Injustice and Hope -still true today - Nov. 14, 2006 at 12:04 AM
There is discrimination in this world and racism and slaughter and starvation. Governments repress their people; millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere. These are differing evils, but they are the common works of man. They reflect the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of sensibility towards the suffering of our fellows. But we can perhaps remember -- even if only for a time -- that those who live with us are our brothers; that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek -- as we do -- nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.
Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men. And surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.
It is a revolutionary world we live in, and this generation at home and around the world has had thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived. Some believe there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world's ills. Yet many of the world's great movements, of thought and action, have flowed from the work of a single man. A young monk began the Protestant reformation; a young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the earth; a young woman reclaimed the territory of France; and it was a young Italian explorer who discovered the New World, and the 32 year-old Thomas Jefferson proclaimed that "all men are created equal."
These men moved the world, and so can we all. Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
~Robert Kennedy
Stand in the rain - Oct. 27, 2006 at 05:09 PM
She never slows down
She doesn't know why but she knows that
When she???s all alone it feels like its all coming down
She won???t turn around
The shadows grow long and she fears
If she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down
She won???t make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering if she stands she???ll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through everything
She???s running from, wants to give up and lie down
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it???s all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won???t drown
And one day what???s lost can be found
You stand in the rain
Hear - Oct. 27, 2006 at 05:04 PM
She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon's ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She's another two years older
And she's three more steps behind
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away
Yearning for shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in save the day
If judgment looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can't see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Anyway - Oct. 22, 2006 at 11:10 AM
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends
and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
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The real me 2 - Oct. 03, 2006 at 11:36 PM
Foolish heart looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?
Painted on, life is behind a mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a Charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
I just wanna be me
But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me
And you love me just as I am
Wonderful, Beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
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The real me - Oct. 03, 2006 at 11:02 PM
People think I've got it all together
With the show of my sweet, sweet smile
But do they know if I've been happy ever
Pull up a chair 'cause this may take a while
Okay, so here's the thing
I've got my bad days
And some are even worse
I can be a blessing
And you know, I can be a curse
I tremble at rejection
I'm scared to be alone
Sometimes I may be selfish
But I always make it home
This is the real me
Am I the girl that you want me to be
This is the real me
With flaws and fears of intimacy
This is the real me
Can you face it
Can you feel it
Can you take it
Can you deal with
The real me
So now you see that I am far from perfect
I will fall and I will make mistakes
But I am here and this has taken courage
Will you abandon me or will you stay
I know that I'm demanding
And sometimes insecure
I think I've got the answers
But then I'm not so sure
I sometimes need attention
A little more than I should
But there is a part of me
That give the whole world if I could
Now that I've gone and let you in
And I no longer will pretend
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quote of the day - Aug. 06, 2006 at 09:34 AM
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
George Moore (1852-1933) Irish author, poet, dramatist "The Brook Kerith."
If you want to make God laugh, tell him you have plans.
Sister Emerita
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I Need You - May. 05, 2006 at 05:00 AM
My heart is restless in me
My wings are all worn out
I'm walking in the wilderness
And I cannot get out
I need You, Oh, I need You
Blessed Savior come
I need You, Oh, I need You
Fill the every longing in my soul
My bed is soaked with sadness
My sadness has no end
A downward spiral of despair
That I keep falling in
I need You, Oh, I need You
To You my soul shall fly
I need You, Oh, I need You
Yaweh, how I love You more than life
Your silence is like death to me
So won't You hear my desperate plea
Praise you in this Storm - May. 05, 2006 at 04:54 AM
I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wiped my tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen"
and it's still raining
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God
Who gives and takes away
I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God
Who gives and takes away
I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth
the way i see it 101 - Apr. 26, 2006 at 02:59 PM
The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit
More - Mar. 09, 2006 at 07:25 AM
The more you give, the more you get-
The more you laugh, the less you fret-
The more you do unselfishly,The more you live abundantly...
The more of everything you share,The more you'll always have to spare-
The more you love, the more you'll find that life is good and friends are kind...
For only what we give away enriches us from day to day.
No place so far - Mar. 07, 2006 at 07:18 AM
It's 2 am, the ticking in the hall is keeping time
The clock is counting down to morning's light
Too many times I've crossed the line
And put my faith aside
And the regret I feel won't let me sleep tonight
I never thought I'd get so far from where I started out
I must have left You one day at a time
And thinking of the things I've done and longing for what's lost
I can't believe You'd want me as I am
And even though it feels like I'm the smallest one on earth
Somehow Your quiet voice inside is heard
And even though it feels like You're a million miles away
In the night time stillness I can hear You say
No height, no depth
Could keep you from my love
No thing that you could ever do
There's no place so far
That you are out of reach
No matter what you feel this still is true
No thing can keep my love from you
Remove letters from the alphabet - Feb. 01, 2006 at 09:46 PM
We can remove the letters 'c', 'q', 'x', 'y' from the alphabet. None of these letters represent a unique sound in the English language.
1)The letter 'c' is a poor substitute for 'k' or 's'.
2)The letter 'q', is a diphthong representing ''kw', and you cannot write a 'q' without a 'u' anyway.
The letters 'x' and 'y' are represent different diphthongs
3)'x' replaced with'eks' and 'egz' (or 'z')
4)'y' may represent 'ia', 'ie', 'io' or 'iu'. This non-sense must be stopped.
Free - Jan. 23, 2006 at 10:35 AM
I have run to the ocean
Through the Horizon
Chased the sun I've waited for the light to come,
And at times I would give up
You have Wrapped your loving arms 'round me,
And with your love I'll overcome.
You have Loved me when I was weak,
You have Given unselfishly,
Kept me from Falling...Falling
I've been on Heaven's doorstep,
With the Door open,
One foot inside
I've cried out...God give me answers!
Please hush child I'll tell you why
You have Loved me when you were weak,
Oh...our love is beautiful
Oh...oo...oh...Isn't it beautiful?
Times have changed
But you remain
My everything
Our Love is Beautiful
Stood by my side
Helped me survive
My great Divide
Isn't this is beautiful.
You set me free!
To live my life
You became my reason to survive the great divide
You set me free!
This Is How A Heart Breaks - Jan. 19, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Don't you wanna go for a ride
And make the most out of life
Now don't you take it for granted
Life is like a mean machine
It made a mess outta me
It left me caught between
Like an angry dream I was stranded
And I'm steady but I'm starting to shake
And I don't know how much more I can take
I remember when you used to be shy
Yeah, once we were so fine
You and I why you gotta make it so hard on me
You're not the best thing that I knew
Never was never cared too much
For all this hanging around
It's just the same thing all the time
Never get what I want
Never get too close to the end of the line
You're just the same thing that I knew back before the time
When I was only for you
This is it now
Everybody get down
This is all I can take
This is how a heart breaks
You take a hit now you feel it break down
Make you stay wide awake
This is how a heart breaks
You know you are desi when.. - Jan. 12, 2006 at 01:13 PM
* When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent. * There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them. * You make tea in a saucepan. * You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it. * You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes. * You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home. * Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years. * You call an older person you've never met before "uncle". * You hide everything from your parents. * Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. * Your relatives alone could populate a small city. * Everyone is a family friend. * Everyone always called you for help on homework. * You study law, medicine or engineering at university. * You were thick so you studied computer science or business instead. * You know no one who has studied music. * You went to a university as far away from home as possible. * You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished. * Your best friend got married at the age of 18. * You like the meat well done. * You eat onions with everything. * You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup. * You fight over who pays the dinner bill. * You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them * You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius. * You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on". * You secure your baggage with a rope. * You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up. * You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which is just 80 lbs. overweight. * You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family. * You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school. * Your Dad drives a Nissan. * You're rich so he drives a Mercedes. * You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go * When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning * To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid * Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names * You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku * Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter) * Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds * Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day * Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids. * At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India/Pakistan" * No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit. * Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer. * You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan" \
And finally........You know you're desi when.....................
You forward this message to all your desi friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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Thought of the day - Nov. 28, 2005 at 10:02 PM
Crises reveal true character. They do not make or break us; they reveal us.
Scream - Nov. 18, 2005 at 06:06 PM
Does anybody know how I feel?
Sometimes I'm numb, sometimes I'm overcome
Does anybody care what's going on?
Do I have to wear my scars like a badge on my arm
For you to see me.
Do I have to scream for you to hear me?
Do I have to bleed for you to see me?
'Cause I grieve, you're not listening to me
Do I need to scream?
Has anybody seen what's been done?
Where was my defense? No one heard my protest
The eyes of God were watching me
I've been marked, set apart
But I'm cut so deep and afraid of the dark
One drop of blood from Your hand
Is enough to heal me and make me stand
quotes of the day - Nov. 16, 2005 at 01:53 PM
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Quote of the day - Nov. 10, 2005 at 12:07 PM
Looking back on life in Africa, I feel that it might altogether be described as the existence of a person who had come from a rushed and noisy world, into a still country ...
A country so lovely, as if the contemplation of it could in itself be enough to make you happy.
Karen Blixen
Author of "Out of Africa"
Thought of the day- My immortal - Nov. 10, 2005 at 08:52 AM
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Quote of the day - Nov. 09, 2005 at 12:05 PM
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
-Sydney Smith
Because of you - Nov. 01, 2005 at 03:24 PM
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
~K Clarkson
Life Measured... - Oct. 25, 2005 at 09:47 PM
Life can't be counted in candles
Or measured in number of years
Itýs counted in small joys
And good times and laugh lines
As well as in heartaches and tears
Life can't be counted in candles
But in things done with effort and pride
With dreams followed boldly
And hopes kept alive
In times when weýve failed but tried
Life can't be counted in candles
It's measured in years that have flown
It's counted in kindness
Close friends and loved ones
And in all the sweet blessings weýve known
Heres hoping always love to surround you
Warm memories to cheer you
And happiness to fill your heart
Quote of the Day - Sep. 27, 2005 at 11:18 AM
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing.
~Agatha Christie
Quotes for the Day - Sep. 24, 2005 at 08:56 AM
Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead tell your storm how big your GOD is.
Thought of the Day - Sep. 06, 2005 at 08:10 AM
"Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week watching television ... which means in a typical life span we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets! ... Cutting down just an hour a day would provide extra years of life ý for music and family, exercise and reading, conversation and coffee."
~Michael Medved, radio talk-show host
Quote of the Day - Sep. 06, 2005 at 08:01 AM
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity there are no surprises.
~Rita Golden Gelman, author, "Tales of a Female Nomad"
To commemorate my skydive here are some quotes: - Aug. 04, 2005 at 01:46 PM
~All people who live, die. But, not all people who die have lived.
~A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
~The coward dies a thousand deaths.
~ Anyone can fall out of an airplane; skydivers just do it right.
~It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her.
Thought of the day - Jul. 27, 2005 at 01:56 PM
I remember when you took a stand
With the pearl of wisdom in your hand
And a soul of desire
You held your own against the world
A lion's heart in a little girl
So unafraid of the fire
But those days don't last
Sweet dreams die fast
A stumble when you walk on the wire
When all your friends
Start giving in
The flames are burning higher and higher
Don't give up
Just keep on - holding on
This is where you need to be
All the days that you've been spending
Spinning while your heart's descending
Like a stone in the ocean
Sometimes when you think the world is ending
It's really just a new beginning
The other side of emotion
But I've seen your eyes no compromise
When you set your mind on the matter
Be strong through the tears
And your sight will clear
You're gonna get what you're after
Don't be surprised when the road divides
Just take the one less traveled by
Did you know... - Jul. 27, 2005 at 08:05 AM
French poodles were originally bred in Germany, not France.
Liver isnýt meat. Meat actually only refers to animal muscle, so liver doesn't qualify.
Why do ostriches bury their heads in the sand? They don't. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or even attempted to do so).
Dry cleaning is not dry cleaning. A liquid is used, it just isnýt water.
It might surprise you to know that you are far more likely to get a cold by shaking hands than from kissing.
The 1969 Woodstock Festival didnýt take place in Woodstock. It was held in Bethell, New Yorký40 miles from Woodstock.
Despite what most assume, a perfectly clean fire produces almost no smoke. Smoke means that a fire is not burning properly and that bits of unburned material are escaping.
Lions are not the king of the jungle. They donýt inhabit jungles. They dwell in the plains.
It is a fallacy that diamonds are indestructible. They crush easily and also burn.
Most people think Africa is mostly wilderness. In fact, Africa is only 28 percent wilderness. By contrast, North America that is 38 percent wilderness.
When "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni," it wasn't a reference to food. It referred to the Macaroni Club, founded in the mid-18th century, made up of English "dandies" who took on foreign mannerisms and fashions. The song was originally intended to ridicule the American revolutionary troops, but was eventually taken over by them as a marching song.
Despite what most people think, hornets and wasps donýt die after they sting. (Honeybees do, but hornets and wasps can sting numerous times without dying.)
Little Miss Muffet, who sat on her tuffet, wasnýt fictional as most people believe. She was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Moffett of Englandýan expert on spiders.
Horseshoe crabs arenýt crabs. Their closest existing relatives are the scorpion and spider.
People didnýt always put their hand over their heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was first given with the arm outstretched in front, palm slightly up. Since that gesture resembled the Hitler salute, Congress changed it during World War II to the arm across the chest.
Despite the legend, William Tell never shot an apple off his sonýs head. In actuality, the story of William Tell is a complete fiction.
Contrary to intuition, statistics prove conclusively that the poor are burglarized far more often than the rich.
Electric eels arenýt eelsýtheyýre a fish.
Leonardo di Vinci wasnýt a prolific painter. He painted only 17 paintings during his lifetime, and several of those were unfinished.
The word "Sunday" doesnýt appear in the Bible.
During the time of King Henry VIII, knitting was the specialty of men, not women.
Although people think otherwise, a newborn baby canýt shed tears.
Quotes for the week - Jul. 26, 2005 at 11:24 AM
What you are is God's gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God.
~Jewish Proverb
Fear ends where FAITH begins.
~Georgio Dano
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
-Jimi Hendrix
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
-Ambrose Redmoon
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
-John Wooden
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
how could I ask for more .. - Jul. 07, 2005 at 12:27 PM
So many things I thought would bring me happiness
Some dreams that are realities today
Such an irony the things that mean the most to me
Are the memories that I've made along the way
So if there's anything I've learned
From this journey I am on
Simple truths will keep you going
Simple love will keep you strong
Cause there are questions without answers
Flames that never die
Heartaches we go through are often blessings in disguise
So thank you Lord, oh thank you Lord
How could I ask for more
There's nothing like the warmth of a summer afternoon
Waking to the sunlight, and being cradled by the moon
Catching fireflies at night
Building castles in the sand
Kissing Mama's face goodnight
Holding Daddy's hand
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
Running barefoot through the grass
A little hide and go seek
Being so in love, that you can hardly eat
Dancing in the dark, when there's no one else around
Being bundled 'neath the covers, watching snow
Fall to the ground
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
I want to... - Jul. 07, 2005 at 11:12 AM
I want to live like there's no tomorrow
I want to dance like no one's around
I want to sing like nobody's listening
Before I lay my body down
I want to give like I have plenty
I want to love like I'm not afraid
I want to be the man I was meant to be
I want to be the way I was made
~ Chris Tomlin
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend, a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin fishin, wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I finally read the good book, and I took a good long hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
~Tim McGraw
Thankful - Jul. 01, 2005 at 04:10 AM
Lord I Am Thankful...
For the teenager who is not washing dishes but is watching tv,
because that means he is at home and not out on the streets.
For the taxes that I pay, because it means I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party, because it means
that I have been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug,
because it means I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work,
because it means I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.
For all the complaining I hear about the government,
because it means that we have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot,
because it means I am capable of walking and
that I have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church that sings off key,
because it means that I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing, because
it means I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
because it means I have been capable of working hard.
For the alarm that goes of in the early morning hours,
because it means that I am alive.
Author Unknown
Our deepest fear - Jun. 27, 2005 at 07:28 AM
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most
frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~Marianne Williamson
A heart like mine - Jun. 27, 2005 at 07:21 AM
Of all the hearts in the world
I've only one to give
So insecure, a desperate pulse
Racing to Your embrace
That You could want me and seek me
Is more than words could ever say
That You would love me and see in me
A pearl of price, thrown away
A heart like mine
How could it be worthy that You'd find
A way to redeem this hardened clay
Twisted and broken
Oh Father God above
The wonder that You'd love a heart like mine
Your holy hands hold me still
Shaping my heart anew
Once vacant shell now reclaimed
Offers its praise to You
The one who searched till You found me
A wounded lamb whose gone astray
You stopped the world to recover me
Oh Lamb of God, the price You've paid
I make my promise to
Do the one thing I can do with abandon
I can give every heartbeat to You
~Brian Duncan
Quote of the Day - Jun. 23, 2005 at 07:38 AM
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The one thing - Jun. 22, 2005 at 07:35 AM
Here I am
In a river of questions
Can I pour my heart out to a listening ear?
I see this life
Its valley's and mountains
And I think of all the roads that brought me here
I've questioned my reasons
The life I'm living
I've questioned my ability
To judge wrong from right
I've questioned all the things that I've ever called certain
My race, my religion, my country, my mind
But the one thing I don't question is you
You really love me like you say you do
You really love me like you say you do
Hold me
Hold me
I've questioned significance
Meaning and relevance
Does the work I'm doing really matter at all?
Well I've questioned my friendships
Alliance, dependence
Who will still be here when I fall?
Only one thing doesn't change
Only one thing stays the same
All I know at the end of the day is your love remains
Quotes of the Day - Jun. 20, 2005 at 01:31 PM
There are only 3 answers to all questions; Yes, No and Not Now
Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
I've learned - Jun. 17, 2005 at 11:32 AM
I've learned that no matter what happens,
or how bad it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:
a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents,
you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've learned that making a "living" is
not the same thing as making a "life."
I've learned that life sometimes
gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life
with a catcher's mitt on both hands.
You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that whenever I decide something
with an open heart,
I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains,
I don't have to be one.
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Say the words - Jun. 07, 2005 at 12:13 PM
Solomon once wrote
Better is open rebuke
Than hidden love
So say the words
Silence is golden
But these are the words that the world needs to hear
Terms of compassion will cause a reaction
As love draws them near
But still we choose to hide
Behind the face of pride
Pretending we are blind to the calling
This is my point and case
If hate can be erased
With such a simple phrase
Why are we stalling
Some just assume we already know Of the love that they feel
Some have a heart-felt emotion But never the words to reveal
I think we all relate so why are we afraid
To let our hearts convey what we're feeling
Source - Jun. 05, 2005 at 02:27 AM
If you are empty and have nothing to give
You're discontented by the way that you live
Or maybe you find it so hard to forgive
Why don't you lay it down?
If you have done something you'd like to forget
If you have spoken words that turn in your head
Why beat yourself up with the things of the past
When you could lay it down?
Why don't you lay it down?
Chorus 1
'Cause there's a source of help in every need
And there's a place to dwell down on your knees
And if I could tell you how to find peace
You've got to lay it down
If there are memories that are too hard to bear
You open your heart and find bitterness there
If you've been hurt so bad you don't even care
Why don't you lay it down, why don't you lay it down?
Chorus 2
'Cause there's a source of help in every need
And there's a place to dwell down on your knees
And if I could tell you how to be free
You've got to lay it down
Bridge
It's things like pride and anger and bitter seeds
They rob us of our freedom and keep us from peace
But things like love and patience and a forgiving heart
That's where the healing can start
God won't let go of your heart
He won't let go of your heart, He won't let go, no
Rebecca St. James - Yes, I Believe
6-03-2005 9:18 PM
Whatever the cost
From this day on - until forever
I will take the narrow road
For I am not alone
I do not walk this path alone
Yes, I believe in God
This I will say to you
Mean it death or mean it life
Oh, I believe in God
For I have found the way
And I am not ashamed
I believe in God
So through the fire
I'll be refined
And if that fire
Were to take this life
I'll be with Him forever
I will be with Him forever
You said
"If any man comes after Me
He must deny himself, take his cross
And follow after Me"
So here I come after You
Knowing when my life I lose
You give Yours in return
you give Your new life in return
When I let go
6-03-2005 9:13 PM
When will I learn this lesson
Your ways are not like mine
help me to surrender
The control I try to have on my life
Too many times I'm searching
For the things I think I need
But when I try to look for more
I always seem to give You less of me
Lord help me gain the wisdom
My foolish mind still lacks
Till I find a way to let go
Of the part of me I'm holding back
Quotes for the Day
6-03-2005 1:29 PM
-- You don't have to blow out anybody else's candles to make yours shine brighter.
-- Your life lies before you like freshly fallen snow. Be careful where you step, for every step will show.
-- How can I listen to my mind without breaking my heart?
-- You can't make love to life if you fear kissing the lips of death.
-- If you can't understand my silence, how can you understand my words.
Teardrops
6-02-2005 8:34 PM
Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One tear-drop asked the other, "Who are you?"
"I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. But who are you?
The first teardrop replied, "I am a teardrop, from the girl who got him."
Life is like that. We cry over the things we can't have, but we might cry twice as hard if we had received them. Paul had the right idea when he said, ". . . . I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation. . . ." (Phil. 4:12, NIV). -- Green, Michael P.
Lil Woman
6-02-2005 8:17 PM
A good friend in North Carolina bought a new car with a voice-warning system. ... At first Edwin was amused to hear the soft female voice gently remind him that his seat belt wasn't fastened. ... Edwin affectionately called this voice the "little woman."
He soon discovered his little woman was programmed to warn him about his gasoline. "Your fuel level is low," she said one time in her sweet voice. Edwin nodded his head and thanked her. He figured he still had enough to go another fifty miles, so he kept on driving. But a few minutes later, her voice interrupted again with the same warning. And so it went over and over. Although he knew it was the same recording, Edwin thought her voice sounded harsher each time.
Finally, he stopped his car and crawled under the dashboard. After a quick search, he found the appropriate wires and gave them a good yank. So much for the little woman.
He was still smiling to himself a few miles later when his car began sputtering and coughing. He ran out of gas! Somewhere inside the dashboard, Edwin was sure he could hear the little woman laughing.
People like Edwin learn before long that the little voice inside, although ignored or even disconnected, often tells them exactly what they need to know. -- Larson, Craig Brian
The Barn
6-02-2005 7:50 PM
A heavy rain had been falling as a rich man drove down a lonely road. As he rounded a curve, he saw an old farmer surveying the ruins of his barn. The driver stopped his car and asked what had happened. The stranger offered to buy the wood from the farmer for $500. The farmer thinking the rich man was a fool happily sold him the wood.
The man took the weathered wood home, polished and restored it and used it to make his mansion. You see the weathered wood which had been exposed to harsh conditions and the elements was more robust and returns to a better brilliance than wood that is sheltered.
We are much like that we sometimes need to weather lifeýs storms to reach our full developed potential. Sometimes it takes God, like the rich man to see and bring out our full potential, while others do not.
-- We are all locks of stone that the sculptor carves. The blows of his chisel which hurt us so much are what makes us perfect. *
Quote of the Day
6-02-2005 7:33 PM
When things get tough, always remember...
Faith doesn't get you around trouble,
It gets you through it !!!
"When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you obtain happiness."
A little more
5-31-2005 7:32 PM
My cell phone's ringing and I'm running late
Morning traffic's got me
Time is ticking away
A few more hours is all that I need
Seems like there is just not enough days in a week
But then it hits me
Time is not the answer
You've given me all the time in the world
All that I need is
A little more life in my day
A little more of your life
A little more faith
A little more life in my day
A little more of your light
Sometimes I guess I get lost in the race
Trying to make a deadline just to keep the pace
I can't help feeling I'm always behind
So much that I can do if I could just find the time
Lord, don't let be in such a hurry
Trying to live my life
That I miss you in it
Help me to take the time to see
All that I need, yeah
A little more life in my day
Quote of the day
5-31-2005 7:19 AM
The pain of regret is so much deeper than the pain of humility
Words I fear the most
5-25-2005 7:29 AM
And the pain falls like a curtain
On the things I once called certain
And I have to say the words I fear the most
I just donýt know
And the questions without answers
Come and paralyze the dancer
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust
God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture Heýs painting
God is God and I am man
So Iýll never understand it all
For only God is God
And the sky begins to thunder
And Iým filled with awe and wonder
ýTil the only burning question that remains
Is who am I
Can I form a single mountain
Take the stars in hand and count them
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me
He is first and last before all that has been
Beyond all that will pass
Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things
So let us worship before the throne
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone
Quote of the Day
5-22-2005 7:18 PM
Companions take our part when others take us apart
Song
5-22-2005 7:17 PM
Turn the page
Can't turn the light out
Every word every line
Carries to my soul
Dark letters on a page
Singing so loud
Where did I go wrong not to hear You
Eighteen years
I guess it was alright
I let You do the thinking
I'd just bide my time
Father to son
Sunday hand me down
Where did I go wrong
Not to hear Your song
Quote of the Day
5-17-2005 8:37 PM
Efficiency is intelligent laziness
Quotes of the Day
5-16-2005 1:16 PM
The #1 Enemy of achievement is comfort zone!
I use multi-billion dollar military satellites to find tupperware hidden in the woods... What do you do?
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Rhonda Gunn - Higher Faith
5-16-2005 11:38 AM
I search the diamond sky
I raise my voice and cry
Seeking answers why
And a way to cope
The questions multiply
As silence testifies
And doubt comes to imply
There is no hope
Higher Faith
Trusting in a sovereign Lord above
Who is good and is just
A higher faith
Like a river runnin' deep in me
Carries me upon the sea of grace
Into a higher faith
Miracles are mysteries
But they speak clear to me
Of life's uncertainty (I want to know)
The blessings we embrace
In this life are just a taste
Of a heaven that awaits (I want to go)
This journey is a trial
A heartache for awhile
But when it all comes down
I want to be found (with a)
Thought of the day
5-11-2005 12:57 PM
If money is your highest goal,
The thing you long to gain,
Its power will enslave your soul
And cause your life much pain. ýD. De Haan
The Pearls Story
5-11-2005 7:51 AM
A cheerful girl with bouncing golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.
"Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please. Mommy, please!" Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned face.
"A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from grandma."
As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner, she did more then her share of chores and she went to the neighbor and asked if she could pick dandelions for 10 cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar billand at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.
Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere-Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off is when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story.
One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you love me?" "Oh yes Daddy. You know that I love you." "Then give me your pearls."
"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess-the white horse from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you gave me. She's my favorite."
"That's okay, Honey, Daddy loves you. Good night." And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.
About a week later, after story time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?" "Daddy you know I love you." "Then give me your pearls."
"Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my babydoll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper."
"That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you." And as always he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.
A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian-style. As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.
"What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?"
Jenny didn't say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And, when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here Daddy. It's for you."
With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind daddy reached out with one hand taking the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of beautiful genuine pearls. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so that he could give her genuine treasure.
Just like our heavenly father. What are you hanging on to?
--Author Unknown
Thought of the day
5-09-2005 1:41 PM
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. ýAnon.
Character is formed by making choices in one direction.
Our character is only as strong as our behavior.
Happy Mothers Day
5-08-2005 7:01 PM
Before I was a Mom
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried
about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom
I kept my house clean each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Spit on.
Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.
And before I was a Grandma
I didn't know that all those "Mom" feelings more than doubled when you see that little bundle being held and nurtured by 'your' baby...
Thought of the Day
5-08-2005 6:54 PM
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
~ Lily Tomlin
Quote of the Day
5-05-2005 5:04 PM
We act out what we believe not what we know
~Vickie Arruda
Thought of the Day
5-03-2005 2:34 PM
Dr. Victor E. Frankl, survivor of three grim years at Auschwitz and other Nazi prisons, has recorded his observations on life in Hitler's camps:
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Taste vs Art
5-03-2005 2:15 PM
Picasso said "Good taste is the enemy of great art". I like that a lot.
Good taste has to do with being cultured and refined
Art has to do with being human
When I was a child I was very morose, and people used to say cheer up God loves you, and I would say, Big deal god loves everyone that don't make me special that just proves god has no taste.
And I don't think he does. Thank God. Because God takes the junk of our lives and makes it into Great Art. If he was cultured if he was as civilized as most Christian ppl wish he was he would be useless to Christianity
But God is a wild man. I hope you encounter him during the course of your life. If u do you better hold on for dear life or you better let go of life which maybe is better.
~Rich Mullins
Quote of the Day
4-25-2005 9:00 PM
"The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers"....
T. Schick Jr.
Thought of the Day
4-22-2005 10:32 PM
"Go placidly amid the noise & haste & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud & aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not fein affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a Child of God's, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
-Max Ehrmann ["Desiderata"]
Wisdom some very good Quotes
4-22-2005 10:30 PM
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naýve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
-Thomas Szasz
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
-Plato
My father used to say, you would worry less about what people think if you knew how little they did.
-Dr. Phil McGraw
You have to have a darkness...
for the dawn to come.
-Harrison Ford
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
The same girl who laughs and talks a lot and seems very happy is also the girl who may cry herself to sleep...
-Unknown
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.
-Luke
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
-Sun Tzu
A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
-Anonymous
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. poster
-The Serenity Prayer (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Mark Schultz - You Are A Child Of Mine
4-22-2005 12:45 PM
I've been hearing voices
Telling me that I could
Never be what I wanna'be
They're binding me with lies
Haunting me at night
And saying there's nothing to believe
Somewhere in the quietness
When I'm overcome with loneliness
I heart You call my name
And like a father You are near
And as I listen I can hear You say
CHORUS
Your are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of lion
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
And so I listen as You tell me who I am
And who it is I'm gonna be
And I hang on every word
Knowing I heard
I am Your and I am free
But when I am alone at night
That is when I hear the lie
You'll never be enough
And though I'm giving into fear
If I listen I can hear You say
Quote of the Day
4-21-2005 8:09 PM
For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
~John Greenleaf Whittier
Quote of the Day
4-19-2005 12:21 AM
"Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success."
--Thomas Edison
Two stories about things not being as they seem
4-18-2005 9:33 PM
Jewish tradition tells of an old farmer who lived on a rocky farm near Bethel. The old farmer had a small piece of land. It barely supported him and his only son. They had one horse and they would plow and till the land and they barely eked out a living. One thing the old man had was his faith in God.
One day, some wild horses came running by the farm and the old man's one horse ran away with the wild herd. The old man's friends told him, "Too bad." The old man answered them this way, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise."
A few days later, the horse returned with five wild mares in tow. The old man's friends were happy and they said, "What good blessings you have received." The old man gave them the same answer, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise."
A few days past and the old man's son went out to break the wild horses but they were wilder than he thought. One of the horses threw the boy off and he broke his arm. The old man's friends said, "Oh it is too bad about your son." The old man answered the same way, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise
A few days later, the King's army came marching through looking for eligible young men to go and fight the enemies of Israel. The young men were forcefully volunteered to serve. The friends came to the old man's son and said, ýWhat good you have received, because your sons arm is broken he does not have to join the army" The young man had learned well from his father and answered, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise." And with that, the young man began to sing and dance unto the Lord.
You see, you can tell the end from the beginning. You just have to trust God.
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The story of a man who took home a cocoon so he could watch the emperor moth emerge. As the moth struggled to get through the tiny opening, the man enlarged it with a snip of his scissors. The moth emerged easilyýbut its wings were shriveled. The struggle through the narrow opening is God's way to force fluid from its body into its wings. The "merciful" snip, in reality, was cruel.
Hebrews 12 describes the Christian life as a race that involves endurance, discipline, and correction. We never get beyond the need of a holy striving against self and sin. Just as the moth could only achieve freedom and flight as a result of struggling, we often need to struggle to become all we're intended to be.
Missing Person-full
4-18-2005 9:59 AM
Another question in me
One for the powers that be
It's got me thrown
And so I put on my poker face
And try to figure it out
This undeniable doubt
A common occurence
Feeling so out of place
Guarded and cynical now
Can't help but wondering how
My heart evolved into
A rock beating inside of me
So I feel such a stoic ordeal
Where's that feeling that I don't feel
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
Under a lavender moon
So many thoughts consume me
Who dimmed that glowing light
That once burned so bright in me
Is this a radical phase
A problematical age
That keeps me running
From all that I used to be
Is there a way to return
Is there a way to unlearn
That carnal knowledge
That's chipping away at my soul
I've been gone too long
Will I ever find my way home
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
He used to want to try to walk the straight and narrow
He had a fire and he could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen him lately
but I've been searchin' for that missing person
~Michael W Smith
Realize
4-18-2005 1:23 AM
To realize the value of a sister,
Ask someone who doesn't have one.
To realize the value of a parent,
Ask someone who doesn't have one anymore.
To realize the value of a nine months,
Ask a mother who has given birth.
To realize the value of one month,
Ask a mother who had a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week,
Ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour,
Ask lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute,
Ask someone who had missed a train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second,
Ask a person who survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond,
Ask the person who won the silver medal in the Olympics.
To realize the value of a friend,
Lose one.
Time waits for no-one so who are you waiting for?
Treasure every moment you have and REALIZE that life is too short to worry about things you have no control over,
And do nothing about the things you can!
Thought of the Day
4-16-2005 3:44 PM
In 1994, some of the worst atrocities in history took place in Rwanda - yet the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, almost one million people were brutally murdered during the Tutsi struggle with the Hutu militia.
On a warm sunny day, some of the survivors from the hotel took me to a place called Murambi, in Southern Rwanda, to a technical college high on a hill overlooking the lush green countryside. In April 1994, the Hutu mayor promised the Tutsi of the region protection if they gathered at that technical college. 40,000 of them sought shelter and over the course of just four days they were ALL slaughtered (only 4 survivors). Their bodies were thrown into pits and covered with lime. Somehow the lime preserved the bodies. Today scores of those bodies are laid out on tables in the rooms where they died. They are frozen in the last desperate moments of their agony, hands pleading, heads cradled by arms, skulls cracked open by merciless machetes. There's a babies room where tiny skeletons bear the same silent testimony to the horror. "and they're actually frozen in their deaths. The most bizarre thing is that in death the skin has turned white from the lime. So the very color that would've SAVED their lives during the genocide, they've now become in death. "(**Ironically their bones are WHITE. White the very color that would have saved them, as only the white were evacuated.)
~Terry George, director - Hotel Rwanda
When are people going to realize that human life is valuable and its worth saving. It is more valuable than oil or gold
Qoutes by Benjamin Franklin
4-15-2005 11:18 PM
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
~Benjamin Franklin
Quote of the Day
4-15-2005 10:57 PM
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Benjamin Franklin
Thought of the Day
4-15-2005 10:52 PM
The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If You want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone
So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley
If You want me to
~Ginny Owens
Quote of the Day
4-14-2005 9:52 PM
Just think, you're here not by chance, but by God's choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else: you are one of a kind. You lack nothing that His grace canýt give you.
He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation.
- Roy Lessin
Held
4-13-2005 5:27 PM
We're asking why this happens
To us who have died to live?
Itýs unfair.
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved.
And to know that the promise was
When everything fell we'd be held.
This hand is bitterness.
We want to taste it, let the hatred know our sorrow.
The wise hands open slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.
If hope is born of suffering.
If this is only the beginning.
Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?
Ego
4-12-2005 12:55 AM
The important ingredient in the art of leadership is humility. An egoistic person can never make a good leader.
All great leaders of the world exemplify the importance of maintaining camaraderie with colleagues, seniors and subordinates. Having an ego is a problem. Most of us have an ego problem and would not like to admit it. Ego puts up walls between siblings, between life partners. between colleagues. Ego is the blind, selfish love for that 'I' in each one of us.
The more you love yourself, the bigger is your ego. Like all the other negative emotions, your ego is a major obstacle in your quest for success, well-being and happiness. It can distance you from people, from your family, from your relatives so much so, that ultimately, when you have made money and fulfilled all your goals, you will realise you have lost your loved ones. You are left aloneýwith your ego for company!
It is like having a disease that destroys you silently. Unfortunately, most people do not realise that they have an ego problem.
Managing your emotions
4-12-2005 12:52 AM
Managing your emotions is an art. Keep your emotions under control. Anger is the strongest negative emotion. It hurts the one who is angry and also the one who is the victim of the anger. And most importantly by losing your temper you make yourself vulnerable. Jealousy, remorse, self-pity, fear and sorrow are other negative emotions that can work against you.
It is important to be aware of your emotions. Only then can you control them. If you cannot make out when your ego is flaring, you cannot control its inflation. Whenever negative emotions threaten to conquer your reasons, quickly visualise the consequences. This is another way of controlling your emotions.
Your emotions will determine the direction that your life or your future will take. Analyse them. Transform these negative emotions into positive ones by making them your strengths.
The power of believing in yourself
There are times when you lose your confidence. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down. That is when you have to:
*Tell yourself that things will get better.
*Keep your heart no matter what happens.
*Trust your own judgements and opinions.
*Keep your life focussed.
*Keep believing in yourself.
Life is full of challenges. To overcome them you may have to make changes. But change is not compromise. Constantly keep yourself headed in the direction you believe is right for you.
~Arfeen Khan
Heights
4-12-2005 12:38 AM
Being a psychology student, you have learned so much about the human psyche. its really so unnerving, yet so fascinating. Take for instance, the fear of heights. A person who is scared of high places, can never be a good leader. He/She is not ambitious enough and lacks farsightedness. If you are scared of heights, I could also tell you that you are a moody person. Your fears and apprehensions relate to you body structure, your lifestyle and even tell about your personality as a whole.
~ Neha Jhingon
To Anyone
4-12-2005 12:27 AM
To anyone who hides behind a smile
To anyone who hold there pain inside
To anyone who thinks theyýre not good enough
To anyone who feels unworthy of love
To anyone who ever closed the door
Closed their eyes and locked themselves away
Anyone whoýs trying to cover up their scars
To anyone whoýs ever made a big mistake
Weýve all been there so donýt be ashamed
So come out, come out and join the rest of us
Youýve been alone for way to long
And if you feel like no one understands
Come to the one with scars on His hands
Cause He knows where you are and where youýve been
His scars will heal you if you let Him
You donýt have to hide anymore
You donýt have to face this on your own
You donýt have to hide anymore
~Joy Williams
How Could I Ask For More?
4-11-2005 3:11 PM
So if there's anything I've learned
From this journey I am on
Simple truths will keep you going
Simple love will keep you strong
Cause there are questions without answers
Flames that never die
Heartaches we go through are often blessings in disguise
So thank you Lord, How could I ask for more
So many things I thought would bring me happiness
Some dreams that are realities today
Such an irony the things that mean the most to me
Are the memories that I've made along the way
There's nothing like the warmth of a summer afternoon
Waking to the sunlight, and being cradled by the moon
Catching fireflies at night
Building castles in the sand
Kissing amammas face goodnight
Holding your hand
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
Running barefoot through the grass
A little hide and seek
Being so in love, that you can hardly eat
Dancing in the dark, when there's no one else around
Being bundled underneath the covers, watching snow
Fall to the ground
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
No I could not ask for more.
~Cindi Morgan
Rescue
4-11-2005 2:09 PM
Sick of this sea-saw of going up and down
I seek the rescue but would I rather drown?
Love is a lesson that I never learnt in school
I was sick in bed that day and so I played a fool
I called on you lately come on and rescue me
I feel like a calendar from another year
This barren ground these bones are dry and ready
Found this.. hmm dont knw if its tru.
4-11-2005 2:01 AM
P=POLITE---
R=RESILLIANT---
I=INDEPENDENT---
Y=YOUTHFUL---
A=ATTRACTIVE---
-----------------------------------------------------
"PRETTY COOL HUH", LOL.
Grow up
4-11-2005 1:51 AM
Did You ever get scared
Playing hide and seek?
Did You try not to cry
When You were hurt or scraped Your knee?
Did You ever skip a rock across a quiet creek?
Did they tell You stories
about the saints of old?
Stories about their faith?
They say stories like that make a boy grow bold
Stories like that make a man walk straight
And I really may just grow up
And be like You someday.
Thought of the Day
4-11-2005 1:11 AM
Wisdom means listening to the still, small voice,
the whisper that can be easily lost in the whirlwind
of busyness, expectations, and conventions
of the world.
~JEAN BLOMQUIST
There is a big difference between what we
have the right to do and what is right.
~POTTER STEWART
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but
we cannot dodge the consequences of
dodging our responsibilities.
~JOSIAH STAMP
Hard to Get
4-11-2005 12:53 AM
You who live in heaven
Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth
Who are afraid of being left by those we love
And who get hardened by the hurt
Do you remember when You lived down here where we all scrape
To find the faith to ask for daily bread
Did You forget about us after You had flown away
Well I memorized every word You said
Still I'm so scared, I'm holding my breath
While You're up there just playing hard to get
You who live in radiance
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was
Still we do love now and then
Did You ever know loneliness
Did You ever know need
Do You remember just how long a night can get?
When You were barely holding on
And Your friends fall asleep
And don't see the blood that's running in Your sweat
Will those who mourn be left uncomforted
While You're up there just playing hard to get?
And I know you bore our sorrows
And I know you feel our pain
And I know it would not hurt any less
Even if it could be explained
And I know that I am only lashing out
At the One who loves me most
And after I figured this, somehow
All I really need to know
Is if You who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
We can't see what's ahead
And we can not get free of what we've left behind
I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of "shame and doubt, blame and regret"
I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here
Where I'm lost enough to let myself be led
And so You've been here all along I guess
It's just Your ways and You are not just plain hard to get
Dusk
4-08-2005 6:36 PM
Where the depth of those shadows dropped away into blackness, she could see it. It. The looming darkness of the abyss. A darkness that opened up and threatened to swallow her, at times - a darkness that would slither close to her feet and plant little kisses against the hem of her dress.
A feeling she had grown accustomed to - living there, on the brink of falling into the endless dark.
The Seven Deadly Sins - One of my Favs
4-06-2005 4:44 PM
Truth, if it becomes a weapon against people.
Beauty, if it becomes vanity.
Love, if it becomes possessive.
Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.
Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.
Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.
Faith, if it becomes self-righteous.
Quotes of the day
4-06-2005 12:24 PM
Kindness is more important than wisdom,
and the recognition of this is the beginning
of wisdom.
~THEODORE ISAAC RUBIN
Miracles start to happen when you give as much
energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.
~RICHARD WILKINS
Leadership is a journey. If you get lost-
reflect back on your values.
~BOB SCOTT
When the "I can'ts" of the world fail, they
blame everyone else. When the "I cans" of the
world fail, they blame themselves.
~MARSHALL G. BRYANT, SR.
Thought of the Day - Unforgiveness
4-05-2005 1:12 AM
Often, we'd prefer to take out the sharp sword of bitterness and cut down the rope-bridge, leaving the abyss of unforgiveness forever uncrossed. But we're called to a ministry of reconciliation. He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.
~George Herbert
Quote of the Day
4-04-2005 11:28 PM
Great minds MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, ordinary minds WATCH THINGS HAPPEN, mediocre minds WONDER WHAT HAPPENED
Quotes on Leadership
4-04-2005 3:26 AM
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are.
~Malcom Forbes (1919-1990)
Character is doing what's right when nobodyýs looking.
~J.C. Watts, Jr., Politician
Change your thoughts and you change the world.
~Harold R. Mcalindon, Writer
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
~Mark Twain
Your ability to get people to follow you up the hill into gunfire, or into the next Net meltdown, is based on your ability to convince them that you have their best interests at heart.
~Dave McCormick, Senior V.P., Free Markets, Inc.
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
~Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
Mental toughness is humility, simplicity, spartanism and one other . . . love. I don't necessarily have to like my associates but as a man, I must love them. Love is loyalty; love is teamwork. Love respects the dignity of the individual.
~Vince Lombardi, Former NFL Coach
Balance your business and your personal life. It's crucial to your well-being.
~Phillip Laskawy, Former Chairman of Ernst & Young
Quote of the day - Peace
4-02-2005 8:57 PM
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Missing person
4-02-2005 8:07 PM
A common occurance
Feeling so out of place
Guarded and cynical now
Can't help but wondering how
My heart evolved into
A rock beating inside of me
So I reel such a stoic ordeal
Where's that feeling that I don't feel
There was a girl who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child she would believe without a reason
Without a trace she disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
She used to want to try the straight and narrow
She had a fire and she could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen her lately
But I've been searchin' for that missing person
Where are you?
Under a lavender moon
So many thoughts consume me
Who dimmed that glowing light
That once burned so bright in me
Is this a radical phase
A problematical age
That keeps me running
From all that I used to be
Is there a way to return
Is there a way to unlearn
That carnal knowledge
That's chipping away at my soul
I've been gone too long
Will I ever find my way home
IF YOU ARE A BRIT (Or speak the Queen's English) IN THE US, YOU MIGHT BE GOING NATIVE IF....
4-02-2005 7:54 PM
*You call shops "stores".
*You call petrol gas.
*You talk about taking the elevator instead of the lift.
*You pronounce aluminium as aluminum.
*You start to pronounce the W's and H's in place names...Warwick...Birmingham etc.
*You stop asking for rubbers when you want an eraser.
*You wait in line, rather than queue
*You spell stuff like "center"
*You start to say Zee instead of Zed (although you still think Zed because it's better than Zee, which sounds like "c" over the phone)
*You stop saying self-effacing, apologetic things like I'm sorry about that, I'm afraid that, Forgive me, I hope you don't mind, as conversational filler. (Sorry about that)
*You understand that "interesting" usually means "unpleasant" or "disturbingly unusual".
*You call university "school."
*You say "Period" instead of "Full Stop."
*You may be a racist. But you stopped being a racialist a long time ago. (Ahh... but are you a sexist or a sexualist?)
*Y'All sounds like a perfectly reasonable form of address.
*You would never say "Have a nice day" yourself, but you no longer have any kind of knee-jerk reaction when someone says it to you.
*You are occasionally rendered totally immobile by internal panic when you lose track: Chips are crisps, no, french fries are chips, no chips are cookies, er.. cookies are biscuits, er.. biscuits are hard and crunchy and sweet... er no, er .. biscuits are what you mop up your gravy with... English muffins are impossible to find in England... er the First floor is the ground floor... no... it's the second floor... the scampi is a prawn... a shrimp is a lobster tail.. a prawn is a shrimp...
Assimilating the Culture and Customs.
ýYou are beginning to tire of telling everyone your life story and how you came to move to the US
ýYou have put on weight since you arrived.
ýYou decide that a 40 inch waist is really OK, and that 210 lb. sounds not nearly as heavy as 15 stone.
ýYou take water pressure for granted and no longer have to jump around in the shower to get wet you even get to wet, wash and rinse your hair before the water goes cold.
ýYou no longer think anything of the fact your refrigerator is the same size as a single bedroom in the UK.
ýYou look left then right when crossing the road.
ýYour accent has softened to the point that your audience is now aware when it's being insulted rather than charmed.
ýYou stop making judgments about people based on what they do for a living.
ýYou need an extra wallet for your credit cards.
ýYou throw out the junk mail, unopened.
ýYou talk to complete strangers in the elevator.
ýYou have committed your social security number to memory.
ýYou've got used to the continental climate: life-threatening heat alternating with dangerous cold, occasionally interspersed with floods, fires and tornadoes.
ýYouýve grown used to your driveway being wide enough for two way traffic: with a turning lane in the centre.
ýYou use a spill proof mug in the car.
ýYou have stopped using the horn in traffic, too much ordnance out there.
ýYou don't raise an eyebrow when Land Rover Discoveries are described in commercials as "compact" sport utility vehicles.
ýYou no longer sleep with the bedroom window open, messes up the carefully warmed or cooled air. (quote from my wife between chattering teeth "You English and your bloody fresh air").
ýYou don't shudder nearly as much when the gas and/or electric bill arrives.
ýYou can spot visiting Brits just by looking at their clothes.
Shopping & Eating Out
ýYou have started taking for granted the huge stores and overwhelming choice.
ýYou get annoyed when a store closes before 9pm.
ýYou can't imagine ever buying less than a full tank of gas.
ýYou tip at every possible opportunity.
ýYou have given up asking for tea in restaurants.
ýYou no longer wait for waitresses to tell you all the options, but just rhyme off what you want so you won't waste time.
ýYou know that at the checkout, the question "Paper Or Plastic?" refers to the carrier bag rather than the payment method.
ýYou ask for a doggy bag without even remembering the embarrassment you felt the first time you tried this alien concept.
ýYou're surprised when you have to pay for more than one cup of coffee or coke.
ýYou ask if they deliver.
ýYou complain about bad service to their face!
ýYou don't think that ten napkins, two plastic spoons and ten sachets of sugar in a large paper bag is too much waste for just a coffee `to go'.
ýYou are no longer deferential to or intimidated by, any salesperson, no matter how snooty. (Especially if it's a snooty Brit. salesperson in an exclusive New York shop.)
What If I Stumble?
4-02-2005 7:47 PM
IS this on for the people?
Is this one for the Lord?
Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford
You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains
For holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame
Cause I see the trust in their eyes
Though the sky is falling
They need Your love in their lives
Compromise is calling
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all
Will the love continue?
When my walk becomes a crawl
What if I stumble, and what if I fall?
Father please forgive me for I cannot compose
The fear that lives or the rate at which it grows
If struggle has a purpose on the narrow road youvýe carved
Why do I dread my trespasses?
Will leave a deadly scar?
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all
What if I Stumble, What if I fallý
Everyoneýs got to crawl when you know that
Do they see the fear in my eyes?
Are they so revealing?
This time I cannot disguise
All the doubt Iým feeling,
Youýre up against a wall, itýs about to fall
I hear you whispering my name you say
My love for you will never change never change
What if I stumble?
What if I stumble?
What if I fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all.
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
You are my comfort, and my God.
DC Talk
Thought of the Day
4-02-2005 7:11 PM
I don't accomplish the good I set out to do. and the evil I don't really want to do I find I am always doing.
Romans 7:19
Some of life's greatest lessons are learned
when we're on our knees!
Quote of the Day
4-02-2005 7:09 PM
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
~Oscar Wilde
This Is Your Time
4-02-2005 5:52 PM
This was her time
This was her dance
She lived every moment
Left nothing to chance
She swam in the sea
Drank of the deep
Embraced the mystery
Of all she could be
This was her time
Though you are mourning,
and grieving your loss
Death died a long time ago
Swallowed in life, so her life carries on
Still, it's so hard to let go
This was her time
This was her dance
She lived every moment
Left nothing to chance
She swam in the sea
Drank of the deep
Embraced the mystery
Of all she could be
What if tomorrow
What if today
Faced with the question
Oh, what would you say
Thought of the Day
4-02-2005 1:50 AM
If something is true it's not new, and if something is new it's not true.
Whatever is has already been.
If Men got pregnant
4-01-2005 10:03 PM
~Maternity leave would last two years... with full pay.
~There would be a cure for stretch marks.
~Natural childbirth would become obsolete.
~Morning sickness would rank as the nation's #1 health problem.
~All methods of birth control would be 100% effective.
~Children would be kept in the hospital until toilet trained.
~Men would be eager to talk about commitment.
~They wouldn't think twins were so cute.
~Sons would have to be home from dates by 10:00 PM.
~Briefcases would be used as diaper bags.
~Paternity suits would be a fashion line of clothes.
~They'd stay in bed during the entire pregnancy.
~Restaurants would include ice cream and pickles as main entree's.
~Women would rule the world.
Some definitions and thoughts
4-01-2005 3:17 AM
An enemy is someone who in anyway or everyway sets themselves in opposition to your "well being"
Love is commitment of "my will" to place "others needs before my own"
~There is nothing quiet so bitter as being bitter.
Thoughts of the Day
3-31-2005 3:01 AM
I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.
~David Livingstone
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.
~Albert Schweitzer
Revenge.. is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
~Albert Schweitzer
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
Thought of the Day
3-30-2005 6:10 PM
This life has shown me how we're mended
And how we're torn
How it's okay to be lonely as long as you're free
Sometimes my ground was stoney
And sometimes covered up with thorns
And only You could make it what it had to be
And now that it's done
Well, if they dressed me like a pauper
Or if they dined me like a prince
If they lay me with my fathers
Or if my ashes scatter on the wind
I don't care
There's people been friendly
But they'd never be your friends
Sometimes this has bent me to the ground
Now that this is all ending
I want to hear some music once again
Cause it's the finest thing I have ever found
There's people been talking
They say they're worried about my soul
Well, I'm here to tell you I'll keep rocking
Til I'm sure it's my time to roll
And when I do
I want to go out like Elijah
With a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire
And when I look back on the stars
Well, It'll be like a candlelight in Central Park
And it won't break my heart to say goodbye
My heart is aging I can tell
Here's my heart take it where You will
~Rich Mullins
Thought of the Day
3-30-2005 1:37 AM
This is my time,
It dosnt matter what you tried to do,
You couldn't destroy me,
I'm still standing,
I'm still strong,
And I always will be.
Forgiveness
3-28-2005 9:44 PM
Webster's definition of forgiveness
Regard without ill will despite an offence
Who will cry the little boy?
3-28-2005 9:41 PM
Who will cry the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry the little boy?
Abandoned without his own.
Who will cry the little boy?
He cried himself to sleep.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who never had for keeps.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who walked the burning sand.
Who will cry the little boy?
The boy inside the man.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who knew well hurt and pain.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who died and died again.
Who will cry the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who cries inside of me?
~I will I always do
The way I see it # 40
3-28-2005 5:46 PM
Antiques are props on the stage of life. They are tangible evidence of men and women's incredible journey through time.
Thoughts of the Day
3-28-2005 4:51 PM
Hope is born of suffering.
Man is incurably addicted to doing something for his own salvation.
Thought of the Day
3-28-2005 12:26 AM
I've been hurt since then, and I've survived it. I know life isn't always going to be good. There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
~Dana Owens
The Way I See It #3
3-26-2005 8:43 PM
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless itýs a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
-- Al Franken
Thought of the Day
3-26-2005 8:30 PM
He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city.
Quote of the Day
3-24-2005 10:09 PM
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
~Blaise Pascal
Next generatiton Robots( Interesting but a lil scary)
3-24-2005 10:04 AM
http://www.nedo.go.jp/english/expo2005/robot.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3eeQK5YAmo
->(click on the circles to see each robot)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7152895/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_10-3-2005_pg9_7
Thought of the Day
3-22-2005 9:05 PM
One word of truth outweighs the entire world
~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The death of truth spells the death of civilization.
Thought of the Day
3-20-2005 4:16 AM
To know great joy you have to know great pain suffering and loss. For through the birth pains of sufferings the birth of happiness is realized. Without it you are left wandering through in complacency and apathy.
Unless we travel through the black seeming hopeless journey, we would be shallow and careless with our love.
Our problem is that we don't really learn from history
3-18-2005 11:14 PM
Winston Churchill said, "The one thing we have learned from history is that we don't learn from history."
George Santayana said "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it."
The philosopher Hegel said, "What experience and history teach us is this: that people and government never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it."
Interesting Article.. rise and fall of the major empires in History
3-18-2005 5:11 PM
Rainey cited a book, "Family and Civilization," by Carl Zimmerman, who spent decades studying the rise and fall of the major empires of history while also tracking what happened to the family units in the civilizations.Zimmerman discovered the family went through three distinct phases, Rainey recounted, with the third phase before the societies' disintegration being marked by 13 characteristics. Rainey related six of Zimmerman's 13 characteristics that mark a declining society:
-- marriage loses its sacredness, often ends in divorce;
-- feminist movements abound;
-- public disrespect for parents and authority increases;
-- juvenile delinquency, promiscuity and rebellion increases;
-- increasing desire for and acceptance of adultery;
-- tolerance for and spread of sexual perversions of all kinds, especially homosexuality and including rape, incest and bestiality.
"Do you find his findings from history frightening?" Rainey asked the crowd. "Would it frighten you more if I told you his book ... was written in 1947?"
Carl Zimmerman, a Harvard University sociologist, studied the rise and fall of major empires in world history, and traced what happened to family units in each empire.
Temptation
3-18-2005 9:24 AM
There are only three types of temptations:
1) Pleasure
2) Popularity
3) Power
Jesus went through them all too...
Power
3-18-2005 9:12 AM
Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people, you are you are not.
Margaret Thatcher
Someone said power is very intoxicating, when you are intoxicated with alcohol you recover, but when you are intoxicated with power you do not.
The way I see it # 20
3-17-2005 1:25 PM
We must insist on listening to the voice of a true, honest, complicated past, unafraid of controversy or tragedy but equally drawn to those stories and moments that suggest an abiding faith in the human spirit, particularly the unique role this extraordinary and often dysfunctional place seems to have in the positive progress of mankind.
Quote of the Day - Worry
3-17-2005 2:11 AM
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~Bible Matt 6:25-34
Quote of the day - Vanity
3-16-2005 9:08 AM
Vanity is the quicksand of reason ~George Sand
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. ~Franýois de la Rochefoucauld
Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. ~Franýois de la Rochefoucauld
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you. ~Miguel De Unamuno
Top 10 inspirational quotes
3-16-2005 4:21 AM
1) Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
2) Luigi Pirandello
In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.
3) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
4) Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
5) T. S. Elliot
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
6) Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
7) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
8) Peter F. Drucker
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
9) Nora Roberts
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
10) Stephen Covey
Begin with the end in mind.
The way I see it # 34
3-15-2005 2:23 PM
There are no limits on how much the heart can love,
the mind can imagine,
or the human being can achieve.
Lynne cox
Quote of the Day
3-15-2005 5:05 AM
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Author: Albert Einstein
Thought of the Day
3-14-2005 12:27 PM
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
Author: John C. Maxwell
Quote of the Day
3-13-2005 1:05 PM
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
Nelson Mandela
A Tribute To Woman
3-11-2005 2:46 AM
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy,
And laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up for injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without new shoes so their children can have them.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel.
And cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about a birth or a new marriage.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all sizes, in all colours and shapes.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!
Women do more than just give birth.
They bring joy and hope.
They give compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have a lot to say and a lot to give.
if that makes me a BITCH, so be it
3-11-2005 2:44 AM
I'm A Bitch, Are You?
When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch. When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch. When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts, or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.
Being a bitch entails raising my children to be strong people who have a solid sense of personal and social responsibility, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and who love and respect themselves for the beautiful beings they are.
Being a bitch means that I am free to be the wonderful creature that am, with all my own intricacies, contradictions, quirks and beauty.
Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart. It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me. When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch. The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.
I am proud to be a bitch! It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be. I am outspoken, opinionated, and determined. By God, I want what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed. And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
Define B I T C H ... It's A Girl Thing!
3-11-2005 2:41 AM
Everyday I give thanks to God
I have two mounds upon my bodice
I shave my legs, I sit down to pee
I can justify any shopping spree
Don't go to a barber, but a beauty salon
Can get a massage without a hard-on
I can balance the checkbook, can pump my own gas ... Can talk to my friends about the size of my ass My beauty's a masterpiece, and YES!! it takes long.
At least I can admit to others when I'm wrong ..
I don't drive in circles at any cost
And I don't have a problem admitting I'm lost
Don't act like I'm in a timed marathon
Every time I have to go to the john
I don't brag about the size of my cup
Hey, put the seat down, 'cause I won't leave it up!
I never forget an important date
You just gotta deal with it, I'm usually late
I don't watch movies with lots of gore
Don't need instant replay to remember the score I won't lose my hair I don't get jock itch And just cause I'm assertive ... Don't call me a B*I*T*C*H
I don't wear the same underwear everyday
The food in my fridge has no sign of decay
Don't burp, don't belch and I certainly don't fart Ballet, not football, is what I consider an art Don't say to your friends, Oh yeah, I can get her ... In your dreams, my dear, I can do better!
Flowers are okay, but jewelry's BEST !!
Would you look at my face, not at my chest!
I don't have a problem expressing my feelings I know when you're lying, you look at the ceiling ...
Don't call me a girl ... a babe or a chick ...
I am a WOMAN!!
Get it?? You prick!
So ... Just EXACTLY ... what is a BITCH ?????
Being
In
Total
Control of
Herself
Thought of the Day
3-10-2005 9:33 PM
If you search for good you will find favor, but if you search for evil it will find you
Falling Down
3-09-2005 3:37 AM
Angel's on a subway
She's buried in a magazine
Stuck inside a replay
Of someone else's dream
Prophet's made of paper
Don't tell her anything
She wants something just to save her
So she lifts her head and screams
She lifts her head and screams
I don't know you
But I love you anyway
I can't see you
But I hope you're here to stay
I don't know you
But I need you here with me
Cause I'm falling downýfalling down
Now Angel's on a runway
Looking for a big jet plane
To take her to a new day
She won't be back again
She won't be back againýand she say's
You're on my side
You're just in time
I'm on my way
Don't know who you are
But I want you back again
The Way I See It #27
3-09-2005 12:25 AM
"Do not kiss your children so they will kiss you back but so they will kiss their children, and their childrenýs children."
-- Noah benShea, Poet, philosopher
The Way I see it Zeros Matter...
3-07-2005 6:29 PM
Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools. America's national debt is now $7.5 trillion, and it's skyrocketing, even as America's population ages. There will never be a better time to start paying off this crippling debt than today.
OFFICE WISDOM
3-07-2005 2:34 AM
1. Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
2. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
3. There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough.
4. Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit and wisdom to do their job properly.
5. Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.
6. Never do today that which will become someone elseýs responsibility tomorrow.
7. Every time you open your mouth you have this wonderful ability to continually confirm what I think.
8. Show me a good loser and I'll show you a LOSER!
9. Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office.
10. If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.
11. If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
12. If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will never guess that you're trying to get them sacked.
13. If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.
14. You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back. 15. If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.
16. Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.
17. There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' in 'useless smug colleague', either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure.
18. Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.
19. If you're gonna be late, then be late and not just 2 minutes - make it an hour and enjoy your breakfast.
20. A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone elseýs?
21. Is your work done? Are all pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?
22. I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work.
23. Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.
More to this life...
3-06-2005 9:15 PM
Today I watched in silence
As people passed me by
And I strained to see if there was something
Hidden in their eyes
But they all looked back at me as if to say,
"Life just goes on.."
The old familiar story
Told in different ways,
"Make the most of your own journey
From the cradle to the grave
Dream your dreams tomorrow
Because today
Life must go on.."
Oh, and there's more to this life
Than living and dying
More than just trying to make it through the day
More to this life
More than these eyes alone can see
And there's more
Than this life alone for me
Quotes by Robert Frost
3-05-2005 10:55 PM
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
I had a lovers quarrel with the world.
I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
3-04-2005 6:35 PM
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
As we grow old the beauty steals inward.
Quote of the Day
3-04-2005 6:18 PM
To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."
Ayn Rand
How It Is Between US
3-04-2005 6:16 PM
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed,
the wrong side of the room,
the wrong side of the world.
I Can't put my finger on the mood
it's not melancholy anger or the blues.
And I love my husband my house my job
couldn't be any better
and really what else is there?
Then I realize I'm forgetting God
It's the root of all my misery.
Lord first of all, how is it between you and me?
Lord how is it between us,
how is it between us?
When did I talk to you last and what has happened since?
When I wake up I am on my way,
reinventing the wheel and saving the day
And I've learned this lesson a thousand times,
I am the branch and you are the vine.
And apart from you we are mice and men,
with our fancy dreams of grandure,
and no way to get there.
And I can think about you now and then
or I could make a mark on eternity.
Lord first of all, how is it between you and me?
[chorus]
So let the wicked prosper
let the oceans roar
let the mountains crumble and fall into the sea
There is something more important weighing on my mind.
Lord how is it, how is it between you and me?
[chorus]
When did I talk to you last and what has happened...
since.
Irish Toasts
3-02-2005 11:58 PM
may you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the insight to know where you are
and the foresight to know when you're going too far
May your troubles be less
and your blessings be more
And nothing but happiness
come through your door.
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
A Wedding Toast:
Here's to lying, cheating, stealing, and drinking.
If you lie, may you lie together.
If you cheat, may you cheat the devil.
If you steal, may you steal each other's hearts.
And if you drink, may we all drink to your happiness.
May there always be work for your hands to do ..
May your purse always hold a coin or two...
May the sun always shine on your windowpane...
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain...
May the hand of a friend always be near you...
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you...
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
IQ test
3-02-2005 11:44 PM
Great now all I need to do is look in the classifieds for a job posting of Visionary Philosopher.... :)
The True IQ Test
Your IQ score is 131
Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others ý and at anticipating and predicting patterns.
Quote of the Day
3-02-2005 8:59 PM
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. "
Indira Gandhi
"Experience is something
you don't get until just after you need it."
Quotes by Oprah Winfrey
3-01-2005 7:13 PM
Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
You are what you are by what you believe
Quotes by Anais Nin
3-01-2005 2:46 AM
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."
-Anais Nin
I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY
3-01-2005 2:20 AM
I'm not sure how to say I'm sorry. I've thought a lot about what happened. I hurt you and because I did, I hurt myself even more. I want it all to go away, to disappear. For many reasons, you are important to me. I acted like I forgot this. In my moment of weakness, I behaved badly and I want you to know that I didn't mean it. I want to share a smile with you again, to laugh and talk like we used to, and earn back your trust. I want to tell you that I am very sorry.
Song of the day- glory defined
2-28-2005 1:43 PM
There's always a better way
There's always a bridge that needs crossing
There's always the straight and the narrow
The wide and the shallow
But I know that you're guiding me
And the best is yet to come
You've given me hope for tomorrow
And I know some day
Chorus:
I'll wake up to find
Your glory defined
And I will finally bow at your feet
I will lift up your name in honor and praise
When I cross over Jordan
I know that I'll be running home to you
It's always the simple things
it's always the obvious that crashes over me
It's always in front of me
It helps me to remember
This is what I live for
And I can't wait
Quote of the Day
2-25-2005 11:05 PM
The Lord is a refuge for the opressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
The Bible (Psalm 9:9-10)
Nah 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
Benefits Of Being Female ...
2-23-2005 10:08 PM
We got off the Titanic first.
We can scare male bosses with mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.
We get to flirt with systems support men who always return our calls, and are nice to us when we blow up our computers.
We absently hum tunes from musicals without anyone being suspect of our sexuality.
Our boyfriend's clothes make us look elfin and gorgeous - guys look like complete idiots in ours.
We can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.
We can cry and get off speeding fines.
We live longer, so we can be cantankerous old biddies wearing inappropriate clothes and shouting at strangers ... Men die earlier so we get to cash in on the life insurance.
Taxis stop for us.
We've never fancied a cartoon character or the central figure in a computer game.
We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
Author Unknown
Great Thought- A good Woman
2-23-2005 1:06 PM
A Good Women
A good woman is proud of herself. She respects herself and others. She is aware of who she is. She neither seeks definition from the person she is with, nor does she expect them to read her mind. She is quite capable of articulating her needs.
A good woman is hopeful. She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true. She knows love, therefore she gives love.
She recognizes that her love has great value and must be reciprocated. If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears.
A good woman has a dash of inspiration and a dabble of endurance. She knows that she will, at times, have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them.
A good woman knows her past, understands her present and moves toward the future.
A good woman knows God. She knows that with God the world is her playground, but without God she will just be played with.
A good woman does not live in fear of the future because of her past. Instead, she understands that her life experiences are merely lessons, meant to bring her closer to self-knowledge and unconditional self-love.
Thought of the Day
2-23-2005 10:56 AM
I may be forgetting more as I get older but I am a lot wiser... Which would you rather have...
Perseverance
2-22-2005 2:28 PM
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Bible Rom 5:2-5 NIV
Quotes from C.S Lewis
2-18-2005 8:23 PM
I believe Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn; my God do you learn.
Friendship is the greatest of all workly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, "Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends."
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one...
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there?
If you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have reasoned out of it by honest argument? Do not most people simply drift away?
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis
Quote of the day - Pain
2-17-2005 1:43 AM
"Pain plants the flag of truth in the fortress of the rebel heart."
C. S. Lewis
"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; it is pain we obey."
Marcel Proust, 1871-1922
Quote of the Day
2-15-2005 1:37 AM
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
~Plato
Mahatma Ghandi
2-11-2005 9:03 PM
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Thought of the Day
2-11-2005 2:08 AM
We seem to have great resistance to looking at our lives, and our world, with emotional honesty. And I think we are avoiding more than pain. We are avoiding the sense of hopelessness we think we will feel when confronted by the enormity of the forces that obstruct us. Yet, in fact, it's when we face the darkness squarely in the eye - in ourselves and in the world - that we begin at last to see the light. And that is the alchemy of personal transformation. In the midst of the deepest, darkest night, when we feel most humbled by life, the faint shadow of our wings begins to appear. Only when we have faced the limits of what we can do, does it begin to dawn on us the limitlessness of what God can do. It is the depth of the darkness now confronting our world that will reveal to us the magic of who we truly are. We are spirit, and thus we are more than the world. When we remember that, the world itself will bow to our remembrance.
Quote of the Day
2-07-2005 8:11 PM
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it... always.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Quote of the Day
2-07-2005 6:58 AM
Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
--- Anon
Quote of the Day
2-07-2005 6:56 AM
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
--- Dr. Suess
Quote of the Day
2-07-2005 6:55 AM
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
--- Mother Teresa
Quote of the Day
2-07-2005 6:55 AM
"A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying "that was f***ing awesome"
Quotes from Movies -wow it became long
2-07-2005 6:47 AM
1st Wifes club: Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don't get mad, get everything.
Sliding Doors: We're women. We don't say what we want, but we reserve the right to be pissed off if we don't get it.
The Usual Suspects: The Greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Forrest Gump: Mama always said life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you're gonna get.
Shawshank Redemption:
___________________
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Fear can hold you prisioner, hope can set you free
You either gotta get busy living, or get busy dying.
These walls are kind of funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. They send you here for life, that's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyways.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend
___________________
Armageddon: Life is a journey, not a destination.
The Matrix: What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
10 Things I Hate About You:
My insurance does not cover PMS!
Frankenstein: I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine. A rage, the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge in the other.
A Knights Tale
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It is strange to think, I haven't seen you since a month. I have seen the new moon, but not you. I have seen sunsets and sunrises, but nothing of your beautiful face. The pieces of my broken heart are so small that they could be passed through the eye of a needle. I miss you like the sun misses the flower; like the sun misses the flower in the depths of winter. Instead of beauty to direct its light to, the heart hardens like the frozen world your absence has banished me to. I next compete in the city of Paris, I will find it empty and in the winter if you are not there. Hope guides me, that is what gets me through the day and the night. The hope that after your gone from my site, it will not be the last time that I look upon you.
Jocelyn: Do not shush me, and spare him. Be gone! Go!
Jocelyn: Damn your pride William it is you and only you that will not see you run.
William: My pride is the only thing that they cant take from me.
Jocelyn: They can take it away from you, they can and they will. Oh they will. But love they cannot take.
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Bridges of Madison County: Things change. They always do, it's one of the things of nature. Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.
Good Will Hunting: Bad times wake us up to the good times we weren't paying attention to.
Princess Diaries: The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Memento: Some memories are best forgotten.....Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts.
A Beautiful Mind: What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me through the physical and metaphysical, the delusional and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career; the most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found.
Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real
-Hannibal
I'm just a girl, standing infront of a boy, asking him to love her.
-Julia Roberts, Notting hill
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. Because they were holding on to something... There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.
-Sam, Lord of the Rings
If a man fears nothing, then he loves nothing and so what joy can he have in his life?
-First Knight
The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck; and the neck can turn the head into any direction.
-My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe...hear it?...Carpe. Carpe Diem. Seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.
-John Keating, Dead Poets Society
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.
-Moulin Rouge
Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door.
-Johnny Depp,Blow
I'm going to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while, I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed in the morning and breathe in and out. And then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while.
-Tom Hanks 'Sleepless In Seattle'
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails
-A Walk to Remember/ The Bible
A man once said death smiles upon us all. All a man can do is smile back.
-Gladiator
You know what's wrong with you...You're chicken. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, 'Okay, life's a fact.' People DO fall in love. People do belong to each other. Because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, yet you're terrified that somebody's gonna put you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in a cage and you built it yourself. And it's not bound on the east by Somali Land or on the west by Tulip, Texas. It's everywhere you go. Because no matter where you run, you're always going to end up running into yourself.
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
He had mastered the fatal technique of believing his own lies.
-The Man From Elysian Fields
Quote - One of My favs
2-07-2005 4:31 AM
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like nobody's watching.
Something to think about....
2-07-2005 1:16 AM
Two traveling 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 guest room.
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 farmer's 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 out come
is always to your advantage. You just might not
know it until some time later...
Quote of the Day - Success
2-06-2005 12:34 AM
Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it
Quote of the Day- Excellence
2-04-2005 10:29 PM
Excellence is caring more than others think is wise, Risking more than others this is safe, Dreaming more than others think is practical, and Expecting more than others think is possible.
Quote - The essence of Destiny
2-04-2005 1:40 AM
Watch your thoughts for they become your words. Choose your words for they become actions. Understand your actions for they become your habits. Study your habits for they become your character. Develop your character for it becomes your Destiny.
Quote of the Day
2-03-2005 11:00 PM
In life there are going to he happy and sad moments. If you want a rainbow you need both rain and sunshine.
-Me
Quote of the Day
2-02-2005 5:54 PM
When you lose everything all you are left with is yourself and God and that is an empowering thing.
Quote of the Day
2-01-2005 6:45 PM
"People are often unreasonable and self centered: forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives: be kind anyways. If you're successful, you'll win some false friends and some true enemies: succeed anyway. If you're honest and frank, people may cheat you: but be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone can destroy overnight: build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous: be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow: do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, its between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway . . ."
Mother Teresa
Quote of the Day
1-31-2005 11:54 PM
"Let me tell you something, being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory."
- Halle Berry
Quote Uno
1-31-2005 11:29 PM
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
WoooHooo
1-31-2005 11:24 PM
My First Journal Entry. Well I'm going to keep this as a place to add my favorite cool quotes, Seeing as I love them and am inspired by them I will make this my Quote of the Day journal page and anyone feel free to send me any cool quotes! The picture is a completely unrelated ,beautiful, inspiring classic shot. I should get one of these done some day
There is discrimination in this world and racism and slaughter and starvation. Governments repress their people; millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere. These are differing evils, but they are the common works of man. They reflect the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of sensibility towards the suffering of our fellows. But we can perhaps remember -- even if only for a time -- that those who live with us are our brothers; that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek -- as we do -- nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men. And surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again.
It is a revolutionary world we live in, and this generation at home and around the world has had thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived. Some believe there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world's ills. Yet many of the world's great movements, of thought and action, have flowed from the work of a single man. A young monk began the Protestant reformation; a young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the earth; a young woman reclaimed the territory of France; and it was a young Italian explorer who discovered the New World, and the 32 year-old Thomas Jefferson proclaimed that "all men are created equal."
These men moved the world, and so can we all. Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
~Robert Kennedy
Stand in the rain - Oct. 27, 2006 at 05:09 PM
She never slows down
She doesn't know why but she knows that
When she???s all alone it feels like its all coming down
She won???t turn around
The shadows grow long and she fears
If she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down
She won???t make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering if she stands she???ll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through everything
She???s running from, wants to give up and lie down
So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it???s all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won???t drown
And one day what???s lost can be found
You stand in the rain
Hear - Oct. 27, 2006 at 05:04 PM
She is running
A hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction
She is trying
But the canyon's ever widening
In the depths of her cold heart
So she sets out on another misadventure just to find
She's another two years older
And she's three more steps behind
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away
Yearning for shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in save the day
If judgment looms under every steeple
If lofty glances from lofty people
Can't see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her
Does anybody hear her? Can anybody see?
Anyway - Oct. 22, 2006 at 11:10 AM
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends
and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
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The real me 2 - Oct. 03, 2006 at 11:36 PM
Foolish heart looks like we're here againSame old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?
Painted on, life is behind a mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a Charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
I just wanna be me
But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me
And you love me just as I am
Wonderful, Beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
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The real me - Oct. 03, 2006 at 11:02 PM
People think I've got it all togetherWith the show of my sweet, sweet smile
But do they know if I've been happy ever
Pull up a chair 'cause this may take a while
Okay, so here's the thing
I've got my bad days
And some are even worse
I can be a blessing
And you know, I can be a curse
I tremble at rejection
I'm scared to be alone
Sometimes I may be selfish
But I always make it home
This is the real me
Am I the girl that you want me to be
This is the real me
With flaws and fears of intimacy
This is the real me
Can you face it
Can you feel it
Can you take it
Can you deal with
The real me
So now you see that I am far from perfect
I will fall and I will make mistakes
But I am here and this has taken courage
Will you abandon me or will you stay
I know that I'm demanding
And sometimes insecure
I think I've got the answers
But then I'm not so sure
I sometimes need attention
A little more than I should
But there is a part of me
That give the whole world if I could
Now that I've gone and let you in
And I no longer will pretend
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quote of the day - Aug. 06, 2006 at 09:34 AM
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
George Moore (1852-1933) Irish author, poet, dramatist "The Brook Kerith."
If you want to make God laugh, tell him you have plans.
Sister Emerita
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I Need You - May. 05, 2006 at 05:00 AM
My heart is restless in meMy wings are all worn out
I'm walking in the wilderness
And I cannot get out
I need You, Oh, I need You
Blessed Savior come
I need You, Oh, I need You
Fill the every longing in my soul
My bed is soaked with sadness
My sadness has no end
A downward spiral of despair
That I keep falling in
I need You, Oh, I need You
To You my soul shall fly
I need You, Oh, I need You
Yaweh, how I love You more than life
Your silence is like death to me
So won't You hear my desperate plea
Praise you in this Storm - May. 05, 2006 at 04:54 AM
I was sure by nowThat You would have reached down
And wiped my tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say "Amen"
and it's still raining
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God
Who gives and takes away
I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm
I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry You raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can't find You
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
"I'm with you"
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God
Who gives and takes away
I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth
the way i see it 101 - Apr. 26, 2006 at 02:59 PM
The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit More - Mar. 09, 2006 at 07:25 AM
The more you give, the more you get-
The more you laugh, the less you fret-
The more you do unselfishly,The more you live abundantly...
The more of everything you share,The more you'll always have to spare-
The more you love, the more you'll find that life is good and friends are kind...
For only what we give away enriches us from day to day.
No place so far - Mar. 07, 2006 at 07:18 AM
It's 2 am, the ticking in the hall is keeping time
The clock is counting down to morning's light
Too many times I've crossed the line
And put my faith aside
And the regret I feel won't let me sleep tonight
I never thought I'd get so far from where I started out
I must have left You one day at a time
And thinking of the things I've done and longing for what's lost
I can't believe You'd want me as I am
And even though it feels like I'm the smallest one on earth
Somehow Your quiet voice inside is heard
And even though it feels like You're a million miles away
In the night time stillness I can hear You say
No height, no depth
Could keep you from my love
No thing that you could ever do
There's no place so far
That you are out of reach
No matter what you feel this still is true
No thing can keep my love from you
Remove letters from the alphabet - Feb. 01, 2006 at 09:46 PM
We can remove the letters 'c', 'q', 'x', 'y' from the alphabet. None of these letters represent a unique sound in the English language.
1)The letter 'c' is a poor substitute for 'k' or 's'.
2)The letter 'q', is a diphthong representing ''kw', and you cannot write a 'q' without a 'u' anyway.
The letters 'x' and 'y' are represent different diphthongs
3)'x' replaced with'eks' and 'egz' (or 'z')
4)'y' may represent 'ia', 'ie', 'io' or 'iu'. This non-sense must be stopped.
Free - Jan. 23, 2006 at 10:35 AM
I have run to the ocean
Through the Horizon
Chased the sun I've waited for the light to come,
And at times I would give up
You have Wrapped your loving arms 'round me,
And with your love I'll overcome.
You have Loved me when I was weak,
You have Given unselfishly,
Kept me from Falling...Falling
I've been on Heaven's doorstep,
With the Door open,
One foot inside
I've cried out...God give me answers!
Please hush child I'll tell you why
You have Loved me when you were weak,
Oh...our love is beautiful
Oh...oo...oh...Isn't it beautiful?
Times have changed
But you remain
My everything
Our Love is Beautiful
Stood by my side
Helped me survive
My great Divide
Isn't this is beautiful.
You set me free!
To live my life
You became my reason to survive the great divide
You set me free!
This Is How A Heart Breaks - Jan. 19, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Don't you wanna go for a ride
And make the most out of life
Now don't you take it for granted
Life is like a mean machine
It made a mess outta me
It left me caught between
Like an angry dream I was stranded
And I'm steady but I'm starting to shake
And I don't know how much more I can take
I remember when you used to be shy
Yeah, once we were so fine
You and I why you gotta make it so hard on me
You're not the best thing that I knew
Never was never cared too much
For all this hanging around
It's just the same thing all the time
Never get what I want
Never get too close to the end of the line
You're just the same thing that I knew back before the time
When I was only for you
This is it now
Everybody get down
This is all I can take
This is how a heart breaks
You take a hit now you feel it break down
Make you stay wide awake
This is how a heart breaks
You know you are desi when.. - Jan. 12, 2006 at 01:13 PM
* When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent. * There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them. * You make tea in a saucepan. * You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it. * You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes. * You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home. * Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years. * You call an older person you've never met before "uncle". * You hide everything from your parents. * Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. * Your relatives alone could populate a small city. * Everyone is a family friend. * Everyone always called you for help on homework. * You study law, medicine or engineering at university. * You were thick so you studied computer science or business instead. * You know no one who has studied music. * You went to a university as far away from home as possible. * You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished. * Your best friend got married at the age of 18. * You like the meat well done. * You eat onions with everything. * You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup. * You fight over who pays the dinner bill. * You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them * You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius. * You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on". * You secure your baggage with a rope. * You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up. * You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which is just 80 lbs. overweight. * You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family. * You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school. * Your Dad drives a Nissan. * You're rich so he drives a Mercedes. * You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go * When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning * To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid * Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names * You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku * Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter) * Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds * Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day * Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids. * At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India/Pakistan" * No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit. * Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer. * You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan" \
And finally........You know you're desi when.....................
You forward this message to all your desi friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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Thought of the day - Nov. 28, 2005 at 10:02 PM
Crises reveal true character. They do not make or break us; they reveal us.
Scream - Nov. 18, 2005 at 06:06 PMDoes anybody know how I feel?
Sometimes I'm numb, sometimes I'm overcome
Does anybody care what's going on?
Do I have to wear my scars like a badge on my arm
For you to see me.
Do I have to scream for you to hear me?
Do I have to bleed for you to see me?
'Cause I grieve, you're not listening to me
Do I need to scream?
Has anybody seen what's been done?
Where was my defense? No one heard my protest
The eyes of God were watching me
I've been marked, set apart
But I'm cut so deep and afraid of the dark
One drop of blood from Your hand
Is enough to heal me and make me stand
quotes of the day - Nov. 16, 2005 at 01:53 PMGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Quote of the day - Nov. 10, 2005 at 12:07 PM
Looking back on life in Africa, I feel that it might altogether be described as the existence of a person who had come from a rushed and noisy world, into a still country ...
A country so lovely, as if the contemplation of it could in itself be enough to make you happy.
Karen Blixen
Author of "Out of Africa"
Thought of the day- My immortal - Nov. 10, 2005 at 08:52 AMI'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Quote of the day - Nov. 09, 2005 at 12:05 PMYou must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
-Sydney Smith
Because of you - Nov. 01, 2005 at 03:24 PMBecause of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
~K Clarkson
Life Measured... - Oct. 25, 2005 at 09:47 PMLife can't be counted in candles
Or measured in number of years
Itýs counted in small joys
And good times and laugh lines
As well as in heartaches and tears
Life can't be counted in candles
But in things done with effort and pride
With dreams followed boldly
And hopes kept alive
In times when weýve failed but tried
Life can't be counted in candles
It's measured in years that have flown
It's counted in kindness
Close friends and loved ones
And in all the sweet blessings weýve known
Heres hoping always love to surround you
Warm memories to cheer you
And happiness to fill your heart
Quote of the Day - Sep. 27, 2005 at 11:18 AMI like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing.
~Agatha Christie
Quotes for the Day - Sep. 24, 2005 at 08:56 AMStop telling God how big your storm is. Instead tell your storm how big your GOD is.
Thought of the Day - Sep. 06, 2005 at 08:10 AM"Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week watching television ... which means in a typical life span we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets! ... Cutting down just an hour a day would provide extra years of life ý for music and family, exercise and reading, conversation and coffee."
~Michael Medved, radio talk-show host
Quote of the Day - Sep. 06, 2005 at 08:01 AMRisk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity there are no surprises.
~Rita Golden Gelman, author, "Tales of a Female Nomad"
To commemorate my skydive here are some quotes: - Aug. 04, 2005 at 01:46 PM~All people who live, die. But, not all people who die have lived.
~A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
~The coward dies a thousand deaths.
~ Anyone can fall out of an airplane; skydivers just do it right.
~It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her.
Thought of the day - Jul. 27, 2005 at 01:56 PMI remember when you took a stand
With the pearl of wisdom in your hand
And a soul of desire
You held your own against the world
A lion's heart in a little girl
So unafraid of the fire
But those days don't last
Sweet dreams die fast
A stumble when you walk on the wire
When all your friends
Start giving in
The flames are burning higher and higher
Don't give up
Just keep on - holding on
This is where you need to be
All the days that you've been spending
Spinning while your heart's descending
Like a stone in the ocean
Sometimes when you think the world is ending
It's really just a new beginning
The other side of emotion
But I've seen your eyes no compromise
When you set your mind on the matter
Be strong through the tears
And your sight will clear
You're gonna get what you're after
Don't be surprised when the road divides
Just take the one less traveled by
Did you know... - Jul. 27, 2005 at 08:05 AMFrench poodles were originally bred in Germany, not France.
Liver isnýt meat. Meat actually only refers to animal muscle, so liver doesn't qualify.
Why do ostriches bury their heads in the sand? They don't. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or even attempted to do so).
Dry cleaning is not dry cleaning. A liquid is used, it just isnýt water.
It might surprise you to know that you are far more likely to get a cold by shaking hands than from kissing.
The 1969 Woodstock Festival didnýt take place in Woodstock. It was held in Bethell, New Yorký40 miles from Woodstock.
Despite what most assume, a perfectly clean fire produces almost no smoke. Smoke means that a fire is not burning properly and that bits of unburned material are escaping.
Lions are not the king of the jungle. They donýt inhabit jungles. They dwell in the plains.
It is a fallacy that diamonds are indestructible. They crush easily and also burn.
Most people think Africa is mostly wilderness. In fact, Africa is only 28 percent wilderness. By contrast, North America that is 38 percent wilderness.
When "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni," it wasn't a reference to food. It referred to the Macaroni Club, founded in the mid-18th century, made up of English "dandies" who took on foreign mannerisms and fashions. The song was originally intended to ridicule the American revolutionary troops, but was eventually taken over by them as a marching song.
Despite what most people think, hornets and wasps donýt die after they sting. (Honeybees do, but hornets and wasps can sting numerous times without dying.)
Little Miss Muffet, who sat on her tuffet, wasnýt fictional as most people believe. She was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Moffett of Englandýan expert on spiders.
Horseshoe crabs arenýt crabs. Their closest existing relatives are the scorpion and spider.
People didnýt always put their hand over their heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was first given with the arm outstretched in front, palm slightly up. Since that gesture resembled the Hitler salute, Congress changed it during World War II to the arm across the chest.
Despite the legend, William Tell never shot an apple off his sonýs head. In actuality, the story of William Tell is a complete fiction.
Contrary to intuition, statistics prove conclusively that the poor are burglarized far more often than the rich.
Electric eels arenýt eelsýtheyýre a fish.
Leonardo di Vinci wasnýt a prolific painter. He painted only 17 paintings during his lifetime, and several of those were unfinished.
The word "Sunday" doesnýt appear in the Bible.
During the time of King Henry VIII, knitting was the specialty of men, not women.
Although people think otherwise, a newborn baby canýt shed tears.
Quotes for the week - Jul. 26, 2005 at 11:24 AM
What you are is God's gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God.
~Jewish Proverb
Fear ends where FAITH begins.
~Georgio Dano
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
-Jimi Hendrix
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
-Ambrose Redmoon
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
-John Wooden
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
how could I ask for more .. - Jul. 07, 2005 at 12:27 PMSo many things I thought would bring me happiness
Some dreams that are realities today
Such an irony the things that mean the most to me
Are the memories that I've made along the way
So if there's anything I've learned
From this journey I am on
Simple truths will keep you going
Simple love will keep you strong
Cause there are questions without answers
Flames that never die
Heartaches we go through are often blessings in disguise
So thank you Lord, oh thank you Lord
How could I ask for more
There's nothing like the warmth of a summer afternoon
Waking to the sunlight, and being cradled by the moon
Catching fireflies at night
Building castles in the sand
Kissing Mama's face goodnight
Holding Daddy's hand
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
Running barefoot through the grass
A little hide and go seek
Being so in love, that you can hardly eat
Dancing in the dark, when there's no one else around
Being bundled 'neath the covers, watching snow
Fall to the ground
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
I want to... - Jul. 07, 2005 at 11:12 AMI want to live like there's no tomorrow
I want to dance like no one's around
I want to sing like nobody's listening
Before I lay my body down
I want to give like I have plenty
I want to love like I'm not afraid
I want to be the man I was meant to be
I want to be the way I was made
~ Chris Tomlin
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend, a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin fishin, wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I finally read the good book, and I took a good long hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
~Tim McGraw
Thankful - Jul. 01, 2005 at 04:10 AMLord I Am Thankful...
For the teenager who is not washing dishes but is watching tv,
because that means he is at home and not out on the streets.
For the taxes that I pay, because it means I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party, because it means
that I have been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug,
because it means I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work,
because it means I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.
For all the complaining I hear about the government,
because it means that we have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot,
because it means I am capable of walking and
that I have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church that sings off key,
because it means that I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing, because
it means I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
because it means I have been capable of working hard.
For the alarm that goes of in the early morning hours,
because it means that I am alive.
Author Unknown
Our deepest fear - Jun. 27, 2005 at 07:28 AMOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most
frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~Marianne Williamson
A heart like mine - Jun. 27, 2005 at 07:21 AMOf all the hearts in the world
I've only one to give
So insecure, a desperate pulse
Racing to Your embrace
That You could want me and seek me
Is more than words could ever say
That You would love me and see in me
A pearl of price, thrown away
A heart like mine
How could it be worthy that You'd find
A way to redeem this hardened clay
Twisted and broken
Oh Father God above
The wonder that You'd love a heart like mine
Your holy hands hold me still
Shaping my heart anew
Once vacant shell now reclaimed
Offers its praise to You
The one who searched till You found me
A wounded lamb whose gone astray
You stopped the world to recover me
Oh Lamb of God, the price You've paid
I make my promise to
Do the one thing I can do with abandon
I can give every heartbeat to You
~Brian Duncan
Quote of the Day - Jun. 23, 2005 at 07:38 AMTo laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The one thing - Jun. 22, 2005 at 07:35 AMHere I am
In a river of questions
Can I pour my heart out to a listening ear?
I see this life
Its valley's and mountains
And I think of all the roads that brought me here
I've questioned my reasons
The life I'm living
I've questioned my ability
To judge wrong from right
I've questioned all the things that I've ever called certain
My race, my religion, my country, my mind
But the one thing I don't question is you
You really love me like you say you do
You really love me like you say you do
Hold me
Hold me
I've questioned significance
Meaning and relevance
Does the work I'm doing really matter at all?
Well I've questioned my friendships
Alliance, dependence
Who will still be here when I fall?
Only one thing doesn't change
Only one thing stays the same
All I know at the end of the day is your love remains
Quotes of the Day - Jun. 20, 2005 at 01:31 PM
There are only 3 answers to all questions; Yes, No and Not Now
Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
I've learned - Jun. 17, 2005 at 11:32 AMI've learned that no matter what happens,
or how bad it seems today,
life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:
a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents,
you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
I've learned that making a "living" is
not the same thing as making a "life."
I've learned that life sometimes
gives you a second chance.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life
with a catcher's mitt on both hands.
You need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that whenever I decide something
with an open heart,
I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains,
I don't have to be one.
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Say the words - Jun. 07, 2005 at 12:13 PMSolomon once wrote
Better is open rebuke
Than hidden love
So say the words
Silence is golden
But these are the words that the world needs to hear
Terms of compassion will cause a reaction
As love draws them near
But still we choose to hide
Behind the face of pride
Pretending we are blind to the calling
This is my point and case
If hate can be erased
With such a simple phrase
Why are we stalling
Some just assume we already know Of the love that they feel
Some have a heart-felt emotion But never the words to reveal
I think we all relate so why are we afraid
To let our hearts convey what we're feeling
Source - Jun. 05, 2005 at 02:27 AMIf you are empty and have nothing to give
You're discontented by the way that you live
Or maybe you find it so hard to forgive
Why don't you lay it down?
If you have done something you'd like to forget
If you have spoken words that turn in your head
Why beat yourself up with the things of the past
When you could lay it down?
Why don't you lay it down?
Chorus 1
'Cause there's a source of help in every need
And there's a place to dwell down on your knees
And if I could tell you how to find peace
You've got to lay it down
If there are memories that are too hard to bear
You open your heart and find bitterness there
If you've been hurt so bad you don't even care
Why don't you lay it down, why don't you lay it down?
Chorus 2
'Cause there's a source of help in every need
And there's a place to dwell down on your knees
And if I could tell you how to be free
You've got to lay it down
Bridge
It's things like pride and anger and bitter seeds
They rob us of our freedom and keep us from peace
But things like love and patience and a forgiving heart
That's where the healing can start
God won't let go of your heart
He won't let go of your heart, He won't let go, no
Rebecca St. James - Yes, I Believe
6-03-2005 9:18 PMWhatever the cost
From this day on - until forever
I will take the narrow road
For I am not alone
I do not walk this path alone
Yes, I believe in God
This I will say to you
Mean it death or mean it life
Oh, I believe in God
For I have found the way
And I am not ashamed
I believe in God
So through the fire
I'll be refined
And if that fire
Were to take this life
I'll be with Him forever
I will be with Him forever
You said
"If any man comes after Me
He must deny himself, take his cross
And follow after Me"
So here I come after You
Knowing when my life I lose
You give Yours in return
you give Your new life in return
When I let go
6-03-2005 9:13 PMWhen will I learn this lesson
Your ways are not like mine
help me to surrender
The control I try to have on my life
Too many times I'm searching
For the things I think I need
But when I try to look for more
I always seem to give You less of me
Lord help me gain the wisdom
My foolish mind still lacks
Till I find a way to let go
Of the part of me I'm holding back
Quotes for the Day
6-03-2005 1:29 PM-- You don't have to blow out anybody else's candles to make yours shine brighter.
-- Your life lies before you like freshly fallen snow. Be careful where you step, for every step will show.
-- How can I listen to my mind without breaking my heart?
-- You can't make love to life if you fear kissing the lips of death.
-- If you can't understand my silence, how can you understand my words.
Teardrops
6-02-2005 8:34 PM
Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One tear-drop asked the other, "Who are you?"
"I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. But who are you?
The first teardrop replied, "I am a teardrop, from the girl who got him."
Life is like that. We cry over the things we can't have, but we might cry twice as hard if we had received them. Paul had the right idea when he said, ". . . . I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation. . . ." (Phil. 4:12, NIV). -- Green, Michael P.
Lil Woman
6-02-2005 8:17 PMA good friend in North Carolina bought a new car with a voice-warning system. ... At first Edwin was amused to hear the soft female voice gently remind him that his seat belt wasn't fastened. ... Edwin affectionately called this voice the "little woman."
He soon discovered his little woman was programmed to warn him about his gasoline. "Your fuel level is low," she said one time in her sweet voice. Edwin nodded his head and thanked her. He figured he still had enough to go another fifty miles, so he kept on driving. But a few minutes later, her voice interrupted again with the same warning. And so it went over and over. Although he knew it was the same recording, Edwin thought her voice sounded harsher each time.
Finally, he stopped his car and crawled under the dashboard. After a quick search, he found the appropriate wires and gave them a good yank. So much for the little woman.
He was still smiling to himself a few miles later when his car began sputtering and coughing. He ran out of gas! Somewhere inside the dashboard, Edwin was sure he could hear the little woman laughing.
People like Edwin learn before long that the little voice inside, although ignored or even disconnected, often tells them exactly what they need to know. -- Larson, Craig Brian
The Barn6-02-2005 7:50 PM
A heavy rain had been falling as a rich man drove down a lonely road. As he rounded a curve, he saw an old farmer surveying the ruins of his barn. The driver stopped his car and asked what had happened. The stranger offered to buy the wood from the farmer for $500. The farmer thinking the rich man was a fool happily sold him the wood.
The man took the weathered wood home, polished and restored it and used it to make his mansion. You see the weathered wood which had been exposed to harsh conditions and the elements was more robust and returns to a better brilliance than wood that is sheltered.
We are much like that we sometimes need to weather lifeýs storms to reach our full developed potential. Sometimes it takes God, like the rich man to see and bring out our full potential, while others do not.
-- We are all locks of stone that the sculptor carves. The blows of his chisel which hurt us so much are what makes us perfect. *
Quote of the Day6-02-2005 7:33 PM
When things get tough, always remember...
Faith doesn't get you around trouble,
It gets you through it !!!
"When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you obtain happiness."
A little more5-31-2005 7:32 PM
My cell phone's ringing and I'm running late
Morning traffic's got me
Time is ticking away
A few more hours is all that I need
Seems like there is just not enough days in a week
But then it hits me
Time is not the answer
You've given me all the time in the world
All that I need is
A little more life in my day
A little more of your life
A little more faith
A little more life in my day
A little more of your light
Sometimes I guess I get lost in the race
Trying to make a deadline just to keep the pace
I can't help feeling I'm always behind
So much that I can do if I could just find the time
Lord, don't let be in such a hurry
Trying to live my life
That I miss you in it
Help me to take the time to see
All that I need, yeah
A little more life in my day
Quote of the day5-31-2005 7:19 AM
The pain of regret is so much deeper than the pain of humility
Words I fear the most
5-25-2005 7:29 AMAnd the pain falls like a curtain
On the things I once called certain
And I have to say the words I fear the most
I just donýt know
And the questions without answers
Come and paralyze the dancer
So I stand here on the stage afraid to move
Afraid to fall, oh, but fall I must
On this truth that my life has been formed from the dust
God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture Heýs painting
God is God and I am man
So Iýll never understand it all
For only God is God
And the sky begins to thunder
And Iým filled with awe and wonder
ýTil the only burning question that remains
Is who am I
Can I form a single mountain
Take the stars in hand and count them
Can I even take a breath without God giving it to me
He is first and last before all that has been
Beyond all that will pass
Oh, how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things
So let us worship before the throne
Of the One who is worthy of worship alone
Quote of the Day5-22-2005 7:18 PM
Companions take our part when others take us apart
Song5-22-2005 7:17 PM
Turn the page
Can't turn the light out
Every word every line
Carries to my soul
Dark letters on a page
Singing so loud
Where did I go wrong not to hear You
Eighteen years
I guess it was alright
I let You do the thinking
I'd just bide my time
Father to son
Sunday hand me down
Where did I go wrong
Not to hear Your song
Quote of the Day5-17-2005 8:37 PM
Efficiency is intelligent laziness
Quotes of the Day5-16-2005 1:16 PM
The #1 Enemy of achievement is comfort zone!
I use multi-billion dollar military satellites to find tupperware hidden in the woods... What do you do?
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Rhonda Gunn - Higher Faith5-16-2005 11:38 AM
I search the diamond sky
I raise my voice and cry
Seeking answers why
And a way to cope
The questions multiply
As silence testifies
And doubt comes to imply
There is no hope
Higher Faith
Trusting in a sovereign Lord above
Who is good and is just
A higher faith
Like a river runnin' deep in me
Carries me upon the sea of grace
Into a higher faith
Miracles are mysteries
But they speak clear to me
Of life's uncertainty (I want to know)
The blessings we embrace
In this life are just a taste
Of a heaven that awaits (I want to go)
This journey is a trial
A heartache for awhile
But when it all comes down
I want to be found (with a)
Thought of the day5-11-2005 12:57 PM
If money is your highest goal,
The thing you long to gain,
Its power will enslave your soul
And cause your life much pain. ýD. De Haan
The Pearls Story5-11-2005 7:51 AM
A cheerful girl with bouncing golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.
"Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please. Mommy, please!" Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned face.
"A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from grandma."
As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner, she did more then her share of chores and she went to the neighbor and asked if she could pick dandelions for 10 cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar billand at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.
Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere-Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off is when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.
Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story.
One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you love me?" "Oh yes Daddy. You know that I love you." "Then give me your pearls."
"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess-the white horse from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you gave me. She's my favorite."
"That's okay, Honey, Daddy loves you. Good night." And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.
About a week later, after story time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?" "Daddy you know I love you." "Then give me your pearls."
"Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my babydoll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper."
"That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you." And as always he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.
A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian-style. As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.
"What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?"
Jenny didn't say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And, when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here Daddy. It's for you."
With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind daddy reached out with one hand taking the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of beautiful genuine pearls. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so that he could give her genuine treasure.
Just like our heavenly father. What are you hanging on to?
--Author Unknown
Thought of the day5-09-2005 1:41 PM
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. ýAnon.
Character is formed by making choices in one direction.
Our character is only as strong as our behavior.
Happy Mothers Day5-08-2005 7:01 PM
Before I was a Mom
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried
about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom
I kept my house clean each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Spit on.
Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.
And before I was a Grandma
I didn't know that all those "Mom" feelings more than doubled when you see that little bundle being held and nurtured by 'your' baby...
Thought of the Day5-08-2005 6:54 PM
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
~ Lily Tomlin
Quote of the Day5-05-2005 5:04 PM
We act out what we believe not what we know
~Vickie Arruda
Thought of the Day5-03-2005 2:34 PM
Dr. Victor E. Frankl, survivor of three grim years at Auschwitz and other Nazi prisons, has recorded his observations on life in Hitler's camps:
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Taste vs Art5-03-2005 2:15 PM
Picasso said "Good taste is the enemy of great art". I like that a lot.
Good taste has to do with being cultured and refined
Art has to do with being human
When I was a child I was very morose, and people used to say cheer up God loves you, and I would say, Big deal god loves everyone that don't make me special that just proves god has no taste.
And I don't think he does. Thank God. Because God takes the junk of our lives and makes it into Great Art. If he was cultured if he was as civilized as most Christian ppl wish he was he would be useless to Christianity
But God is a wild man. I hope you encounter him during the course of your life. If u do you better hold on for dear life or you better let go of life which maybe is better.
~Rich Mullins
Quote of the Day4-25-2005 9:00 PM
"The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers"....
T. Schick Jr.
Thought of the Day4-22-2005 10:32 PM
"Go placidly amid the noise & haste & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud & aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not fein affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a Child of God's, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."
-Max Ehrmann ["Desiderata"]
Wisdom some very good Quotes4-22-2005 10:30 PM
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naýve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.
-Thomas Szasz
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
-Plato
My father used to say, you would worry less about what people think if you knew how little they did.
-Dr. Phil McGraw
You have to have a darkness...
for the dawn to come.
-Harrison Ford
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
The same girl who laughs and talks a lot and seems very happy is also the girl who may cry herself to sleep...
-Unknown
Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.
-Luke
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
-Sun Tzu
A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
-Anonymous
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. poster
-The Serenity Prayer (Reinhold Niebuhr)
Mark Schultz - You Are A Child Of Mine4-22-2005 12:45 PM
I've been hearing voices
Telling me that I could
Never be what I wanna'be
They're binding me with lies
Haunting me at night
And saying there's nothing to believe
Somewhere in the quietness
When I'm overcome with loneliness
I heart You call my name
And like a father You are near
And as I listen I can hear You say
CHORUS
Your are a child of Mine
Born of My own design
And you bear the heart of lion
No matter where you go
Oh, you will always know
You have been free in Christ
You are a child of Mine
And so I listen as You tell me who I am
And who it is I'm gonna be
And I hang on every word
Knowing I heard
I am Your and I am free
But when I am alone at night
That is when I hear the lie
You'll never be enough
And though I'm giving into fear
If I listen I can hear You say
Quote of the Day4-21-2005 8:09 PM
For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
~John Greenleaf Whittier
Quote of the Day4-19-2005 12:21 AM
"Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success."
--Thomas Edison
Two stories about things not being as they seem4-18-2005 9:33 PM
Jewish tradition tells of an old farmer who lived on a rocky farm near Bethel. The old farmer had a small piece of land. It barely supported him and his only son. They had one horse and they would plow and till the land and they barely eked out a living. One thing the old man had was his faith in God.
One day, some wild horses came running by the farm and the old man's one horse ran away with the wild herd. The old man's friends told him, "Too bad." The old man answered them this way, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise."
A few days later, the horse returned with five wild mares in tow. The old man's friends were happy and they said, "What good blessings you have received." The old man gave them the same answer, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise."
A few days past and the old man's son went out to break the wild horses but they were wilder than he thought. One of the horses threw the boy off and he broke his arm. The old man's friends said, "Oh it is too bad about your son." The old man answered the same way, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise
A few days later, the King's army came marching through looking for eligible young men to go and fight the enemies of Israel. The young men were forcefully volunteered to serve. The friends came to the old man's son and said, ýWhat good you have received, because your sons arm is broken he does not have to join the army" The young man had learned well from his father and answered, "I don't know if it is good or bad. It is in God's hands. You can't know the end from the beginning, so I am just going to trust God and give Him praise." And with that, the young man began to sing and dance unto the Lord.
You see, you can tell the end from the beginning. You just have to trust God.
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The story of a man who took home a cocoon so he could watch the emperor moth emerge. As the moth struggled to get through the tiny opening, the man enlarged it with a snip of his scissors. The moth emerged easilyýbut its wings were shriveled. The struggle through the narrow opening is God's way to force fluid from its body into its wings. The "merciful" snip, in reality, was cruel.
Hebrews 12 describes the Christian life as a race that involves endurance, discipline, and correction. We never get beyond the need of a holy striving against self and sin. Just as the moth could only achieve freedom and flight as a result of struggling, we often need to struggle to become all we're intended to be.
Missing Person-full4-18-2005 9:59 AM
Another question in me
One for the powers that be
It's got me thrown
And so I put on my poker face
And try to figure it out
This undeniable doubt
A common occurence
Feeling so out of place
Guarded and cynical now
Can't help but wondering how
My heart evolved into
A rock beating inside of me
So I feel such a stoic ordeal
Where's that feeling that I don't feel
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
Under a lavender moon
So many thoughts consume me
Who dimmed that glowing light
That once burned so bright in me
Is this a radical phase
A problematical age
That keeps me running
From all that I used to be
Is there a way to return
Is there a way to unlearn
That carnal knowledge
That's chipping away at my soul
I've been gone too long
Will I ever find my way home
There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child he would believe without a reason
Without a trace he disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
He used to want to try to walk the straight and narrow
He had a fire and he could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen him lately
but I've been searchin' for that missing person
~Michael W Smith
Realize4-18-2005 1:23 AM
To realize the value of a sister,
Ask someone who doesn't have one.
To realize the value of a parent,
Ask someone who doesn't have one anymore.
To realize the value of a nine months,
Ask a mother who has given birth.
To realize the value of one month,
Ask a mother who had a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week,
Ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour,
Ask lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute,
Ask someone who had missed a train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second,
Ask a person who survived an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond,
Ask the person who won the silver medal in the Olympics.
To realize the value of a friend,
Lose one.
Time waits for no-one so who are you waiting for?
Treasure every moment you have and REALIZE that life is too short to worry about things you have no control over,
And do nothing about the things you can!
Thought of the Day4-16-2005 3:44 PM
In 1994, some of the worst atrocities in history took place in Rwanda - yet the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, almost one million people were brutally murdered during the Tutsi struggle with the Hutu militia.
On a warm sunny day, some of the survivors from the hotel took me to a place called Murambi, in Southern Rwanda, to a technical college high on a hill overlooking the lush green countryside. In April 1994, the Hutu mayor promised the Tutsi of the region protection if they gathered at that technical college. 40,000 of them sought shelter and over the course of just four days they were ALL slaughtered (only 4 survivors). Their bodies were thrown into pits and covered with lime. Somehow the lime preserved the bodies. Today scores of those bodies are laid out on tables in the rooms where they died. They are frozen in the last desperate moments of their agony, hands pleading, heads cradled by arms, skulls cracked open by merciless machetes. There's a babies room where tiny skeletons bear the same silent testimony to the horror. "and they're actually frozen in their deaths. The most bizarre thing is that in death the skin has turned white from the lime. So the very color that would've SAVED their lives during the genocide, they've now become in death. "(**Ironically their bones are WHITE. White the very color that would have saved them, as only the white were evacuated.)
~Terry George, director - Hotel Rwanda
When are people going to realize that human life is valuable and its worth saving. It is more valuable than oil or gold
Qoutes by Benjamin Franklin4-15-2005 11:18 PM
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
~Benjamin Franklin
Quote of the Day4-15-2005 10:57 PM
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Benjamin Franklin
Thought of the Day4-15-2005 10:52 PM
The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If You want me to
It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone
So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley
If You want me to
~Ginny Owens
Quote of the Day4-14-2005 9:52 PM
Just think, you're here not by chance, but by God's choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are.
He compares you to no one else: you are one of a kind. You lack nothing that His grace canýt give you.
He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation.
- Roy Lessin
Held4-13-2005 5:27 PM
We're asking why this happens
To us who have died to live?
Itýs unfair.
This is what it means to be held.
How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
And you survive.
This is what it is to be loved.
And to know that the promise was
When everything fell we'd be held.
This hand is bitterness.
We want to taste it, let the hatred know our sorrow.
The wise hands open slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.
If hope is born of suffering.
If this is only the beginning.
Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?
Ego4-12-2005 12:55 AM
The important ingredient in the art of leadership is humility. An egoistic person can never make a good leader.
All great leaders of the world exemplify the importance of maintaining camaraderie with colleagues, seniors and subordinates. Having an ego is a problem. Most of us have an ego problem and would not like to admit it. Ego puts up walls between siblings, between life partners. between colleagues. Ego is the blind, selfish love for that 'I' in each one of us.
The more you love yourself, the bigger is your ego. Like all the other negative emotions, your ego is a major obstacle in your quest for success, well-being and happiness. It can distance you from people, from your family, from your relatives so much so, that ultimately, when you have made money and fulfilled all your goals, you will realise you have lost your loved ones. You are left aloneýwith your ego for company!
It is like having a disease that destroys you silently. Unfortunately, most people do not realise that they have an ego problem.
Managing your emotions4-12-2005 12:52 AM
Managing your emotions is an art. Keep your emotions under control. Anger is the strongest negative emotion. It hurts the one who is angry and also the one who is the victim of the anger. And most importantly by losing your temper you make yourself vulnerable. Jealousy, remorse, self-pity, fear and sorrow are other negative emotions that can work against you.
It is important to be aware of your emotions. Only then can you control them. If you cannot make out when your ego is flaring, you cannot control its inflation. Whenever negative emotions threaten to conquer your reasons, quickly visualise the consequences. This is another way of controlling your emotions.
Your emotions will determine the direction that your life or your future will take. Analyse them. Transform these negative emotions into positive ones by making them your strengths.
The power of believing in yourself
There are times when you lose your confidence. There are times when people disappoint you and let you down. That is when you have to:
*Tell yourself that things will get better.
*Keep your heart no matter what happens.
*Trust your own judgements and opinions.
*Keep your life focussed.
*Keep believing in yourself.
Life is full of challenges. To overcome them you may have to make changes. But change is not compromise. Constantly keep yourself headed in the direction you believe is right for you.
~Arfeen Khan
Heights4-12-2005 12:38 AM
Being a psychology student, you have learned so much about the human psyche. its really so unnerving, yet so fascinating. Take for instance, the fear of heights. A person who is scared of high places, can never be a good leader. He/She is not ambitious enough and lacks farsightedness. If you are scared of heights, I could also tell you that you are a moody person. Your fears and apprehensions relate to you body structure, your lifestyle and even tell about your personality as a whole.
~ Neha Jhingon
To Anyone4-12-2005 12:27 AM
To anyone who hides behind a smile
To anyone who hold there pain inside
To anyone who thinks theyýre not good enough
To anyone who feels unworthy of love
To anyone who ever closed the door
Closed their eyes and locked themselves away
Anyone whoýs trying to cover up their scars
To anyone whoýs ever made a big mistake
Weýve all been there so donýt be ashamed
So come out, come out and join the rest of us
Youýve been alone for way to long
And if you feel like no one understands
Come to the one with scars on His hands
Cause He knows where you are and where youýve been
His scars will heal you if you let Him
You donýt have to hide anymore
You donýt have to face this on your own
You donýt have to hide anymore
~Joy Williams
How Could I Ask For More?4-11-2005 3:11 PM
So if there's anything I've learned
From this journey I am on
Simple truths will keep you going
Simple love will keep you strong
Cause there are questions without answers
Flames that never die
Heartaches we go through are often blessings in disguise
So thank you Lord, How could I ask for more
So many things I thought would bring me happiness
Some dreams that are realities today
Such an irony the things that mean the most to me
Are the memories that I've made along the way
There's nothing like the warmth of a summer afternoon
Waking to the sunlight, and being cradled by the moon
Catching fireflies at night
Building castles in the sand
Kissing amammas face goodnight
Holding your hand
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
Running barefoot through the grass
A little hide and seek
Being so in love, that you can hardly eat
Dancing in the dark, when there's no one else around
Being bundled underneath the covers, watching snow
Fall to the ground
Thank you Lord, how could I ask for more
No I could not ask for more.
~Cindi Morgan
Rescue4-11-2005 2:09 PM
Sick of this sea-saw of going up and down
I seek the rescue but would I rather drown?
Love is a lesson that I never learnt in school
I was sick in bed that day and so I played a fool
I called on you lately come on and rescue me
I feel like a calendar from another year
This barren ground these bones are dry and ready
Found this.. hmm dont knw if its tru.4-11-2005 2:01 AM
P=POLITE---
R=RESILLIANT---
I=INDEPENDENT---
Y=YOUTHFUL---
A=ATTRACTIVE---
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"PRETTY COOL HUH", LOL.
Grow up4-11-2005 1:51 AM
Did You ever get scared
Playing hide and seek?
Did You try not to cry
When You were hurt or scraped Your knee?
Did You ever skip a rock across a quiet creek?
Did they tell You stories
about the saints of old?
Stories about their faith?
They say stories like that make a boy grow bold
Stories like that make a man walk straight
And I really may just grow up
And be like You someday.
Thought of the Day4-11-2005 1:11 AM
Wisdom means listening to the still, small voice,
the whisper that can be easily lost in the whirlwind
of busyness, expectations, and conventions
of the world.
~JEAN BLOMQUIST
There is a big difference between what we
have the right to do and what is right.
~POTTER STEWART
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but
we cannot dodge the consequences of
dodging our responsibilities.
~JOSIAH STAMP
Hard to Get4-11-2005 12:53 AM
You who live in heaven
Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth
Who are afraid of being left by those we love
And who get hardened by the hurt
Do you remember when You lived down here where we all scrape
To find the faith to ask for daily bread
Did You forget about us after You had flown away
Well I memorized every word You said
Still I'm so scared, I'm holding my breath
While You're up there just playing hard to get
You who live in radiance
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was
Still we do love now and then
Did You ever know loneliness
Did You ever know need
Do You remember just how long a night can get?
When You were barely holding on
And Your friends fall asleep
And don't see the blood that's running in Your sweat
Will those who mourn be left uncomforted
While You're up there just playing hard to get?
And I know you bore our sorrows
And I know you feel our pain
And I know it would not hurt any less
Even if it could be explained
And I know that I am only lashing out
At the One who loves me most
And after I figured this, somehow
All I really need to know
Is if You who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
We can't see what's ahead
And we can not get free of what we've left behind
I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of "shame and doubt, blame and regret"
I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here
Where I'm lost enough to let myself be led
And so You've been here all along I guess
It's just Your ways and You are not just plain hard to get
Dusk4-08-2005 6:36 PM
Where the depth of those shadows dropped away into blackness, she could see it. It. The looming darkness of the abyss. A darkness that opened up and threatened to swallow her, at times - a darkness that would slither close to her feet and plant little kisses against the hem of her dress.
A feeling she had grown accustomed to - living there, on the brink of falling into the endless dark.
The Seven Deadly Sins - One of my Favs4-06-2005 4:44 PM
Truth, if it becomes a weapon against people.
Beauty, if it becomes vanity.
Love, if it becomes possessive.
Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.
Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.
Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.
Faith, if it becomes self-righteous.
Quotes of the day4-06-2005 12:24 PM
Kindness is more important than wisdom,
and the recognition of this is the beginning
of wisdom.
~THEODORE ISAAC RUBIN
Miracles start to happen when you give as much
energy to your dreams as you do to your fears.
~RICHARD WILKINS
Leadership is a journey. If you get lost-
reflect back on your values.
~BOB SCOTT
When the "I can'ts" of the world fail, they
blame everyone else. When the "I cans" of the
world fail, they blame themselves.
~MARSHALL G. BRYANT, SR.
Thought of the Day - Unforgiveness4-05-2005 1:12 AM
Often, we'd prefer to take out the sharp sword of bitterness and cut down the rope-bridge, leaving the abyss of unforgiveness forever uncrossed. But we're called to a ministry of reconciliation. He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.
~George Herbert
Quote of the Day4-04-2005 11:28 PM
Great minds MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, ordinary minds WATCH THINGS HAPPEN, mediocre minds WONDER WHAT HAPPENED
Quotes on Leadership4-04-2005 3:26 AM
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are.
~Malcom Forbes (1919-1990)
Character is doing what's right when nobodyýs looking.
~J.C. Watts, Jr., Politician
Change your thoughts and you change the world.
~Harold R. Mcalindon, Writer
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
~Mark Twain
Your ability to get people to follow you up the hill into gunfire, or into the next Net meltdown, is based on your ability to convince them that you have their best interests at heart.
~Dave McCormick, Senior V.P., Free Markets, Inc.
Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
~Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
Mental toughness is humility, simplicity, spartanism and one other . . . love. I don't necessarily have to like my associates but as a man, I must love them. Love is loyalty; love is teamwork. Love respects the dignity of the individual.
~Vince Lombardi, Former NFL Coach
Balance your business and your personal life. It's crucial to your well-being.
~Phillip Laskawy, Former Chairman of Ernst & Young
Quote of the day - Peace4-02-2005 8:57 PM
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
Missing person4-02-2005 8:07 PM
A common occurance
Feeling so out of place
Guarded and cynical now
Can't help but wondering how
My heart evolved into
A rock beating inside of me
So I reel such a stoic ordeal
Where's that feeling that I don't feel
There was a girl who had the faith to move a mountain
And like a child she would believe without a reason
Without a trace she disappeared into the void and
I've been searchin' for that missing person
She used to want to try the straight and narrow
She had a fire and she could feel it in the marrow
It's been a long time and I haven't seen her lately
But I've been searchin' for that missing person
Where are you?
Under a lavender moon
So many thoughts consume me
Who dimmed that glowing light
That once burned so bright in me
Is this a radical phase
A problematical age
That keeps me running
From all that I used to be
Is there a way to return
Is there a way to unlearn
That carnal knowledge
That's chipping away at my soul
I've been gone too long
Will I ever find my way home
IF YOU ARE A BRIT (Or speak the Queen's English) IN THE US, YOU MIGHT BE GOING NATIVE IF....4-02-2005 7:54 PM
*You call shops "stores".
*You call petrol gas.
*You talk about taking the elevator instead of the lift.
*You pronounce aluminium as aluminum.
*You start to pronounce the W's and H's in place names...Warwick...Birmingham etc.
*You stop asking for rubbers when you want an eraser.
*You wait in line, rather than queue
*You spell stuff like "center"
*You start to say Zee instead of Zed (although you still think Zed because it's better than Zee, which sounds like "c" over the phone)
*You stop saying self-effacing, apologetic things like I'm sorry about that, I'm afraid that, Forgive me, I hope you don't mind, as conversational filler. (Sorry about that)
*You understand that "interesting" usually means "unpleasant" or "disturbingly unusual".
*You call university "school."
*You say "Period" instead of "Full Stop."
*You may be a racist. But you stopped being a racialist a long time ago. (Ahh... but are you a sexist or a sexualist?)
*Y'All sounds like a perfectly reasonable form of address.
*You would never say "Have a nice day" yourself, but you no longer have any kind of knee-jerk reaction when someone says it to you.
*You are occasionally rendered totally immobile by internal panic when you lose track: Chips are crisps, no, french fries are chips, no chips are cookies, er.. cookies are biscuits, er.. biscuits are hard and crunchy and sweet... er no, er .. biscuits are what you mop up your gravy with... English muffins are impossible to find in England... er the First floor is the ground floor... no... it's the second floor... the scampi is a prawn... a shrimp is a lobster tail.. a prawn is a shrimp...
Assimilating the Culture and Customs.
ýYou are beginning to tire of telling everyone your life story and how you came to move to the US
ýYou have put on weight since you arrived.
ýYou decide that a 40 inch waist is really OK, and that 210 lb. sounds not nearly as heavy as 15 stone.
ýYou take water pressure for granted and no longer have to jump around in the shower to get wet you even get to wet, wash and rinse your hair before the water goes cold.
ýYou no longer think anything of the fact your refrigerator is the same size as a single bedroom in the UK.
ýYou look left then right when crossing the road.
ýYour accent has softened to the point that your audience is now aware when it's being insulted rather than charmed.
ýYou stop making judgments about people based on what they do for a living.
ýYou need an extra wallet for your credit cards.
ýYou throw out the junk mail, unopened.
ýYou talk to complete strangers in the elevator.
ýYou have committed your social security number to memory.
ýYou've got used to the continental climate: life-threatening heat alternating with dangerous cold, occasionally interspersed with floods, fires and tornadoes.
ýYouýve grown used to your driveway being wide enough for two way traffic: with a turning lane in the centre.
ýYou use a spill proof mug in the car.
ýYou have stopped using the horn in traffic, too much ordnance out there.
ýYou don't raise an eyebrow when Land Rover Discoveries are described in commercials as "compact" sport utility vehicles.
ýYou no longer sleep with the bedroom window open, messes up the carefully warmed or cooled air. (quote from my wife between chattering teeth "You English and your bloody fresh air").
ýYou don't shudder nearly as much when the gas and/or electric bill arrives.
ýYou can spot visiting Brits just by looking at their clothes.
Shopping & Eating Out
ýYou have started taking for granted the huge stores and overwhelming choice.
ýYou get annoyed when a store closes before 9pm.
ýYou can't imagine ever buying less than a full tank of gas.
ýYou tip at every possible opportunity.
ýYou have given up asking for tea in restaurants.
ýYou no longer wait for waitresses to tell you all the options, but just rhyme off what you want so you won't waste time.
ýYou know that at the checkout, the question "Paper Or Plastic?" refers to the carrier bag rather than the payment method.
ýYou ask for a doggy bag without even remembering the embarrassment you felt the first time you tried this alien concept.
ýYou're surprised when you have to pay for more than one cup of coffee or coke.
ýYou ask if they deliver.
ýYou complain about bad service to their face!
ýYou don't think that ten napkins, two plastic spoons and ten sachets of sugar in a large paper bag is too much waste for just a coffee `to go'.
ýYou are no longer deferential to or intimidated by, any salesperson, no matter how snooty. (Especially if it's a snooty Brit. salesperson in an exclusive New York shop.)
What If I Stumble?4-02-2005 7:47 PM
IS this on for the people?
Is this one for the Lord?
Or do I simply serenade for things I must afford
You can jumble them together, my conflict still remains
For holiness is calling, in the midst of courting fame
Cause I see the trust in their eyes
Though the sky is falling
They need Your love in their lives
Compromise is calling
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all
Will the love continue?
When my walk becomes a crawl
What if I stumble, and what if I fall?
Father please forgive me for I cannot compose
The fear that lives or the rate at which it grows
If struggle has a purpose on the narrow road youvýe carved
Why do I dread my trespasses?
Will leave a deadly scar?
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all
What if I Stumble, What if I fallý
Everyoneýs got to crawl when you know that
Do they see the fear in my eyes?
Are they so revealing?
This time I cannot disguise
All the doubt Iým feeling,
Youýre up against a wall, itýs about to fall
I hear you whispering my name you say
My love for you will never change never change
What if I stumble?
What if I stumble?
What if I fall?
You never turn in the heat of it all.
What if I stumble, what if I fall?
You are my comfort, and my God.
DC Talk
Thought of the Day4-02-2005 7:11 PM
I don't accomplish the good I set out to do. and the evil I don't really want to do I find I am always doing.
Romans 7:19
Some of life's greatest lessons are learned
when we're on our knees!
Quote of the Day4-02-2005 7:09 PM
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
~Oscar Wilde
This Is Your Time4-02-2005 5:52 PM
This was her time
This was her dance
She lived every moment
Left nothing to chance
She swam in the sea
Drank of the deep
Embraced the mystery
Of all she could be
This was her time
Though you are mourning,
and grieving your loss
Death died a long time ago
Swallowed in life, so her life carries on
Still, it's so hard to let go
This was her time
This was her dance
She lived every moment
Left nothing to chance
She swam in the sea
Drank of the deep
Embraced the mystery
Of all she could be
What if tomorrow
What if today
Faced with the question
Oh, what would you say
Thought of the Day4-02-2005 1:50 AM
If something is true it's not new, and if something is new it's not true.
Whatever is has already been.
If Men got pregnant4-01-2005 10:03 PM
~Maternity leave would last two years... with full pay.
~There would be a cure for stretch marks.
~Natural childbirth would become obsolete.
~Morning sickness would rank as the nation's #1 health problem.
~All methods of birth control would be 100% effective.
~Children would be kept in the hospital until toilet trained.
~Men would be eager to talk about commitment.
~They wouldn't think twins were so cute.
~Sons would have to be home from dates by 10:00 PM.
~Briefcases would be used as diaper bags.
~Paternity suits would be a fashion line of clothes.
~They'd stay in bed during the entire pregnancy.
~Restaurants would include ice cream and pickles as main entree's.
~Women would rule the world.
Some definitions and thoughts4-01-2005 3:17 AM
An enemy is someone who in anyway or everyway sets themselves in opposition to your "well being"
Love is commitment of "my will" to place "others needs before my own"
~There is nothing quiet so bitter as being bitter.
Thoughts of the Day3-31-2005 3:01 AM
I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward.
~David Livingstone
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.
~Albert Schweitzer
Revenge.. is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
~Albert Schweitzer
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
Thought of the Day3-30-2005 6:10 PM
This life has shown me how we're mended
And how we're torn
How it's okay to be lonely as long as you're free
Sometimes my ground was stoney
And sometimes covered up with thorns
And only You could make it what it had to be
And now that it's done
Well, if they dressed me like a pauper
Or if they dined me like a prince
If they lay me with my fathers
Or if my ashes scatter on the wind
I don't care
There's people been friendly
But they'd never be your friends
Sometimes this has bent me to the ground
Now that this is all ending
I want to hear some music once again
Cause it's the finest thing I have ever found
There's people been talking
They say they're worried about my soul
Well, I'm here to tell you I'll keep rocking
Til I'm sure it's my time to roll
And when I do
I want to go out like Elijah
With a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire
And when I look back on the stars
Well, It'll be like a candlelight in Central Park
And it won't break my heart to say goodbye
My heart is aging I can tell
Here's my heart take it where You will
~Rich Mullins
Thought of the Day3-30-2005 1:37 AM
This is my time,
It dosnt matter what you tried to do,
You couldn't destroy me,
I'm still standing,
I'm still strong,
And I always will be.
Forgiveness3-28-2005 9:44 PM
Webster's definition of forgiveness
Regard without ill will despite an offence
Who will cry the little boy?3-28-2005 9:41 PM
Who will cry the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry the little boy?
Abandoned without his own.
Who will cry the little boy?
He cried himself to sleep.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who never had for keeps.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who walked the burning sand.
Who will cry the little boy?
The boy inside the man.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who knew well hurt and pain.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who died and died again.
Who will cry the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be.
Who will cry the little boy?
Who cries inside of me?
~I will I always do
The way I see it # 403-28-2005 5:46 PM
Antiques are props on the stage of life. They are tangible evidence of men and women's incredible journey through time.
Thoughts of the Day3-28-2005 4:51 PM
Hope is born of suffering.
Man is incurably addicted to doing something for his own salvation.
Thought of the Day3-28-2005 12:26 AM
I've been hurt since then, and I've survived it. I know life isn't always going to be good. There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.
~Dana Owens
The Way I See It #33-26-2005 8:43 PM
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless itýs a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
-- Al Franken
Thought of the Day3-26-2005 8:30 PM
He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a city.
Quote of the Day3-24-2005 10:09 PM
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
~Blaise Pascal
Next generatiton Robots( Interesting but a lil scary)3-24-2005 10:04 AM
http://www.nedo.go.jp/english/expo2005/robot.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3eeQK5YAmo
->(click on the circles to see each robot)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7152895/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_10-3-2005_pg9_7
Thought of the Day3-22-2005 9:05 PM
One word of truth outweighs the entire world
~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The death of truth spells the death of civilization.
Thought of the Day3-20-2005 4:16 AM
To know great joy you have to know great pain suffering and loss. For through the birth pains of sufferings the birth of happiness is realized. Without it you are left wandering through in complacency and apathy.
Unless we travel through the black seeming hopeless journey, we would be shallow and careless with our love.
Our problem is that we don't really learn from history3-18-2005 11:14 PM
Winston Churchill said, "The one thing we have learned from history is that we don't learn from history."
George Santayana said "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it."
The philosopher Hegel said, "What experience and history teach us is this: that people and government never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it."
Interesting Article.. rise and fall of the major empires in History3-18-2005 5:11 PM
Rainey cited a book, "Family and Civilization," by Carl Zimmerman, who spent decades studying the rise and fall of the major empires of history while also tracking what happened to the family units in the civilizations.Zimmerman discovered the family went through three distinct phases, Rainey recounted, with the third phase before the societies' disintegration being marked by 13 characteristics. Rainey related six of Zimmerman's 13 characteristics that mark a declining society:
-- marriage loses its sacredness, often ends in divorce;
-- feminist movements abound;
-- public disrespect for parents and authority increases;
-- juvenile delinquency, promiscuity and rebellion increases;
-- increasing desire for and acceptance of adultery;
-- tolerance for and spread of sexual perversions of all kinds, especially homosexuality and including rape, incest and bestiality.
"Do you find his findings from history frightening?" Rainey asked the crowd. "Would it frighten you more if I told you his book ... was written in 1947?"
Carl Zimmerman, a Harvard University sociologist, studied the rise and fall of major empires in world history, and traced what happened to family units in each empire.
Temptation3-18-2005 9:24 AM
There are only three types of temptations:
1) Pleasure
2) Popularity
3) Power
Jesus went through them all too...
Power3-18-2005 9:12 AM
Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people, you are you are not.
Margaret Thatcher
Someone said power is very intoxicating, when you are intoxicated with alcohol you recover, but when you are intoxicated with power you do not.
The way I see it # 203-17-2005 1:25 PM
We must insist on listening to the voice of a true, honest, complicated past, unafraid of controversy or tragedy but equally drawn to those stories and moments that suggest an abiding faith in the human spirit, particularly the unique role this extraordinary and often dysfunctional place seems to have in the positive progress of mankind.
Quote of the Day - Worry3-17-2005 2:11 AM
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~Bible Matt 6:25-34
Quote of the day - Vanity3-16-2005 9:08 AM
Vanity is the quicksand of reason ~George Sand
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. ~Franýois de la Rochefoucauld
Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. ~Franýois de la Rochefoucauld
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you. ~Miguel De Unamuno
Top 10 inspirational quotes3-16-2005 4:21 AM
1) Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
2) Luigi Pirandello
In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.
3) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
4) Zig Ziglar
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
5) T. S. Elliot
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
6) Buddha
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
7) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
8) Peter F. Drucker
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.
9) Nora Roberts
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
10) Stephen Covey
Begin with the end in mind.
The way I see it # 343-15-2005 2:23 PM
There are no limits on how much the heart can love,
the mind can imagine,
or the human being can achieve.
Lynne cox
Quote of the Day3-15-2005 5:05 AM
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Author: Albert Einstein
Thought of the Day3-14-2005 12:27 PM
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
Author: John C. Maxwell
Quote of the Day3-13-2005 1:05 PM
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
Nelson Mandela
A Tribute To Woman3-11-2005 2:46 AM
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy,
And laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up for injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without new shoes so their children can have them.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel.
And cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about a birth or a new marriage.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all sizes, in all colours and shapes.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!
Women do more than just give birth.
They bring joy and hope.
They give compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have a lot to say and a lot to give.
if that makes me a BITCH, so be it
3-11-2005 2:44 AMI'm A Bitch, Are You?
When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch. When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch. When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts, or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.
Being a bitch entails raising my children to be strong people who have a solid sense of personal and social responsibility, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and who love and respect themselves for the beautiful beings they are.
Being a bitch means that I am free to be the wonderful creature that am, with all my own intricacies, contradictions, quirks and beauty.
Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart. It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me. When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch. The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.
I am proud to be a bitch! It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be. I am outspoken, opinionated, and determined. By God, I want what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed. And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
Define B I T C H ... It's A Girl Thing!3-11-2005 2:41 AM
Everyday I give thanks to God
I have two mounds upon my bodice
I shave my legs, I sit down to pee
I can justify any shopping spree
Don't go to a barber, but a beauty salon
Can get a massage without a hard-on
I can balance the checkbook, can pump my own gas ... Can talk to my friends about the size of my ass My beauty's a masterpiece, and YES!! it takes long.
At least I can admit to others when I'm wrong ..
I don't drive in circles at any cost
And I don't have a problem admitting I'm lost
Don't act like I'm in a timed marathon
Every time I have to go to the john
I don't brag about the size of my cup
Hey, put the seat down, 'cause I won't leave it up!
I never forget an important date
You just gotta deal with it, I'm usually late
I don't watch movies with lots of gore
Don't need instant replay to remember the score I won't lose my hair I don't get jock itch And just cause I'm assertive ... Don't call me a B*I*T*C*H
I don't wear the same underwear everyday
The food in my fridge has no sign of decay
Don't burp, don't belch and I certainly don't fart Ballet, not football, is what I consider an art Don't say to your friends, Oh yeah, I can get her ... In your dreams, my dear, I can do better!
Flowers are okay, but jewelry's BEST !!
Would you look at my face, not at my chest!
I don't have a problem expressing my feelings I know when you're lying, you look at the ceiling ...
Don't call me a girl ... a babe or a chick ...
I am a WOMAN!!
Get it?? You prick!
So ... Just EXACTLY ... what is a BITCH ?????
Being
In
Total
Control of
Herself
Thought of the Day3-10-2005 9:33 PM
If you search for good you will find favor, but if you search for evil it will find you
Falling Down3-09-2005 3:37 AM
Angel's on a subway
She's buried in a magazine
Stuck inside a replay
Of someone else's dream
Prophet's made of paper
Don't tell her anything
She wants something just to save her
So she lifts her head and screams
She lifts her head and screams
I don't know you
But I love you anyway
I can't see you
But I hope you're here to stay
I don't know you
But I need you here with me
Cause I'm falling downýfalling down
Now Angel's on a runway
Looking for a big jet plane
To take her to a new day
She won't be back again
She won't be back againýand she say's
You're on my side
You're just in time
I'm on my way
Don't know who you are
But I want you back again
The Way I See It #273-09-2005 12:25 AM
"Do not kiss your children so they will kiss you back but so they will kiss their children, and their childrenýs children."
-- Noah benShea, Poet, philosopher
The Way I see it Zeros Matter...3-07-2005 6:29 PM
Zeroes are important. A million seconds ago was last week. A billion seconds ago, Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. A trillion seconds ago was 30,000 BC, and early humans were using stone tools. America's national debt is now $7.5 trillion, and it's skyrocketing, even as America's population ages. There will never be a better time to start paying off this crippling debt than today.
OFFICE WISDOM3-07-2005 2:34 AM
1. Eagles may soar high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
2. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
3. There may be no 'I' in team, but there's a 'ME' if you look hard enough.
4. Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit and wisdom to do their job properly.
5. Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.
6. Never do today that which will become someone elseýs responsibility tomorrow.
7. Every time you open your mouth you have this wonderful ability to continually confirm what I think.
8. Show me a good loser and I'll show you a LOSER!
9. Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office.
10. If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.
11. If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
12. If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will never guess that you're trying to get them sacked.
13. If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.
14. You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back. 15. If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.
16. Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who do.
17. There's no 'I' in 'team'. But then there's no 'I' in 'useless smug colleague', either. And there's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. Go figure.
18. Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.
19. If you're gonna be late, then be late and not just 2 minutes - make it an hour and enjoy your breakfast.
20. A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone elseýs?
21. Is your work done? Are all pigs fed, watered and ready to fly?
22. I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work.
23. Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.
More to this life...3-06-2005 9:15 PM
Today I watched in silence
As people passed me by
And I strained to see if there was something
Hidden in their eyes
But they all looked back at me as if to say,
"Life just goes on.."
The old familiar story
Told in different ways,
"Make the most of your own journey
From the cradle to the grave
Dream your dreams tomorrow
Because today
Life must go on.."
Oh, and there's more to this life
Than living and dying
More than just trying to make it through the day
More to this life
More than these eyes alone can see
And there's more
Than this life alone for me
Quotes by Robert Frost3-05-2005 10:55 PM
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
I had a lovers quarrel with the world.
I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson3-04-2005 6:35 PM
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
As we grow old the beauty steals inward.
Quote of the Day3-04-2005 6:18 PM
To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."
Ayn Rand
How It Is Between US3-04-2005 6:16 PM
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed,
the wrong side of the room,
the wrong side of the world.
I Can't put my finger on the mood
it's not melancholy anger or the blues.
And I love my husband my house my job
couldn't be any better
and really what else is there?
Then I realize I'm forgetting God
It's the root of all my misery.
Lord first of all, how is it between you and me?
Lord how is it between us,
how is it between us?
When did I talk to you last and what has happened since?
When I wake up I am on my way,
reinventing the wheel and saving the day
And I've learned this lesson a thousand times,
I am the branch and you are the vine.
And apart from you we are mice and men,
with our fancy dreams of grandure,
and no way to get there.
And I can think about you now and then
or I could make a mark on eternity.
Lord first of all, how is it between you and me?
[chorus]
So let the wicked prosper
let the oceans roar
let the mountains crumble and fall into the sea
There is something more important weighing on my mind.
Lord how is it, how is it between you and me?
[chorus]
When did I talk to you last and what has happened...
since.
Irish Toasts3-02-2005 11:58 PM
may you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the insight to know where you are
and the foresight to know when you're going too far
May your troubles be less
and your blessings be more
And nothing but happiness
come through your door.
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
A Wedding Toast:
Here's to lying, cheating, stealing, and drinking.
If you lie, may you lie together.
If you cheat, may you cheat the devil.
If you steal, may you steal each other's hearts.
And if you drink, may we all drink to your happiness.
May there always be work for your hands to do ..
May your purse always hold a coin or two...
May the sun always shine on your windowpane...
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain...
May the hand of a friend always be near you...
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you...
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
IQ test3-02-2005 11:44 PM
Great now all I need to do is look in the classifieds for a job posting of Visionary Philosopher.... :)
The True IQ Test
Your IQ score is 131
Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others ý and at anticipating and predicting patterns.
Quote of the Day3-02-2005 8:59 PM
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. "
Indira Gandhi
"Experience is something
you don't get until just after you need it."
Quotes by Oprah Winfrey3-01-2005 7:13 PM
Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
You are what you are by what you believe
Quotes by Anais Nin3-01-2005 2:46 AM
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."
-Anais Nin
I WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY3-01-2005 2:20 AM
I'm not sure how to say I'm sorry. I've thought a lot about what happened. I hurt you and because I did, I hurt myself even more. I want it all to go away, to disappear. For many reasons, you are important to me. I acted like I forgot this. In my moment of weakness, I behaved badly and I want you to know that I didn't mean it. I want to share a smile with you again, to laugh and talk like we used to, and earn back your trust. I want to tell you that I am very sorry.
Song of the day- glory defined2-28-2005 1:43 PM
There's always a better way
There's always a bridge that needs crossing
There's always the straight and the narrow
The wide and the shallow
But I know that you're guiding me
And the best is yet to come
You've given me hope for tomorrow
And I know some day
Chorus:
I'll wake up to find
Your glory defined
And I will finally bow at your feet
I will lift up your name in honor and praise
When I cross over Jordan
I know that I'll be running home to you
It's always the simple things
it's always the obvious that crashes over me
It's always in front of me
It helps me to remember
This is what I live for
And I can't wait
Quote of the Day2-25-2005 11:05 PM
The Lord is a refuge for the opressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
The Bible (Psalm 9:9-10)
Nah 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
Benefits Of Being Female ...2-23-2005 10:08 PM
We got off the Titanic first.
We can scare male bosses with mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.
We get to flirt with systems support men who always return our calls, and are nice to us when we blow up our computers.
We absently hum tunes from musicals without anyone being suspect of our sexuality.
Our boyfriend's clothes make us look elfin and gorgeous - guys look like complete idiots in ours.
We can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.
We can cry and get off speeding fines.
We live longer, so we can be cantankerous old biddies wearing inappropriate clothes and shouting at strangers ... Men die earlier so we get to cash in on the life insurance.
Taxis stop for us.
We've never fancied a cartoon character or the central figure in a computer game.
We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
Author Unknown
Great Thought- A good Woman2-23-2005 1:06 PM
A Good Women
A good woman is proud of herself. She respects herself and others. She is aware of who she is. She neither seeks definition from the person she is with, nor does she expect them to read her mind. She is quite capable of articulating her needs.
A good woman is hopeful. She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true. She knows love, therefore she gives love.
She recognizes that her love has great value and must be reciprocated. If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears.
A good woman has a dash of inspiration and a dabble of endurance. She knows that she will, at times, have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them.
A good woman knows her past, understands her present and moves toward the future.
A good woman knows God. She knows that with God the world is her playground, but without God she will just be played with.
A good woman does not live in fear of the future because of her past. Instead, she understands that her life experiences are merely lessons, meant to bring her closer to self-knowledge and unconditional self-love.
Thought of the Day2-23-2005 10:56 AM
I may be forgetting more as I get older but I am a lot wiser... Which would you rather have...
Perseverance2-22-2005 2:28 PM
And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Bible Rom 5:2-5 NIV
Quotes from C.S Lewis2-18-2005 8:23 PM
I believe Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn; my God do you learn.
Friendship is the greatest of all workly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, "Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends."
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one...
If you are really a product of a materialistic universe, how is it that you don't feel at home there?
If you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have reasoned out of it by honest argument? Do not most people simply drift away?
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
C. S. Lewis
Quote of the day - Pain2-17-2005 1:43 AM
"Pain plants the flag of truth in the fortress of the rebel heart."
C. S. Lewis
"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; it is pain we obey."
Marcel Proust, 1871-1922
Quote of the Day2-15-2005 1:37 AM
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.
~Plato
Mahatma Ghandi2-11-2005 9:03 PM
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Thought of the Day2-11-2005 2:08 AM
We seem to have great resistance to looking at our lives, and our world, with emotional honesty. And I think we are avoiding more than pain. We are avoiding the sense of hopelessness we think we will feel when confronted by the enormity of the forces that obstruct us. Yet, in fact, it's when we face the darkness squarely in the eye - in ourselves and in the world - that we begin at last to see the light. And that is the alchemy of personal transformation. In the midst of the deepest, darkest night, when we feel most humbled by life, the faint shadow of our wings begins to appear. Only when we have faced the limits of what we can do, does it begin to dawn on us the limitlessness of what God can do. It is the depth of the darkness now confronting our world that will reveal to us the magic of who we truly are. We are spirit, and thus we are more than the world. When we remember that, the world itself will bow to our remembrance.
Quote of the Day2-07-2005 8:11 PM
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it... always.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Quote of the Day2-07-2005 6:58 AM
Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.
--- Anon
Quote of the Day2-07-2005 6:56 AM
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
--- Dr. Suess
Quote of the Day2-07-2005 6:55 AM
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
--- Mother Teresa
Quote of the Day2-07-2005 6:55 AM
"A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying "that was f***ing awesome"
Quotes from Movies -wow it became long2-07-2005 6:47 AM
1st Wifes club: Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don't get mad, get everything.
Sliding Doors: We're women. We don't say what we want, but we reserve the right to be pissed off if we don't get it.
The Usual Suspects: The Greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Forrest Gump: Mama always said life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you're gonna get.
Shawshank Redemption:
___________________
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Fear can hold you prisioner, hope can set you free
You either gotta get busy living, or get busy dying.
These walls are kind of funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. They send you here for life, that's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyways.
I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend
___________________
Armageddon: Life is a journey, not a destination.
The Matrix: What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.
10 Things I Hate About You:
My insurance does not cover PMS!
Frankenstein: I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine. A rage, the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge in the other.
A Knights Tale
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It is strange to think, I haven't seen you since a month. I have seen the new moon, but not you. I have seen sunsets and sunrises, but nothing of your beautiful face. The pieces of my broken heart are so small that they could be passed through the eye of a needle. I miss you like the sun misses the flower; like the sun misses the flower in the depths of winter. Instead of beauty to direct its light to, the heart hardens like the frozen world your absence has banished me to. I next compete in the city of Paris, I will find it empty and in the winter if you are not there. Hope guides me, that is what gets me through the day and the night. The hope that after your gone from my site, it will not be the last time that I look upon you.
Jocelyn: Do not shush me, and spare him. Be gone! Go!
Jocelyn: Damn your pride William it is you and only you that will not see you run.
William: My pride is the only thing that they cant take from me.
Jocelyn: They can take it away from you, they can and they will. Oh they will. But love they cannot take.
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Bridges of Madison County: Things change. They always do, it's one of the things of nature. Most people are afraid of change, but if you look at it as something you can always count on, then it can be a comfort.
Good Will Hunting: Bad times wake us up to the good times we weren't paying attention to.
Princess Diaries: The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Memento: Some memories are best forgotten.....Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts.
A Beautiful Mind: What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me through the physical and metaphysical, the delusional and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career; the most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found.
Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real
-Hannibal
I'm just a girl, standing infront of a boy, asking him to love her.
-Julia Roberts, Notting hill
It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. Because they were holding on to something... There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.
-Sam, Lord of the Rings
If a man fears nothing, then he loves nothing and so what joy can he have in his life?
-First Knight
The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck; and the neck can turn the head into any direction.
-My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe...hear it?...Carpe. Carpe Diem. Seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.
-John Keating, Dead Poets Society
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.
-Moulin Rouge
Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door.
-Johnny Depp,Blow
I'm going to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while, I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed in the morning and breathe in and out. And then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while.
-Tom Hanks 'Sleepless In Seattle'
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails
-A Walk to Remember/ The Bible
A man once said death smiles upon us all. All a man can do is smile back.
-Gladiator
You know what's wrong with you...You're chicken. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, 'Okay, life's a fact.' People DO fall in love. People do belong to each other. Because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness. You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, yet you're terrified that somebody's gonna put you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in a cage and you built it yourself. And it's not bound on the east by Somali Land or on the west by Tulip, Texas. It's everywhere you go. Because no matter where you run, you're always going to end up running into yourself.
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
He had mastered the fatal technique of believing his own lies.
-The Man From Elysian Fields
Quote - One of My favs2-07-2005 4:31 AM
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like nobody's watching.
Something to think about....2-07-2005 1:16 AM
Two traveling 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 guest room.
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 farmer's 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 out come
is always to your advantage. You just might not
know it until some time later...
Quote of the Day - Success2-06-2005 12:34 AM
Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it
Quote of the Day- Excellence
2-04-2005 10:29 PM
Excellence is caring more than others think is wise, Risking more than others this is safe, Dreaming more than others think is practical, and Expecting more than others think is possible.
Quote - The essence of Destiny
2-04-2005 1:40 AM
Watch your thoughts for they become your words. Choose your words for they become actions. Understand your actions for they become your habits. Study your habits for they become your character. Develop your character for it becomes your Destiny.
Quote of the Day2-03-2005 11:00 PM
In life there are going to he happy and sad moments. If you want a rainbow you need both rain and sunshine.
-Me
Quote of the Day
2-02-2005 5:54 PM
When you lose everything all you are left with is yourself and God and that is an empowering thing.
Quote of the Day2-01-2005 6:45 PM
"People are often unreasonable and self centered: forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives: be kind anyways. If you're successful, you'll win some false friends and some true enemies: succeed anyway. If you're honest and frank, people may cheat you: but be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone can destroy overnight: build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous: be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow: do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: give the world the best you've got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, its between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway . . ."
Mother Teresa
Quote of the Day1-31-2005 11:54 PM
"Let me tell you something, being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory."
- Halle Berry
Quote Uno1-31-2005 11:29 PM
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
WoooHooo1-31-2005 11:24 PM
My First Journal Entry. Well I'm going to keep this as a place to add my favorite cool quotes, Seeing as I love them and am inspired by them I will make this my Quote of the Day journal page and anyone feel free to send me any cool quotes! The picture is a completely unrelated ,beautiful, inspiring classic shot. I should get one of these done some day
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