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None of you have children/grandchildren who “sag” their pants but maybe you know of someone who does. This would be a good thing to read at a Youth Program.
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Letter from a college student
The other day, a friend of mine was visiting me in the lobby of my dorm just to chat while her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two young freshmen came by. One of the boys wanted to ‘talk’ to my friend (as in date). She asked him how old they were, and both of the boys replied 18. My friend and I both laughed because we are both 22 years old. After my friend left, the young men were still hanging around and one wanted to know how he could gain her interest.
The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his pants! He asked why, and then he said “I liked saggin’ my pants”. I told them to come over to my computer and spell the word saggin’. Then I told him to write the word saggin’ backwards.
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Jun 10 2009
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“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
We’ve all had times in our life when we desperately needed a “shot of inspiration” to move forward.
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It happened a few days after my father’s death, in that mind-numbing period of adjustment after someone we love leaves us. Having gone shopping for necessities for my trip back to my own home, I was standing in an otherwise empty aisle of a large chain store when suddenly I sneezed, the last vestiges of an allergy attack I’d fought earlier in the week.
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Almost instantly, from the next aisle over I heard a voice call out, “Bless you,” and then another, and another, and yet another. All in all, in the span of only a few seconds, I counted eleven different voices coming from every possible direction in the store, some saying “God bless you,” others using the word “gezundheit,” but all blessing me, all calling good down upon me.
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Feb 17 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: applause, attention, confidence, educator, empowerment, entrepreneur, experience, friends, graduation, inspiration, intervention, Jamaican, laughter, life, link, literacy, philanthropist, quotes, success, triumph, weight, world, zeal
Andrew Wildes, Gleaner
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The following is the first in a series of stories on graduates of the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFFL) who have overcome great odds to become successful professionals.
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THE YEAR was 1976 when a series of catastrophic events shook the reality of Paul Harding before finally directing him to an experience that forever redefined his life.
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First, there was the letter that came by special delivery. He couldn’t read, so he gave it to the person he thought was “the brightest person in the world”. The problem was, she did not tell him what the letter said, instead, she kept sending him away to come back. One day, convinced that she was talking to one of her friends about the contents of his letter, Harding accused her of being “slight” with him. Read More
Feb 04 2009
