Good Morning:
It's Thursday March 1, 2001!
BIRTHDAYS: Glenn Miller,
1904; Dianah Shore, 1917; Harry Caray, 1919; astronaut Deke Slayton, 1924;
Harry Belafonte, 1927; Sonny James, 1929; Robert Conrad, 1935; Dirk Benedict,
1944; Alan Thicke, 1947; Catherine Bach, 1954; Ron Howard, 1954.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1692 the infamous
Salem Witch Trials began.
On this date in 1781 the Continental
Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
On this date in 1790 the first
U.S. Census was authorized.
On this date in 1872 Yellowstone
became our first national park.
On this date in 1961 John F. Kennedy
established the Peace Corps.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: Austria
was the first country to send postcards... In India playing cards are round...
All of Israel's cattle have been issued their own identity cards.
Apparently it's an attempt to BEEF UP security.
TRIVIA: What strange event
happened when the Temple of Solomon was dedicated?
Did you
know that today is National Pig Day? It is a day to salute our friends,
the pigs. So take a pig to lunch, just don't have him for lunch...
In this connection, do you know why Arnold the pig was replaced on Green
Acres? Apparently he made a pig of himself and gained too much weight...
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Thanks to AB for this one:
My forgetter's getting better
But my rememberer is broke
to you that may seem funny
but, to me, that is no joke
For when I'm "here" I'm wondering
If I really should be "there"
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven't got a prayer!
Oft times I walk into a room,
Say "what am I here for?"
I wrack my brain, but all in vain
A zero, is my score.
At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Is, generally, me!
When shopping I may see someone,
Say "Hi" and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, "who's that?"
Yes, my forgetter's getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it's driving me plumb crazy
And that isn't any joke.
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Thanks to JRdw for this one:
READ THIS. LET IT REALLY SINK IN
- THEN CHOOSE HOW YOU START YOUR DAY TOMORROW.
Michael is the kind of guy you
love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive
to say.
When someone would ask him how
he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad
day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive
side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me
curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it!
You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, "Each morning
I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today.
You can choose to be in a good
mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good
mood.
Each time something bad happens,
I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose
to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me
complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point
out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy,"
I protested.
"Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life
is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is
a choice.
You choose how you react to situations.
You choose how people affect your
mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
The bottom line: It's your choice
how you live your life."
I reflected on what Michael said.
Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We
lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life
instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that
Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a
communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks
of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed
in his back.
I saw Michael about six months
after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were
any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but
I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through
my mind was the well-being of my soon to be born daughter, " Michael replied.
"Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could
choose to live or ...I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose
consciousness?" I asked.
Michael continued, "...the paramedics
were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they
wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors
and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "he's a dead man.
I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse
shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to
anything.
"Yes, I replied." The doctors and
nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath
and yelled, "Gravity."
Over their laughter, I told them,
"I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Michael lived, thanks to the skill
of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from
him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
After all today is the tomorrow
you worried about yesterday.
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Thanks to M/M Riverrats for this
one: Prayer of the Times
Dear Lord:
Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed
This tiny little prayer
Keeps running through my head.
God bless my mom and dad,
And other family.
Keep them warm and safe from harm
For they're so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do.
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's not normal
To bless a mother board,
But listen just a second
While I explain to you 'My Lord'.
You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds & ends
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my FRIENDS.
I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendship grew.
Please, take an extra minute
From your duties up above
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love!
Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each email inbox
And the person who hits send.
When you update your heavenly list
On your own CD-Rom
Remember each who've said this
prayer
Sent up to God.com.
Amen.
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ANSWER: The rooms filled
with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason
of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
II Chronicles 5:13-14.
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