Take some of the most common excuses for not going to church and use them to stop attending sporting events and here’s what you get:
~ Every time I went, they asked me for money.
~ The people I had to sit by didn't seem very friendly.
~ The seats were too hard and not comfortable at all.
~ The coach never came to call on me.
~ The referee made a decision with which I could not agree.
When someone is broken,
don't try to fix them.
(You can't.)
When someone is hurting,
don't attempt to take away their pain.
(You can't.)
Instead, love them by walking beside them in the hurt.
(You can.)
Because sometimes what people need is simply to know
they aren't alone.
- attr. Jenny Albers
"Your brain is a supercomputer and your self-talk is the program it will run."
- Jim Kwik
This is even funnier when you realize it's real!
Next time you have a bad day at work, think of this guy. Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an e-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2-FM in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, which was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.
Hi Sue, just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.
"The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Be patient and keep watering."
- attr. Fabienne Fredrickson
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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