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WITandWISDOM(tm) - May 25, 2006 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "God's promises are like the stars ... the darker the night ... the brighter they shine." - Barbara Johnson Source: Weekend Encounter, by Dick Innes, Copyright (c) ACTS International, 2004, http://www.actsweb.org/subscribe.php ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests juice, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pitcher of juice and an assortment of glasses - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the delicious juice. When all the students had a glass of juice in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive glasses were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for each of you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was juice, not the glass, but you consciously went for the best glasses and were eyeing each other's glasses. Now, if life is juice, then the jobs, money and position in society are the glasses. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the glass, we fail to enjoy the juice in it." So, don't let the glasses drive you... enjoy the juice instead. Submitted by Sharon Hamel ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: A first grade teacher had twenty-five students in her class and she presented each child in her class the first half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the simile. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic! 1. Don't change horses...................... until they stop running. 2. Strike while the......................... bug is close. 3. Its always darkest before................ Daylight Savings Time. 4. Never underestimate the power of........ termites. 5. You can lead a horse to water but ...... how? 6. Don't bite the hand that........... looks dirty. 7. No news is............................... impossible. 8. A miss is as good as a.................. Mr. 9. You can't teach an old dog new............ math. 10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll....... stink in the morning. 11. Love all, trust........................ me. 12. The pen is mightier than the .......... pigs. 13. An idle mind is......................... the best way to relax. 14. Where there's smoke there's............ pollution. 15. Happy the bride who..................... gets all the presents. 16. A penny saved is ....................... not much. 17. Two's company, three's............ the Musketeers. 18. Don't put off till tomorrow what ...... you put on to go to bed. 19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry....... and you have to blow your nose. 20. There are none so blind as............... Stevie Wonder. 21. Children should be seen and not.......... spanked or grounded. 22. If at first you don't succeed............ get new batteries. 23. You get out of something only what you........... see in the picture on the box. 24. When the blind lead the blind.............. get out of the way. Source: Molly's Quotes of the Day, mailto:molly.rhea@gmail.com?subject=Subscribe_Quotes_of_the_Day ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. - Dave Barry Submitted by Cutie Pa2ti ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Q: In what year did the F. B. I., established in 1908 as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, start hiring women as special agents? A: In 1972 -- after the death of longtime director J. Edgar Hoover, who had banned women agents. Submitted by Cutie Pa2ti