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WITandWISDOM(tm) - August 19, 2004 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. - Japanese proverb Source: Carol's Thought for Today, http://www.kalama.com/~carola/ ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: There was a couple who went to England to shop in a beautiful antique store. This trip was to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially tea-cups. Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked "May we see that? We've never seen a cup quite so beautiful. As the lady handed it to them and suddenly the tea-cup spoke, "You don't understand" It said, "I have not always been a tea-cup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, Don't do that. I don't like it! "Let me alone," but he only smiled, nd gently said; "Not yet!!" "Then. WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. 'Stop it ! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!', I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly; 'Not yet. 'He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then...... Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. " Help! Get me out of here!" I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, 'Not yet'." When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! "Ah, this is much better," I thought. But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me allover. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please; Stop it, Stop it!!' I cried. He only shook his head and said. 'Not yet!'. Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited------- and waited, wondering "What's he going to do to me next?" An hour later he handed me a mirror and said 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, "That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful! "Quietly he spoke: "I want you to remember, then," he said, "I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you. "The moral of this story is this: God knows what He's doing [for each of us ]. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will. So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to "stink", try this.... Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and think of this story and then, have a little talk with the Potter. Source: Monday Fodder mailto:dgaufaaa@iohk.com?subject=Subscribe_Monday_Fodder http://www.fishermansnet.com/monday-fodder/ ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: The software engineering field is staffed primarily by men; the ratio of male to female software engineers is on the order of 25 to 1. This makes it pretty easy for women to find potential mates among their peers. However, software types have a well-earned reputation for being... well, a little strange. While discussing the prospect of working in the software industry, one woman commented to another: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd." Source: Top Greetings, http://www.top-greetings.com/ ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: A husband and wife had a human cannonball act in the circus. One day the wife ran off never to return. The husband was extremely dejected. The strong man asked him what he was going to do. "This is a disaster," the husband answered, “I don't know where I'm going to find another woman of her caliber." Source: Sunday Funnies, http://www.net153.com/best.htm ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Making Windows visible Q. My wife and I are in our 80s. We have a difficult time reading our monitor. We do not have the Accessibility Wizard on our computer, so we cannot magnify the screen. We have tried to download it from Microsoft, but cannot. We are using Windows 98. Can you help us? A. Sure I can. Thanks for writing! I bet there are a lot of folks that I can help with today's tip. The Accessibility Wizard apparently is not installed by default. I checked my installation of Windows 98 and it was not present. I guess Microsoft assumes that most people won't use it. You do not need to download this from Microsoft. It is present on your Windows 98 disc. To install it: --Click Start>>Settings>>Control Panel --Double-click Add/Remove Programs --Select the Windows Setup tab --Click Accessibility so it is highlighted, then click Details --Be sure both boxes are checked. In my case, Accessibility Tools was not checked. --Click OK --Click Apply --You will be prompted to put your Windows 98 disk in the CD drive. Do so, and let Windows 98 install the necessary files. --When the installation is complete, click OK. To use the wizard, click Start>>Programs>>Accessories>> Accessibility>> Accessibility Wizard. The wizard gives you two choices for larger type. It then opens the Magnifier, which allows even more choices. Copyright 2004, The Kim Komando Show. All rights reserved. Source: Kim Komando's Daily Tip http://www.komando.com |