Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: behavior, charity, day, effort, freedom, friends, habit, life, money, pattern, power, tardiness, teacher
A teacher who was lecturing on habits told his class, “Anything you
repeat twenty times is yours forever.” From the back of the classroom
came a whispered voice, “Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah….” Of course, what
the teacher was trying to say is that any behavior, often repeated,
becomes habit.
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The Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus once said, “A nail is driven out
by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.” And if I understand him
right, he suggests that saying no to a bad habit is not enough.
Instead, we should try to replace it with a good one. Repeat the new
behavior twenty times … and it is yours.
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If any behavior, good or bad, is often repeated, it becomes stronger
and more powerful. “Since habits become power, make them work for you
and not against you,” said E. Stanley Jones. In other words, drive out
the undesirable nail, the behavior you’d like to change, with a better
one.
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May 15 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Funny and Hilarious Jokes.
Tags: church, funny, golf, jokes, life, minister, pastor, preacher, priest, Sunday
Father Norton woke up Sunday morning and realizing it was an
exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decided he
just had to play golf.
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So… he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick and
persuaded him to say Mass for him that day.
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As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, Father Norton
headed out of town to a golf course about forty miles away.
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This way he knew he wouldn’t accidentally meet anyone he knew
from his parish. Setting up on the first tee, he was alone.
After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone else was in
church!
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May 15 2009
Posted: under Inspirational Poetry.
Tags: Bible, day, earth, family, fashion, friends, friendship, global, globe, hope, inspiration, Jesus, journey, language, life, lifestyle, magazine, Mathematics, music, road, Savior, style, time, travel, trip, universe, voice, words, world
Would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines, and put the Bible where they’d been?
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Would you hide your worldly music and put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about?
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And I wonder if the Savior spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing, the things you always do?
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May 15 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, advantages, age, attitude, behavior, cemetery, check, day, decision, earth, era, example, fortune, funds, ghost, gift, global, globe, goal, heart, history, ideas, ife, inspiration, job, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, man, medication, medicine, miracle, moment, money, morals, Nobel Prize, obituary, others, period, present, prize, purpose, quotes, role model, specialist, success, surgeon, surprise, task, time, today, token, universe, values, woman, work, world
They said he died.
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One morning in 1888, Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, the man who
had spent his life amassing a fortune from the manufacture and sale of
weapons of destruction, awoke to read his own obituary. Of course, it
was a mistake. Alfred’s brother had died, and the reporter
inadvertently wrote Alfred’s obituary.
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For the first time, Alfred Nobel saw himself as the world saw him –
“the dynamite king,” the great industrialist who had made an immense
fortune from explosives. This, as far as the general public was
concerned, was the entire purpose of his life. None of his true
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May 15 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: aid, America, beauty, celebrity, charity, competition, contestant, contribution, crown, designer, donation, fashion, finalist, gift, gown, hairstyle, happiness, joy, link, organization, pageant, photos, present, queen, smiles, sponsor, style, swimsuit, universe
Kristen Dalton, 22, of Wilmington, North Carolina, is crowned Miss USA 2009 at the conclusion of the 58th annual Miss USA competition. She will spend her year-long reign making special appearances on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization, its sponsors and affiliated charities.
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May 15 2009
Posted: under Daily Quotes.
Tags: belief, brain, dignity, duty, earth, global, globe, hand, job, labor, life, opportunity, quotes, task, today, universe, work, world
“I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.”
—John D. Rockefeller
May 15 2009