26 Questions.

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?


2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?

3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?

4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

5. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?

6. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?

7. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?

8. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?

9. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

10. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?

11. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?

12. What are you most grateful for?

13. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?

14. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?

15. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?

16. Are you making decisions for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?


17. If not now, then when?

18. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?

19. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?


20. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?

21. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?

22. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?

23. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?

24. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?

26. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?

Life is A Gift.

• Before u think of saying an unkind word – Think of someone who can’t speak.
• Before u complain about the taste of your food – Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
• Before u complain about your spouse – Think of someone who’s crying out for a companion.
• Before u complain about life – Think of someone who went too early to heaven/hell.
• Before u complain about your children – Think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.
• Before u argue about your dirty house, someone didn’t clean or sweep – Think of the people who are living in the streets.
• Before whining about the distance you drive – Think of someone who walks the same distance.
• And when you are tired and complain about your job – Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job.
• Before u think of pointing the finger or condemning another – Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker.
• And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down – Put a smile on your face and thank — you’re alive and still around

Life is a gift – Live it, Enjoy it, Celebrate it, And Fulfill it.

The Story of The Blind Girl

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she’s blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He’s always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend is blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying. “Just take care of my eyes dear.”

This is how human brain changes when the status changed. Only few remember what life was before, and who’s always been there even in the most painful situations.

Everything you now do

Everything you now do is something you have chosen to do. Some people don't want to believe that. But if you're over age twenty-one, your life is what you're making of it. To change your life, you need to change your priorities.- John C. Maxwell

My Father

When I was:

4 years old: My daddy can do anything.

5 years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.

6 years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.

8 years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.

10 years old: In the olden days when my dad grew up, things were sure different.

12 years old: Oh, well, naturally Dad doesn't know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood.

14 years old: Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned!

21 years old: Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out-of-date.

25 years old: Dad knows a little bit about it, but then he should, because he has been around so long.

30 years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he's had a lot of experience.

40 years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.

50 years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise and had a world of experience.

60 years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.

I'm As Mad As Hell & I'm Not Going Take This Anymore!

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a recession. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, storekeepers keep a gun under the counter. Thugs are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms! Let me have my ipod, iphone, ipad and my 50 inch TV and my High Speed Internet and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot. I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the recession and the inflation...and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!...Then we'll figure out what to do about the recession and the inflation and gas prices. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

Reference:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE

Truthful Statements

1. Never complain about what you Permit
2. Your rewards in life are determined by the problems you solve for others
3. All men fall….The great ones get back up.
4. You will never leave where you are until you decide where you would rather be.
5. Give another what he cannot find anywhere else and he will keep returning.
6. If what you hold in your hand is not enough to be your harvest, make it your seed.
7. Champions are willing to do things they hate to create something else they love.
8. You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.
9. You will only be remembered for two things; the problems you solve or the problems you create.
10. Losers focus on what they are going through while champions focus on what they are going to.
11. What you fail to master in your life will eventually master you.
12. Injustice is only as powerful as your memory of it.
13. You will never be promoted until you have become over-qualified for your present assignment.
14. You will never reach the palace talking like a peasant.
15. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of solving them.
16. Greatness is not the pursuit of perfection but the pursuit of completion.
17. Failure is not an event but an opinion.
18. The atmosphere you permit determines the product you produce.
19. Silence cannot be misquoted.
20. The only day you will never see is tomorrow, because when tomorrow comes it is already today. Don’t put off for tomorrow.

Mourn 4 My Enemy

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives,but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that - MLK Jr.

The Atheist & The Bear

A committed atheist was on a trekking holiday when he became lost in some dense woods.

A large angry bear, with ten starving cubs back home and claws like kitchen knives, suddenly emerged from the undergrowth.

The atheist screamed in terror, turned and ran. The bear was quicker however, and after a long and desperate chase eventually cornered the atheist in a gully.

The exhausted atheist sank to his knees, shaking. The bear, seeing that its prey was trapped, moved slowly towards the petrified man, drooling. The bear was drooling too.

The atheist lifted his head, with tears in his eyes, and uttered the words he thought he would never say in all his life: "God help me..."

With these simple three words, a blinding flash of lightning lit up the sky. There was a deafening crash of thunder. The clouds parted. A brilliant light shone down. The forest fell silent. The bear froze still, in a trance. The atheist stood gaping, transfixed.

A voice came loud from above. We can safely assume this voice to have been the voice of a god of some sort. "You atheists make me seriously mad," boomed the god, "You deny me all your life. You tell others to deny me too. You put your faith in all that bloody Darwinian airy-fairy scientific nonsense, and then what a surprise - you get lost because you can't read your stupid map, and now you're about to get eaten by an angry bear all of a sudden you're on your knees sniveling and begging for my help?......... You must be joking..."

The atheist looked down, realizing that he was not arguing from a position of strength.
"Okay, I take your point," said the atheist, thinking on his feet, while he still had them, "I can see it's a bit late for me to convert, but what about the bear?... Maybe you could convert the bear instead?"

"Hmmn... interesting idea..." said the god, thinking hard, "...Okay. It shall be done." At which the brilliant light dimmed and vanished; the clouds closed; and the noises of the forest resumed.
The bear awoke and shook its head, a completely different expression on its face. Calm, at peace.
The bear closed its eyes, bowed its head, and said, "For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful, Amen.."

What's the difference between Snickers and Baby Ruth?

What’s the difference between a Snickers bar and a Baby Ruth? Both chocolate candy bars contain milk chocolate, peanuts, caramel and nougat. However they provide two different and unique tastes.

Snickers is a chocolate candy bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of peanut nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel, covered in milk chocolate. The Snickers bar was first introduced in 1930 by the Mars family. The name originated from the owners’ favorite horse.

Baby Ruth is a chocolate candy bar made by Nabisco. It consist of chocolate-covered peanuts, caramel, and nougat, though the nougat found in it is more like fudge compared to that of a Snickers bar. It was introduced in 1900, originally called the Kandy Kake. The Curtiss Candy Company took a controversial move to rename the candy bar, Baby Ruth. Despite noticeable coincidences, the Curtiss Candy Company claims that the candy bar was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland (died 17 years before named changed) and not famous baseball player Babe Ruth (Rise to fame began in 1921).

In comparing the two I discovered very few differences. Snickers has creamier caramel and chocolate that tends to stay intact opposed to Baby Ruth’s' chocolate that has a tendency to crumble and lay flakes of chocolate. Baby Ruth uses whole peanuts and tends to have a higher ratio of peanuts compared to Snickers’ use of split peanuts. The biggest difference between the two seems to be the placement of the ingredients. Snickers have nougat, caramel, and peanuts covered in chocolate. While a Baby Ruth is basically peanuts around nougat center covered in chocolate.

So it boils down to, Do you prefer your peanuts in chocolate (Snickers) or your chocolate in peanuts (Baby Ruth). I'm in the majority in saying that Snickers is the better choice but that's just our opinion. “To each it’s own”. I’ll take the peanuts in chocolate. Or maybe I’ll try some almonds in chocolate (Snickers with Almonds)

Do you celebrate Jesus or the Easter Bunny? (Re-Post)

Easter is Sunday. Easter is the name for the day when Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days after his crucifixion. It is celebrated two days after Good Friday. The date of Easter is not fixed to a numerical calendar date. Easter falls at some point between March and April each year according to the cycle of the Moon. Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first moon whose 14th day is on or after March 21. For the non-astrologist, it’s written on the calendar.

The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries. The egg is seen as symbolic of the grave and life renewed or resurrected by breaking out of it. The egg is symbolic of Jesus’ resurrection, while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it. Traditionally, Easter eggs were dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ. Cracking the egg symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

The Easter Bunny has no symbolic meaning in reference to Easter. It is just a stretch of the imagination that makes the holiday appealing to children and non-Christians. Like many holidays and ceremonies, the true meaning is often lost or stretched out of content. There is nothing evil about painting and hiding eggs and having children search for them. The important thing is that we focus on Jesus Christ and not the eggs, our children will understand that the eggs are just a game as long as the true meaning of the day is explained and emphasized.As for me and my family, on Easter we will be celebrating the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and was resurrected on the third day after his death. Thank You, Jesus.

There Are Three Kinds of People In The World

There are three kinds of People;

1. Those that MAKE shit Happen
2. Those that WATCH shit happen
3. Those that ASK what happen

Things that make you go "Hmmm"

01. Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?
02. Why does Hawaii have interstate highways?
03. If a train station is where the train stops, what is a workstation?
04. If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?
05. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
06. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
07. Why do banks charge a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know u don't have?
08. Why do they put Braille on the drive through ATM machines?
09. If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
10. Why aren't there B batteries?
11. If the post office has machines that can sort mail at 1000's of times per minute, then why do they give it to a little old man on a bike to deliver?
12. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
13. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
14. If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?
15. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?
16. How do u know that honesty is the best policy until u have tried some of the others?
17. How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?
18. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
19. If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
20. Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot dog buns only 8?
21. Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?
22. Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the gun is thrown at him?
23. Why is it that you must wait until night to call it a day?
24. When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper, does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpeting?
25. What happened to the first 6 "ups"?
26. If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress?
27. If scientists were ever going to figure out how to travel through time, wouldn’t we now be seeing people from the future?
28. Do crematoriums give discounts to burn victims?
29. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?"
30. Why are Christmas lights packaged with the warning "For indoor or outdoor use only"? Where else would you put them?
31. Why do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
32. If The Flintstones were B.C., how could they have Christmas or Thanksgiving specials?
33. When people say "PIN number," do they know they're saying "Personal Identification Number Number?
34. If you had x-ray vision and could see through anything, wouldn't you see through everything and actually see nothing?
35. If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth?
36. What should you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

There Are Two Kinds of People In The World pT.2

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Generalists and Specialists.

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Bullies and Nerds

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Players and Haters.

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Me and You.

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Pessimists and Optimists.

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Givers and Takers.

Sunshine and Rainbows

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!

-Quote From Rocky Balboa (2006)

There Are Two Kinds of People In The World

• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those Who Think There Are Two Kinds of People In The World and Those Who Don’t.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who make things complicated, and those who make things simple.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are!’ – and those who say, ‘Here I am!'
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who accomplish things, and those who claim to have accomplished things.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those that are nervous speakers and those that are good liars.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who agreed with me, and those who hadn’t yet agreed with me.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who follow the rules and those who make the rules.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who love to talk, and those who hate to listen.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.
• There Are Three Kinds of People In The World: Those who know math and those who don’t.
• There Are Two Kinds of People In The World: Those who do all the work, and the people who think they do all the work.