Delete Me First for MAy 25th, 2009
Quotes of the week
Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool. ~Og Mandino
There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. And where the thought is mighty and pure, the result is mighty and pure.
--Gandhi
--Gandhi
Meditation of the week
... human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspect of their lives.
--William James
"It's no use; I'll screw it up anyway." This is an attitude. Some attitudes sound like this: "I'm great and people should try to please me," or, "I deserve good breaks," or, "Rules and laws are for others, but not for me."
Some attitudes can wreck our sobriety, families, jobs, education, love life, financial well being, and spiritual growth. The good news is attitudes can change. It takes practice but, if we really decide to pay attention and change the ones that are harmful to us, we can succeed. In this way we guide our own growth and create a better, more positive world for ourselves.
Today let me pay very close attention to my attitudes and change the harmful ones.
--William James
"It's no use; I'll screw it up anyway." This is an attitude. Some attitudes sound like this: "I'm great and people should try to please me," or, "I deserve good breaks," or, "Rules and laws are for others, but not for me."
Some attitudes can wreck our sobriety, families, jobs, education, love life, financial well being, and spiritual growth. The good news is attitudes can change. It takes practice but, if we really decide to pay attention and change the ones that are harmful to us, we can succeed. In this way we guide our own growth and create a better, more positive world for ourselves.
Today let me pay very close attention to my attitudes and change the harmful ones.
Poem of the Week
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness —
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow.
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness —
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow.
Author of the week
Daniel Goleman- Ecological Intelligence
Person of the week
May 18th is the birthday of comedian Tina Fey, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (1970). She worked with The Second City improve troupe, then as an actor and writer on Saturday Night Live, and went on to create her own TV series, 30 Rock. But she returned to SNL during the 2008 election to do a series of extremely popular impersonations of Governor Sarah Palin.
Video of the week
Wounded Heart By Bonnie Raitt
(For Ann and Adam)
Wounded heart I cannot save you from yourself
Though I wanted to be brave, it never helped.
‘Cause your trouble’s like a flood raging through your veins
No amount of love’s enough to end the pain
Tenderness and time can heal a right gone wrong,
but the anger that you feel goes on and on.
And it’s not enough to know that I love you still
So I’ll take my heart and go for I’ve had my fill
Instrumental
If you listen you can hear the angel’s wings
Up above our heads so near they are hovering
Waiting to reach out for love when it falls apart
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.
Though I wanted to be brave, it never helped.
‘Cause your trouble’s like a flood raging through your veins
No amount of love’s enough to end the pain
Tenderness and time can heal a right gone wrong,
but the anger that you feel goes on and on.
And it’s not enough to know that I love you still
So I’ll take my heart and go for I’ve had my fill
Instrumental
If you listen you can hear the angel’s wings
Up above our heads so near they are hovering
Waiting to reach out for love when it falls apart
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.
Websites of the week
Wanna see Donald Rumsfeld roll a joint? (thanks Dan)
Your weekly address and much more is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Do not underestimate the power of a Presidents pen:
It was on this day in 1862 that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. Settlers who paid a filing fee of 10 dollars and agreed to live on a piece of land for at least five consecutive years were given 160 acres for free. By 1900, homesteaders had filed 600,000 claims for 80 million acres. Willa Cather's parents set out to homestead in Nebraska, Laura Ingalls Wilder's parents in South Dakota, Lawrence Welk's family in North Dakota, and George Washington Carver in Kansas.
The funniest truth on TV is www.thedailyshow.com
