Thoughts for Life

1. Life is short. Learn to recognize and embrace the things that really matter. Cherish the moment.

2. Share a cup of coffee with God each morning, first thing. Thank Him for all the blessings He has provided. Don’t overlook anything. Pray for friends and family. Forget about yourself. Just listen.

3.Tell your children that you love them, often, and then some more. Create opportunities to spend together.

4. Tell your spouse or people you love that you love them multiple times a day. Spend more time together. Gove hugs and kisses when they least expect it. Whatever you’re doing now is not enough.

5. Go see your mom just to talk. Listen to her. Give her a hug and kiss. ell you that you love her. Do it again. Then find your dad.

6. Make time for friends. Get together and laugh. Tell them that you love them. Bear their burdens. Shut up and listen. Be available and make sure they know it.

7. Turn off the news and forget the stock market. They don’t matter.

8. Give. Time, compassion, talents, advice, appreciation, money, cookies, etc.. We all have something to give that will be appreciated and cherished by another.

9. Turn off the TV, put down the hone, and go to a ballgame with someone you care about.

10. The simple things are important; like sitting in a rocker on the porch with a cold beverage watching the dogs or birds.

11. Take lots of pictures.

12. Answer the phone when your mother-in-law calls.

13. Try to be as good a person as your dog thinks that you are.

14. Give to someone or something that you cannot give back.

15. Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff.

16. Remember that God is good, all the time.

-Lester Blackwell

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“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?

Speech

“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.

The Price of Misjudgment

“If a man does not judge himself, all things judge him, and all things become messengers of God.” – Nachman of Bratslav ”If I do not accept responsibility for the evil I do, the very earth will rise up to judge and condemn me. The stars, the trees in the wind will provide sentence…” -Julius Lester

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