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by Jacqueline L. Jones
I’ve never enjoyed entertaining at home. When visitors come, I feel like an animal in the zoo facing observation for a scientific study. The inhabitants of this apartment go into extreme cleaning mode as the observation date approaches.
Entertaining visitors also can destroy a tight schedule. Try preparing special diets for yourself and a loved one around doctor’s appointments, a home business, and life in general without a synchronized routine. Major interruptions can mean chaos for several days.
Schedule interruptions aside, the visitors who came from San Antonio to see us last weekend may have changed my attitude forever. I had not seen my cousin in over 30 years, and I had never met her husband. They entered our apartment with warm smiles and even warmer embraces. But they really showed their character over the next two and a half days.
Another winner from Anonymous
If a child lives with criticism
He learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility
He learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule
He learns to be shy.
If a child lives with jealousy
He learns to feel guilty.
But if a child lives with tolerance
He learns to be patient.
by Jacqueline L. Jones
Sometimes I forget why I don’t have a job. I’m building a business because I love what I do and because my family and I have special needs that a job can’t easily satisfy. But job mentality and self-imposed deadlines still control my personality at times, and the events of last week reminded me to get my priorities straight.
My aunt died after spending about three months in various medical facilities. I talked with her ONCE during the entire ordeal. Each time I decided to call her again, I discovered she had been moved to another facility. And each time I vowed to get the new number after finishing the next task, I never did, and now she’s gone.
Though I prayed for her and asked friends and church members to pray for her also, I know nothing can take the place of a five or ten minute phone call. She knew that God cared, but she needed to know that I cared, too.
Author Anonymous
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn’t always fair; and Maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Anonymous Strikes Again!
Ignorance can be cured. Stupidity is terminal.
Another Keeper by Anonymous
Life is a theater - invite your
audience carefully. Not everyone is spiritually healthy and mature enough to
have a front row seat in our lives.
There are some people in your life
that need to be loved from a distance.
It’s amazing what you can
accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining,
negative, incompatible,
not-going-anywhere
relationships/friendships/fellowships!
Observe the relationships around
you. Pay attention to: Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage
and which ones discourage?
Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and
which ones are going downhill?
By Anonymous (One of the World’s Most Prolific Writers)
A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was surprised to discover that it was a rat trap. Retreating to the farmyard, the rat proclaimed the warning; “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Excuse me, Mr. Rat, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”
The rat turned to the goat and told him, “There is a rat trap in the house, a rat trap in the house!”
“I am so very sorry, Mr. Rat,” sympathized the goat, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers.”
The rat turned to the cow. She said, “Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh?”
By Jacqueline L. Jones
Am I getting old or do today’s commercials share a little too much information? I’ve been embarrassed since advertisers started airing commercials about feminine hygiene products about 30 years ago.
Last week I just turned down the sound during the latest Viagra commercial, which aired a group of middle-aged musicians singing “Viva Viagra” to the tune of, you guessed it, “Viva Las Vegas.” Another commercial soon followed with a gentleman bemoaning the trials and tribulations of constipation, and praising the cereal that helped him get back on track. A commercial for women’s underwear soon followed. The ad for herpes medication would’ve been too much for one night.
By Jacqueline L. Jones
I’ve been tagged by Tammy over at Dx: Unknown for another little meme full of useless information about myself! I know you’re dying to know more about me, so let’s get started!
The Rules:
“Each person links to the person who tagged them. Then each person posts the rules before their list, then they list 8 things about themselves. At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people and then visits those peoples’ sites and comments letting them know that they have been tagged, and to come read the post, so they know what they have to do.”
1. I think the character Horatio on CSI: Miami is a babe. He’s intelligent and strong but still sensitive. Come on, ladies! Don’t you just love those eyes and the way the camera captures those compassionate looks in a time of crisis?
I haven’t quite forgiven the writers for killing off his equally gorgeous wife. They were so good together! Maybe she got a better offer from Law and Order.
2. My favorite TV shows, aside from CSI: Miami, are The Today Show, Meet the Press, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Washington Week, NOW, and Bill Moyers Journal. Can you say nerd?
3. Much to the chagrin of my father, a former basketball coach, the only dribbling I can do is down my chin.
