(stolen from everybody, used without parental consent, and taking full advantage of dollar cost averaging, consonant drift, floating decimals, lunar cycles and an occasional mumbling)
It's not about having what you want, it's wanting what you have. S Crowe
During this political season let ' s be reminded of these wise words...
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people ' s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves..
Abraham Lincoln
After talking to my ex wife on the cell phone, my daughter asked, "Why would you want to see a dead sea squirrel?" The ex had just seen the Dead Sea Scrolls in Charlotte NC.
Love is the non possessive delight in the particularity of another.
"Isn't that hard" asked the child. My 9 year old daughter had just explained to a 6 year old child of a minister, that divorce was where you mommy is married to a new person and your daddy doesn't live in the same town.
My well rounded daughter, "The Bean" replied, "Yeah, the hardest thing is knowing what to pack."
My son recently informed me that listerine fights the plague. If they only had it in the dark ages! Summer 2006
“Our dilemma is that we cannot believe that we can be known thoroughly and loved completely.”-unknown
"Unity on the essentials, liberty on the non-essentials, and love overall." Philip Melancthon, Martin Luther's Mentor
"One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving." Amy Carmichael
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. 6th Amendment
"Hindsight is not wisdom. Second guessing is not a Strategy." -GWB
In life, all that matters is Sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.
If all you get out of life is bad memories and a sour taste, it is just not fair that there is nobody to blame but yourself.-ME
Love people. Use things. Not, love things and use people. C Patten
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
