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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 

No Charge by M. Adams (from a 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul)




Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

# For cutting the grass $5.00
# For cleaning up my room this week $1.00
# For going to the store for you $.50
# Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping $.25
# Taking out the garbage $1.00
# For getting a good report card $5.00
# For cleaning up and raking the yard $2.00
# Total owed: $14.75

Well, I'll tell you, his mother looked at him standing there expectantly, and boy, could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

# For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me, No Charge.
# For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you, No Charge.
# For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years, there's No Charge.
# When you add it all up, the cost of my love is No Charge.
# For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead, No Charge.
# For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose, there's No Charge, Son.
# And when you add it all up, the full cost of real love is No Charge.

Well, friends, when our son finished reading what his mother had written, there were great big old tears in his eyes, and he looked straight up at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL."

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Sunday, August 16, 2009 

Current mood:  apathetic
The Paradoxical Commandments
Posted: 15 Aug 2009 02:37 PM PDT
I find these Paradoxical Commandments very timely.  I am sharing with you my take on each commandment.  Read on…
    People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered.  Love them anyway. One of the most difficult thing to do is loving the unlovable.  I’ve encountered many difficult people.  They’re truly a pain in the neck – making life miserable for you.  Almost always, my reaction is to defend myself.  I usually end up emotionally drained.  The best remedy is not to get affected.  Begin by forgiving them.  You’ll sleep better at night.
    If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.  Do good anyway. Never ever attempt to do good just to please anybody.  Do good because it is the right thing to do.  It’s between you and God.
    If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.  Succeed anyway. The secret to my success:  Work hard.  Be sincere.  Stay humble.  Be fair.  Pray incessantly.  Not necessary in this order.
    The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.  Do good anyway. Are you one who’s keeping score of your good deeds?  It gets frustrating if you’re doing so.  Continue to make a difference and be your own hero.
    Honesty and frankness makes you vulnerable.  Be honest and frank anyway. Filipinos cringe at the thought of being brutally frank.  We never want to hurt other people’s feelings.  But it’s really all about the delivery of the message.
    The biggest men with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men with the smallest minds.  Think big anyway. Don’t compete with other people’s ideas.   Work on selling your own big idea.
    People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs.  Fight for a few underdogs anyway. Learn to be able to spot the next big thing among people.  Sometimes they come from the most unexpected occasions.  The ugly duckling just might bloom to a lovely swan.
    What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.  Build anyway. If you’ve planted the good seed, the top plant may be destroyed by any force imaginable  but the roots will flourish if you continue to nourish it.
    People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.  Help people anyway. Altruism is tough enough.  It is even tougher when you’re is never appreciated.  Extend your support anyway.  Mean well.  Do well.  Give until it hurts and you will reap points in heaven.
    Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.  Give the world the best you have anyway. Don’t be affected by small talk.  Continue to give your best in everything that you do.  You might fall along the way but stand up, take a deep breath and move on.
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Saturday, May 09, 2009 


Recently I overheard a mother and  daughter in their last moments together
at
the airport. They had announced the  departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother  said, "I love
you and I wish you enough".

The daughter replied, "Mom,  our life together has been more than enough.
Your love is all I ever needed. I  wish you enough, too, Mom".



They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the  window
where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to 
cry. I
tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking,  "Did
you
ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?". <  BR>
Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a  forever
good-bye?".

"I am old and she lives so far away. I have  challenges ahead and the
reality
is - the next trip back will be for my  funeral," she said.

"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I  wish you enough'. May
I
ask what that means?".

She began to smile.  "That's a wish that has been handed down from other
generations. My parents used  to say it to everyone". She paused a moment
and
looked up as if trying to  remember it in detail and she smiled even more.
"When
we said , 'I wish you  enough', we were wanting the other person to have a
life
filled with just enough  good things to sustain them"  Then turning toward
me, she shared the  following as if she were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun  to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.

&nb  sp;

I wish you enough rain to  appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your  spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the  smallest of joys in life may
appear
bigger.

I wish you enough gain to  satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you  possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.



She then began to cry and  walked away.
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Saturday, May 09, 2009 

Category: Life
The Seed

            A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it
            was time to choose A successor to take over the business.
            Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he
            decided to do Something different. He called all the young
            executives in his company together.

            He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next
            CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives
            were shocked, but the boss continued."I am going to give each
            one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to
            plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from
            today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you.
            I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I
            choose will be the next CEO."
            One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others,
            received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the
            story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he
            planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see
            if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other
            executives began to Talk about their seeds and the plants that
            were beginning to grow. Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing
            ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still
            nothing.

            By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't
            have a plant And he felt like a failure.
            Six months went by--still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he
            had Killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants,
            But he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues,
            however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so
            wanted the seed to grow.

            A year finally went by and all the young executives of the
            company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim
            told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But
            she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick
            to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment
            of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty
            pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the
            variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were
            beautiful--in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on
            the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry
            for him!
            When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his
            young executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what
            great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO.
            "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!" All of a
            sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his
            empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to
            the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a
            failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"
            When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened
            to his seed - Jim told him the story.
            The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at
            Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your
            next Chief Executive Officer!
            His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even
            grow his seed. "How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

            Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this
            room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it,
            and bring it back to me today.
            But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not
            possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought
            me trees and plants and flowers.
            When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted
            another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with
            the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.
            Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive
            Officer!"


            Þ If you plant honesty , you will reap trust

            Þ If you plant goodness , you will reap friends

            Þ If you plant humility , you will reap greatness

            Þ If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment


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Monday, March 16, 2009 

Category: Religion and Philosophy


Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store.

She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries.

She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food.

John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once.

Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, s ir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can.'

John told her he could not give her credit, since she did not have a charge account at his store.

Standing
beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation
between the two. The customer walked forward and told the grocer that
he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.  The grocer
said in a very reluctant voice, 'Do you have a grocery list?'

Louise
replied, 'Yes sir.' 'O.K' he said, 'put your grocery list on the scales
and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you that amount in
groceries.'

Louise hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then
she reached into her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled
something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale
carefully with her head still bowed.

The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down.

The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, 'I can't believe it.'

The
customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the
other side of the scales. The scale did not balance so he continued to
put more and more groceries on them until the scales would hold no
more.

The
grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the piece of
paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement.

It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which said:

'Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands.'

The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in stunned silence.

Louise
thanked him and left the store.  The other customer handed a
fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said; 'It was worth every penny of
it. Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.'

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 

God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs.

For examp
le, the eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;

Those of the
canary in 14 days;

Those of the barnyard hen in 21 days.

The eggs of ducks
and geese hatch in 28 days;

Those of the mallard in 35 days.

The eggs of the parro
t and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.

(
Notice, they are all divisible by Seven).


The lives
of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in

a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him

with your life. If you try to regul
ate your own life, it will only

be a mess and a
failure. Only the One who made the brain


and the heart can successfully guide them to a profitable end.


God'
s wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant.

The four
legs of this great
beast all bend forward in the same

direction.. No other Quadruped is so made. God plann
ed

that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on

two legs. For this reaso
n He gave it four
fulcrums so that it

can rise from the ground easily.

The horse
rises from the ground on its two front legs first.

A cow rises
from the ground with its two hind legs first .

How wise the Lord is in all His works
of creation!


God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections

and segments, as well as in the number of grains.

Each water
melon has an even numbe r of strips on the rind.

Each orang
e has an even number of segments.

Each ear of corn has an even numbe
r of rows.

Each stalk
of wheat has an even number of grains.

Every
bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number

of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row

has an even number and the next row an odd number.

The waves
of the sea roll In on shore twenty-six to the minute

in all kinds of weather.

All grain
s are found in even numbers on the stalks, and the

Lord specified Thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a
hundredfold - all

even numbers.


God has cause
d the flowers to blossom at certain specified

times during the day, so that Linneus, the great botanist, once

said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil,

moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night

by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!


Thus the Lord in
His wonderful grace can arrange the life that

is entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His

purposes and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence.

Only the God-
planned  life is successful. Only the life given


over to the care of the Lord is safe.


*
Author unknown


Live simply, love generously, care deeply,
speak kindly, and leave the rest to
God

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 





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time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.

Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.

Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.

BUT.........
Sisters are there,
No matter how much time and how
Many miles are between you.
A girl friend is never farther away
Than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you
Have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life
Will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,
Praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on
Your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the
Valley's' end.

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk
Beside you...Or come in and carry you out.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,

Daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,
Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended
Family, all bless our life!

The world wouldn't be the same without women, and
Neither would I. When we began this adventure called
Womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or
Sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we
Would need each other.
Every day, we need each other still.

Pass this on
To all the women who help make your life meaningful.
I just did.
Short and very sweet:
There are more than twenty angels in this world.
Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds.
Nine are playing.
And one is reading her email at this moment.













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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 


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One day someone special will be gone.

And on that
clear, cold morning,   
in the warmth of your bedroom,   
you might be struck with   
the pain of learning that sometimes   
there isn't any more. 

No more hugs,   
no more lucky moments to celebrate together,   
no more phone calls just to chat,   
No more "just one minute". 

Sometimes, what we care about the most goes away.   
never to return before we can say good-bye,   
Say "I Love You."   
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¸,.-·²°.. ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ ..°²·-. :º°   
So while we have it . . it's best we love it . .   
And care for it and fix it when it's broken .   
and take good care of it when it's sick. 

This is true for marriage .... and friendships .. 

And children with bad report cards;   
And dogs with bad hips;   
And aging parents and grandparents.   
We keep them because they are worth it,   
Because we cherish them!   
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Some things we keep --   
like a
best friend who moved away   
or a classmate we grew up with.   
There are just some things that   
are worth it, NO matter what.   
 
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|[1] || |l±±±±
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Life is important,   
and so are the people we know.   
And so, we keep them close!   
 
 
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I received this from someone today   
who thought I was a 'KEEPER'! 

Then I sent It to the people   


 I Think of in the same way!


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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 

Current mood:  calm

 




A handsome, middle aged man
walked quietly into the cafe and sat down. Before he ordered, he couldn't help but notice
a group of younger men at the table next to him. It was obvious they were making fun of
something about him, and it wasn't until he remembered he was wearing a small pink ribbon
on the lapel of his suit that he became aware of what the joke was all about.



The man brushed off the reaction as ignorance, but the smirks began to get to him. He
looked one of the rude men square in the eye, placed his hand beneath the ribbon and
asked, quizzically, "This?"

With that the men all began to laugh out loud.
The man he addressed said, as he fought back laughter, "Hey, sorry man, but we were
just commenting on how pretty your little ribbon looks against your blue jacket!"



The middle aged man calmly motioned for the joker to come over to his table, and invited
him to sit down. As uncomfortable as he was, the guy obliged, not really sure why. In a
soft voice, the middle aged man said, "I wear this ribbon to bring awareness about
breast cancer. I wear it in my mother's honor."

"Oh, sorry dude. She died of breast
cancer?"

"No, she didn't. She's alive and well. But
her breasts nourished me as an infant, and were a soft resting place for my head when I
was scared or lonely as a little boy. I'm very grateful for my mother's breasts, and her
health."

"Umm", the stranger replied,
"yeah."



"And I wear this ribbon to honor my wife", the middle aged man went on.

"And she's okay, too?", the other guy
asked" "Oh, yes. She's fine. Her breasts have been a great source of loving
pleasure for both of us, and with them she nurtured and nourished our beautiful daughter
23 years ago. I am grateful for my wife's breasts, and for her health."

"Uh huh. And I guess you wear it to honor
your daughter, also?"



"No. It's too late to honor my daughter by wearing it now. My daughter died of breast
cancer one month ago. She thought she was too young to have breast cancer, so when she
accidentally noticed a small lump, she ignored it. She thought that since it wasn't
painful, it must not be anything to worry about."

Shaken and ashamed, the now sober stranger
said, "Oh, man, I'm so sorry mister."

"So, in my daughter's memory, too, I
proudly wear this little ribbon, which allows me the opportunity to enlighten others. Now,
go home and talk to your wife and your daughters, your mother and your friends. And here .
. ."

The middle aged man reached in his pocket and
handed the other man a little pink ribbon. The guy looked at it, slowly raised his head
and asked, "Can ya help me put it on?"

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