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

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[dutchess]

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

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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!

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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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[ST.LOUIE1]

Hugs back! (((((((((BillieBlue))))))))

: )

[dutchess]

Hug an angel…..
,, OK! (((((((((((dutchess)))))))))

Awe....how sweet. ((((((Wolfie)))))))) back atcha!

Love these threads!

So glad you do. Have to admit it's pretty good "therapy" doing them. Have a great day brotha wolfie!

[Lakeside]

"Hug an angel..."

Let's not forget ((((((LadyX))))))

Lady, I'm thinking and praying for you today. Sistahs in gardening,unite! :-)

Love all you other sistahs and brothas,too.

[Pippin]

How about hugging a Wolfie?

((((LOUIE)))))!

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! I WISH I was skinny. The last few months I have gained weight. In all my 50 years,
I have NEVER outweighed my Dad ...... until now! hehe! Gotta work on THAT ! ;^)

My latest project, just finished ....

[Billie]

Hugs back! (((((((((BillieBlue))))))))

Ah, the Huggy Man is here. :)Thank you so much, wolfie.

A favor, please - would you take Thin Man aside and give him a few pointers on 'How You, TOO, Can Be Charming, Whether You Want To Or Not'? :)

[dansangel]

Hug a skinny dood…..

I try to....every day I that visit!

(((((((skinny dood)))))))))

(((((Hugs))))) to everyone else, especially my fuzzy brothah [[[[[{{{{{(((((Louie_Wolfie_Man)))))}}}}}]]]]]

Love these threads (((((dutchess))))))) and thanks for the hug (((((Pipster))))))!

Leaving work early for a trip to the Dr....yeck! :-(

[LadyX]

The "THANKS!!" part to all my Sistahs and Brothas and to JimRob for FR is easy - - then I got to the suggestion to:

"Thank those who protect our skies. Hug a skinny dood….. Hug an angel….."

**LadyX is choking up, and is afraid to ask, but does that mean someone has pushed our dear Thin Man over the edge, and he now is an angel patrolling the skies above The Finest??!!**

Enquiring minds want to know - - -

[Aeronaut]

Thank those who protect our skies. Hug a skinny dood…..

It ain't me. I am losing the battle with gravity.

[Pippin]

No, the skinny dood is al;aive and (somewhat) well, LOL!

((((LADYX))))

[LadyX]

The hugs are appreciated, Pippin.
Hate to post and run, but I'm going to sneak away and take a short nap..:))

Party on!

[dixie sass]

Afternoon Dutchess! Thank you for this thread, more words of wisdom!

[dixie sass]

I do so Pledge!

[dixie sass]

Happy Cinco de Mayo to you also!!!!

[dixie sass]

D.C. fascinates me. I don't know why, maybe the history...

[LadyX]

Shhhhhh....Wolfie is at work...:))

(Isn't he precious??!!)

[LadyX]

Wolfie is dreaming of when he was a youngun
when he had no worries and perfect knees:

And also remembers his beloved grandfather:

[LadyX]

Wolfie - as always, lookin' cool...:))

[jwfiv]

This soldier knows how to celebrate life.

A pic to balance out all the ugly ones in the news today.

Personally, I'm dyin' for a dose of JohnHuang2's Two Cents ... )

[ST.LOUIE1]

RE: #76 Shhhhhh....Wolfie is at work...:))

LOL

RE: #77

Wolfie is dreaming of when he was a youngun when he had no worries and perfect knees:
And also remembers his beloved grandfather:

Awwww....these are great! : )

RE: #78

Wolfie - as always, lookin' cool...:))

Thank yooooou, lovely lady. : )

You know, if you weren't already taken.....I'd be tempted to ask you to become my fuzzy bride. AhhhhhRoooooo!!!