A thought or so

[skip]

You might find one ot two of these useful ...


Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
If you lose don't lose the lesson.
Follow the three R’s, respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want, is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how to properly break them.
Don't let little disputes injure great relationships.
When you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Spend some time alone each day.
Open your arms to change, without letting go of your values.
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live an honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you can enjoy it, a second time.
A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation, don't bring up the past.
Share your knowledge, it is a way to achieve immortality.
The gentle with the earth.
Once a year go someplace you have never been.
Remember the best relationship is one where your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Judge success by what you had to give up, in order to achieve it.
Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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[Don]

Thanks, Skip.

This list, usually sent as a chain mail letter, has for several years been attributed to the Dalai Lama. Rather than the usual scare tactics ("If you don't send this to five friends within 24 hours X will happen to you" where "X" is something horrible) it features a positive twist ("If you send this to Y number of friends within 24 hours X will happen to you" where "X" is something great). Of course, neither will happen.

In actuallity, this list is a short version of a longer list that circulated around 1999 claiming to be "modern Japanese good luck tantra."

AND that longer list is actually a short version taken from the book Life's Little Instruction Book by Jackson Brown and H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Source: Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/dalai.asp

[Terry (existing)]

Words of wisdom are never lost on the wise, always lost on the foolish, who read and forget them, but never wasted, since someone will always bring them back to our attention....

On the other hand, laughter being the best medicine, and my wife constantly quoting what I now call Carolisms, was watching a television program last night showing the killing of chickens in Asia, due to bird flu. Without a thought in the world, she turned to me and said, "Isn't it awfull, they're killing those birds alive". I believe I can claim that as the quote of the week, to be sent to all who are physically or mentally ill, or in need of a pick-me-up.....

[Simple Guy]

Ditto to Don's reply. My copy of this chain letter arrived by E-Mail
on Oct. 8th.

[Simple Guy]

It's becoming an increasingly popular practice for people to dress more
informally on Friday's. With this in mind, I'm in favor of a more
casual dress policy on Friday's for our forum members and lurkers.
So, feel free to show up here as comfortable as you like.

By the way, lest anyone ask, I don't believe that participants in stage
hypnotism shows that quack like ducks will be predisposed to avian flu. ;)

This ridiculous post is inspired by Terry's reminder that "laughter is the
best medicine."

Wishing everyone a fun-filled, safe weekend,

Simple Guy

[Charlie]

I don't believe that participants in stage
hypnotism shows that quack like ducks will be predisposed to avian flu. ;)


Jokes about bird flu?

I'd like to laugh, but, to quote from the BBC web-site: "The first and worst flu pandemic started in 1918. The so-called Spanish flu killed 40 million people - more than died in World War I which was coming to an end at the time."

Isn't that an incredible statistic? 40 million people killed by flu. Life so cheap.

I pray to science to protect us.

Then let the jokes continue.




http://www.ksde.org/sfp/cate/health/health_logo.jpg

[solaris152000]

How did you get that picture to show up with image code turned off?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/solaris152000/Autum.jpg

Oh wow, we can post pictures, cool.

Nice points there skip.


Solaris

[Simple Guy]

Hi Charlie,

It was intended as a bit of "gallows humor." This kind of "joke" sometimes
allows people to deal with what otherwise could be an emotionally
unmanageable situation. Historically, it shows up among people facing
the most dire of circumstances. There was no intent to offend you or
anyone else nor to diminish the seriousness of the matter. On the
contrary, it was my desire to bring up a situation (without weighting
people down) that is of concern to all of us. Sorry for any unintended
offense.

Life is precious and fragile.

[Charlie]

Sorry for any unintended offense.

No offense taken, Simple Guy. (In fact I think it's fairly safe to say that I have 'known' you long enough on these boards to doubt that I'd ever take much offense at anything you'd say.)

It's just I read your post immediately after reading the extraordinary BBC post re "....... flu killed 40 million people........"

40 million people?!? How to make sense of a statistic like that?? That's more than half the population of the UK!

I'm always amazed at statistics like that. And I realise there are many others as well, e.g. AIDS in Africa.

Sometimes seems difficult not to think that 'The universe is out to get us' rather than 'The universe is a friendly place'........

:(

[Simple Guy]

Charlie,

Thanks for the follow-up post. It's appreciated.

"Sometimes seems difficult not to think that 'The universe is out
to get us' rather than 'The universe is a friendly place'........"
It's this way for probably everyone. Anyone saying their personal
experience is otherwise, is almost certainly being disingenuous.