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SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Realize that in order to discover your true potential, you must help others discover theirs.

TODAY’S QUOTE

When people say to me: "How do you do so many things?" I often answer them without meaning to be cruel: "How do you do so little?" It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people sit in front of the TV and treat life as if it goes on forever.

Phillip Adams

HAPPY MONDAY

I had good time yesterday…will post pictures on the journal as usual.

BACK TO WORK !

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful day on the Way !

Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior

GOD BLESS YOU ! TODAY IS…COMIC BOOK DAY

The first comic strip, The Yellow Kid, ran in Sunday newspapers on February 16, 1896. In March 1897, several comic strips were made into a Sunday Journal and and sold for 5 cents. From this humble beginning, comic books were born.During the next 30 years, people became loyal fans of characters such as Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Mutt & Jeff, Buster Brown and Krazy Kat. They have lost some fans to tv, but are still popular today.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Family Day, a day to have dinner with your family

Today is National Crabmeat Newberg Day

1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean.

1789: The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)

1804: On this election day in American voters cast separate votes for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Previously, the runner-up in the presidential race was named vice-president.

1890: Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.

1954: Elvis Presley's second single, "Good Rockin' Tonight," was released. That night, Presley made what would be his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry -- after which he was advised to go back to truck driving.

1962: John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

TODAY’S SMILE

You're never fully dressed without a smile!

So put a smile on your face and spread some happiness around this gloomy world!

Today I smiled, and all at once

Things didn't look so bad.

Today I shared with someone else,

A little bit of hope I had.

Today I sang a little song,

And felt my heart grow light.

I walked a happy little mile,

With not a cloud in sight.

Today I worked with what I had,

And longed for nothing more,

And what had seemed like only weeds,

Were flowers at my door

Today I loved a little more,

And complained a little less.

And in the giving of myself,

I forgot my weariness.

***BIG SMILE ***

TODAY’S WORD

mol·li·fy transitive verb

mol·li·fied, mol·li·fy·ing, mol·li·fies.

1. To calm in temper or feeling; soothe. Synonym pacify.

2. To lessen in intensity; temper.

3. To reduce the rigidity of; soften.

TODAY’S LINK DANCING WITH GOD

http://www.my-tgif.com/guidance.htm

TODAY’S REFLECTION

...Let them first learn to practice piety...and to make some return to their parents...

1 Timothy 5:4

It doesn't have to be a monetary return. Parents long for kind words and actions. The widowed mother would so appreciate for her son to mow the lawn; parents or grandparents would like a night out with the children; a phone call on a special day would make a lonely heart so happy; a note saying "I love you" would thrill a lonely heart. These are not crippling obligations but privileges of love while one's parents and grandparents still live.

As some wit observed, love begins at home and it should return for a visit now and then.

FROM DAILY MISCELLANY

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

When the peacock loudly bawls, soon we'll have both rain and squalls.

87 DAYS UNTIL WINTER

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

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