| Posted by June in Toronto ® (June Floyd,June in Toronto), Apr 13,2002,06:22 |
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'Daily life actually consists of a whole bouquet of little joys on the one hand, and a whole briar patch of tiny irritations on the other, and that happiness quite simply pivots on converting as many thorns as you can into flowers.' By Arrol Gellner. Have a Great Day....June in Toronto (beb/meige)
--modified by June in Toronto at Sun, Apr 14, 2002, 07:02:47
Re: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
We dont laugh to feel good
We feel good when we laugh. Colleen in IL Who could use a laugh today
Re: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY/Friends
There once was a little girl who had a bad temper. Her mother gave
> > her a bag of nails and told her that every time she lost her temper, she
> > must
> > hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
> > The first day the girl had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the
> > next few weeks, as she learned to control her anger, the number of nails
> > hammered daily gradually dwindled down. She discovered it was easier to
> > hold her temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
> > Finally the day came when the girl didn't lose her temper at all.
> > She told her mother about it and the mother suggested that the girl now
> > pull out one nail for each day that she was able to hold her temper. The
> > days passed and the young girl was finally able to tell her mother that
> > all the nails were gone. The mother took her daughter by the hand and
> > led
> > her to the f! ence. She said, "You have done well, my daughter, but look
> >
> > at the
> > holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say
> > things in
> > anger,they leave a scar just like this one. "You can put a knife in a
> > person
> > and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry,the
> > wound
> > is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one." Friends
> > are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to
> > succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always
> > want to open their hearts to us. > > It's national Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Pippa... sending this on to continue on the thought for the day theme to all my new friends on the Board.
> >
Re: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY/Friends
Very good thoughts, Pippa. BUT there is such a thing as justified anger. To not complain or do something about it would be a milquetost. and i am not referring to the problems in the world, but on a personal level when someone intentionally hurts you, emotionally, physically, verbally, or otherwise.
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