me
If I can but keep on believing
What I know in my heart to be true,
That darkness will fade with the morning
And that this will pass away, too
Then nothing in life can defeat me
For as long as this knowledge remains
I can suffer whatever is happening
For I know God will break all of the chains
That are binding me tight in the darkness
And trying to fill me with fear
For there is no night without dawning
And I know that my morning is near.
~Helen Steiner Rice~
I’m really tired…
Unreasonable People
October 16, 2007
Your strength is in doing what you believe is right and not concerning yourself with other people’s responses.
Unreasonable people gain their power from the way you react to them.
You don’t even have to agree with them to give them power. You just have to react.
The child who is teased the most is the one who makes the biggest protest.
Children tease other children not because they are evil but because they feel powerless. Getting a response from a weaker person gives them a feeling of strength.
All of the unreasonable people you meet gain their power from your response.
When you respond to an unreasonable person by getting emotional, you give them victory.
How do you manage unreasonable people?
You dismiss them.
Like teasing.
Like shadows.
I bend with the wind.
I glide with the current.
I do not resist – I remain myself.
little wonders
October 13, 2007
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don’t you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
in these small hours,
these small hours still remain
let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and i don’t mind
if it’s me you need to turn to
we’ll get by,
it’s the heart that really matters in the end
our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain
all of my regret
will wash away somehow
but i cannot forget
the way i feel right now
in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists and turns of fate
yeah, these twisted turns of fate
time falls away
yeah, but these small hours,
these small hours
still remain
yeah, oh they still remain
these little wonders
all these twists and turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders
still remain
Click here to watch the video.
Click here to listen to Rob Thomas’ “Little Wonders”.
“All of my regrets
will wash away somehow
but I cannot forget
the way I feel right now”
Thank you, Paul.
Gab, I hope you can find your inner peace soon…
“Who packs your Parachute?”
October 10, 2007
Charles Plumb was a US Navy 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.
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 had 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 at 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.
He 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.
Source: “Insights into Excellence”
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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, recognize the people who pack your parachutes.
I am posting this story as my way of thanking each and everyone of you for your part in packing my parachute.
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How’s your parachute packing coming along? Who looks to you for strength in times of need? And perhaps, more importantly, who are the special people in your life who provide you with the encouragement you need when the chips are down? Perhaps it’s time now to give those people a call and thank them for packing your chute.
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Thank you so much to Mel, Wennnn & Misha who awarded me with “Nice Matters Awards”.
“This award is for those bloggers who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you’ve been awarded please pass it on to 7 others who you feel are deserving of this award.”
Besides passing this award back to Mel, Wennnn & Misha, I am passing it to my following friends who have helped me packed my parachute:
Ian, Winn, Doc, Angele, LaSh, Hooi Ching, Tine, Selba, Alexandra, Gallivanter, Alison, Kat, Lil, Titahpah, Che-Cheh, Endroo, _butt, Iamikel, Dabido, May, Sengkor, Tim, Cocka, LB, Kyels, Misti, Beetrice, Sha, Moz, Lex, LX, Waz, Stev, Angel, Cutiepie, Yvy, Ann, Elviza, Gab & X5.
