A little word of wisdom

When you find yourself stressed,
ask yourself one question:
Will this matter in 5 years from now?
If yes, then do something about the situation.
If no, then let it go.!!!




So very very true.

New Christmas Strategy

I think I have devised a strategy for a stress free Christmas.
I propose that Christmas should be regionalised, by that I mean on the 25th of every month a different county would have Christmas day & boxing day.
Just think of all of the plus points this would have.

• Father Christmas would be employed 12 months of the year.
• The post office would no longer have one peak period a year making it easier to maintain staffing levels.
• There would always be a shopping centre that had Christmas items for sale, allowing you to spread the cost over 12 months. Also if you were a real bah humbug type of person you could always shop somewhere that wasn't celebrating Christmas & completely avoid the festive season altogether.
  
• Seasonal products like mince pies would be available all year, avoiding the gluttony of Christmas & extra weight gain over a few short weeks.
• Less trolley rage in the supermarkets as the big day gets closer.
  
• You could always find a county that wasn't celebrating Christmas & shop there, making for easier car parking, No checkout queues & less demented shoppers all trying to buy the top toy that's been sold out for past 3 months.
• Delivery times from mail order companies would remain the same all year & not become back logged by the sheer volume of parcels at Christmas time.
  
• If you wanted to use your Christmas lights to decorate your pergola in the summer, you could buy replacement bulbs all year.
• I wouldn't have to spend whole weekends trying to make all of my Christmas cards, I could do some every month (I know I could anyway, but how many of us are that disciplined)

So what do you think? I think that this should be given some serious thought.

A little gem

A little Gem I just had to share.

Reading is good for you

One morning a husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.

Although not familiar with the lake, his wife decides to take the boat out.

She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.

Along comes the warden in his boat, pulls up alongside the woman and says

‘Good morning, what are you doing?’

‘Reading a book,’ she replies

‘You’re in a restricted fishing area’ he informs her.

‘I’m sorry, officer, but I’m not fishing. I’m reading.’

‘Yes but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start fishing at any moment.

‘I’ll have to take you in and charge you.’

‘If you do that, I’ll have to charge you with sexual assault’ says the woman.

‘But I haven’t even touched you’ replies the warden.

‘That’s true, but you have all the equipment and for all I know you could start at any moment’

‘Have a nice day’ replied the warden and left.

Moral: never argue with a woman who reads, it’s likely she can also think!

I'm a child of the 60's

According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s probably shouldn't have survived, because our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based paint which was regularly chewed and licked.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles or latches on doors or cabinets, and it was fine to play with pans. When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip-flops and fluorescent 'spokey dokeys' on our wheels.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or airbags and riding in the front passenger seat - or the boot - was a treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle, and it tasted the same.

We ate chips, bread and butter pudding, and drank fizzy juice with sugar in it, but were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one drink with four friends - from one bottle or can - and no one actually died from it.

We would spend several hours building go-carts out of scraps, then go top speed down the hill, only to find out we'd forgotten the brakes. After running into a patch of stinging nettles a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back before dark. No one was able to reach us and no one minded.

We didn't have Playstations or Xboxes - no video games at all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape films, no surround sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no DVDs, no internet chatrooms.

We had friends - we went outside and found them. We played French skipping and rounders, and sometimes that ball really hurt! We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones, but there were no law suits.

We played Knock Down Ginger and were actually afraid of the owners catching us. We walked to friends' homes. We also, believe it or not, walked to school; we didn't rely on Mummy or Daddy to drive us to school, as it was just round the corner.

We made up games with sticks and tennis balls. We rode bikes in packs of seven and wore our coats by only the hood. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of they actually sided with the law.

This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem-solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them. Congratulations! Pass this on to others who had the luck to grow as real kids, before lawyers and the government regulated our lives for "our own good".

For those of you who aren't old enough, we thought you might like to read about us.


And something else to put a smile on your face...
The majority of students in universities today were born in 1986. The Uptown Girl they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel. They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Neneh Cherry or Belinda Carlisle.

For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam. AIDS has existed since they were born. CDs have existed since they were born. Michael Jackson has always been white. To them, John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could ever have been a god of dance.

They believe that Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible are films from the past ten years. They can never imagine life before computers. They'll never have pretended to be the A-Team, the Dukes of Hazzard or the Famous Five. They can't believe a black and white television ever existed. And they will never understand how we could leave the house without a mobile phone.


Now let's check if we're getting old...
1) You understand what was written above and you smile.
2) You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night out.
3) Your friends are getting married/already married.
4) You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computers.
5) When you see children with mobile phones, you shake your head.
6) Having read this, you're thinking of forwarding it to a number of other friends because you know they'll like it too...

Dont work too hard

The moral of the story has to be don't work too hard

Choose your words carefully

Choose your words carefully
Whilst I was demonstrating heat embossing at a demo session in the store I work in I was talking to a lady & explaining how the thermo graphic embossing powder worked & showed her whilst talking. She eagerly gathered powders, pads & a couple of stamps and came back to watch the rest of the demo. At that point I had got out the heat gun & started heating. The lady was watching intently & asked if a hair dryer would do the same job as she had already overspent with all the bits items she was holding, I explained it didn't get hot enough & would also blow the powder away. I told her that people had used a toaster and added to use a wooden peg to hold the stamped image and gently hold it over the toaster whilst it was on until the powder changed.
A couple of weeks later she came back again whilst I was doing a demo to buy a heat tool as the toaster method didn't work as it caught fire & set off the smoke alarm. I said i was sorry to hear that to which she added she had also burnt her finger trying to retrieve the stamped image from the toast slot !!!! It turned out she had posted her image like a slice of bread & turned her toaster on & left it.

Kids & Dogs

Kids and Dogs



The
photographer did a great job of matching up the kids and dogs. This is
adorable!!
A
friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift


A
friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift


A
friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace.

And
makes the world we live in a better and happier place.There
is a miracle called friendship, that dwells in the heart.
You do not know how
it happens or when it gets it's start.

But
you know the special lift it always brings.
You realize that friendship is
the world's most precious gift!
Send
this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk,
or how close you
are, and send it to the person who sent it to you.



Let
old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never
will.

Words of Wisdom

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong

Dont quit poem

I have just found this link to a poem called don't quit.
Have a little look it's really lovely

2 tough questions - simply amazing!

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who
were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis,
would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one!

Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates. Who would you vote for?

Candidate A.
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist
He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B.
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C.
He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first... no peeking, then scroll down for the response.




Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.

And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.


Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.
Never be afraid to try something new.

Remember:

Amateurs...built the ark.
Professionals...built the Titanic

Todays words of wisdom

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is?

Paul Merton

Todays words of wisdom

Murphy must never have imagined that his casual statement would someday become law! Murphy's Laws symbolize the error-prone nature of people and processes. Given below is a top 10 list of Murphy's Laws. These weren't actually uttered by Murphy. They just belong to the category of quotations that are known as "Murphy's Laws."

1. Murphy's Law

If something can go wrong, it will.

2. Murphy's Law

If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.

3. Murphy's Law

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

4. Murphy's Law

Matter will be damaged in direct proportion to its value.

5. Murphy's Law

The chance of the bread falling with the buttered side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet.

6. Murphy's Law

The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.

7. Murphy's Law

Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand.

8. Murphy's Law

The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.

9. Murphy's Law

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.

10. Murphy's Law

The first myth of management is that it exists.

Todays words of wisdom

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Todays words of wisdom ~ what is the meaning of the serenity poem

Serenity means that I no longer recoil from the past, live in jeopardy because of my present behavior, or worry about the unknown future. I seek regular times to re-create myself and I avoid those times of depletion that makes me vulnerable to despair and to old self-destructive patterns.

This Serenity comes from within the individual.
It is not based upon material wealth or external pleasures.
It comes from daily doing our best and the understanding that our "best" is going to change from moment to moment, often based upon our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.
It comes from using our special gifts and talents on a daily basis in a manner that will not only benefit others but also be a witness of our personal beliefs.

Accepting change means that I do not cause suffering for myself by clinging to that which no longer exists. All that I can count on is that nothing will be stable --- except how I respond to the transforming cycles in my life of birth, growth and death.

Accepting things I cannot change.
You cannot change your environment in which you live.
You cannot stop the sun from moving across the sky.
If it is external to you, you most likely cannot change it alone.
Giving up my attempts to control outcomes does not require that I give up my boundaries or my best efforts. It does mean my most honest appraisal of the limits of what I can do.

Courage to change the things I can.
I can only change that which is internal to me.
I can change an external appearance.
I set my own personal boundaries of what I can do or allow to be done unto me.
By daily doing my personal best I am satisfied, but I let go of the outcomes and place no expectations on them.

Wisdom becomes the never forgotten recognition of all those times when it seemed there was no way out and new paths opened up like miracles in my life.
The wisdom to know the difference.
Wisdom does not come from a book, listening to a tape or watching something.
To be knowledgeable or learned does not imply wisdom.

Wisdom comes from the application of knowledge within the experience of life.
True wisdom comes from stepping outside the common boundaries of the mundane world and fully living life, often on what may be considered the ragged edge.

True wisdom comes through facing the challenges and opportunities presented by the daily events of human experience and learning from each experience; even if that experience teaches you that the experience is beyond your personal, individual ability to achieve or accomplish.
True wisdom teaches that failure is not being able to not succeed, but rather that failure is not being willing to try.

Todays words of wisdom

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” Another thought provoking James Dean quote that shows us how important it is to be flexible in our daily undertakings.

Todays words of wisdom

Believe In Yourself
By Author Unknown

There may be days when you get up in the morning
and things aren't the way you had hoped they would be,
that's when you have to tell yourself
that things will get better.

There are times when people disappoint you and let you down,
but those are the times when you must remind yourself
to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your
life focused on believing in yourself
and all that you are capable of.

There will be challenges to face and
changes to make in your life,
and it is up to you to accept them.

Constantly keep yourself headed in the right direction for you.

It may not be easy at times,
but in those times of struggle
you will find a stronger sense of who you are,
so when the days come that are filled with
frustration and unexpected responsibilities,
remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be,
because the challenges and changes will only help you to
find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you.

Keep believing in yourself.

Todays words of wisdom ~ Birthday

"Age deosn't matter, unless your cheese."
John Paul Getty

"Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had, and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated."
Author Unknown

"A birthday is a time to reflect on the year gone by, but to also set your goals for the upcoming year."

Todays words of wisdom

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

Todays words of wisdom

The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.
Unknown author