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SOUND STRANGE ? Not really, according to experts. As far back as biblical times, people have recognized the power of humor in overcoming everything from stress to major illness. It has a positive impact on virtually every system in the body, plus provides a boost to the immune system and reduces pain. Even in the toughest of circumstances, a dose of appropriately used humor can make a enormous difference. It can serve as a way to overcome fear, anger and stress, plus boost creativity and well-being. And of course, prayer is the key that brings about this condition that will enable man to enjoy any humor and laughter in his soul.
PSALMS 126:2 " Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. " VERSE 3 " The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. "
Music Now Playing : " WHEN YOU ARE SMILING " So Please Remember To Keep On Smiling ! NOTE: EVEN AS YOU MOVE YOUR CURSOR YOU WILL FIND THAT MOSES AND THE EAGLES IN FLIGHT ARE FOLLOWING JESUS ! " DUH " LET ME THINK ON THAT LAST ONE A WHILE Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. " I'm looking for a few days work " he said. " Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with ? Could I help you ? " " Yes, " said the older brother. " I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn ? I want you to build me a fence - - an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore. " The carpenter said, " I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you. " The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge -- a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other ! A fine piece of work handrails and all -- and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched. " You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done. " The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. " No, wait ! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you, " said the older brother." I'd love to stay on, " the carpenter said, " but, I have many more bridges to build. " ********************************************************** TIME GETS BETTER WITH AGE Read it through to the end, it gets better as you go ! I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sings "Silent Night". Age 5 I've learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either. Age 7 I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back. Age 9 I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again. Age 12 I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up. Age 14 I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me. Age 15 I've learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice. Age 24 I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures. Age 26 I've learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have followed me there. Age 29 I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it. Age 30 I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it. Age 42 I've learned that you can make some one's day by simply sending them a little note. Age 44 I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others. Age 46 I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies. Age 47 I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Age 48 I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours. Age 49 I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone. Age 50 I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Age 51 I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills. Age 52 I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die. Age 53 I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. Age 58 I've learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage. Age 61 I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. Age 62 I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Age 64 I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. Age 65 I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision. Age 66 I've learned that everyone can use a prayer. Age 72 I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Age 82 I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Age 90 I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. Age 92 ************************************************************** OLDER THAN DIRT ! My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother's house and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to " sprinkle " clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old. ********************************************************** How Many Do You Remember ? ? ? Little red wooden wagon with a handle. A Model " A " Ford 4 dr. touring car. Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes [ Ask your Mom about that. ] Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. ******************************************* LET ME GIVE YOU A OLDER THAN DIRT QUIZ ! Count all the ones that you remember- not the ones you were told about ! Ratings at the bottom. 1. Blackjack chewing gum 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3. Candy cigarettes 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle 5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7. Party lines 8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ( Olive - 6933 ) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records 15. S&H Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulb 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns 23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older. If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age, If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt ! ******************************************* WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD AGE, AND REMEMBERING THINGS ! THIS IS FOR OLDER FOLKS ONLY ! ( YOU KIDS UNDER 40 WON'T REMEMBER ! ). You could hardly see for all the snow. Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go. Pull a chair up to the TV set, " Good night, David; Good night, Chet. " Dependin' on the channel you tuned You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June. It felt so good, felt so right. Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane. Father Knows Best, Patty Duke Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too Donna Reed on Thursday night-- Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I wanna go back to " BLACK AND WHITE ! " Everything always turned out right. Simple people, simple lives; Good guys always won the fights. Now nothin' is the way it seems In living color on TV screens. Too many murders, too much fight, I wanna go back to " BLACK AND WHITE ! " In God they trusted, in bed they slept. A promise made was a promise kept. They never cussed or broke their vows. They'd never make the network now. But if I could, I'd rather be In a TV town in 1953. It felt so good, felt so right; Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I'd trade all the channels on the satellite If I could just turn back the clock tonight To when everybody knew wrong from right. Life was better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " ********************************************* CHIEF TWO EAGLES INTERVIEW ON " BEFORE THE WHITE MAN " The old Cherokee chief sat in his reservation Teepee, smoking the ceremonial pipe, eyeing the two U.S. Government officials sent to interview him. " Chief Two Eagles, " one official began, " you have observed the white man for many generations, you have seen his wars and his products, you have seen all his progress, and all his problems." The chief nodded. The official continued, " Considering recent events, in your opinion, where has the white man gone wrong ? " The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute, and then calmly replied. " When white man found the land, Indians were running it. " No taxes. No debt. Plenty buffalo. Plenty beaver. Women did most of the work. Medicine man free. Indian men hunted and fished all the time. The chief smiled and added quietly, " White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that. " ********************************************************** Subject: A TRUE STORY PICABO The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street, pronounced ( Peek 'aboo, ) is not just an athlete, she is also a nurse. She currently works at the Intensive Care Unit ( I.C.U. ) of a large metropolitan hospital. She is not permitted to answer the telephone because it caused too much confusion... When she would answer the phone and say... " Picabo, I.C.U. " ********************************************************** WHO'S WATCHING ???? Kids, You Gotta Love Them !!! This tale comes from a Christian elementary school. Up at the head table in the cafeteria, one of the teachers had placed a big bowl of bright red, fresh, juicy apples. Beside the bowl, she placed a note which read, " Take only one. Remember, God is watching. " At the other end of the table was a bowl full of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, still warm from the oven. Beside the bowl, a little note scrawled in a young girls hand writing which read, " Take all you want, God's watching the apples. " ********************************************************** THERE IS MORE OF THESE " DUH ! 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It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence. One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. " I'm looking for a few days work " he said. " Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with ? Could I help you ? " " Yes, " said the older brother. " I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor, in fact, it's my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll go him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn ? I want you to build me a fence - - an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore. " The carpenter said, " I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you. " The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge -- a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other ! A fine piece of work handrails and all -- and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming across, his hand outstretched. " You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done. " The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox on his shoulder. " No, wait ! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you, " said the older brother." I'd love to stay on, " the carpenter said, " but, I have many more bridges to build. "
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Read it through to the end, it gets better as you go ! I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sings "Silent Night". Age 5 I've learned that our dog doesn't want to eat my broccoli either. Age 7 I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back. Age 9 I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again. Age 12 I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up. Age 14 I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me. Age 15 I've learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice. Age 24 I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures. Age 26 I've learned that wherever I go, the world's worst drivers have followed me there. Age 29 I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it. Age 30 I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it. Age 42 I've learned that you can make some one's day by simply sending them a little note. Age 44 I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others. Age 46 I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies. Age 47 I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Age 48 I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours. Age 49 I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone. Age 50 I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Age 51 I've learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills. Age 52 I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die. Age 53 I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. Age 58 I've learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage. Age 61 I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. Age 62 I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Age 64 I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. Age 65 I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision. Age 66 I've learned that everyone can use a prayer. Age 72 I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Age 82 I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Age 90 I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. Age 92
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My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother's house and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to " sprinkle " clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old.
Little red wooden wagon with a handle. A Model " A " Ford 4 dr. touring car. Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes [ Ask your Mom about that. ] Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.
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Count all the ones that you remember- not the ones you were told about ! Ratings at the bottom. 1. Blackjack chewing gum 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3. Candy cigarettes 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle 5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7. Party lines 8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix ( Olive - 6933 ) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records 15. S&H Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulb 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns 23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older. If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age, If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt !
THIS IS FOR OLDER FOLKS ONLY ! ( YOU KIDS UNDER 40 WON'T REMEMBER ! ). You could hardly see for all the snow. Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go. Pull a chair up to the TV set, " Good night, David; Good night, Chet. " Dependin' on the channel you tuned You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June. It felt so good, felt so right. Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train Superman, Jimmy & Lois Lane. Father Knows Best, Patty Duke Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too Donna Reed on Thursday night-- Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I wanna go back to " BLACK AND WHITE ! " Everything always turned out right. Simple people, simple lives; Good guys always won the fights. Now nothin' is the way it seems In living color on TV screens. Too many murders, too much fight, I wanna go back to " BLACK AND WHITE ! " In God they trusted, in bed they slept. A promise made was a promise kept. They never cussed or broke their vows. They'd never make the network now. But if I could, I'd rather be In a TV town in 1953. It felt so good, felt so right; Life looked better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! " I'd trade all the channels on the satellite If I could just turn back the clock tonight To when everybody knew wrong from right. Life was better in " BLACK AND WHITE ! "
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CHIEF TWO EAGLES INTERVIEW ON " BEFORE THE WHITE MAN " The old Cherokee chief sat in his reservation Teepee, smoking the ceremonial pipe, eyeing the two U.S. Government officials sent to interview him. " Chief Two Eagles, " one official began, " you have observed the white man for many generations, you have seen his wars and his products, you have seen all his progress, and all his problems." The chief nodded. The official continued, " Considering recent events, in your opinion, where has the white man gone wrong ? " The chief stared at the government officials for over a minute, and then calmly replied. " When white man found the land, Indians were running it. " No taxes. No debt. Plenty buffalo. Plenty beaver. Women did most of the work. Medicine man free. Indian men hunted and fished all the time. The chief smiled and added quietly, " White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that. "
The chief smiled and added quietly, " White man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that. "
The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street, pronounced ( Peek 'aboo, ) is not just an athlete, she is also a nurse. She currently works at the Intensive Care Unit ( I.C.U. ) of a large metropolitan hospital. She is not permitted to answer the telephone because it caused too much confusion... When she would answer the phone and say... " Picabo, I.C.U. "
Kids, You Gotta Love Them !!! This tale comes from a Christian elementary school. Up at the head table in the cafeteria, one of the teachers had placed a big bowl of bright red, fresh, juicy apples. Beside the bowl, she placed a note which read, " Take only one. Remember, God is watching. " At the other end of the table was a bowl full of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, still warm from the oven. Beside the bowl, a little note scrawled in a young girls hand writing which read, " Take all you want, God's watching the apples. "
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