A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-05-04....Celebrate Living #5

dutchess

[dutchess]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in need; and congratulate those deserving. We strive to keep our threads entertaining, fun, and pleasing to look at, and often have guest writers contribute an essay, or a profile of another FReeper.

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Celebrate Living 5...

Today we are featuring more suggestions, observations and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life. Some are private, most are excerpts from "Life's Little Instruction Book" by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Please stop in..and add your own. Also,, please click on the music link below (Songs of Africa). We guarantee the combination will make you feel good all day. Enjoy!

Sounds Out Of Africa

Suggestions on how to live a happy & rewarding life:

Take time to smell the roses.

Adopt a dog….or a cat (or some other creature from God)

Have a firm handshake.

Return all things you borrow.

Surprise loved ones with little unexpected gifts.

Make the best of bad situations.

Always accept an outstretched hand.

Use your wit to amuse, not abuse.

Take a photography course.

Hug children after you discipline them.

Hug pets after you discipline them.

Choose a charity in your community and support it generously with your time and/or money.

Forget the Joneses.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who’ll never find out.

Visit Washington, D.C., and do the tourist bit.

When someone is relating an important event that’s happened to them, don’t try to top them with a story of your own. Let them have the stage.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Be tough minded but tenderhearted.

Don’t waste time responding to your critics.

Be original.

Be neat.

Measure people by the size of their hearts, not the size of their bank accounts.

Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Feed a stranger’s expired parking meter.

Commit yourself to constant self-improvement.

Don’t allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It’s there for your convenience, not the caller’s.

Spend less time worrying who’s right, and more time deciding what’s right.

Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.

Don’t be deceived by first impressions.

Never cut what can be untied.

Discipline yourself to save money. It’s essential to success.

Remember that winners do what losers don’t want to do.

Try everything offered by supermarket food demonstrators.

Just for fun, attend a small town Fourth of July celebration.

Be there when people need you.

Be decisive even if it means you’ll sometimes be wrong.

Don’t let anyone talk you out of pursuing what you know to be a great idea.

Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, “Gee, if I’d only spent more time at the office.”

Have a friend who owns a truck.

Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet and refer to it often.

Laugh a lot. A good sense of humor cures almost all of life’s ills.

Look for opportunities to make people feel important.

Be a leader: Remember the lead sled dog is the only one with a decent view.

Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.

Believe in love at first sight.

When you feel terrific, notify your face.

Never be the first to break a family tradition.

Always try to keep up the important family traditions.

Don’t judge people by their relatives.

Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.

When opportunity knocks, invite it to stay for dinner.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.

Thank those who protect our skies.

Hug a skinny dood…..

Hug an angel…..

Give thank to those who open the Finest door every morning with prayers, coffee, goodies and words of wisdom.

Remember to tell your "sistahs and brothas" how much they mean to you.

Remember to give thanks for our FINEST Friends

And always give thanks to FreeRepublic

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[dutchess]

[dutchess]

Welcome to the Finest. Please stop in....take a break and enjoy a few of "life's little instructions" Please feel free to add your own.

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dutchess or Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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OhioWfan.............................son mystery-ak...........so.n, husband Gogrammy..................grandson Inspectorette........................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..............................nephew anniegetyourgun.............nephew Pippin....niece,nephew,loved one Doug from Upland.......son-in-law weldgophardline.......brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater.............cousin WaterDragon..son-in-law,grandson BeforeISleep.............................son BeAllYouCan Be.....................son Tiffee4Bob.....................boyfriend The Mayor............................niece consort...2 daughters, son-in-law.. kimmie7...........................brother Texkat.....................son, stepson spruce...........................daughter visualops..........................cousin cookcounty............................son Rose in Rose Bear..cousin's husband Warrior Nurse..............active duty SK1 Thurman...............active duty David Osborne.............active duty fc2tomschermuly..........active duty LongCut.......................active duty Trish.............................active duty bkwells.........................active duty thumperusn..................active duty lakeside......................... 2 sons

Dubya.....................nephew Maigrey.....................cousin ladtx...........................2 sons Mama_Bear..........nephews gator girl.................husband severa.......husband, brother Hostel........................cousin MozartLover....son, nephew SpookBrat...............nephew Himyar...........................son boxerblues.................2 sons the piper.........................son sheeza.....................husband kemathen7.............husband Diver Dave...niece..nephew deadhead...................cousin JimRobinson.......2 nephews Armymarinemom.......3 sons kneezles.........................son Darheel......................niece dixiesass.................nephew LadyX..................grandson AgThorn...................2 sons valerieUSA..............2 sons StarCMC...............brother katykelly......................son atomic conspiracy.halfbrother atomic conspiracy.niece, nephew ODC-GIRL.....active duty Donaeus.................nephew SunflowerGal.......grandson Redhead.......stepdaughter Redhead..stepdaughter's fiance Q6-God..& twin brother..active duty

[jwfiv]

All good points, Miss Dutchess ... thank you.

I celebrate life by watching CNN and MSNBC a lot less then I used to ... it's been like staying out of the sticker patch when barefooted.

[dutchess]

I celebrate life by watching CNN and MSNBC a lot less then I used to ... it's been like staying out of the sticker patch when barefooted.

Amen. Both stations are off limits here. It's either FOX or the Food Network....(or an occasional soap opera...gulp...okay...we all have a vice or two :o).... Have a wonderful Wednesday...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Beautiful thread, Dutchess, thanks.

Happy Cinco de Mayo, all.

[Common Tator]

Believe in love at first sight

Boys learn to take what they desire
At their fathers knees .. the skills required.
Men learn to love to their surprise
When first they look into a daughters eyes

'tator 1993

[The Thin Man]

Dutchess, you'll be pleased to know that I won't fault you for posting this too early. In fact, if you would have posted this immediately after Billie's "presentation" it would've been fine with me. The sooner that one was killed off the better. :-)

Don’t waste time responding to your critics.

After reading that one, I guess there's no point in mentioning what I thought of the ending. :-)

[Diver Dave]

Believe in love at first sight

Yep.
Been falling in love every morning with the first sight I see.

(Pssst. Boy on the right in cammies next to the girl wearing white shirt). :)

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, dutchess, for bringing us another special "Celebrate Living" thread.

This one particularly caught my eye, "Visit Washington, D.C., and do the tourist bit." That is exactly what we are planning to do in mid June! :-)

Sistah hugs!

[Mama_Bear]

[JohnHuang2]

((((((((((((Mama_Bear!))))))))))))

[JohnHuang2]

((((((((((((dutchess!))))))))))))

[JohnHuang2]

G'evening, good buddy

[Syncro]

Thanks for the ping, Lori.

One of my sons' birthday.

I wanted to name him Sink(Cr)o(w) {Cinco) but I was out voted...

[Mama_Bear]

I wanted to name him Sink(Cr)o(w) {Cinco) but I was out voted...

LOL!! (((((((((syncro))))))))).

You will have mail, as soon as I get a chance to send it. Don't wait up. LOL

[Syncro]

Actually that is quite ironic, because as this moment I am wading... up the creek...with a miner's light on looking for crawdads and just had to bring my new wireless laptop. Can't stay away from the computer for long...

And if you believe that, I got this bridge for sale...LOL

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Dutchess.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !

Happy Cinco de Mayo !

[The Mayor]

Their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. —2 Chronicles 30:27

You'll never get a busy signal on the prayer line to heaven.