Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: account, activity, age, aid, America, anxiety, bank, bliss, Britain, care, caring, cemetery, charity, check, child, companion, computer, contribution, couple, dad, day, depression, difference, donation, duty, earth, England, era, Europe, experience, father, finance, fish, fishing, funds, funeral, generosity, ghost, global, globe, government, habit, happiness, history, home, House, husband, inspiration, internet, job, joy, labor, lake, land, life, lifestyle, lifetime, London, love, man, memories, money, neighbor, obituary, ocean, online, others, parent, partner, passion, period, pond, pool, rain, reading, reward, rivers, sea, sharing, spouse, stream, stress, task, time, token, trip, understanding, universe, value, water, wife, woman, work, world
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Writer Gary Jennings said this: “Love and time, those are the only
two things in all the world and all of life, that cannot be bought,
but only spent.”
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I love that. And HOW I spend my love and time is what it is all
about.
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My work and interests require me to spend probably an inordinate
amount of time in front of my computer. At least according to my
wife Bev.
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She and I were talking one day about death and funerals and what to
do with each other’s remains. I asked. “What will you do with my
body? Burial? Cremation?”
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She answered, “I think I’ll just have you stuffed and propped up in
your chair by the computer. That way when I walk through the room I
won’t even notice that you’re gone.”
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I got the point - too much computer time. And how I spend my time
and my love is all important.
. The question I ask myself is this: “Do I generously and freely give
love and time away - and especially to those closest to me?”
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Charles Francis Adams was the United States ambassador to Great
Britain during the Lincoln administration. He had the habit of
keeping a daily diary. He also taught his son Brooks the value of
journaling his activities in a diary.
. One memorable day, eight-year-old Brooks recorded, “Went fishing
with my father, the most glorious day of my life.” It must have been
a glorious day, for the next forty years Brooks repeatedly mentioned
it in his diary. It became a life-long memory.
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His father also wrote about the fishing trip. His own diary on that Read More
Dec 31 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: account, achievements, age, aim, asset, awards, bank, behavior, birth, birthday, bliss, cemetery, character, check, children, education, emotion, encouragement, era, experience, faith, friends, funds, funeral, ghost, goal, God, happiness, heart, history, hope, inspiration, integrity, investment, joy, knowledge, life, lifestyle, lifetime, love, man, mind, money, morals, obituary, others, peace, period, power, prayer, resource, respect, reward, smiles, soul, spirit, time, value, values, wealth, woman, word, words
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Our Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities.
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets.
Heart is our Current Asset.
Soul is our Fixed Asset.
Brain is our Fixed Deposit.
Thinking is our Current Account.
Achievements are our Capital.
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade.
Friends are our General Reserves.
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill.
Love is our Dividend..
Children are our Bonus Issues..
Education is Brands / Patents.
Knowledge is our Investment.
Experience is our Premium Account.
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.
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Some very Good and Very bad things
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The most destructive habit……………………………..Worry
The greatest Joy……………………………………………..Giving
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Jul 06 2010
Posted: under General Poetry.
Tags: account, age, aid, air, alcohol, America, American, bank, beer, belief, brandy, cemetery, champagne, check, children, contribution, cow, designer, dictionary, dinner, dog, duty, earth, era, eyes, faith, family, fashion, fish, fishing, food, funds, gas, ghost, gin, global, globe, government, granny, highway, history, home, hope, House, humor, job, labor, land, language, laughter, license, life, lifestyle, lifetime, liquor, marriage, money, mother, mother-in-law, nation, nut, nuts, obituary, pants, parent, period, phone, politics, road, rum, school, scotch, security, service, smiles, snack, snacks, style, tablecloth, task, taxes, tequila, time, treats, universe, vehicle, vodka, water, wealth, whiskey, wine, words, work, world
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule.
Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts Anyway!
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass.
Tax all he has Then let him know, That you won’t be done till he has no dough.
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Apr 24 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: account, bank, gift, happiness, health, history, inspiration, life, love, moment, present, purpose, success, time, today, treasure, value
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
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What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.
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It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”.
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You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!
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Apr 03 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: account, action, African-American, age, America, American, army, beacon, behavior, black, blacks, blessings, candle, color, colors, day, era, fire, flame, freedom, God, government, gratitude, history, inspiration, knowledge, language, legacy, life, lifestyle, lifetime, light, link, listening, man, military, others, period, president, race, service, soldier, style, sunshine, team, thankfulness, time, troops, veterans, Veterans Day, war, woman, words
Came across this:
This Veterans Day may mean more than most of all of the others, because many of them were fighting so that one day there might BE a Barack Obama. And this year, it has come to pass. Can you imagine them looking back at us from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WWI, WWII, etc., seeing this day?
Many thanks to all of them who gave their lives and their service for the betterment of their people, and thanks to all veterans who truly fought for freedom.
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Nov 11 2008
Posted: under Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: accident, account, age, anxiety, arms, baby, bank, beaches, birthday, car, child, classic, companion, couple, dad, day, depression, designer, dialect, exam, eyes, family, fashion, father, father-in-law, gift, girl, granny, hand, hilarious, home, House, humor, husband, Jamaica, Jamaican, jokes, language, laughter, legacy, license, life, man, marriage, model, money, mother, mother-in-law, parents, partner, patois, pharmacist, pharmacy, phone, present, relaxation, rest, result, riches, smiles, spouse, stress, style, suit, tears, test, time, twins, vehicle, vernacular, voice, water, wife, woman, words
A 17 year-old Jamaican girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for the last two months. Very worried, the mother goes to the pharmacy and buys a pregnancy test. Confirming her worst fears, the test result is positive. Shouting, swearing and crying, the Mother says, “Which man do dis to you? Mi need fi know now!”
The girl picks up the phone and makes a call. Half an hour later, a BMW X5 pulls up in front of their house; a dapper looking man dressed in an Armani suit steps out and walks to the house. He sits in the living room with the father, the mother, & the girl and tells them: “Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the situation. I can’t marry her because of my personal family situation, and of course mi wife, but I’ll take charge.
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Jul 28 2008