Christmas Eve

The Christmas Story

Quote by Eileen Caddy

What is right for one soul may not be right for another.  It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.  But do not be daunted.  Do whatever it is because you know within it is right for you.  

quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

quote by William Penn

I expect to pass through life
but once.  If therefore, there
be any kindness I can show,
or any good thing I can do
to any fellow being, let me
do it now, and not defer or
neglect it, as I shall not pass
this way again.

quote by Barbara Mandrell

If we don't

help each other,

who will?

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quote by Pearl Buck

There were many ways of breaking a heart.

Stories were full of hearts broken by love,

but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be.

quote by A Neilen

If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act,

you have neglected much,

and most of all yourself.

Experience by Jane Merchant

I found this poem in the book "Think About These Things" copyrighted 1956.  Whatever was going on in the world when the poem was written still sounds like the world today.

What happend today?
The newsmen tell
The tidings so:
A government fell,

A statesman was killed,
An airplane crashed,
A city cowered,
Hurricane-lashed.

But here upon
This quite street
An old, old lady,
Grave and sweet,

Handed a rose
To a crying child,
And sunlight sparkled
As they smiled.

I must believe
The clamorous, raw
News; but the smile
Is what I saw.

Chinese Proverb

The glory is not in never failing,

but in rising every time you fail.

Hee Hee

quote by Dr Wayne W Dyer

         Forgiveness is the most
         powerful thing you can
         do for yourself on the
         spiritual path.  If you 
         can't learn to forgive,
         you can forget about getting
         to higher levels of awareness.

quote by Mike Ditka

you never really lose
until you quit trying

Got Brains?

This is true.  I swear it is.

I had breakfast at this little diner that is close by. 
They are one of the few places in town that still sells brains and eggs. (NO I don't eat that.  Turns my stomach just thinking about it.)

Didn't here what the customer actually said but I am guessing he said he wanted brains and eggs.

What I did here was Tim (the cook) say:

I don't have any brains.

But I have them ordered.  

Friends

Ain't it fine when things are going
Topsy-turvy and askew
To discover someone showing
Good old-fashioned faith in you?

Ain't it good when life seems dreary
And your hopes about to end,
Just to feel the handclasp cheery
Of a fine old loyal friend?

Gosh! one fellow to another
Means a lot from day to day,
Seems we're living for each other
In a friendly sort of way.

When a mile or cheerful greetin'
Means so much to fellows sore,
Seems we ought to keep repeating'
Smiles an' praises more an' more. 

quote by Keith D Harrell

There are two kinds of people in the world:  those who pull you up and those who pull you down.  Identify the people who pull you up and show them an attitude of gratitude.

quote by e e cummings

To be nobody but yourself --- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everyone else --- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Lets all help Vivian

Please if you haven't been reading my other journal go there right now and read about a fellow J-lander.  Vivian had her computer stolen (along with other things) and with it all of her graphics.

Seeing that she was voted Best Use of Graphics in our last awards it seems only right that we try to help her get her collection started again.

Click on these links read about it.  If I did this right a new window should open and you won't lose your place here:

Vivian needs our thoughts and prayers

Graphics for Vivian

Come on and lets show Vivian how much we love her.

Thanks,

Kathy

Time for a rerun. Orginally posted 2-29-04

How to be Cheerful by Edgar A Guest

How to be cheerful, do you say,
When the wind is cold and the skies are gray?
How to be cheerful? Just one way:
Forget yourself for a while today.

Never mind self and your irksome cares.
Somebody else greater burden bears.
Stretch out a helping hand and play
The friend to all who may chance your way.

You'll never be cheerful sitting there
Sorrowing over the hurts your bear,
For never a joyous hour is known
By the man who thinks of himself alone.

How to be cheerful?  Scatter cheer;
Share your life with your neighbors here;
Encourage the weary and comfort the sad
And you'll find more joy than you've ever had.

 

Just a thought

                                  

quote by Theodore Isaac Rubin

          
            
              Kindness 
         Is more important         
            Than wisdom,                          And the recognition
                 of this
          is the beginning
              of wisdom.
                                                                                                                 
               

quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

            Forgiveness is not

            an occasional act,

             it is a permanent

                    attitude.

Limericks by Edward Lear

  
                         There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!!--
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all Built their nests in my beard!"

There was on Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey;
                         She twirled round and round, till she 
                          underground,
                         Which distressed all the people Chersey.


There was an Old Man whose despair
Induced him to purchase a hare:
Whereon one fine day, he rode wholly away,
Which partly assuaged his despair.


        
There was an Old Man who said "Hush!       
I perceive a young bird in this bush!"
When they said, "Is it small?"
 He replied, "Not at all!
It is four times as big as the bush!"                   


             

quote by Oprah Winfrey

     I have a lot to prove to myself.

      One is that I can live my life
       fearlessly.

         

Sharing a graphic

                         

quote by Thomas Fuller

He that cannot forgive others breaks

the bridge over which he must pass himself;

for every man has need to be forgiven.

No comment at last entry. So I have to ask......

quote by Horace Mann

                                       
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self.  We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence.  The heart that goes out of itself gets large and full of joy.  We do ourselves most good by doing something for others.

thought for today

                          

                          
                                           

Today's smile is......

Re-Run Entry

random sayings stolen from various catalogs

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? 

Follow your heart --  to wherever it leads.

Practice kindness.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Life is a journey --  not a destination.  Enjoy the moments.

Every time a smile is given, a heart is healed.

Dwell in possibility.               

Friends  --  so much cheaper than a shrink. 

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, Live every day as if it were your last.

An unkept house is better than a life unlived!

If you are going to pray, don't worry.  If you are going to worry, don't pray.

Relax and Breathe

Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.   

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it back to me when my memory fails.

quote by M Scott Peck

       
     The reason to forgive is for your own
   
      sake.  For our own health.  Because

      beyond that point needed for healing,
   
      if we hold on to our anger we stop

      growing and our souls begin

       to shrivel.
 

quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896

  When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till if seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

quote by Dr Bruce Wilkinson

You'll make a huge spiritual leap forward when you begin to focus less on beating temptation and more on avoiding it.

quote by Anne Wilson Schaef

We all get discouraged at times.  Just remember that growth is more like a spiral than a straight line.  Discouragement is inevitable--and so is rejoicing.

 

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another summer re-run

The Call by Edgar A Guest

 Joy stands on the hilltops,

Beckoning to me,

Urging me to journey

Up where I can see

Blue skies ever smiling,

Cool green fields below,

Hear the songs of children

Still untouched by woe. 

Joy stands on the hilltops,

Urging me to stay,

Spite of toil and trouble,

To life's rugged way,

Holding out a promise

Of a life serene

When the steeps I've mastered

Lying now between. 

Joy stands on the hilltops,

Smiling down at me,

Urging me to clamber

Up where I can see

Over toil and trouble

Far beyond despair,

And I answer smiling:

Some day I'll be there.

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