LIFTED BY FRIENDS Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our wings forget how to fly.
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LOVE PLUS MONEY I 've had an exciting life. I married for love and got a little money along with it. -- Rose Kennedy
STATUS OF EROS "Eros 'ceases to be a devil only when it ceases to be a god.'" From The Quotable Lewis, Christian Reflections, "Christianity and Culture" (1940), section III, paragraph 12, page 35
BUYING HAPPINESS WITH PUPPIES Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies. -- Gene Hill
LOVE HEALS Love heals people; it heals the one who gives it, and it heals the one who receives it.
VOLUME OF LOVE Love speaks loudest when it is silent. -- Michael Hodgin
DEFEATING AGE There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source,…
THREE OLD MEN Three old men were sitting on a bench in Florida when a reporter approached them. "I wonder if you three would be willing to do an interview and tell us your secret…
MORE FOR LESS The Pastor said, "Today I've prepared a ten dollar message on fire and brimstone which is about two hours in length. There are a couple alternative sermons I could give--depending on how…
ONE HUNDRED YEARS YOUNGER A 105 -year-old woman was offered a place in a Norwegian kindergarten after a millennium bug nicked a century off her age. "When our list showed she was born in '94.…
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT Christopher Columbus was stranded in Jamaica and needed supplies. He knew that an eclipse was to occur the next day. He told the tribal chief, "The God who protects me will…
SPEED OF LEADERSHIP The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. Wayne Lukas, quoted by Pete Axthelm in GQ
TIME FOR SOAP My brother had just moved into his own apartment and was disappointed that the new dishwasher didn't seem to work well. Later that month he was invited to dinner at a friend's…
DAY OFF OR OFF DAY How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day? Doug Larson, United Feature Syndicate
SNORING FAST TO SLEEP Why is the person who snores always the first one to fall asleep? Quoted in Country
STRANGE MALADY/ Patient: My tongue tingles when I touch it to a cracked walnut wrapped in used toaster oven aluminum foil, what's wrong with me? Doctor: You have far too much free time.
THOREAU ON HUMANITY Thoreau writes, Men think that it is essential that the nation have commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph, and ride thirty miles an hour . . . but whether…
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MR S. MURPHY'S LAW - MRS MURPHY'S LAW:If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong when he's out of town.
FAST INFORMATION Information is fast, loud, superficial numbing. We can't get away from it. Wisdom is slower, deeper, lasting, more elusive. We can begin to make our way toward wisdom by clearing out the date…
CONTROLLING THAT WHICH SPINS Anne Morrow Lindbergh suggests we strive to be the still axis within the revolving wheel of relationships, obligations, and activities." From Windows of the Soul, by Ken Gire, published by Zondervan…
