TURKEY TURKEY In an attempt to develop better eating habits, our family began eating "turkey franks," "turkey ham," "turkey bacon," and "turkey burgers." When Thanksgiving came, I made a beautiful traditional dinner with all the…
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AWAKENED In the recent film, Awakenings, a number of patients who had been in a catatonic state for some thirty years were temporarily brought to full consciousness through a new medication. While some were elated,…
GIMMEE PRAYERS When we think of prayer, we often only think of requests, like the story about the mother who came to tuck her little son into bed. "Did you say your prayers tonight?" she…
SHAKESPEARE'S THANKLESS CHILD I hate ingratitude more in man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkeness, Or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to…
WINGS OF PRAYER Prayer without thanksgiving is like a bird without wings - such prayer cannot rise to heaven nor be sweet to the Father's ears. God loves to hear our prayers, but He also…
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN I am thankful: For the teenager who is not doing dishes but is watching TV, Because that means he is at home and not on the streets. For the…
MOST GRATEFUL PEOPLE We have been a most favored people. We ought to be a most grateful people. We have been a most blessed people. We ought to be a most thankful people. -- Calvin…
FOCUS ON YOUR BLESSINGS Reflect upon your present blessings of which every person has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all people have some. Charles Dickens
SPRINGS OF GRATITUDE Albert Scheitzer read Luke 17:12-19, the story of Christ's healing of the lepers. Schweitzer suggested that the other nine were so overjoyed they ran to tell their families. They may have intended…
GRATITUDE PRODUCES VIRTUES Cicero calls gratitude the mother of virtues.
NO ROOM BUT COOKIES GALORE It was Christmas, and a little boy was asked to play the role of the innkeeper who turned away Mary and Joseph. "I won't!" he exclaimed, "because the man was…
CALVIN COOLIDGE ON CHRISTMAS Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy is to have the real spirit of…
STAGES OF MALE GROWTH The three stages of growth for the human male: He believes in Santa Claus. He doesn't believe in Santa Claus. He is Santa Claus.
GIVING MENTAL BLOCKS A certain family was so dysfunctional that for Christmas the only things the parents would give their children were mental blocks.
WORTH THE WAIT Mamie Adams always went to a branch post office in her town because the postal employees there were friendly. She went there to buy stamps just before Christmas one year and the…
GIFT WRAPPED GIFT WRAP A young fellow was looking for a gift for his brother when he saw some gift wrapping paper on sale. This was the perfect gift. His brother would have a lot…
MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS We wish a Merry Christmas this December, To all those folks we can't remember.
GETTING THEM HOME An elderly man in Florida calls his son in New York one November day. The father says to the son, "I hate to tell you, but we've got some troubles here in…
Children | Christmas | Communication | Computers | Dependence | Desire | E-Mail | Santa | Technology
SANTA DOES NOT GET E-MAIL As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas ?" The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for…
WHY JESUS IS BETTER THAN SANTA Santa lives at the North Pole ... JESUS is everywhere. Santa rides in a sleigh ... JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water. Santa comes but…
