I
hope you will receive a fortnightly dose of motivation, inspiration, laughter
and thought-provoking quotes. If you find yourself bogged down in our
competitive, stressful work world, take a few minutes to read and then think
about the positive messages you will receive.
1. Inspirational Quotes
2. “Laughter and Smiles” By Joe Mazzella
3. Finds of the Week
4. Wild Trivia
5. Metaphor
6. Ken Warren- Four steps to making amends
7. Jokes
8. Motivational
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1.
Inspirational Quotes
Throw out non-essential
numbers, including age, weight and height.
Let the doctors worry
about them. That's what you pay them for.
Keep only cheerful
friends. The grouches pull you down.
Keep learning. Learn
more about the computer, crafts, gardening.....whatever. Just never let the
brain idle. And NO! You are never too old to start a new learning project.
Enjoy the simple
things.
When the
children are young... that is all that you can afford.
When they
are in university... that is all that you can afford.
When they are grown and
you are in retirement... that, too, is all that you can afford.
Laugh often, long and
loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked in
the store by your distinctive laughter. And, funnily enough, complete strangers
will laugh along with you. It's infectious.
The tears happen.
Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is
ourselves.
Surround yourself with
what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, and
hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
Cherish your health. If
it is good ~ preserve it. If it is unstable ~ improve it. If it beyond what you
can improve ~ get help.
Don't take guilt trips.
Trips to the mountains, to the beach, a foreign country, fine, but NOT guilt
trips.
Tell the people you
love that you love them, at every opportunity.
Remember, Life is not
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our
breath away.
No animal hides in
shame for being itself.
No tree bends to the opinion of others.
No wind avoids the granite face before it.
Only human beings cultivate ways in which to fawn or cower before one another,
and all for the sake of winning nothing but a fleeting feeling that for their
cunning they have made it through one more day.
~~~ Guy Finley
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2. “Laughter and Smiles” By Joseph J. Mazzella
One of the most
delightful Christmas decorations I saw this year was a gigantic, plastic polar
bear someone had set in their front yard. Its very size made me laugh and smile
as I drove by.
Ten children could have
sat on its lap with room for more. It was a wonderful and joyous gift from the
homeowner to all of us who saw it. After all, there are few gifts as precious
as bringing a smile to someone's face and a laugh to someone's heart.
Knowing the priceless
joy of smiles and laughter is one reason why I still read the comics page in my
newspaper each day. It is also why I so dearly love to watch children at play.
A six-year-old child
will laugh three hundred times a day, while an adult will only laugh fifteen
times a day. Perhaps we should take lessons in joy and laughter from our kids
instead of trying to make them be more serious like us.
Laughter and smiles are
not just a joy for the soul either. They are also a fountain of youth for all
who use them. They give us health, energy, vitality and help us choose love
easily and often.
You know, I have never
seen a smiling person who looked old. Perhaps you only grow old when you stop
laughing and cease to smile. Even the most wrinkled and ancient face instantly
grows young when its lips turn up, its teeth shine bright and its eyes twinkle
in delight.
Let us not be afraid to
smile. Don't hold back on you laughter. Choose to smile and laugh every chance
you get. Let us love our laughter, delight in our smiles and grow young again
with giggles and grins. Rejoice in these glorious gifts from God, and smile and
laugh our way to Heaven.
It is only with a
smiling face and a laughing heart that we can create the kind of love and joy
that will truly make this world the paradise God meant for it to be.
3. Finds of the week
I am running weekend, and one day work shops over the November and
December period for those that want to learn & make Xmas presents
....and over the school holidays I have been running Beading parties for girls
10 and up ( that has proved to be a total delight and rewarding experience,
will keep you posted with some info soon
Cheers Carol
Carolyne Brennan
Hot Dot Designs
Ceramic / Jewellery Artist
ABN 94442146043
02 97438300
Fax02 97438300
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This is pretty cool. Just
follow the instructions after you click on the link below. http://www.chinapaint.com/eng/flash/colorandme_en.swf
Thanks Peter Watson
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I
don’t where I found this but it is a very interesting site.
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4. Wild Trivia
Subject: Good
maths trick
Maths question just for fun.
Work this out as you read.
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have dinner out. (try for more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold)
3. Add 5. (for Sunday)
4. Multiply it by 50 - I'll wait while you get the calculator................
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1753....If you haven't, add 1752..........
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number.
The first digit of this was your original number
i.e., how many times you want to have eaten out each week.)
The next two numbers are...YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it IS!!!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2003) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS. IMPRESSIVE, ISN'T IT?
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Entitlement
and Hunger
by
Did you know that you are entitled to eat whatever you want in front of
anyone regardless of your body size?
You many not feel entitled to eat comfortably until you have reached
your desired body weight. You might even be afraid people will judge you when
they see you eat and think that you shouldn't be eating because you are so
overweight.
This lack of entitlement MAKES you fat!
If you eat and no one sees you eat, it really didn't happen,
right? It is a way for you to hide from
yourself and everyone else. Doing this forces you to
eat in secret.
Here is the truth about normal eaters:
Take your entitlement back! Do you feel entitled to go to the bathroom
whenever your body says so? It is the
same thing.
Which brings us to another point:
You can't give up eating to be slim.
In fact you are going to have to really eat to lose that excess weight
permanently. Everyone who follows The Living Well Plan knows this to be
true. To lose, you need to eat!
Follow these simple steps to help overcome any problems you are having
with feeling entitled to eat in front of others:
1. Whenever you eat anything,
sit down.
2. Eat consciously and without
distractions.
3. Keep your hands off of the
food or utensils between bites.
4. Eat in front of whoever is
around.
5. Don't judge yourself.
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"PUSH-UPS" FOR THE EYES
Hold a pencil at
arm's length in front of your face. Move it slowly toward your nose, holding
your gaze on the point of the pencil. The objective is to bring the pencil as
close to the tip of your nose as you can before you see a double image of the
pencil.
This exercise
strengthens the "convergence ability" of your eyes (that is, the
ability of both eyes to aim at the same object), which helps prevent eyestrain
and may eliminate the "floating print" that can occur when your eyes
are tired.
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Ponderous
Notions
What
was the best thing before sliced bread?
If
it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Do
blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?
If
you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?
Why is there an expiration
date on sour cream? ___________________________________________________________
Here are five ways to increase your reading speed:
The average high school student and adult reads at an average rate of 250 words a minute. There are many, however, whose speed is 400 wpm - and higher.
1. Don’t mumble or make lip movements during silent reading. It will slow you down. Some people make “sub-vocal” sounds that have the same effect. Place your fingers on gently on your throat while you read to be sure there is no movement.
2. Eliminate word-by-word reading.
3. Don’t point at words on the page with your finger. It is a crutch.
4. Keep your head still. There should be no physical movement from side to side. Only your eyes should move.
5. Practice a smooth “return sweep” of your eye movement on a diagonal line from the end of the line to the beginning of the next. Slow readers often sweep their eyes left over the words they’ve just read - then down.
With a little practice you can greatly increase your rate without a decline in accuracy or comprehension.
– Neil Eskelin
The Joys Of
Children
To those of us who have children in our
lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students, here
is something to make you chuckle.
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the
thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children.
After creating heaven and earth, God
created Adam and Eve. And the first
thing he said was “DON’T!’
“Don’t what?” Adam replied.
“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit,” God said.
“Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve… we have forbidden fruit!!!!”
“
“Yes way!”
“Do NOT eat the fruit!” said God.
“Why?”
“Because I am your Father and I said so!”
God replied, wondering why He hadn’t stopped creation after making the
elephants. A few minutes later, God saw
His children having an apple break and He was ticked! “Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit?” God
asked.
“Uh huh,” Adam replied.
“Then why did you?” said the Father.
“I don’t know,” said Eve
“She started it!” Adam said.
“Did not!”
“Did too!”
“DID NOT!”
Having had it with the two of them, God’s
punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never
changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY!
If you have persistently and lovingly tried
to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it, don’t be hard on
yourself. If God had trouble raising
children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching
them to walk and talk. Then you spend
the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2.
Grandchildren are
God’s reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their
young.
4.
Children seldom
misquote you. In fact, they usually
repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.
5.
The main purpose
of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own.
6. We child proofed our homes, but they are still getting
in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY!
Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home.
AND FINALLY:
If you have a lot of tension and you get a
headache, take the advice on the aspirin bottle: ‘TAKE TWO ASPIRIN” and “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN”. You’ve gotta
admit there’s some wisdom here.
5. Metaphor
A
young and successful executive was travelling down a neighbourhood street,
going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out
from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As
his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's
side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where
the brick had been thrown.
The
angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him
up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are
you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you
threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"
The
young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't
know what else to do," He pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one
else would stop." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the
youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother,"
he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I
can't lift him up." Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive,
"Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and
he's too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow
the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped
boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed
at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be
okay. "Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the
stranger.
Too
shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound
brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to
the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to
repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this
message "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick
at you to get your attention!"
6. Ken Warren- Four steps to making amends
Every teacher and parent knows the usual response when they catch a child misbehaving. "It wasn't me!" the child exclaims, even when it is quite obvious they were responsible. Or they say, "They made me do it!" to excuse their behaviour and defer responsibility onto someone else. Instead of apologising or making amends, they point out the inappropriate behaviour of others. Unfortunately, it is not only children who struggle with taking responsibility. However, I think there are four things we all can do to help make a relationship right, after making a choice which is hurtful to others.
The first is simply acknowledging our behaviour, "It happened", is a way of putting up your hand and acknowledging what occurred. Though this sounds easy, in real life it can be hard to do, as we tend to want to deny what we did so as to avoid the consequences that come with our poor choices. Denying the existence of our actions will breed further hurt and mistrust.
The second step is accepting responsibility for our behaviour by finding ways to say, "I did it". When we say, "I only did this because of what you did", or we acted a certain way because we were tired, cranky or intoxicated, we are trying to defer responsibility. Even though other people or factors may have contributed, we are still responsible for our own choices. If we try to avoid responsibility, it can make other parties wonder if we are really open to doing things differently in the future.
Making amends is the third step. Things that help the other person let go of their hurt over time include genuine apologies or performing actions designed to help the other person to feel better. I think we are best to ask the person who is hurting "What is it I can do to make it up to you?", and to listen carefully for their response. Because we are all made a little differently, often people require different things to feel better. For some, it might just be a hug or a touch. For others, it might be listening to the depth of their hurt and showing genuine understanding and compassion over time. For some, it might be several acts of kindness.
The fourth step is recommitting to doing something different for the future to prevent the same hurt from recurring. Of course, the recommitment has to be genuine and it has to be followed up with action. As people see us doing what we said we would do, it becomes easier to let go of hurt and to reinvest in the relationship.
For many of us, our parents were not so good at taking responsibility and making amends for their own hurtful actions. By striving to get it right with our own children as well as in our adult relationships, we are not only doing our part to reconcile these relationships, we are also setting an example in how we would like others to behave.
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7. Jokes
A college professor, who was previously a sailor, was very aware that ships are addressed as "she" and "her". He often wondered what gender computers should be addressed. To answer that question, he set up two groups of computer experts. The first was comprised of women, and the second of men. Each group was asked to recommend whether computers should be referred to in the feminine gender, or the masculine gender. They were asked to give four reasons for their recommendations.
The group of women reported that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, concluded that computers should be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories.
– Neil Eskelin
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A girl was visiting her blonde friend who had acquired two new dogs,
and asked her what their names were.
The blonde responded that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex.
Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like
that?"
Whereupon the blonde responded,
"DUHHHHHHH...they're
watch dogs."
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In my
next life... thanks Irene Colville
I wanna be a female bear....
If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six
months. I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with
that, too.
If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of
walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute cuddly
cubs. I could definitely deal with that.
If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone
who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them, too.
I could deal with that.
If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS
that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
Yup ... I wanna be a bear.
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Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints
by QANTAS pilots and the corrective action recorded by mechanics. By the way,
Qantas is supposedly the only major airline that has never crashed.
P = the problem the pilots entered in the log.
S = the solution or corrective action taken by the mechanics.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to
stick.
S: That's what they're there for!
P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windscreen.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed radar with words.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
8. Motivational
DO
YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO PLAY?
by John Robson and Patrice Steen
http://chetday.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?ha
"There
is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not
doing it." ~ Mary Little
How
do you react to this quote? Do you agree with Ms. Little? Are you too
responsible to agree? Do you balk at such frivolity? Today, we invite you to
become aware of your attitudes towards rest, relaxation, pleasure and fun.
- Do you give yourself enough 'down time'?
If not, why not?
- When you do give yourself a break?
- Do you carry guilt through it?
- Do you, deep down inside, believe that you don't
deserve to have a good time or that
you haven't been performing well enough to earn a rest?