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Membership is FREE for October! Login Guest, Password drew | | | | Dear Amit,
The theme this week is to cultivate "an attitude of gratitude." This was sent to me from one of our subscribers in India, my friend, Prem: What ever that happens in life, happens for good.....so stop worrying about the future and forget the past.
After Sept. 11th, one company invited the remaining members of other companies who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin Towers to share their available office space. At a morning meeting, the head of security told stories of why these people were alive, and all the stories were just the 'L I T T L E' things.
As you might know, the head of the company survived that day because his son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
One woman was late because her alarm clock didn't go off in time.
One of them missed his bus.
One spilled food on her clothes and had to take time to change.
One's car wouldn't start.
One went back to answer the telephone.
One had a child that dawdled and didn't get ready as soon as he should have. One couldn't get a taxi.
The one that struck everyone was the man who put on a new pair of shoes that morning, took the various means to get to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive today.
Now when I am stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone......... all the little things that annoy me. I think
to myself, this is exactly where God wants me to be at this very moment...
Next time your morning seems to be going wrong, the children are slow getting dressed, you can't seem to find the car keys, you hit every traffic light, don't get mad or frustrated.
God is at work watching over you. Just simply accept the small annoyances; there might be a good reason for the annoyance. Need to slow down? Read on... ________________________ | | | Life is FAST! Slow Down Poem  Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain lapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done,
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time
To call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
-author unknown
________________________________________ | Fall: My Favorite Time of Year Message for all the pumpkins in this MondayAM Motivation patch:  A woman was asked by a coworker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?' The coworker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.' ________________________________________ | | Five Tips for Better Time Management - Plan your day the evening before, not the morning of ...list priorities in the order of their importance.
- Eliminate the non-essentials, which is the real wisdom of priority management: focus.
- If you're interrupted, and you will be, get right back to the task at hand. Deal with the important versus the urgent.
- When given a deadline, artifically give yourself a deadline a few days before it's really due.
- Have a system! Whether it's a yellow pad of paper, a FranklinCovey planner, Priority Manager or Daytimer, get and use a system -- and the same one for business and personal.
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______________________________________ | Wise Sayings Can't decide which of these is my favorite!! 1. If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. 2. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. 3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before. 6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. 7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. 8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. 9. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. 10. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 11. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. 12. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it. 13. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. 14. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. 15. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. 16. Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it. 17. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. _______________________________________ | | Quotes that Inspire "Each golden sunrise ushers in new opportunities for those who retain faith in themselves, and keep their chins up ... Meet each sunrise with confidence. Fill every golden minute with right thinking adn worthwhile endeavor. Do this and there will be joy for you in each golden sunset." Alonzo Newton Benn "It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and no allow them to increase unacknowledged." Edward W. Ziegler "There is abundant tesimony that if we choose love rather than self, we gain immeasurably." Federico Fellini "If you don't know what you want, you won't recognize it when you get it." | | | Attitude of Gratitude: Things to Be Thankful For ... ...the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends. ...the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat. ...a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home. ...the spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking. ...all the complaining about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. ...my large heating bill because it means I am warm. ...the lady behind me in church who sings off key because it means that I can hear. ...the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means I am alive. ...the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby. ...weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been productive. Good days are "made," not had ... so make it one today! Coming in early November, interviews with famous authors and speakers in streaming audio, or downloadable MP3 files. Make it a good week! Charlie Breeding President, Performance Improvement Institute | | |
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