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THINK SPRING! Weekly
Food For Thought
(Monday, March 31) The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in modern business, because of the heavy investment factors to be taken into consideration, often other strategies have to be tried with dead horses, including the following: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing riders. 3. Threatening the horse with termination. 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses. 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 7. Appointing an intervention team to reanimate the dead horse. 8. Creating a training session to increase the rider's load share. 9. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired. 10. Change the form so that it reads "This horse is not dead." 11. Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 12. Harness several dead horses together for increased speed. 13. Donate the dead horse to a recognized charity, thereby deducting its full original cost. 14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance. 15. Do a time management study to see if the lighter riders would improve productivity. 16. Purchase an after-market product to make dead horses run faster. 17. Declare that a dead horse has lower overhead and therefore performs better. 18. Form a quality focus group to find profitable uses for dead horses. 19. Rewrite the expected performance requirements for horses. 20. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position. received from Mikey's
Funnies * * * * * * * * * * * (Saturday,
March 29) ANGER Anger. It's easy to define: the noise of the soul. Anger. The unseen irritant of the heart. Anger. The relentless invader of silence. . . . The louder it gets the more desperate we become. . . . Some of you are thinking . . . you don't have any idea how hard my life has been. And you're right, I don't. But I have a very clear idea how miserable your future will be unless you deal with your anger. X-ray the world of the vengeful and behold the tumor of bitterness: black, menacing, malignant. Carcinoma of the spirit. Its fatal fibers creep around the edge of the heart and ravage it. Yesterday you can't alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. The past you cannot change, but your response to your past you can. from When God Whispers Your Name by Max Lucado * * * * * * * * * * * (Friday,
March 28) The coughing of the old folks and the crowding were unbearable. In desperation, she went to the village wise man, whom she knew had solved many, many problems. "What should I do?" she begged. "Do you have a cow?" asked the wise man. "Yes," she replied. "Then bring her into the hut too. And come back and see me in a week," said the wise man. A week later she was back. "This is unbearable," she said. "Do you have any chickens?" asked the wise man. "Yes," she replied. "What about them?" "Bring them in the hut too," he said. "Then come back and see me in another week." "You're utterly out of your mind," she said. Nevertheless, still awed by his reputation, she did as he asked. A week later she returned. "This is absolutely impossible," she said. "Our home is a mess of chicken feathers, cow dung, and people." "All right," said the wise man, "take out the chickens." The next week she reported that without the chickens it was definitely better but still a miserable situation. "All right," said the wise man, "now take out the cow. That will settle your problem." And it did. Without the chickens and cow to contend with, the woman, her husband, the children, and his two parents got along quite peacefully. Everything, you see, is relative. Sometimes we don't know how well off we really are. from The
Best of Bits & Pieces * * * * * * * * * * * (Wednesday,
March 26) soooooo....today seems like a good day for a chuckle or two...don't you think!!!! I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what I wrote down, I spend time looking for the paper I wrote it down on. --Pat Hansen Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. WARNING!
I KNOW KARATE! I'm perfectly willing to compromise, but God wants to have everything His own way. Overheard at a senior citizens meeting: "You know you're getting old when you make mental notes to yourself and then find you've misplaced them. from Daily Splashes of Joy by Barbara Johnson * * * * * * * * * *
(Monday, March 24) THE HEART This heart
of mine is such a fragile thing. printed in Fresh
Elastic for Stretched Out Moms * * * * * * * * *
* * (Sunday, March 23) If I can
endure for this minute --author unknown printed in
Fresh Elastic for Stretched Out Moms
(Friday, March 21) (What a tumultuous week this has been. Thought I would post the lyrics of a song that has been "playing" in my head for a couple of days now. It's a comforting thought to me in times like these...that God is indeed in control.....cathye) Sometimes He
Calms the Storm All who sail
the sea of faith **Sometimes
He calms the storm He has a
reason for each trial repeat chorus * * * * * * * * * * (Tuesday,
March 18) MY DAILY WORKOUT Physical exercise is good for you. I know that I should do it daily, but my body doesn't want me to do too much, so I have worked out this program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise. You are invited to use my program without charge. 01) Beating around the bush Whew! What a workout! I think I'll exercise my caution now, and sit down. * * * * * * * * * * (Sunday, March 16) Does Prayer Change Things? They say that prayer changes things, but
does it REALLY change anything? Does prayer change your present situation
or sudden circumstances? Does prayer change your financial future? Does prayer change shattered hearts or
broken bodies? Does prayer change your wants and desires? Does prayer change how you view the world? Does prayer change your regrets from the
past? Does prayer change the people around you? Does prayer change your life in ways you
can't explain? So does prayer REALLY change ANYTHING? Yes! It REALLY does change EVERYTHING! received from Inspiration List * * * * * * * * * * (Saturday, March 15) My deeds will be measured not
by my youthful appearance, but by the concern lines on my forehead, the
laugh lines around my mouth, and the chins from seeing what can be done
for those smaller than me or who have fallen. * * * * * * * * * * (Friday, March 14) Lord, I ask more questions I ask You ask Are you trusting Me? --Ruth Harms Calkin printed in Daily Splashes of Joy by Barbara Johnson
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