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WITandWISDOM(tm) - January 31, 2002 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help. - Napoleon Hill, American author Source: Bits & Pieces, September 12, 1996, Copyright (c) Economic Press, Inc., http://www.epinc.com Subjects: Decisions ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and he said, "I love you. I wish you enough." She in turn said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy." They kissed and she left. He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man experiencing. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever goodbye?" I asked. "I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, the next trip back would be for my funeral," he said. "When you were saying goodbye I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I ask what that means?" He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he smiled even more."When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them," he continued and then turning toward me he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye." He then began to sob and walked away. My friends, I wish you enough! by Bob Perks Source: http://www.iwishyouenough.com/ Bob Perks is a Professional Speaker, Author, and vocalist, member National Speakers Assoc. and National Writers Assoc. http://www.BobPerks.com Submitted by Betty Lou Boyd Subjects: Friendship, Farewells, Blessings ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: PHYSICS AT ITS FINEST A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a proof. Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. So, if hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose. Of course, if hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over. - - - It was not revealed what grade the student got. Source: HUMOR Digest Subjects: Hell, Physics ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: BATHROOM SCALES: Equipment which only seems to work correctly when one holds on to towel rail, stands on one foot and leans hard to the left. Source: David A. Rinke II's Funny Pages Mailing List Subjects: Definitions, Weight ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: 2002 - Year of the Palindrome 2002 - The Year of the Palindrome. So what's a palindrome? A palindrome is a perfectly symmetrical word, phrase, or number that reads the same forward or backward. Several astronomy-related examples include: - Ara (one of 88 official constellations), - Noon, - RADAR, - "A Santa at NASA," - "Tons of UFOs? Not!," - "No, it is opposition." Source: Website of the Week (WoW!) Http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/wow.html Subjects: Palindromes, Language |