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Happy Valentine's Day
Don't wait until it's too late
to tell someone how much you love,
how much you care.
Because when they're gone,
no matter how loud you shout and cry,
they won't hear you anymore.
Happy Valentine's Day
to tell someone how much you love,
how much you care.
Because when they're gone,
no matter how loud you shout and cry,
they won't hear you anymore.
Happy Valentine's Day
Laughter - the best medicine
Children Are Quick
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TEACHER: Maria ... go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class ... who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John ... why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn ... how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No ... that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong ... but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this child)
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TEACHER: Donald ... what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie ... name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie ... give me a sentence starting with ... '' I. ''
MILLIE: I is ...
TEACHER: No ... Millie ... Always say ... 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right ... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.
Now ... Louie, ... do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand ...
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TEACHER: Now ... Simon ... tell me frankly ... do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir ... I don't have to ... my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde ... your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's ... Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No ... sir ... It's the same dog.
(I want to adopt this kid!!!)
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
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TEACHER: Maria ... go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class ... who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
____________________________________
TEACHER: John ... why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
________________________________________ __
TEACHER: Glenn ... how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No ... that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong ... but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this child)
________________________________________ ____
TEACHER: Donald ... what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
__________________________________
TEACHER: Winnie ... name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
________________________________________ __
TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
_______________________________________
TEACHER: Millie ... give me a sentence starting with ... '' I. ''
MILLIE: I is ...
TEACHER: No ... Millie ... Always say ... 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right ... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
________________________________
TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.
Now ... Louie, ... do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand ...
______________________________________
TEACHER: Now ... Simon ... tell me frankly ... do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir ... I don't have to ... my Mom is a good cook.
______________________________
TEACHER: Clyde ... your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's ... Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No ... sir ... It's the same dog.
(I want to adopt this kid!!!)
___________________________________
TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
Dusty's Thought for the day
Monday, February 13, 2012
Today's Thought =
NEVER POINT A FINGER WHERE
YOU NEVER LENT A HAND....
Now there's some advice!!
Have a MAGNIFICENT Monday, troops!
cuall2morrow....
Love D
C'mon by my place, have some
cocoa & we'll talk....I got stories!!
www.dustysfrontporch.com
Today's Thought =
NEVER POINT A FINGER WHERE
YOU NEVER LENT A HAND....
Now there's some advice!!
Have a MAGNIFICENT Monday, troops!
cuall2morrow....
Love D
C'mon by my place, have some
cocoa & we'll talk....I got stories!!
www.dustysfrontporch.com
from The Daily OM
Steps to Freedom
Change What Isn'’t Working
If we don't change what isn't working in our lives, we will continually have the same day over and over again.
We have all had the experience of realizing that something in our lives is not working. This knowledge can come as a sudden realization or a nagging feeling of doubt that grows stronger, waking us up to the fact that something needs to change. Some people have a tendency to act rashly and make sweeping changes before even understanding what the problem is. Other people fear change, so they live with the uncomfortable awareness that something needs to shift but won’t do anything about it. Between these two extreme responses lies a middle way that can help us powerfully and gracefully change what isn’t working in our lives.
The first step is remembering that your life is made up of parts that belong to an interconnected whole. Changing one thing can change everything. Because of this, small changes often have a big effect. Sometimes much bigger changes are necessary, but the only way to know for sure is to take the time to really understand the problem. Examine your life as an entirety—your work, your relationships, where you live—and determine what specifically is not functioning the way you would like. Once you have figured out the problem, write it down on a piece of paper. For example, “I am not happy with my relationship” or “I don’t like my apartment.” The next step is to figure out the adjustment you would like to make and how you can go about making this change. If you are unhappy with your relationship because you spend too much or not enough time with your partner, you may want to discuss this problem with them and come up with a compromise. On the other hand, if you realize your rela! tionship is not working to such a degree that it needs to end, begin working through that process. Writing down the truth can be a powerful catalyst for change.
The key to making changes that work is to accept the necessity of change as part of life. As we change, we may find it necessary to fine-tune our relationships, work, and living situations. Our lives are living, breathing entities that reflect our dynamic selves.
Change What Isn'’t Working
If we don't change what isn't working in our lives, we will continually have the same day over and over again.
We have all had the experience of realizing that something in our lives is not working. This knowledge can come as a sudden realization or a nagging feeling of doubt that grows stronger, waking us up to the fact that something needs to change. Some people have a tendency to act rashly and make sweeping changes before even understanding what the problem is. Other people fear change, so they live with the uncomfortable awareness that something needs to shift but won’t do anything about it. Between these two extreme responses lies a middle way that can help us powerfully and gracefully change what isn’t working in our lives.
The first step is remembering that your life is made up of parts that belong to an interconnected whole. Changing one thing can change everything. Because of this, small changes often have a big effect. Sometimes much bigger changes are necessary, but the only way to know for sure is to take the time to really understand the problem. Examine your life as an entirety—your work, your relationships, where you live—and determine what specifically is not functioning the way you would like. Once you have figured out the problem, write it down on a piece of paper. For example, “I am not happy with my relationship” or “I don’t like my apartment.” The next step is to figure out the adjustment you would like to make and how you can go about making this change. If you are unhappy with your relationship because you spend too much or not enough time with your partner, you may want to discuss this problem with them and come up with a compromise. On the other hand, if you realize your rela! tionship is not working to such a degree that it needs to end, begin working through that process. Writing down the truth can be a powerful catalyst for change.
The key to making changes that work is to accept the necessity of change as part of life. As we change, we may find it necessary to fine-tune our relationships, work, and living situations. Our lives are living, breathing entities that reflect our dynamic selves.
River of Life
I recollect JK. my Teacher on stories of Philosophy.
Jiddu Krishnamoorthy, a visionary of the 20th Century,
referring to the River of Life. His voice still afresh in
my memoirs: " I don't know if on your walks you have
noticed a long, narrow pool beside the river. Some
fishermen must have dug it, and it is not connected with
the river.
The river is flowing steadily, deep and wide,
but the pool i heavy with scum because it is
not connected with the life of the river, and
there are no fish in it. It is a stagnant pool,
and the deep river, full of life and vitality,flows
swiftly along.
Human beings dig a little pool for themselves
away from the swift current of life, and in that
little pool they stagnate,die;and this stagnation,
this decay we call existence.
That is, we all want a state of permanency; we
want certain desires to last forever, we want
pleasures to have no end. We dig a little hole
and barricade ourselves in it with our families,
with our ambitions, our cultures, our fears, our
gods, our various forms of worship, and there we
die, letting life go by.
Have you not noticed that if you sit quietly on the
bank of the river you hear its song - the lapping
of the water, the sound of the current going by?
there is always a sense of movement, an extra-
ordinary movement towards the wider and the
deeper.
In the little pool water is stagnant.......
This is what most of us want: little stagnant
pools of existence away from life. We say that
our pool existence is right and we have invented
a philosophy to justify it; we have developed social
political,economic and religious theories in support
of it, and we don't want to be disturbed because
what we are after is a sense of permanency.
To seek permanency means wanting that which is
pleasurable to continue indefinitely, and wanting that
which is not pleasurable to end as quickly as possible.
We want a sense of permanency in our relationships,
in our activities, which means that we are seeking a
lasting, continuous life in the stagnant pool; we don't
want any real changes there, so we have built a society
which guarantees us the permanency of property, of
name, of fame .....
Life is like the river: endlessly moving on, ever seeking,
exploring, pushing, over flowing its banks, penetrating
every crevice with its water. But the mind won't allow
that to happen to itself. The mind sees that it's dangerous,
risky to live in a state of impermanence, insecurity, so it
builds a wall around itself.....
Religious is the feeling of goodness, that love which is
like the river, living moving everlastingly. In that state.....
there is no longer any search at all, and this ending of
search is the beginning of something totally different.
The search for God, for truth, the feeling of being completely
good -- not the cultivation of goodness, of humility, but the
seeking out of something beyond the inventions and tricks
of the mind, which means having a feeling for that something,
living in it, being it, - that is true religion. But you can do that
only when you leave the pool you have dug for yourself and
go out into the River of Life.
Yes. Into the River of my Life, I should enter, ejecting myself
out of the pool I have been in for so long. When I start thinking
on these things, I slowly enter my inner self and ponder more
and more on what JK was focusing.
Jiddu Krishnamoorthy, a visionary of the 20th Century,
referring to the River of Life. His voice still afresh in
my memoirs: " I don't know if on your walks you have
noticed a long, narrow pool beside the river. Some
fishermen must have dug it, and it is not connected with
the river.
The river is flowing steadily, deep and wide,
but the pool i heavy with scum because it is
not connected with the life of the river, and
there are no fish in it. It is a stagnant pool,
and the deep river, full of life and vitality,flows
swiftly along.
Human beings dig a little pool for themselves
away from the swift current of life, and in that
little pool they stagnate,die;and this stagnation,
this decay we call existence.
That is, we all want a state of permanency; we
want certain desires to last forever, we want
pleasures to have no end. We dig a little hole
and barricade ourselves in it with our families,
with our ambitions, our cultures, our fears, our
gods, our various forms of worship, and there we
die, letting life go by.
Have you not noticed that if you sit quietly on the
bank of the river you hear its song - the lapping
of the water, the sound of the current going by?
there is always a sense of movement, an extra-
ordinary movement towards the wider and the
deeper.
In the little pool water is stagnant.......
This is what most of us want: little stagnant
pools of existence away from life. We say that
our pool existence is right and we have invented
a philosophy to justify it; we have developed social
political,economic and religious theories in support
of it, and we don't want to be disturbed because
what we are after is a sense of permanency.
To seek permanency means wanting that which is
pleasurable to continue indefinitely, and wanting that
which is not pleasurable to end as quickly as possible.
We want a sense of permanency in our relationships,
in our activities, which means that we are seeking a
lasting, continuous life in the stagnant pool; we don't
want any real changes there, so we have built a society
which guarantees us the permanency of property, of
name, of fame .....
Life is like the river: endlessly moving on, ever seeking,
exploring, pushing, over flowing its banks, penetrating
every crevice with its water. But the mind won't allow
that to happen to itself. The mind sees that it's dangerous,
risky to live in a state of impermanence, insecurity, so it
builds a wall around itself.....
Religious is the feeling of goodness, that love which is
like the river, living moving everlastingly. In that state.....
there is no longer any search at all, and this ending of
search is the beginning of something totally different.
The search for God, for truth, the feeling of being completely
good -- not the cultivation of goodness, of humility, but the
seeking out of something beyond the inventions and tricks
of the mind, which means having a feeling for that something,
living in it, being it, - that is true religion. But you can do that
only when you leave the pool you have dug for yourself and
go out into the River of Life.
Yes. Into the River of my Life, I should enter, ejecting myself
out of the pool I have been in for so long. When I start thinking
on these things, I slowly enter my inner self and ponder more
and more on what JK was focusing.
Hay-Ku of the Day (The Highest Law Is Love)
To "Love Others as
Yourself" You would Have to Be
"One with the Father."
"Only One" Who Is
"One with the Father" keeps the
Living Law of Love.
Only "God Loving
Others through You" keeps the Law
Of Absolute Love.
[Rich Note: Thus, the "Ultimate Logical Implication" of the Answer. Jesus gave the Pharisee (who worshipped the "Letter of the Law"(the Many) instead of "It's Spirit" (the One ) who asked (in an attempt to confound him) what the "Greatest or Highest Commandment or Law" was:
"Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. In these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Matthew 22:36-40 (KJV).]
[Rich Note: (Photo Caption) The Mystic Cross (Reprise- 2006 RFHay); Inspired by a much less intricate piece of jewelry that had Alpha Omega (Time) on the horizontal beam and a Dove and Globe on the vertical beam (Space); Companion Haiku: Accompanying.]
Hay-Ku of the Day (The Law of Love)
Pure Love of Being
Consciously Present as I
Am is the First Law.
Loving All Being
As the Awareness of God
Is the Living Law.
Love that Embraces
All Existence as Itself
Fulfills the Whole Law.
[Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Genesis (2006 Reprise): Companion Haiku: The “Light of Living Love” Projects Itself Into What Appears to Be; The “Living Light of Love" Projects Itself Into Conscious Appearance; Pure Love of Being Projects Itself Into This Present Awareness.]
from The Daily OM
A Magical Potion
Morning Dew
Our very own lives can be magical like the fleeting morning dew on a flower tip.
The world awakens each day from its nightly slumber, transformed by a sparkling layer of morning dew on the grass, on flower petals and leaves, on cars and car windows. These glistening droplets last only a little while, an integral part of what imbues the early morning with its aura of magic. If we sleep too late, we miss the magnificent display of sunlight playing upon an infinite amount of tiny crystal balls. To step onto the dew-covered grass is to anoint our feet with a form of water that comes only once a day for a short time, a rarefied gift of the night air that will soon evaporate in the full light of the sun. If we inhale slowly and consciously enough, it is almost as if we are drinking in this magical elixir formed in the boundary between darkness and light.
In one myth, morning dew is believed to be tears from heaven, and in another, the droplets are poured from the vessel of the goddess of dawn. When we see the earth draped with these shimmering drops, it is easy to imagine fairies bathing in the water, or a sky god weeping from a longing to be closer to his beloved earth goddess. Seeing the sparkling beauty of the earth emerging from darkness, we may understand this longing in terms of our own gratitude; how blessed we are to be here.
Perhaps heaven really does long to be here on earth, and perhaps that is why we are here—as conduits between the divine and the earthbound. As we drink the morning dew in with our eyes, our skin, our breath, it is easy to imagine that it really is a magical potion, a gift from heaven, a reminder of our true purpose, and a daily opportunity to be transformed.
Morning Dew
Our very own lives can be magical like the fleeting morning dew on a flower tip.
The world awakens each day from its nightly slumber, transformed by a sparkling layer of morning dew on the grass, on flower petals and leaves, on cars and car windows. These glistening droplets last only a little while, an integral part of what imbues the early morning with its aura of magic. If we sleep too late, we miss the magnificent display of sunlight playing upon an infinite amount of tiny crystal balls. To step onto the dew-covered grass is to anoint our feet with a form of water that comes only once a day for a short time, a rarefied gift of the night air that will soon evaporate in the full light of the sun. If we inhale slowly and consciously enough, it is almost as if we are drinking in this magical elixir formed in the boundary between darkness and light.
In one myth, morning dew is believed to be tears from heaven, and in another, the droplets are poured from the vessel of the goddess of dawn. When we see the earth draped with these shimmering drops, it is easy to imagine fairies bathing in the water, or a sky god weeping from a longing to be closer to his beloved earth goddess. Seeing the sparkling beauty of the earth emerging from darkness, we may understand this longing in terms of our own gratitude; how blessed we are to be here.
Perhaps heaven really does long to be here on earth, and perhaps that is why we are here—as conduits between the divine and the earthbound. As we drink the morning dew in with our eyes, our skin, our breath, it is easy to imagine that it really is a magical potion, a gift from heaven, a reminder of our true purpose, and a daily opportunity to be transformed.
FROM/TO ALL US SENIORS...
Understand, I don't agree completely with everything being put across, here, but this is just to cute to NOT pass along...
This is something we can all relate to????
Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others.
HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending,
The ambition out of achievement or God out of government and school.
And we certainly are NOT the ones who eeliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!
And, we do understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country.
Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts!
YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!
I'm the life of the party..... Even if it lasts until 8 p.m.
I'm very good at opening childproof caps..... With a hammer.
I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.
I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.
I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg.
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life!
Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I wouldn't send it back to them, but I would send it to many more too!
Spread the laughter
Share the cheer
Let's be happy
While we're here.
And have a Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year.( Hey, it rymes)
And, MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA
AND MAY AMERICA BLESS GOD!!
Go Green - Recycle CONGRESS!!
This is something we can all relate to????
Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others.
HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending,
The ambition out of achievement or God out of government and school.
And we certainly are NOT the ones who eeliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!
And, we do understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country.
Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts!
YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!
I'm the life of the party..... Even if it lasts until 8 p.m.
I'm very good at opening childproof caps..... With a hammer.
I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying.
I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.
I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg.
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life!
Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I wouldn't send it back to them, but I would send it to many more too!
Spread the laughter
Share the cheer
Let's be happy
While we're here.
And have a Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year.( Hey, it rymes)
And, MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA
AND MAY AMERICA BLESS GOD!!
Go Green - Recycle CONGRESS!!
Dusty's Thought for the day
Friday, February 10, 2012
Today's Thought =
MOST OF US HAVE NO PROBLEM
READING THE WRITING ON THE WALL
.....WE JUST ASSUME IT'S ADDRESSED
TO SOMEONE ELSE!!
IT'S NOT??? LOL!
Everyone have a fabulous Friday!
cuall2morrow
Love, D
C'mon by my place, have some
cocoa & we'll talk....I got stories!!
www.dustysfrontporch.com
Today's Thought =
MOST OF US HAVE NO PROBLEM
READING THE WRITING ON THE WALL
.....WE JUST ASSUME IT'S ADDRESSED
TO SOMEONE ELSE!!
IT'S NOT??? LOL!
Everyone have a fabulous Friday!
cuall2morrow
Love, D
C'mon by my place, have some
cocoa & we'll talk....I got stories!!
www.dustysfrontporch.com
