Give Thanks #1

I am thankful for my wife who says it's hot dogs tonight because she is not out with someone else.

Learn from each day

The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently, away.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Peace be within you

May today there be peace within you. 
My you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet
When our wings are have trouble remembering how to fly.

DEATH

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."

Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.

Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his mast was here, and when the door opened, he sprang without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing ... I know my Master is there and that is enough."

What I've Learned #48

I've learned that no matter your age, your physical condition or the physical condition of those you love, when you feel you cannot live without someone, you need to be prepared to do so anyway. Tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone.

What I've Learned #47

I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

What I've Learned #46

I've learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.