Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgment.
-Roy L. Smith
-Roy L. Smith
The Interview With GOD
The Interview With God Poem
"So you would like to interview me?" God asked.
"If you have the time" I said.
God smiled. "My time is eternity."
"What questions do you have in mind for me?"
"What surprises you most about humankind?"
God answered...
"That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again."
"That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health."
"That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future."
"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived."
God's hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.
And then I asked...
"As a parent, what are some of life's lessons
you want your children to learn?"
"To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved."
"To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others."
"To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness."
"To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them."
"To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least."
"To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings."
"To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently."
"To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves."
"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.
"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"
God smiled and said,
"Just know that I am here... always."
-author unknown
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
-Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction.
-Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it.
-Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
-Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat and author (1884-1962)
Thought for Today
"The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If any thing, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades."
"Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change.".. "When the balance will shift from the old structure, from the old ways of doing business and the old ways of competing to the new."
John P Kotter
"Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change.".. "When the balance will shift from the old structure, from the old ways of doing business and the old ways of competing to the new."
Andrew Grove
Thought for Today
When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
Paul Brown
Paul Brown
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.
Paul Brown
Paul Brown
The fun never goes out, but it changes with the years, with winning and losing.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
Bear Bryant
Bear Bryant
Thought for Today
Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
Jimmy Johnson
Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.
Jimmy Johnson
Everything goes in cycles, to a degree.
Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks
Thought for Today
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden
John Wooden
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
John Wooden
Talent is God given.
Be humble.
Fame is man-given.
Be grateful.
Conceit is self-given.
Be careful.
John Wooden
John Wooden
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
I need someone to protect me from all the measures they take in order to protect me.
-Banksy, street artist (b. 1974)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
-Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
Thought for Today
If you want to manage people effectively, help them by making sure the org chart leaves as little as possible to the imagination. It should paint a crystal-clear picture of reporting relationships and make it patently obvious who is responsible for what results.
-Jack Welch, Winning
Thought for Today
Learn Positive Behaviour...
We teach people how to treat us. It is incongruous to expect individuals to be respectful when you are not respectful in your attitude and your treatment of them. It's like pushing a person to the ground, putting your foot on her shoulder and yelling "Get Up!"
Thought for Today
People manage money, cost and machines. They deliver quality and service. And how people are managed determines how well an organization will do and how long it will last.
-Jack Welch, Winning
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
-Hal Borland, journalist (1900-1978)
-Hal Borland, journalist (1900-1978)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.
-Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
-Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The most important think in ife is to stop saying "I wish" and start saying "I will." Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilites as probabilites.
-David Copperfield
Time for Love
I came across this and Thought All of you'll might like it:
After 21 years of marriage,
my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.
She said I love you but I know this other woman loves you
and would love to spend some time with you.
The other woman that my wife w anted me to visit
was my MOTHER,
who has been a widow for 19 years,
but the demands of my work and my three children
had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked?
My mother is the type of woman who suspects
that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you,"
I responded. " Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a moment, and then
said, " I would like that very much."
That Friday after work,
as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous.
When I arrived at her house,
I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date.
She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress
that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son,
and they were impressed, "she said,
as she got into the car.
"They can't wait to hear about our meeting".
We went to a restaurant that,
although not elegant, was very nice and cozy.
My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady.
After we sat down,
my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.
She said I love you but I know this other woman loves you
and would love to spend some time with you.
The other woman that my wife w anted me to visit
was my MOTHER,
who has been a widow for 19 years,
but the demands of my work and my three children
had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.
That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.
"What's wrong, are you well," she asked?
My mother is the type of woman who suspects
that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.
"I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you,"
I responded. " Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a moment, and then
said, " I would like that very much."
That Friday after work,
as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous.
When I arrived at her house,
I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date.
She waited in the door with her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress
that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.
"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son,
and they were impressed, "she said,
as she got into the car.
"They can't wait to hear about our meeting".
We went to a restaurant that,
although not elegant, was very nice and cozy.
My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady.
After we sat down,
I had to read the menu.
Large print.
Half way through the entries,
I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me.
A nostalgic smile was on her lips.
"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation -
nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent events of each other's life.
We talked so much that we missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said,
"I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.
"How was your dinner date ?" asked my wife when I got home.
"Very nice.
Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.
A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack.
It happened so suddenly that I did to do anything for her.
Some time later, I received an envelope
with a copy of a restaurant receipt
from the same place mother and I had dined.
An attached note said:
"I paid this bill in advance.
I wasn't sure that I could be there;
but nevertheless, I paid for two plates -
one for you and the other for your wife.
You will never know what that night meant for me.
I love you, son."
At that moment, I understood the importance
of saying in time: " I LOVE YOU!"
and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve.
Nothing in life is more important than God and your family.
Give them the time they deserve,
because these things cannot be put off till "some other time."
Thought for the day
"We must not believe the many who say that only free people should be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free."
-Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher-
-Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher-
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A word is dead When it is said, Some say.
I say it just Begins to live That day.
-Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886)
I say it just Begins to live That day.
-Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.
-Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
-Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, novelist, essayist, and physician (1809-1894)
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