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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-05-04....Celebrate Living #5
dutchess
Posted on 05/04/2004 8:41:41 PM PDT by 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.
On Mondays please visit us to see photos of A FEW OF FR'S VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY
If you have a suggestion, or an idea, or if there's a FReeper you would like to see featured, please drop one of us a note in FR mail.
We're having fun and hope you are!
~ Billie, Mama_bear, dutchess, Aquamarine,
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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
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Suggestions on how to live a happy & rewarding life:
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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 wholl never find out.
Visit Washington, D.C., and do the tourist bit.
When someone is relating an important event thats happened to them, dont 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.
Dont 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.
Dont forget, a persons greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Feed a strangers expired parking meter.
Commit yourself to constant self-improvement.
Dont allow the phone to interrupt important moments. Its there for your convenience, not the callers.
Spend less time worrying whos right, and more time deciding whats right.
Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.
Dont be deceived by first impressions.
Never cut what can be untied.
Discipline yourself to save money. Its essential to success.
Remember that winners do what losers dont 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 youll sometimes be wrong.
Dont 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 Id 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 lifes 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 anyones 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.
Dont 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, youll get to enjoy it a second time.
Thank those who protect our skies.
Hug a skinny dood
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Hug an angel
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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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To: Billie
Hugs back! (((((((((BillieBlue))))))))
: )
To: ST.LOUIE1
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!
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:36:41 AM PDT
by
dutchess
To: ST.LOUIE1
"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.
63
posted on
05/05/2004 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
Lakeside
To: ST.LOUIE1
How about hugging a Wolfie?
((((LOUIE)))))!
64
posted on
05/05/2004 11:06:56 AM PDT
by
Pippin
(Each day is a gift from God. ---That's why it's called the PRESENT!)
To: Billie; Pippin; Mama_Bear; dansangel; dutchess; Aquamarine; The Mayor; SpookBrat; LadyX; ...
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 ....
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posted on
05/05/2004 11:43:02 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is ONLY ONE good Democrat: one that has just been voted OUT of POWER ! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: ST.LOUIE1; The Thin Man
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'? :)
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posted on
05/05/2004 11:57:52 AM PDT
by
Billie
To: dutchess; Billie; ST.LOUIE1; The Thin Man; Pippin; LadyX; jwfiv; Temple Owl; Mama_Bear; ...
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! :-(
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:00:33 PM PDT
by
dansangel
(*PROUD to be a knuckle-dragging, toothless, inbred, right-wing, Southern, gun-toting Neanderthal *)
To: dutchess; The Thin Man; Billie; Mama_Bear; dansangel; Aquamarine; The Mayor; FreeTheHostages; ...
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 - - -
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:02:25 PM PDT
by
LadyX
(((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
To: LadyX
Thank those who protect our skies. Hug a skinny dood
..It ain't me. I am losing the battle with gravity.
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:07:18 PM PDT
by
Aeronaut
(I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance.)
To: LadyX; The Thin Man
No, the skinny dood is al;aive and (somewhat) well, LOL!
((((LADYX))))
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:07:31 PM PDT
by
Pippin
(Each day is a gift from God. ---That's why it's called the PRESENT!)
To: Pippin; Aeronaut; dansangel; dutchess; Billie; Temple Owl; MeekOneGOP; The Thin Man; The Mayor; ...
The hugs are appreciated, Pippin.
Hate to post and run, but
I'm going to sneak away and take a short nap..:)) Party on!
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:35:50 PM PDT
by
LadyX
(((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
To: dutchess
Afternoon Dutchess! Thank you for this thread, more words of wisdom!
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:37:40 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)
To: dutchess
I do so Pledge!
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:38:15 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)
To: Victoria Delsoul; yall
Happy Cinco de Mayo to you also!!!!
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:39:33 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)
To: Mama_Bear
D.C. fascinates me. I don't know why, maybe the history...
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posted on
05/05/2004 12:41:21 PM PDT
by
dixie sass
( Claws are sharp and ready for use!)
To: ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; dutchess; Billie; dansangel; Aquamarine; Aeronaut; Temple Owl; ...
Shhhhhh....Wolfie is at work...:))
(Isn't he precious??!!)
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posted on
05/05/2004 2:26:19 PM PDT
by
LadyX
(((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
To: All; ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dansangel; jwfiv; Mama_Bear; JustAmy
Wolfie is dreaming of when he was a youngun
when he had no worries and perfect knees:
And also remembers his beloved grandfather:
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posted on
05/05/2004 2:33:17 PM PDT
by
LadyX
(((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
To: ST.LOUIE1; All
Wolfie - as always, lookin' cool...:))
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posted on
05/05/2004 2:37:14 PM PDT
by
LadyX
(((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
To: dutchess; Aquamarine; Billie; dansangel; FreeTheHostages; Mama_Bear; LadyX; WVNan; Pippin; GailA; ..
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 ... )
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:11:16 PM PDT
by
jwfiv
To: LadyX
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!!!
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