3:55 p.m. - 2006-06-23
LIVE LOVE LAUGH
Friday, June 23, 2006
Today I was thinking about all the journals that I read and how many of those writers are dealing with serious illnesses or tragedies in their daily lives. Most of them keep their spirits high and try to find enjoyment in every day that they have.
I was thinking how easy it is to get depressed with our every-dayness.
We go to work at a job that may not be fulfilling at best and may be
a place that just sucks the life out of you. Maybe we had a fight with
one of our children before they left for school or maybe the husband
made a nasty crack just before he left for work and we wouldn't kiss
him Goodbye. But, the reality is that any problem isn't worth worrying
about because at any moment, our lives can change.
What if you never saw or spoke to or had any of your friends or family
around again after today? What would you do differently...? How important was the argument you had?....Was it worth saying something mean?...Did you feel good if you made someone cry?.... Have you made that phone call to someone that you keep putting off?... Are you estranged from one of your family members and just can't quite remember what the fight was about?
Now.....how. do. you. feel.about. it and what.are.you.going.to.do.about.it?
No matter if your problems are miniscule compared to someone else...they are your problems and you can choose to dwell in your misery and whine about your life or you can
choose to thank your higher spirit for every morning you wake up.
I have noticed that most people who have a terrible situation in life
are the ones who are the most thankful. They KNOW that every day
is a gift. They LOOK for the silver lining. They are GRATEFUL to
smell a flower or listen to the sound of a child's laughter and hold
a baby or play with a kitten or a puppy. They REALIZE what is
important... LIFE. It's the only one we have and we should make the most of it.
You can have a "heart talk" with yourself. You can blog, write in a journal in long hand, draw a picture, sing a song, kiss a loved one, laugh out loud, dance around outside in the rain, and LIVE your very best life.
and then you can do this....
LIVE LOVE LAUGH AND BELIEVE
What would be your dream life?
Living on a paradise island?
Buying everything new?, a Mansion?
Traveling the World?
Adopting a lot of children?
Writing a Best Seller?
LIVE LOVE LAUGH DREAM INSPIRE BELIEVE INVESTIGATE CONSIDER...
Lots of great adjectives
to think about and what you could do with them if you. ....
just...BELIEVE.
Don't worry
You can do it
that's all it takes....
I don't know why these thoughts came to me today but they were just running through my head all morning...maybe there is someone out there who needs to hear it.
I certainly don't pretend that my life is harder than most...in fact,
in spite of some problems in my childhood and sadness in losing
some family members, I feel I have been very fortunate in my life,
with my husband, my son and his family, friends and other family
members. We all have our own problems and certainly many are devastating. But we also ALL have a choice to make for ourselves every day...are we going to dwell in the sadness or are we going to look for a bright ray of light to make us...
lIVE LOVE LAUGH BELIEVE DANCE
Well, enough of that sermon, I think I have it out of my system now
and I hope you will think about it.
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Four men were bragging about
how smart their cats were.
The first man was an Engineer,
the second man was an Accountant, the third man was a Chemist,,,,,,and the fourth man was a Government Employee.
To show off, the Engineer called his cat, "T-square, do your stuff."
T-square pranced over to the desk, took out some paper and pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.
Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.
But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, "Spreadsheet, do your stuff." Spreadsheet went out to the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies.............
Everyone agreed that was good.
But the Chemist said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Measure, do your stuff." Measure got up, walked to the fridge, took out a quart of milk,, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop into the glass. Everyone agreed that was pretty good.
The three men turned to the Government Employee and said, "What can your cat do?" The Government Employee called his cat and said,,,,, "CoffeeBreak,,,,do your stuff." CoffeeBreak jumped to his feet,,,,,,,,,,, ate the cookies,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, drank the milk,,,,,,,,, sh*t on the paper,,,,,,,,,,,! screwed the other three cats,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
claimed he injured his back while doing so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions,,, put in for Workers Compensation...............and
went home for the rest of the day on sick leave.............
AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT......
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True story or not. Read and try not to laugh
A photographer for CNN was assigned to cover southern California's wildfires last year. He wanted pictures of the heroic work the firefighters were doing as they battled the blazes. When
the photographer arrived on the scene, he realized that the smoke was so thick it would seriously impede, or even make impossible, his getting good photographs from the ground level. He
requested permission from his boss to rent a plane and take photos from the air.
His request was approved and he used his cell phone to call the local county airport to charter a flight. He was told a single engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport.
Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger.He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and shouted, "Let's go!"
The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and roared down the runway. Once in the air, the photographer requested the pilot to, "Fly over the valley and make two or three low passes so I can take some pictures of the fires on the hillsides."
"Why?" asked the pilot.
"Because I'm a photographer for CNN," he responded. "And, I need to get some close-up shots."
The pilot was strangely silent for a moment, finally he stammered,
"So,you're telling me you're NOT the flight instructor??!!"
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No hope here!!
A husband and wife go to a counselor after 15 years of marriage. The counselor asks them what the problem is and the wife goes into a tirade listing every single problem they have ever had in the 15 years they've been married. She goes on and on and on and on.
Finally, the counselor gets up, walks around the desk, embraces the wife and kisses her passionately. The woman shuts up and sits quietly in a daze.
The counselor turns to the husband and says, "If you want to save your marriage, this is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?
The husband thinks for a moment and replies, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I golf.
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Well, it's not a midlife crisis, but here's how things worked out for me.
Married 25 years, I took a look at my wife one day and said, "Honey, 25 years ago, we had a cheap apartment, a cheap car, slept on a sofa bed and watched a 10 inch black and white TV, but I got to sleep every night with a hot 25 year old blond. Now, we have a nice house, nice car, big bed and plasma screen TV, but I'm sleeping with a 50 year old woman. It seems to me that you are not holding up your side of things."
My wife is a very reasonable woman. She told me to go out and find a hot 25 year old blond, and she would make sure that I would once again be living in a cheap apartment, driving a cheap car, sleeping on a sofa bed...............
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Have a great weekend and remember....
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