A thought for the Day

[Catzeyes]

ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE




Written by Andy Rooney a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words. Enjoy.......


"I've learned....
That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

"I've learned....
That when you're in love, it shows.

"I've learned....
That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

"I've learned....
That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

"I've learned....
That being kind is more important than being right.

"I've learned....
That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

"I've learned....
That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

"I've learned....
That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

"I've learned....
That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

"I've learned....
That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

"I've learned....
That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

"I've learned....
That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

"I've learned....
That money doesn't buy class.

"I've learned....
That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

"I've learned....
That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

"I've learned....
That the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

"I've learned....
That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

"I've learned....
That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

"I've learned....
That love, not time, heals all wounds.

"I've learned....
That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

"I've learned....
That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

"I've learned....
That there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

"I've learned....
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

"I've learned....
That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

"I've learned....
That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

"I've learned....
That when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

"I've learned....
That I wish I could have told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed away.

"I've learned....
That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

"I've learned....
That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

"I've learned....
That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

"I've learned....
That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

"I've learned....
That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

"I've learned....
That it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.

"I've learned....
That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

 

[EROS]

THE RED SOX SUFFER THE AGONY OF DEFEAT.....ONCE AGAIN

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sounds like Andy Rooney has learned along the way, Kath. Thanks, DD and Elaine and nice to see you again, tedsmom, and Buck is back too. A nice group indeed.


Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

[EROS]

I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe them to be an immense people. Not only have they supplied the world with two leaders of the stature of Jesus Christ and Karl Marx, but they have even indulged in the luxury of following neither one nor the other.


Peter Ustinov

 

[Dan Murphy]

You have not lived a perfect day
Unless you've done something for someone
Who will never be able to repay you.

--- Ruth Smeltzer

 

[EROS]

The pioneers and missionaries of religion have been the real cause of more trouble and war than all other classes of mankind.

-- Edgar Allan Poe

 

[Catzeyes]

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950

 

[EROS]

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

-- Walt Whitman

 

[Catzeyes]

I'd rather live my whole life assuming there is a God, only to find out that there isn't, than to live my whole life assuming there isn't a God, only to find out there is.

Peter Barry

 

[EROS]

Examine the religious principles which have, in fact, prevailed in the world, and you will scarcely be persuaded that they are anything but sick men's dreams.

-- David Hume

 

[Lanshark]

Psalm 92

4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD ;
I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5 How great are your works, O LORD ,
how profound your thoughts!
6 The senseless man does not know,
fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be forever destroyed.
8 But you, O LORD , are exalted forever.

 

[EROS]

If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But a "moral commandment" is a contradiction in terms. The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

-- Ayn Rand

 

[Lanshark]

The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote one who is morally deficient.

 

[EROS]

The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the Tree of Knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your ####### mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions.

-- Frank Zappa

 

[helenabear]

This has always been one of my personal favorites

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."
-- H.L. Mencken

 

[EROS]

Things fall apart;
the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy
is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide
is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence
is drowned;
The best lack all conviction,
while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.


William Butler Yeats

 

[Dan Murphy]

So nice to see you stopping by, Lanshark, please drop by often. You have some great thoughts there.

 

[EROS]

If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man's only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But a "moral commandment" is a contradiction in terms. The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

Ayn Rand

 

[Disney Doll]

Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.-Life's Little Instruction Book

 

[Catzeyes]

Don't take life too serious. You'll never escape it alive anyway.

Elbert Hubbard