Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
~Eddie Rickenbacker
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.
It will make or break a company…a church…a home…or an individual.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding
The attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change
Our past….we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have
And that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death... you are fortunate, more than three billion people in the world can't. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married... you are very rare, even in the United States. If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful ... you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on shoulder you are blessed because you can offer healing touch. If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
Don't Ever
What to do Today?
I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do
before the clock strikes midnight. My job is to choose
what kind of day I am going to have.
Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or
I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered
for free.
Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or
I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan
my purchases wisely and guide away me from waste.
Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice
that I am alive. Today I can lament over all that my
parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can
feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.
Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can
celebrate that thorns have roses. Today I can mourn
my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a
quest to discover new job relationships.
Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I
can shout for joy because I have a job to go to!
Today I can complain because I have to go to school
or eagerly open my mind and fill it with knowledge
and adventure.
Today I can dejectedly murmur because I have housework
to do or I can feel grateful for shelter for my mind,
body and soul.
Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped,
and here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.
What today will be like is up to me. And I shall decide
what kind of day I shall have!
Thank you for this pile of dirty, stinky laundry;
we have plenty of nice clothes to wear.
And I would like to thank you, Lord, for those unmade beds;
they were so warm and comfortable last night. I know that
many have no bed.
My thanks to you, Lord, for this bathroom,
complete with all the splattered mess, soggy, grimy towels
and dirty lavatory; they are so convenient.
Thank you for this finger-smudged refrigerator that
needs defrosting so badly;
it as served us faithfully for many years.
It is full of cold drinks and enough
leftovers for two or three meals.
Thank you, Lord, for this oven that absolutely must be
cleaned today;
it has baked so many things over the years.
The whole family is grateful for that tall grass that needs
mowing,
the lawn that needs raking;
we all enjoy the yard.
Thank you, Lord, even for that slamming screen door.
My kids are healthy and able to run and play.
Lord, the presence of all these chores awaiting me says
You have richly blessed my family.
I shall do them cheerfully
and I shall do them gratefully.
Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm
rings,
Thank you, Lord, that I can hear.
There are many who are deaf.
Even though I keep my eyes closed
against the morning light as long as possible,
Thank you,
Lord, that I can see. Many are blind.
Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising,
Thank you, Lord, that I have the strength to rise.
There are many who are bedridden.
Even though the first hour of my day is hectic,
when socks are lost, toast is burned and tempers are short,
my children are so loud,
Thank you, Lord, for my family.
There are many who are lonely.
Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures
in magazines and the menu is at times not balanced,
Thank you, Lord, for the food we have.
There are many who are hungry.
Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous,
Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to work.
There are many who have no job.
Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from
day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest,
Thank you, Lord, for life.
LORD, THANK YOU
"But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering - waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
"'When we reach the station, that will be it' we cry. 'When I'm 18.' 'When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!' 'When I put the last kid through college.' 'When I have paid off the mortgage!' 'When I get a promotion.' 'When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after'...
"....Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.
"'Relish the moment' is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24: 'This is the day that the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.' It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
"So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough."
The greatest hunger a person has is to be needed.
Help create that feeling in others.
The greatest virtue is kindness.
You can't love everyone, but you can be kind to everyone.
Don't try to impress others.
Let them have the fun of impressing you.
Be enthusiastic.
Nothing of consequence was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Be positive.
Positive people attract others, while negative people repel.
You have greater impact on others
by the way you listen than by the way you talk.
Gossip cheapens the one who gossips
more than the one gossiped about.
Call a person by his or her name
and use it often in conversation.
Communicate cheerfulness.
Differences are bound to occur and can be resolved if
conflict is managed in a polite manner.
If you are given to making fun of someone,
be sure it is of yourself.
Be genuinely interested in others.
Get them to talk about themselves.
A smile doesn't cost anything and pays big dividends.
Not only does it make you feel good, but it makes everyone else feel better too.
Be the first to say, "Hello! Good to see you."
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
The golden rule is where it all begins and ends.
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