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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 12, 2013, 6:06 pm
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In a way this humorous... possibly a joke...
Should I Really Join Facebook? (Priceless)
Read it all the way through! It's a good laugh! AND really quite
true!!
A good laugh for people in the over 50 group !!!
When I bought my Blackberry, I thought about the 30-year
business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone
that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with
Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and
Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, my 13 grand kids and
2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way.
I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with
only 140 characters of space.
That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter,
Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific
Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my
cell phone and every other program within the texting World.
My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of
everything except the bowel movements of the entire next
generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell
phone in the garage in my golf bag.
The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I
get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or
library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue
tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I
wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble
talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was
glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and
I got a little loud.
I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the
lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I
had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would
sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she
could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She
would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn
at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well,
it was not a good relationship...
When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name
of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the
same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.
To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the
cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but
I still haven't figured out how I lose three phones all at once
and have to run around digging under chair cushions, checking
bathrooms, and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.
The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me
up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they
could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or
Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I
bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking
confused, but I never remember to take them with me.
Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or
plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual."
Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was
recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do fart a
lot."
We senior citizens don't need anymore gadgets. The TV remote and
the garage door remote are about all we can handle.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: February 14, 2013, 8:21 am
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Hahaha.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 15, 2013, 6:14 pm
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My son sent me this... I thought it appropriate here.
HTML http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/bridge.png
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: February 17, 2013, 10:48 am
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Hahahahaha.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: February 19, 2013, 8:49 am
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[center]Quotations about Excuses
HTML http://www.quotegarden.com/excuses.html
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 19, 2013, 12:11 pm
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Very true words...
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: March 26, 2013, 7:09 am
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[glow=red,2,300]8 Wake-Up Calls You Need to Receive[/glow]
1. You might not have tomorrow to say, “I love you.”
About a decade ago a coworker of mine died in a car accident.
During his funeral several people from the office were in tears,
saying kind things like: “I loved him. We all loved him so
much. He was such a wonderful person.” I started crying too,
and I wondered if these people had told him that they loved him
while he was alive, or whether it was only with death that this
powerful word, love, had been used without question or
hesitation.
I vowed to myself then and there that I would never again
hesitate to speak up to the people I love and remind them of how
much I appreciate them. They deserve to know they give meaning
to my life. They deserve to know I think the world of them.
Bottom line: If you love someone today, tell them. If you
appreciate someone today, tell them. There might not be a
tomorrow. Today is the day to express your love and admiration.
2. Your judgments of others are inaccurate.
You will never know exactly what another person is going through
or what their whole story is. When you believe you do, realize
that your assumptions about their life are in direct relation to
your limited perspective.
Many people you believe to be successful are extremely unhappy.
Many people you think have it easy worked their tail off achieve
what they have. Many people who appear to be wealthy are in
debt because of their extravagant tastes for material
possessions. Many people who appear to you to be old and uncool
were once every bit as young and hip and inexperienced as you.
3. Not trying is why most people fail.
It’s not the mistakes and failures you have to worry about, it’s
the opportunities you miss when you don’t even try that hurt you
the most. Trying always leads to success regardless of the
outcome. Even mistakes and failures teach you what not to do
next time. Thus, every outcome is a lesson that makes you
stronger and wiser.
In the end, there’s only one thing that makes a dream impossible
to achieve: the failure to try. The results you achieve are not
based on what you plan to do or what you say you’ll do. Your
results come from what you actually TRY and DO.
4. Patience does not mean waiting and doing nothing.
Patience involves productive activity. It means doing your very
best with the resources available to you, while understanding
that the results you seek are worth the required time and
effort, and not available elsewhere for any less time and
effort.
Patience is the realization that the quality of your life is
much more significant than the quantity of things you fill it
with. Patience is your willingness to accept and appreciate
what you have right now, while you put forth a steady, focused
effort into growing toward your dreams and goals.
5. You don’t need anything more to be happy.
Intuitively, you already know that the best stuff in life isn’t
stuff at all, and that relationships, experiences and meaningful
work are the staples of a happy, fulfilling life. Yet you live
in a consumer driven society where your mind is incessantly
subjected to clever advertising ploys that drive you, against
your better judgment, to buy material goods you don’t need or
even want.
At a certain point, the needless material objects you buy crowd
out the emotional needs advertisers would like you to believe
they are meant to support. So next time you’re getting ready to
make an impulsive purchase, ask yourself if this thing is really
better than the things you already have. Or have you been
momentarily tricked into believing that you’re dissatisfied with
what you already have?
6. You aren’t perfect, and neither is anyone else.
All humans are imperfect. At times, the confident lose
confidence, the patient misplace their patience, the generous
act selfish, and the knowledgeable second guess what they know.
And guess what? You’re human and so am I – we all are. We make
mistakes, we lose our tempers, and we get caught off guard. We
stumble, we slip, and we spin out of control sometimes.
But that’s the worst of it; we all have our moments. Most of
the time we’re remarkable. So stand beside the people you love
through their trying times of imperfection, and offer yourself
the same courtesy; if you aren’t willing to, you don’t deserve
to be around for the perfect moments either.
7. All the small things make a big difference.
Life isn’t about a single moment of great triumph and
attainment. It’s about the trials and errors that get you there
– the blood, sweat, and tears – the small, inconsequential
things you do every day. It all matters in the end – every
step, every regret, every decision, and every affliction.
The seemingly useless happenings add up to something. The
minimum wage job you had in high school. The evenings you spent
socializing with coworkers you never see anymore. The hours you
spent writing thoughts on a personal blog that no one reads.
Contemplations about elaborate future plans that never came to
be. All those lonely nights spent reading novels and news
columns and comics strips and fashion magazines and questioning
your own principles on life and sex and religion and whether or
not you’re good enough just the way you are.
All of this has strengthened you. All of this has led you to
every success you’ve ever had. All of this has made you who
you are today.
8. Excuses are lies.
Make no mistake, there is always a lie lingering in between a
dream and too many excuses. And the lie is you lying to
yourself.
The excuses and explanations won’t do you any good. They won’t
add any value to your life or improve the quality of it by even
the slightest margin. To fulfill your calling and get where you
wish to go in life requires more than just thinking and talking.
These feats require focused and sustained action. And the good
news is, you’re perfectly capable of taking whatever actions are
necessary. You just have to choose to actually do it.
No one else can succeed for you on your behalf. The life you
live is the life you build for yourself. There are so many
possibilities to choose from, and so many opportunities for you
to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to
be. Now is the moment to actually step forward.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: March 26, 2013, 8:40 am
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All great advice.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: May 22, 2013, 8:10 am
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[glow=red,2,300]4 short stories that may change you
life...[/glow]
Story #1: All the Difference in The World
Every Sunday morning I take a light jog around a park near my
home. There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. Each
time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at
the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.
This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped
jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I realized
that the metal cage was in fact a small trap. There were three
turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap.
She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully
scrubbing with a spongy brush.
“Hello,” I said. “I see you here every Sunday morning. If you
don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with
these turtles.”
She smiled. “I’m cleaning off their shells,” she replied.
“Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the
turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim.
It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time.”
“Wow! That’s really nice of you!” I exclaimed.
She went on: “I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning,
relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s
my own strange way of making a difference.”
“But don’t most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with
algae and scum hanging from their shells?” I asked.
“Yep, sadly, they do,” she replied.
I scratched my head. “Well then, don’t you think your time
could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind
and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all
around the world. And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind
people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no
offense… but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly
making a difference?”
The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in
her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell,
and said, “Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you
I just made all the difference in the world.”
The moral: You can change the world – maybe not all at once,
but one person, one animal, and one good deed at a time. Wake
up every morning and pretend like what you do makes a
difference. It does.
Story #2: The Weight of the Glass
Once upon a time a psychology professor walked around on a stage
while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium
filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone
expected they’d be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass
half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the
professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I’m holding?”
Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a
couple pounds.
She replied, “From my perspective, the absolute weight of this
glass doesn’t matter. It all depends on how long I hold it. If
I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it
for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a
little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely
cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to
drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the
glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it
feels to me.”
As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued,
“Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass
of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens.
Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little.
Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb
and paralyzed – incapable of doing anything else until you drop
them.”
The moral: It’s important to remember to let go of your
stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as
early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down.
Don’t carry them through the night and into the next day with
you. If you still feel the weight of yesterday’s stress, it’s a
strong sign that it’s time to put the glass down.
Story #3: Shark Bait
During a research experiment a marine biologist placed a shark
into a large holding tank and then released several small bait
fish into the tank.
As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tank,
attacked and ate the smaller fish.
The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of clear
fiberglass into the tank, creating two separate partitions. She
then put the shark on one side of the fiberglass and a new set
of bait fish on the other.
Again, the shark quickly attacked. This time, however, the
shark slammed into the fiberglass divider and bounced off.
Undeterred, the shark kept repeating this behavior every few
minutes to no avail. Meanwhile, the bait fish swam around
unharmed in the second partition. Eventually, about an hour
into the experiment, the shark gave up.
This experiment was repeated several dozen times over the next
few weeks. Each time, the shark got less aggressive and made
fewer attempts to attack the bait fish, until eventually the
shark got tired of hitting the fiberglass divider and simply
stopped attacking altogether.
The marine biologist then removed the fiberglass divider, but
the shark didn’t attack. The shark was trained to believe a
barrier existed between it and the bait fish, so the bait fish
swam wherever they wished, free from harm.
The moral: Many of us, after experiencing setbacks and
failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. Like the shark in
the story, we believe that because we were unsuccessful in the
past, we will always be unsuccessful. In other words, we
continue to see a barrier in our heads, even when no ‘real’
barrier exists between where we are and where we want to go.
Story #4: Being and Breathing
One warm evening many years ago…
After spending nearly every waking minute with Angel for eight
straight days, I knew that I had to tell her just one thing. So
late at night, just before she fell asleep, I whispered it in
her ear. She smiled – the kind of smile that makes me smile
back –and she said, “When I’m seventy-five and I think about my
life and what it was like to be young, I hope that I can
remember this very moment.”
A few seconds later she closed her eyes and fell asleep. The
room was peaceful – almost silent. All I could hear was the
soft purr of her breathing. I stayed awake thinking about the
time we’d spent together and all the choices in our lives that
made this moment possible. And at some point, I realized that
it didn’t matter what we’d done or where we’d gone. Nor did the
future hold any significance.
All that mattered was the serenity of the moment.
Just being with her and breathing with her.
The moral: We must not allow the clock, the calendar, and
external pressures to rule our lives and blind us to the fact
that each individual moment of our lives is a beautiful mystery
and a miracle – especially those moments we spend in the
presence of a loved one.
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Re: Life's Lessons
DIR By: Mac
Date: May 31, 2013, 8:11 am
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[glow=red,2,300]How to Live Life to the Fullest[/glow]
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Don’t do what you think people want you to do. Your parents,
friends, community, and society in general all have their
opinions, but at the end of the day, you’re the only person who
will be around for every moment of your life. Do what makes you
happy. Everything else will fall into place.
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in life, but every reward carries risk with it. If you never
take risks, you’ll never get anywhere in life. When people look
back on their lives, they regret the chances they didn’t take
more than the ones they did.
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hearing you love them. It will brighten a stranger’s day. If you
have a romantic interest in someone, just go for it. There are a
lot of ways it may end, and only one of them keeps them in your
life forever. Just go for it. You have nothing to lose.
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Your future is important to work towards. At the end of the day,
though, the only thing that exists outside of your head is the
present. So think about your past and future, but only dwell on
the present.
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life, there will always be someone around to point out the many
ways you’ll fail. Know that every winner loses, but not every
loser wins. Successful people don’t start out successful. What
makes them successful is that they keep pushing through failure.
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don’t do it. Don’t compromise on your internal code of ethics.
Life doesn’t work like a movie. It’s filled with gray areas.
Trust your instincts. Do whatever you want so long as you can
look yourself in the mirror.
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who could use help. It’s easy to look at a homeless person on
the street and think, “I wish I could help him.” What will
happen if you do? If you gave $1 to that homeless person every
day, you’d be out $365 a year if you worked every day. It
doesn’t take much.
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doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to look at it. Listening to
ideas you don’t agree with or understand keeps your brain active
and healthy.
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that idea,” every time you see someone create something great.
Everyone had the idea for Facebook first. The reason Mark
Zuckerberg got rich off of it is because he went out and did it
while everyone else was talking about it. Ideas are useless if
you don’t act on them.
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