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What do you believe in?
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04/30/07
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I believe that unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. I believe that God HOLDS our attention by the deepest dissatisfactions we have. I believe that I will not be completely happy here on earth simply because I am not made for earth (We are like foreigners and strangers of this world. 1Pet.2.11) The happiness, satisfaction, the moments of peace and the glimpse of light I have experienced simply would not compare from what God prepared for me and you.
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Living a Full life....what does it mean to you?
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04/30/07
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You should be a light fo other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven...Matthew 5:16
When I hear this statement, I remember my Dad. He said to me one time that money is not a basis of living a full life...its when you become an inspiration to another persons life, or when people look up to you as a good example...that's the time you will feel a sense of fullfilment deep inside you soul. he always remind us never to ask for recognition on the good things that we do, humble ourselves the eyes of man so that God will lift us up. I didn't understand it at that time...thinking it is just too overrated. But he was right.
I learned, when became a christian that living a full life eminates from the foundation of your faith, whether the favor of God is upon you, how you dessiminate the fruits of grace that God gave you, and the knowledge and the understanding that when you pass away, there is no other place your soul would come home to but the Lord's kingdom.
In layman's term...be a good example of what life is really all about. What are those examples...Be faithful to your spouse and patient to your kids' inequities, work and do not be idle (for an idle mind creates an opportunity for the devil to play around with), do not cheat on anything, do not lie or envy someone else's stuff, respect your parents the way it is written and instructed by God (take care of them as they have taken care of you when you were littlle and helpless). I noticed here in America, that they put their parents to the nursing home because they cannot deal with their parents disabilities or maybe it is too much for them to feed them, bath them, or take care of their daily needs. I just really think it is despicable and inhumane that after you put your life for your children on many occassion, put yourself to work to feed, clothe, educate and give them a little bit of liesure, protect them, help them develop their skill so that they will be equiped when they get older....they would just turn around and toss you out of their sight and put you to someone else's care because they cannot deal with you. For me, it would be understandable to ask help from someone else to take care of your parents, but to put them away to someone else's care is not acceptble in my eyes let alone in the eyes of God who commanded us to honor our father and our mother.
It is better to die in a nursing home knowing you dont have any family who will take care of you than knowing you have been forgotten.
Living a full life is dying with a smile on your face knowing in your heart you touched someone else's soul.
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Trust...a big issue nowadays #2
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09/21/06
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I recently met someone i thought was different and special. We havent personally met or share some space but I enjoyed talking to him so I thought I give it a try. As we talk over the phone I noticed some indication of insincerity going on. Hmmmmmm....Im not a very logical person but I'm practical. What do you think if you were me? Would you still want to talk to this guy and try to build something if u found out that he went offline as soon as u got in and hear him over the phone chatting with someone else?
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PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON
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09/13/06
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This is one of the articles that helped me refocus my outlook about relationship. Its a good read.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do
something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.!
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
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Happy IVGLDSW Day
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09/13/06
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Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day,
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" Have a wonderful day !
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4 people that stood their grounds..Y they do what they do
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09/12/06
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The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war...My husband looked at our son and then looked at me.
My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window.
He said "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"
"I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he replied.
"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush."
Our son giggled and said "OK."
"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said.
"OK Dad, I'm pretending."
"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and pretend you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife, he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are screaming and crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and they are afraid of their father.
You see all of this, son....what do you do?"
"Dad?"
"What do you do son?"
"I'd call the police, Dad."
"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations. They take your call. They listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?"
"Dad.......... but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.
"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says.
"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.
"I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."
"Daddy...he kills them?"
"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"
"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.
"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.
"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"
"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry.
"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"
"What Daddy?"
"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"
"Daddy..."
"WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I'd close the blinds, Daddy."
My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him. "Why?"
"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help people who needs them...and they won't help.... You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds.... so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."
I start to cry. My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husband's questions and he says...
"Son"
"Yes, Daddy."
"Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front door... "WHAT DO YOU DO?"
My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"
I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs our son to his chest and hugs him tight, and says... "It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife, and his children and the old lady across the way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone, before its too late." my husband whispers. THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war in Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen son, THAT is the greatest atrocities in the world won't affect him.
"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."
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What is an American?
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08/19/06
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You probably missed it in the rush of news last week (February 2, 2003), but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American - any American. So, an Australian dentist wrote the following to let everyone know what an American is, so they would know when they found one.
Characteristics of an American:
An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may, also, be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan. An American may, also, be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he or she could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, nor to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
An American is from the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given right of each man and woman to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need. When Afghanistan was overrun by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country. As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best ~ the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best athletes. But they also welcome the least. One national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes ?your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed.? These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in The Twin Towers the morning of September 11, earning a better life for their families.
I?ve been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 other countries and cultures with first languages other than English including those countries of the 9/11 terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler tried. So did General Tojo, Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and every bloodthirsty tyrant in the history of the world. But, doing so would be futile because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
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Do Not Touch
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56 Views
08/19/06
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A coworker got a pen stuck inside our printer. He started to try and remove the pen, but I told him we don't have time for that now, just put a note on the printer telling folks not to use it and then report it to the Help
Desk. So he grabbed a piece of paper and scrawled on it. I left before he finished the note.
About 20 minutes later, one of my techs comes in laughing and says he was just in the lobby, saw a piece of paper on a printer and went to investigate.
Attached is what he found. A paper with a note saying...
"DO NOT TOUCH
P---S STUCK."
Sometimes things don't always come out the way you want them to........
sORRY GUYS i CANNOT ATTACH THE PICTURE.
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What to expect next after finding the love of your life
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08/16/06
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After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was "DON'T!"
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit!!!!!"
" No Way!"
"Yes way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was angry! "Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.
BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.
6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day.
AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
" TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!!!!!
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How well do you know what you really want?
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08/15/06
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The Invitation
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to now what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when its not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
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Trust...a Big issue nowadays
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125 Views
08/11/06
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I find it easy to find someone I can relate with but the question always lies on how I can maintain an open mind on facts like long distance relationship or constantly being away with your partner. In a span of about a year of being separated, how can I be really sure that a soldier will truly be monogamous and true to you? Trust is such a big risk, specially when you have a very traumatic experience with regard to loyalty.
I look around and I see, left and right, men and women, cheatting on their partners when separated by distance...(does not apply to every relationships though). But what emotional benefit would I get if I ever decide to date a man in the service...specially when they are stationed on a very vulnerable places like Korea or Germany where there are so many predators looking for just a springboard to America. What risks would I give up again knowing the great possibilities of separation each one will be facing in the end. I feel like I will be shooting the moon or might be left high and dry.
I dont mean to sound pessimistic but only a percent of a million had a good LDR.
This is what my left brain and my right brain are arguing about or it can be both wrong:
If i just stick to the civilian dating arena, I have great opportunity of knowing what my partner will be doing and decide if I stay or not, as opposed to dating a soldier where I can only have just a few glimpse of what they are really going through or how they spend their spare time without you.
But then again, if I stick to the civilian world (where people normally lives in a box and did not have the chance to witness and experience the great poverty of other land), I might not have a possibility of meeting a man who are most versatile and patient; a man that have a greater understanding about people and their cultural difference; a man that are most likely appreciative of almost anything and will most likely stick to you amids any crisis or poverty per se.
You're more that welcome to any suggestion that would help me resolve this issue.
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