Net Miles Of Smiles

We have great problems. Insurmountable problems! But we can solve
even our most difficult problems if we work together.

Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the
gradual destruction of our environment through over-use and abuse of
our resources. Unsightly brown clouds; wildlife extinctions; water
that can’t be consumed; the disappearance of ancient glaciers. these
problems all seem so huge.

So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to the grocery
store instead of using paper or plastic grocery sacks. We buy organic
foods when possible. We walk where we don’t have to drive. Our home,
like many of yours, is filled with compact fluorescent bulbs and we
use water saving faucets.

But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the
grocery store with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking
to the store or shivering under the drizzle of my anemic shower head
make any real difference to the world?

I recently learned something about flamingos - which probably behave
like many migrating birds. These exquisite birds flock in huge groups
of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration,
a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But
none of the others seem to notice, so the tiny group returns.

However, the next day they try again. This time a few more struggle
along with them, but the vast majority still pay no attention, so
these pioneers come back.

The trend continues for several more days. Every time a few more
birds join in but, since the thousands of others still take no
notice, the great migration plan is once more aborted.

Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once
again takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And

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The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23

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Commitment
An excerpt from Walk the Talk
by Eric Harvey and Steve Venture

Think of someone you know who is “a person of good character.” Lock his or her image in your mind. Now take a moment to reflect on the things this person says and does…the personal characteristics that make him or her a role model for you. What comes to mind? What do you see?

Chances are that high on the list of your role model’s qualities is COMMITMENT - the unwavering dedication to being a good family member and friend…to doing his or her best at work and away from the job…to doing what’s right, noble, and decent.

Committed people like your role model just seem to have their heads and hearts in the right place. They keep their priorities straight. They stay focused on what’s important. They know, inherently, that what they believe must drive how they behave - and how they behave ultimately determines the character they possess, the reputation they enjoy, and the legacy they leave.

Abraham Lincoln had this to say about commitment:

COMMITMENT is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words.

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This is too funny!

THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!

If you are 30 or older you will think this is
hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears
With their tedious
diatribes about how hard things were When they were
growing up; what with walking
Twenty-five miles to school every morning …
Uphill BOTH ways

Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
There was no way
I was going to lay A bunch of stuff like that on
kids about how hard I had it
And how easy they’ve got it! But now that… I’m
over the ripe old age of
Thirty, I can’t help but look around and notice the
youth of today.

You’ve got it so easy! I mean, compared to my
Childhood, you live in an
Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you
don*t know how good
you’ve got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn’t have The
Internet. If we wanted to know
something, we had to go to the library and
Look it up ourselves, in the
card catalog!! There was no email!! We had to
actually write somebody a
letter, with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way
across the street and Put it
in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get
there!

There were no MP3’s or Napsters! You wanted to steal
music, you had to
hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it
yourself! Or you had to wait
around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ’d
usually talk over the
Beginning and mess it all up! We didn’t have fancy
stuff like Call Waiting! If you
were on the phone and somebody else called they got
a busy signal, that’s it!

And we didn’t have fancy Caller ID Boxes either!
When the phone rang, you
had no idea who it was! It could be your school,
your mom, your boss, your
Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you
just didn’t know!!! You had to
pick it up and take your chances, mister!

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“To the world you may be just one person but
to one person, you might just be the world.”
~ Unknown

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Have a Great Day!

This is real funny! heheee . . .

** I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 as the charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave it back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor and gave her the money back. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again…same scenario! I departed the store with the $46.64.
This actually happened to me in Austin.
……………They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.

** I walked into a Mickey D’s with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said “buy one-get one free.”

“They’re already buy-one-get-one-free”, she said, “so I guess they’re both free” She handed me my free sandwiches ad I walked out the door.
…………….They Walk Among Us and Many Work Retail.

** One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, “Look at that dead bird!” Someone looked up at the sky and said, “Where?”
……………They Walk Among Us!

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