Things to be done in the next 5 yrs!!! (not in order)
1. Be committed in Church and God!!!
2. Do well in my Job and have a stable income
3. Revamp my room n my wardrobe
4. Hope to get a partner!
5. Beef up n toned up my body
"In life there is no smooth journey but journey tt is full of challenges for u to face it!!!
But whether u take it the positive ways or the negative ways...
Dun live a regretful life but a life full of purpose n desires n Dreams yet to be fulfilled..."
Dark magician. You love the dark because of it's beauty and just the life that no-one else sees. Mysterious, calm, quiet... But that doesn't mean you're not friendly! What kind of dark person are you?
Part Passionate Kisser
For you, kissing is about all about following your urges. If someone's hot, you'll go in for the kiss - end of story. You can keep any relationship hot with your steamy kisses. A total spark plug - your kisses are bound to get you in trouble
Part Expert Kisser
You're a kissing pro, but it's all about quality and not quantity. You've perfected your kissing technique and can knock anyone's socks off. And you're adaptable, giving each partner what they crave. When it comes down to it, your kisses are truly unforgettable
For just as by one man's disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man's obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).
Romans 5:19 (Amplified Bible)
For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
Jeremiah 29:11 (Amplified Bible)
[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 (Amplified Bible)
Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] now see Him, you believe in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy. [At the same time] you receive the result (outcome, consummation) of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9 (Amplified Bible)
Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:1-2 (Amplified Bible)
For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Jane is a typical college girl who enjoys life to the fullest. She loves her boyfriend so much and texts him every now and then. Mark is Jane's boyfriend who works in a call centre in Los Angeles. He's always busy doing so many things. He only manage to reply to Jane's texts when he got off from work.
One time Mark receive a message from jane : 'hi baby! how are you? i miss you! call my house when u get home..take care! i love you!' Mark ignored the message because he always receive the same message whenever it is time for him to go home from work.
'baby, i miss you..did u eat yet?! Take care when you get home! ill be waiting for your call.. i love you!'
'baby, where are you?! its unfair that you don't reply to my texts... well, im just gonna wait for your call... i love you!'
Mark reaches home and lay on his bed. The last time he knew is that he's reading Jane's text. He was so tired he fall asleep and wasn't able to return jane's call. He can still hear his phone beeps but he's too tired to take a glimpse on the message. When he woke up the next day, he remembers that he needs to call Jane. He ignored the messages and dialed Jane's .. No one's answering in her house. He called up her cellphone and he was surprised that her father answered the call. In his voice you can feel his tears and hear his heart tearing apart.
'Mark, why havent you called? Jane was waiting for your call all night!'
'Dad im sorry. i fell asleep being so tired from work... i was calling ur house but no one was answering. where are you? so i can come over.'
'Just meet me at jane's house.' Mark went to Jane's house and much to his surprised he saw a lot of people inside. The house were so lighted but you can see the gloom on every person you'll meet there. He was greeted by Jane's mom on tears. She hug him tight and cried on his shoulders.
'Jane was waiting for you. She didn't come with us because she was waiting for your call. She was killed by robbers that broke in our house. She's gone, Mark. She's gone.'
'thats impossible..she texted me..how could this happen?!' Mark can't look who's inside the coffin. He can't move and it feels like his whole body is stuck on the chair he's seating on. He wanted to cry but it seems that something is blocking his tears to fall down. He turned to his phone and read the messages of Jane.
'baby, im not coming with my mom and dad..im just gonna wait for your call...'
'baby..im so scared... it seems like theres someone downstairs..please call me now!'
'baby..someones here..i'm afraid they might kill me...please call me now, where are you? i need you here...'
'baby.... i love you...!' He wanted to shout and cry so loud. It's true that Jane is waiting for his call. Up to her last breath she only thinks about him. He stared at Jane inside the coffin. Suddenly tears starts flowing down his cheeks. He can't say anything. The only words he uttered... 'My baby, i'm so sorry! I could have known, i could have fought for you! i'm really sorry! I love you so much!' Now, pass this on right after u've read it...
Hopefully this would be a good lesson to those who never read or reply messages in time... And one point to note : A 'mobile' phone is meant to be mobile so that it's ALWAYS with you... So make sure it serves its purpose, and please be responsible to use it well!
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received." I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section. The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings that people asked for are processed anddelivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and werebeing packaged for delivery to Earth. Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station.
To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed "How come there's no work going on here?" I asked. "Its really sad" the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked. "Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you, Lord." "What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked."If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. "If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. "And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity." "If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. "If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation .. you are ahead of 700 million people in the world. "If you can attend a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, threebillion people in the world." "If your parents are still alive and still married .. you are very rare. " "If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair."
Ok, what now? How can I start? If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
Indeed, we have so much to be thankful! Attn: Acknowledgment Dept.: Thank You Lord! "Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with".
Friendship always end with in love... But love in friendship - never... Don't marry a person you can live... Marry someone you cannot live without... To love is nothing... To be loved is something... To love and be loved is everything... Kindness in words creates confidence... Kindness in thinking creates profoundness... Kindness in giving creates love... "LOVE" one word that frees us of all the weight and pain in life...
Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighbouring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death. The question?... What do women really want?
Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end. He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer. But the price would be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged. The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch.
She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first. The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend! Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.
He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur. He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table. Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus: What a woman really wants, she answered.... is to be in charge of her own life. Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared. And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding. The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened?
The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half. Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night? Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments? What would YOU do? What Lancelot chose is below. BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below. OKAY? Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself. Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life. Now....what is the moral to this story?
The moral is..... If you don't let a woman have her own way.... Things are going to get ugly
Your life will never change with time! People can never change you until you start your change! If your auto-pilot is programmed to crash into the sea, the only way is to change it! If you dont know how to re-program your autopilot, then its time to let God do the flying. That autopilot, is your mind. Its scientifically proven that your body and your life will head in the direction your mind takes you. Ive done an equation and ill show it again:
when u are angry with 2 people: (You x aA) + (You x aB) f you are disappointed with 3 people: (You x DisA) + (You x DisB) + (You x DisC)
guess who's the problem? its not your friends, its not the people around you!
factorise the equation, what do you get?
You (aA + aB) You (DisA + DisB + DisC)
who's the constant? you! the problem lies with you. your life will only change the moment your thinking changes! stop complaining about your life and start doing something for God! so many people tend to LISTEN to themselves rather than TALK to themselves. whatever their mind says, they just blindly agree.
"nobody cares", "its no use"..etc.
once again i say, today's svc was great.
when u face a mountain what do you do? why waste energy walking round it and onlny realise you're back where you started? Why waste resources trying to dig and bomb your way through it?
If you have faith as SMALL as a mustard seed..just say to the mountain be removed and be thrown into the sea, and it will done as you say!
"God says it, we believe it, that settles it!" Stop listening, start talking!Stop thinking, start acting!
Many people will walk in and out of your life.But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.To handle yourself, use your head;To handle others, use your heart.
Friends Anger is only one letter short of dangerIf someone betrays you once, it is his fault;If he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas;Average minds discuss events;Small minds discuss people. He, who loses money, loses much;He, who loses a friend, loses much more;He, who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,But beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of othersYou can't live long enough to make them allyourself. Friends, you and me...You brought another friend...And then there were 3...We started our group...Our circle of friends...And like that circle...There is no beginning or end... Yesterday is history.Tomorrow is mystery.Today is a gift.That is why it is called the present. Show your friends how much you care...Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.If it comes back to you, then you'll know youhave a circle of friends.
When you receive this letter,I recommend that you send it to all your friends,including the person who sent it to you! You don't have to send it to your friends, it's your choice.I don't want to force you to do it, but trust me;it's always good to tell your friendssome nice words now and thenand that you care...
Take a piece of paper and write down the answers.. The analysis is in the end....
Situation: You are in a deep deep forest... as you walk on you saw an old hut standing there (1) What is the status of the door? (Opened/closed)
You enter the hut and see a table... (2) What is the shape of the table? (Round/Oval/Square/Rectangle/Triangle)
On top of the table there is a vase... in the vase there is water. (3) How much water is it filled up with? (Full/Half/Empty)
(4) and what is the vase made of? [(Glass/porcelain/clay)(metal/plastic/wood)]
You walk out of the hut... as you carry on your walk in the forest... you see a waterfall from far... there is water running down...
(5) What is the speed of the water? (Choose a number ranging from 0 to 10)
Some time after the waterfall... you step on something hard on the ground... as you look down... you see glistening gold in colour. You bend down and pick it up... it is a keychain chained with keys...
(6) How many key /keys you see hanging on the keychain? (Choose a number ranging from 1 to 10)
You walk on and on... trying to find your way out... suddenly you see a castle.
(7) What is the condition of the castle? (Old/new)
You enter the castle and saw a pool of murky water with shining jewels floating on it... (8) Will you pick up the jewel? (YES/NO)
Next to the murky pool... there's another pool... with clear water and money floating on it...
(9) Will you pick the money? (YES/NO)
Walking to the end of the castle there is an exit... you proceed to walk out of the castle. Outside the exit, there is big garden, you see a box on the ground.
(10) What is the size of the box? (small/medium/big)
(11) What is the material of the box? (cardboard/paper/wooden/metal)
There is a bridge in the garden some distance away from the box, (12) What is the bridge made of? (metal/wooden/rattan)
Across the bridge, there is a horse. (13) What is the colour of the horse? (white/grey/brown/black)
(14) What is the horse doing? (still and quiet/nibbling grass/running about)
OH NO!!! There is a tornado coming... some distance from the horse. You have 3 options: (i) run and hide in the box? (ii) run and hide under the bridge? (iii) run to the horse, ride on and gallop away?
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Here are the interpretations: (1) The door: opened door - you are a person who is willing to share closed door - you are a person who is keeping things to yourself
(2) The table: Round/oval - any friends that came along, you will accept and trust them completely Square/rectangle - you are a bit more choosy on friends and only hangout with those whom you think are on the same frequency Triangle - you are really very very picky about friends and there are not many friends in your life
(3) Water in vase: Empty - your life is not fulfilled Half filled - what you want in your life is half fullfilled Full - your life is completely fulfilled and good for you! :)
(4) Material of vase: glass/clay/porcelain - you are weak in your life and tends to be fragile metal/plastic/wood - you are strong in your life
(5) Flow of waterfall: 0 - no sex drive at all 1 to 4 - low sex drive 5 - average sex drive 6 to 9 - high sex drive 10 - gone case!!! super high sex drive!!! Can't live without sex...
(6) Keys: 1 - you have one good friend in your life 2 to 5 - you have a few good friends in your life 6 to 10 - you have a lot good friends
(7) Castle: Old - shows that your last relationship is not a good one and is not memorable to you. New - your last relationship is good and it's still fresh in your heart.
(8) The jewel from the murky pool water: YES - when your partner is around you, you will flirt around with others. NO - when your partner is around, you will stick around with him/her most of the time.
(9) The money from the clear water pool: YES - even when your partner is not around you, you will still flirt around with others. NO - even when your partner is not around, you will still think of her and and will be loyal to her, not flirting around with others.
(10) The size of the box: small - low ego medium - average ego big - high ego
(11) Material of the box (outlook of the box): cardboard/paper/wooden(non-shining) - humble personality metal - proud and stuck up personality
(12) The material of the bridge: metal bridge - have very strong bond with your friends wooden bridge - average bond with your friends rattan bridge - you are not in good terms with your friends
(13) Colour of the horse: white - your partner is pure and good in your heart. grey/brown - your partner is only average in your heart. black - your partner doesn't seem to be good in your heart and appears to be bad sign.
(14) Horse action: still and quiet/nibbling grass - your partner is a very homely and humble person. running about - your partner is a wild type person.
This the last but most important part of the test. From how I ended the story... a tornado approaches... What are you going do? There are only 3 options: (i) run and hide in the box? (ii) run and hide under the bridge? (iii) run to the horse, ride on and gallop away?
What will you choose? Now, the above is signified by these things: tornado - problems in your life box - you bridge - your friends horse - your partner
(i) So if you choose the box, you keep your problems to yourself whenever you are met with problems. (ii) or if you choose the bridge, you will go to your friends whenever y! ou are m et problems. (iii) or lastly if you choose the horse, you seek your partner whenever your partner whenever you are met with problems.
So if you think this is worth to take some time to send it to your friends, then you are a friend indeed.
Or you think it is kind of true, you can also send it to your friends cause you are true too.
One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.
Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list.
Before long, the entire class was smiling.
"Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much." were most of the comments.
No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose.
The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student.
She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature. The church was packed with his friends.
One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin.
The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her.
"Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot."
After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.
"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it."
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times.
The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him.
"Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it."
All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home."
Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album."
"I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary."
Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her purse and showed her frazzled list to the group. "I carry this with me at all times, " Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: "I think we all saved our lists."
That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.
The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be.
So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important.
Tell them, before it is too late...
AND ONE WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IS:
Forward this message on. If you do not send it, you will have, once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful.
If you've received this, it is because someone cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone for whom you care.
If you're "too busy" to take those few minutes right now to forward this message on, would this be the VERY first time you didn't do that little thing that would make a difference in your relationships?
The more people that you send this to, the better you'll be at reaching out to those you care about.
Remember, you reap what you sow, what you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.
MAY YOUR DAY BE BLESSED AND AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE!!!
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.
Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat Disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible? and stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, "And if ye, being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly father which is in heaven, give to those who ask Him?" As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL...
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Pass it on to others. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for...
IF YOUR GIFT IS NOT PACKED THE WAY YOU WANT IT, IT'S BECAUSE IT IS BETTER PACKED THAT WAY! ALWAYS APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS; THEY USUALLY LEAD YOU TO ATTACHMENTS!
ALWAYS REMEMBER : Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
A Primary School teacher was having trouble with one of her students.The teacher asked, "Harry, what is your problem?"
Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the Primary 1. My sister is in Primary 3 and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in Primary 3 too!"
The teacher took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal that the situation was. The principal told the teacher he would give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the Primary 1, and behave. The teacher agreed. Harry was brought in. The conditions were explained, and Harry agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?" Harry: "9" Principal: "What is 6 x 6?" Harry: "36" And so it went with every question the principal thought a Primary 1 student should know. The principal looks at the teacher and tells her, "I think Harry can go to Primary 3." The teacher says to the principal, "May I ask him some tougher questions?" The principal and Harry both agree. Teacher: "What does a cow have four of that I have only two ?" Harry: "Legs." Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?" (The principal wondered, why does she ask such a question!) Harry: "Pockets." Teacher: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?" Harry: "Pants." Teacher: "What's starts with a C and ends with a T, and it is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin whitish liquid?" (The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer....) Harry: "Coconut." Teacher: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?" Harry: "Bubblegum." Teacher: "What does a man do standing up, a woman do sitting down and dog do on three legs?" (The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer...) Harry: "Shake hands." Teacher: "Now I will ask some 'Who am I' sort of questions, okay?" Teacher: "You stick your poles inside me. You tie me down to get me up. I get wet before you do." Who am I?? Harry: "A Tent." Teacher: "A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first." What am I?? (Principal was looking restless and a bit tense) Harry: "A Wedding Ring." Teacher: "I come in many sizes. When I'm not we! ll, I drip. When you blow me, I feel good." What am I?? Harry: "A Nose." Teacher: "I have a stiff shaft. My tip penetrates. I come with a quiver." What am I?? Harry: "An Arrow." Teacher: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of excitement?" Harry: "Firetruck." The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put this ass in Primary 6 ! I got the last 10 questions all wrong myself."
*This is without a doubt one of the nicest forwards I have received. Hope it works for you -- and me! ** ** ** *
There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This has been sent To you from the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so Far.
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. ** TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. ** THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. ** FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it. ** FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye. ** SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. ** SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.** EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.** NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.** TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.** ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.** TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.** THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?" ** FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. ** FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze. ** SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson** SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.** EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.** NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.** TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. ** TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.**
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
Why do you believe in God when you have never seen, touched, heard,felt and smelled God? An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, the Almighty.
He asks one of his new Christian students to stand and..... Professor: You are a Christian, aren't you, son? Student: Yes, sir. Prof: So you believe in God? Student: Absolutely, sir. Prof: Is God good? Student: Sure. Prof: Is God all-powerful? Student: Yes. Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm? (Student is silent.) Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good? Student: Yes. Prof: Is Satan good? Student: No. Prof: Where does Satan come from? Student: From...God... Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world? Student: Yes. Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct? Student: Yes. Prof: So who created evil? (Student does not answer.) Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they? Student:Yes, sir. Prof: So, who created them? (Student has no answer.) Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God? Student: No, sir. Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God? Student: No , sir. Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter? Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't. Prof: Yet you still believe in Him? Student: Yes. Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son? Student: Nothing. I only have my faith. Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has. Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat? Prof: Yes. Student: And is there such a thing as cold? Prof: Yes. Student: No sir. There isn't. (The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.) Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat,mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.) Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness? Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness? Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you? Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man? Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed. Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how? Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey? Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do. Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.) Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.) Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? (The class breaks out into laughter.) Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir? (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.) Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son. Student: That is it sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
This is so true ... many times we got carried away and forget our primary purpose. A message to share... A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university Professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the Prof went to the kitchen and returned with large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said "If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups." "Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." So friend, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.
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Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad,and you wish you were in another situation?
You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks,everything seems to go wrong. Read the following story, it may change your views about life:
After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is.
I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household.
He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India ... that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback.
He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop off her child's right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother's eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him until today.
You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty, had the child's hand been infected?? No, it was done for two simple words- - -TO BEG!
The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that the child could go out to the streets to beg.
Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating half-way. And almost instantly, a flock 5 or 6 children swamped towards this small piece of bread which was covered with sand, robbing bits from one another. The natural reaction of hunger.
Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries and bought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread (this is less than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily necessities.
Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25. He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to complain what food is nice and what isn't nice, have the chance to be clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of...
Now I begin to think and feel it too! Was my life really that bad? Perhaps... no, I should not feel bad at all... What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg on the streets.
"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."
When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. -- Love, Pear.
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
>*Rule 1:* Life is Not Fair . . . get used to it! >*Rule 2:* The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something _BEFORE_ you feel good about yourself. >*Rule 3:* You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. >*Rule 4:* If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a Boss. >*Rule 5:* Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping . . . they called it opportunity. >*Rule 6:* If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. >*Rule 7:* Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. >*Rule 8:* Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. >*Rule 9:* Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time! >*Rule 10:* Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. *> *Rule 11:* Be nice to Nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.*
If you can read this, Thank a teacher!>If you are reading it in English, Thank a soldier! I'm not sure the part about Bill Gates sharing it is true, but I do agree with it - to a certain degree... :) So here it is! Oh - and THANKS to all my own teachers for helping shape me into the mess I am today... hahaha... I do appreciate it (even if you don't... I'm still working at it boss; promise I'll shape up)--
*****Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink.But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.If you must steal, steal away from bad company.If you must cheat, cheat death.And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.*****
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?"
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze.
"Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.
She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids..."
"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.
I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know."
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began,
"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have re- grets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."
She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose." She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give. God promises a safe landing not a calm passage. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. "Good friends are like stars........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there."