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Below you will find Miscellanous Recovery writings, qoutes and poems. That I have collected over the years.
An Incredible Story...
In 1967 while taking a class at the University of Cincinnati, I became acquainted with a young man named Charles Murray, who was also a student at the school and training for the summer Olympics of 1968 as a high diver.
Charles was very patient with me as I would speak to him for hours about Jesus Christ and how He had saved me. Charles was not raised in a home that attended any kind of church, so all that I had to tell him was a fascination to him. He even began to ask questions about forgiveness of sin.
Finally the day came that I put a question to him. I asked if he realized his own need of a redeemer. I saw his countenance fall and the guilt in his face. But his reply was a strong "no."
In the days that followed he was quiet and often I felt that he was avoiding me, until I got a phone call and it was Charles. He wanted to know where to look in the New Testament for some verses that I had given him about salvation. I gave him the reference to several passages and asked if I could meet with him.
He declined my offer and thanked me for the scripture. I could tell that he was greatly troubled, but I did not know where he was or how to help him.
Because he was training for the Olympic games, Charles had special privileges at the university pool facilities. Some time between 10:30 and 11:00 that evening he decided to go swim and practice a few dives. It was a clear night in October and the moon was big and bright. The University pool was housed under a ceiling of glass panes so the moon shone bright across the top of the wall in the pool area.
Charles climbed to the highest platform to take his first dive. At that moment the Spirit of God began to fill him. All the scripture he had read, all the occasions of witnessing to him about Christ flooded his mind. He stood on the platform backwards to make his dive, spread his arms to gather his balance, looked up to the wall and saw his own shadow caused by the light of the moon. It was the shape of a cross. He could bear the burden of his sin no longer. His heart broke and he sat down on the platform and asked God to forgive him and save him.
Suddenly, the lights in the pool area came on. The attendant had come in to check the pool. As Charles looked down from his platform he saw an empty pool which had been drained for repairs. He had almost plummeted to his death, but the cross had saved him from disaster.
author unknown.
The following are the top four winners of a Most Embarrassing Moments Contest in the "New Woman Magazine."
1.) While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok. I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving "right now", she would be punished.
To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening, "If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!" The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me were screams of laughter.
2.) It was the day before my eighteenth birthday. I was living at home, but my parents had gone out for the evening, so I invited my girlfriend over for a romantic night alone. As we lay in bed after making love, we heard the telephone ring downstairs. I suggested to my girlfriend that I give her a piggyback ride to the phone. Since we didn't want to miss the call, we didn't have time to get dressed. When we got to the bottom of the stairs, the lights suddenly came on and a whole crowd of people yelled, "SURPRISE!!!" My entire family, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and all my friends were standing there. My girlfriend and I were frozen in a state of shock and embarrassment for what seemed like an eternity. Since then, no one in my family has planned a surprise party again.
3.) One of the funniest "most-embarrassing-moment" stories I've come upon in a long time was about a lady who picked up several items at a discount store. When she finally got up to the checker, she learned that one of her items had no price tag. Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for all the store to hear "PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN, TAMPAX, SUPERSIZE." That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word "TAMPAX" for "THUMBTACKS." In a businesslike tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom. "DO YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB OR THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER???"
4.) A teacher noticed that a little boy at the back of the class was squirming around, scratching his crotch and not paying attention. She went back to find out what was going on. He was quite embarrassed and whispered that he had just recently been circumcised and he was quite itchy. The teacher told him to go down to the principal's office, he was to phone his mother, and ask her what he should do about it. He did it and he returned to the classroom, where he sat down in his seat. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the back of the room. She went back to investigate only to find him sitting at his desk with his penis hanging out. "I thought I told you to call your mom!" she screamed. "I did," he said, "and she told me that if I could stick it out till noon, she'd come and pick me up from school."
A VOICE FROM WITHIN
(The Chosen)
by Judge John E. Tuey III (1943)
"Into your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a Power beyond your estimate.To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows.
Not to scientists or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to My priests and ministers have I given this gift of healing other alcoholics, which I entrust to you. It must be used unselfishly.
It carries with it grave responsibility.
No day can be too long, no demands upon your time can be too urgent, no case too pitiful, no task too hard, and no effort too great.
It must be used with tolerance, for I have restricted its application to no race, no creed and no denomination.
Personal criticism you must expect, lack of appreciation will be common, ridicule will be your lot, your motives will be misjudged.
Success will not always attend your efforts in your work with other alcoholics.
You must be prepared for adversity, for what men call adversity is the ladder you must use to ascend the rung toward spiritual perfection
I shall not exact of you beyond your capabilities.
You are not selected because of exceptional talents, and be careful always if success attends your efforts, not to ascribe to personal superiority that which you can lay claim only by virtue of my gift.
If I had wanted learned men to accomplish this mission, the power would have been entrusted to the physicians and scientists
If I had wanted eloquent men there would have been many anxious for the assignment for
talk is the easiest used of all talents with which I have endowed mankind.
If I had wanted scholarly men, the world is filled with better qualified than you that would have been available.
You were selected because you have been the outcasts of the world, as your long experiences as a drunkard has made, or should make you, humbly alert to the cries of distress that comes from the lonely hearts of alcoholics everywhere.
Keep in mind the admission that you made on the day of your profession of AA -- namely, that you are powerless, and that it was only with your willingness to turn your life and will into My keeping, that relief came to you.
Think not, that because you have been dry one or two years, that it is the result of your unaided efforts.
The help which has been keeping you normal, will keep you so just as long as you live this which I have mapped out for you.
Beware of the pride that comes from growth, the power of numbers and invidious comparisons between yourselves or your organization whose success depends on numbers, money and position
These material things are no part of your creed.
The success of material organization comes from the pooling of joint assets, yours from the union of mutual liabilities
Appeal for membership in material organizations is based upon a boastful recital of their accomplishments, yours on the humble admission of weakness; the motto of successful commercial enterprise is:
He profits most who serves best, yours
He serves best who seeks no profit.
The wealth of material organizations, when they take their inventory, is measured by what they have left; when you take moral inventory, by what you have given."
Words of Wisdom
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark.
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Professionals built the Titanic
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Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
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Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand.
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Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason.
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An optimist thinks that this is the best possible world. A pessimist fears that this is true.
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There is always death and taxes; however death doesn't get worse every year.
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.
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It hurts to be on the cutting edge.
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I don't get even, I get odder.
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In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
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I am a nutritional overachiever.
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I am having an out of money experience.
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I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
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I am in shape. Round is a shape.
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Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
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I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.
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If marriage were outlawed, only outlaws would have in-laws.
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Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.
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It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.
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Age doesn't always bring wisdom, Sometimes age comes alone.
Qoutes
Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
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I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
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WANTED: Meaningful overnight relationship.
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You're just jealous because the voices only talk to ME.
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So you're a feminist... Isn't that cute.
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I need someone real bad... Are you real bad?
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All men are idiots... and I married their king.
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The more you complain, the longer God makes you live.
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IRS: We've got what it takes.... to take what you've got.
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Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.
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Reality is a crutch......for people who can't handle drugs.
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Out of my mind... Back in five minutes.
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As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.
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Hang up and drive.
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I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
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God must love stupid people...He made SO many.
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I said "NO" to drugs, but they didn't listen.
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Your kid may be an Honor Student,but YOU'RE still an idiot.
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Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.
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I took an IQ test.......and the results were negative
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Where there's a will... I want to be in it.
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It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.
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Don't drink and drive... you might hit a bump and spill your drink.
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Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
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Ever stop to think,and forget to start again?
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Always remember you're unique... Just like everyone else.
(source unknown)
