The Cat

Dwight Nelson recently told a true story about the pastor of his
church.

He had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then
was afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk,
etc. The kitty would not come down.

The tree was not sturdy enough to climb, so the pastor decided
that if he tied a rope to his car and drove away so that the
tree bent down, he could then reach up and get the kitten.

He did all this, checking his progress in the car frequently,
then figured if he went just a little bit further, the tree
would be bent sufficiently for him to reach the kitten.

But as he moved a little further forward, the rope broke.

The tree went "boing!" and the kitten instantly sailed through
the air  - out of sight.

The pastor felt terrible.

He walked all over the neighborhood asking people if they'd seen
a little kitten. No. Nobody had seen a stray kitten. So he
prayed, "Lord, I just commit this kitten to your keeping," and
went on about his business.

A few days later he was at the grocery store and met one of his
church members. He happened to look into her shopping cart and
was amazed to see cat food. Now this woman was a cat hater and
everyone knew it, so he asked her, "Why are you buying cat food
when you hate cats so much?"

She replied, "You won't believe this," and told him how her
little girl had been begging her for a cat, but she kept
refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again,
so the Mom finally told her little girl, "Well if God gives you
a cat, I'll let you keep it?"

(Can you see where this is heading?)

She told the pastor, "I watched my child go out in the yard, get
on her knees, and ask God for a cat. And really, Pastor, you
won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes.

A kitten suddenly came flying out of the blue sky, with its paws
outspread, and landed right in front of her."

Never underestimate the Power of God and what may appear to be
breaking on one end, is answering prayer on another.

Mr. Crow and Mr. Rabbit

Mr. Rabbit was walking down the road when he spotted a crow at
the tiptop of a very tall tree.

He shouted, "Good Morning, Mr. Crow."

Mr. Crow shouted back down, "Good Morning Mr. Rabbit."

Mr. Rabbit shouted up, "Whatcha doin' today?" and the answer
shouted back down was, "Absolutely nothin' Mr. Rabbit,
absolutely nothin' and loving it."

Well, that sounded pretty good to Mr. Rabbit, so he shouted back
up, "Do you think I could do that too?"

Mr. Crow shouted back down, "I don't see why not!"

So, Mr. Rabbit lay down on the side of the road and began
doing absolutely nothing.

In 30 minutes, a fox came along and ate him.

The moral of the story is:
You can get away with doing absolutely nothing,
but only if you are really high up.

Tap Tap

Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to
take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in
the middle of the cemetery, they were startled by a tap-tap-
tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear,
they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at
one of the headstones.

"Holy cow, Mister," one of them said, after catching his breath,
"You scared us half to death! We thought you were a ghost!
What are you doing working here so late at night?"

"Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!"

From A Distance

From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man

From a distance we all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed

From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common land
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance

From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting is for

From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hope
It's the love of love
It's the heart of every man (every man)
It's the hope of hope
It's the love of love
This is the song of every man

And God is watching us
God is watching us

God is watching us from a distance
Oh, God is watching us
God is watching
God is watching us from a distance

from the song 'From A Distance'
Written by Julie Gold, sung by Bette Midler

Five Simple Rules

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

No one can go back and make a brand new start.
Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow,
sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day,
comfort for the tears and light for the way.

Disappointments are like road humps, they slow you down a bit
but you enjoy the smooth road afterwards.

Don't stay on the humps too long. Move on!!

When you feel down because you didn't get what you wanted, just
sit tight and be happy because God is thinking of something
better to give you.

When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it
means. There's a purpose to life's events, to teach you how to
laugh more or not to cry too hard.

You can't make someone love you, all you can do is be someone
who can be loved, the rest is up to the person to realize your
worth.

The measure of love is when you love without measure.

In life there are very rare chances that you'll meet the person
you love and loves you in return. So once you have it don't ever
let go, the chance might never come your way again.

It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than to lose
the one you love because of pride.

We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or
finding fault with those we already love, when instead we should
be perfecting the love we give.

When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults, you
don't look for answers, you don't look for mistakes. Instead,
you forgive the mistakes, you accept the faults, and you
overlook the excuses.

Never abandon an old friend. You will never find one who can
take his place. Friendship is like wine; it gets better as it
grows older.

Check Your Email

Corporations go through a great deal to get a good name for a
product. Businesses know the difference a good name makes.

In the Garden of Eden, Adam's job was naming things.
It was the first Biblical occupation of man - Naming Things.

It could well be called, "The world's oldest profession."
It is still a job we all have.

We don't choose our birth names, our parents do.
We do choose our email names.  Your email name can go around the
world faster than the speed of thought.

 Your email name often reflects what we think of ourselves.

Some of you reading this may need to change your name.

As I read some of the email names, I often

say, "this person is calling negative things upon
themselves because they are calling themselves something
negative and sending it all over the world."

We can't blame anyone else for our email names; we chose them.

Did you ever wonder why successful entertainers often change
their names? You don't know most of the movie star's birth
names, you only know their changed names.

They chose a new name because they wanted something different
out of life.

Look at your email name.

What does it say about you?

What are you calling yourself?
What are you calling upon yourself?
Is it something or someone who you want to be?
Is it somewhere you want to go?

Maybe your email name is neutral, but maybe it is not.

Here are some examples of email names that don't reflect good
things or destinations for the owner: booboo@, hardtimes@,
maddog@, devilwoman@, got_no_money@, sickpuppy@, brokenhearted@,
badmama@, uglyduckling@, lonelyheart@, missingher@ and nightmare@.

There are thousands that literally call out

bad things. Each time that you hit "SEND," maybe you
are sending to more than just the recipient.

Do you ever think, "Maybe I am sending out into the world
vibration and spirit saying, 'this is whom I call myself,'
respond to me accordingly."

Look at your email name, the name YOU have chosen.

Remember an email name is an address.
It reflects your habitation and destination.

Where do you live?

Bill Gates of Microsoft is one of the richest men in America.
His first name is Bill, as in dollar Bill. His last name is
Gates, as in the structure that keeps things in or out.
All large piles of Bills are guarded by some kind of Gates.

That's true on more than one level.

Bill's given name is William. Will "I Am."
My "will," will ultimately determine what "I am."

Moses said unto God, "whom shall I say has sent me?"
God replied, "Tell them 'I AM' has sent me to you."

Often when God changed the nature, role and destiny of men,
he changed what they were called. He changed the "I Am..."

Look at your email name, the name you have chosen,
your cyberspace habitation and destination.

As one of Microsoft's slogans says,

"Where do you want to go today?"

Bill Gates knows, and I'll bet his email address reflects it.

Naming Things - Check your email.

The Real Salesman

Ek company ne ek naya gujarati salesman hire kiya. Sales badhne lagi-din
dugni, raat chauguni. Malik ne socha is ladke se mujhe milna hai.

Malik showroom par aaya, usne dekha ladka ek customer ko fishing-rod
bech raha tha. Woh door pe hi khada ho kar usko customer se deal karte
dekhne lagaa. Ladke ne fishing-rod bech di. Customer ne kaha kitne
rupaye, ladka bola Rs.800/-. Yeh kahkar ladke ne customer ke shoes dekhe
aur bola, itne mehange shoes pahankar fishing karne jayenge? Ek sport
shoe bhi kharid lijiye, customer ne sport shoes bhi kharid liye. Ab
ladke ne kaha talaab kinare dhoop mein baithna padega, ek cap bhi kharid
lijiye to theek rehega, customer ne cap bhi kharid li. Ab ladke ne kaha,
machli pakadne mein bahut intezar karna padega, kuchch eatables, wafer,
biscuits, bhi le jayiye, customer ne woh bhi kharid liye. Ladka bola!
machli pakdenge to rakhenge kahan ? Yeh ek Rs.100/- ki basket bhi le
lijiye, customer ne woh bhi kharid li. Ab total bill bana Rs.2000/- ka.

Malik bahut khush hua. Usne ladke ko bulaya aur kaha, tum to kamal ke
salesman ho. Woh aadmi fishing rod kharidane ayaa . . aur tumane usey
itna sara samaan bech diya, very good. Ladka bola, "Woh aadmi to
"Stayfree" napkin kharidane ayaa tha, maine kaha, char din tu ghar par
kya karega `Jaa Machli Pakad` "

Prison vs Work-prison

Prison L vs. Work-prison J

J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J JJ J J J J J J J J Just in case you ever got the two mixed up, this should make things a bit more clear... IN PRISON... you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell; AT WORK... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle. IN PRISON... you get three meals a day; AT WORK... you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. IN PRISON... you get time off for good behavior; AT WORK...you get rewarded for good behavior with more work. IN PRISON... the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you; AT WORK... you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself. IN PRISON... you can watch TV and play games; AT WORK... you get fired for watching TV and playing games. IN PRISON... you get your own toilet; AT WORK... you have to share IN PRISON... they allow your family and friends to visit; AT WORK... you can`t even speak to your family. IN PRISON... all expenses are paid by the tax-payers, with no work required; AT WORK... you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. IN PRISON... you spend most of your life looking through bars from inside wanting to get out. AT WORK... you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. IN PRISON... there are wardens. AT WORK...they are called managers. But cheer up, because IN PRISON... you have to stay all the time. AT WORK...you get to go home sometimes !!! J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J J JJ J J J J J J J J

 

Clutter

I installed a new hard drive in my laptop computer. I have a
lot of programs and files and the hard drive fills up fast.

The laptop came with a 160 gigabyte hard drive. That was the
largest one that I could purchase when I bought it. It was 60
gigabytes bigger than my last laptop.

I was down to less than 10 gigabytes of unused space. I was
running out so I bought a new 250 gigabyte hard drive. Instead
of just using a utility to transfer all of the contents of my
old hard drive onto the new hard drive, I reinstalled
everything. I only installed the programs and data that I
really used.

When I finished, I had only used 100 gigabytes. Over 50
gigabytes of "stuff" wasn't there. I was a MountainWings
Moment.

I thought that I "needed" everything on my notebook but not
only did I now have everything that I needed installed, my
notebook's screen was a lot neater and it ran a lot faster.

Our lives are often like that.

We have a lot of extra stuff that we really don't need and
rarely use. Our closets are cluttered. Our drawers are
cluttered. Our garages are cluttered. Our computers are
cluttered.

Even our bodies are cluttered. Just look at belly buttons.

Not only is it physical. Our spirits are also cluttered with a
lot of stuff that is cluttering and detrimental to us..

Touch Me !!!

The man whispered, "God, speak to me"
and a meadowlark sang.

But the man did not hear.

So the man yelled "God, speak to me"
and the thunder rolled across the sky.

But the man did not listen.

The man looked around and said, "God, let me see you"
and a star shone brightly.

But the man did not see.

And, the man shouted, "God, show me a miracle"
and a life was born.

But the man did not notice.

So the man cried out in despair, "touch me God,
and let me know you are here."

Whereupon, God reached down and touched the man.
But the man brushed the butterfly away and walked on.


I found this to be a great reminder that God is always around us
in the little and simple things that we take for granted...

Even in our electronic age... so I would like to add one more:

The man cried "God, I need your help"...

. . .and an email arrived

reaching out with good news and encouragement.

But, the man deleted it and continued crying...



Don't miss out on a blessing because it isn't packaged the way
that you expect.