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WITandWISDOM(tm) - December 28, 2001 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." - Rose Kennedy Source: Quotes From The Masters, http://mailroom.dailyinbox.com/ Subjects: Goals ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: I DO GIVE THANKS ... For Every Hill. . . For every hill I've had to climb, For every stone that bruised my feet, For all the blood and sweat and grime, For blinding storms and burning heat My heart sings but a grateful song -- These were the things that made me strong! For all the heartaches and the tears, For all the anguish and the pain, For gloomy days and fruitless years, And for the hopes that lived in vain, I do give thanks, for now I know These were the things that helped me grow! 'Tis not the softer things of life Which stimulate man's will to strive; But bleak adversity and strife Do most to keep man's will alive, O'er rose-strewn paths the weaklings creep, But brave hearts dare to climb the steep. Author Unknown From: Weekend Encounter, by Dick Innes, Copyright 2001, http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.htm Source: Monday Fodder dgaufaaa@i ohk.com?subject=Subscribe_Monday_Fodder Subjects: Thankfulness, Pain, Difficulties ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Typos found while proofreading menus: Soup of the dog Served on a warm nun Kindly beans Dark meat of chicken-two things and two legs Pork with geek and garlic Kids' menu (served to chicken under 12) Curried lamp and rice Scared breast of chicken Cork chops Source: Sermon Fodder, http://www.yahoogroups.com/subscribe.cgi/Sermon_Fodder Subjects: Language, Misprints ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: On a visit to Las Vegas, my husband and I saw a group of teenagers standing outside our hotel. They seemed to be bothering passing tourists, and I became apprehensive when I saw their spiked hair, chains, black clothes and various pierced body parts. But as we got closer, I noticed they were laughing and joking with the crowd. It was then that I saw the homemade sign at their feet: "Take Your Picture With Us - $3." By Michele Davis, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA Source: Reader's Digest, Copyright (c) July 1999, http://www.readersdigest.com Subjects: Teenagers, Judging ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: The ornithologist J. J. Audubon pointed out that there is an exact number of scales on the leg of each partridge, and that the American eagle invariably has seven tail feathers. This simple fact was overlooked when the first silver dollar was minted, and the artist inaccurately gave the big bird eight such feathers. Later, one feather had to come out. From: "Show Me Thy Ways" by Floyd O. Rittenhouse, Copyright (c) 1983 by Review and Herald Publishing Association, ISBN 0828002096, http://www.rhpa.org/ Submitted by Nancy Simpson Subjects: Birds, Coins |