A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-21-04...Celebrate Living #4

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 4...

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.

Leave everything a little better than you found it.

Cut out complimentary newspaper articles about people you know and mail the articles to them with notes of congratulations.

Patronize local merchants even if it costs a bit more.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself.

Never overestimate your power to change others.

Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people’s points of view.

Don’t burn bridges. You’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.

Don’t spread yourself too thin. Learn to say no politely and quickly.

Accept pain and disappointment as part of life.

Don’t believe people when they ask you to be honest with them.

Don’t ask people to be honest with you unless you really … really mean it. It’s not fair to them or you.

Never go to bed with dirty dishes in the sink.

Learn to disagree without being disagreeable.

Be tactful. Never alienate anyone on purpose.

Hear both sides before judging.

Wave to crosswalk patrol mothers.

Wave to your local police.

Wave to children in the car ahead of you.

Wave to children in a school bus.

Don’t delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.

Install smoke detectors in your home.

Install a carbon monoxide detector in your home and office.

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Go through all your old photographs. Select ten and tape them to your kitchen cabinets or fridge. Change them every thirty days.

Evaluate yourself by your own standards, not some else’s.

Know when to keep silent.

Know when to speak up.

Every day look for some small way to improve your marriage.

Every day look for some small way to improve the way you do your job.

Let your children overhear you saying complimentary things about them to other adults.

Work hard to create in your children a good self-image. It’s the most important thing you can do to insure their success.

Take charge of your attitude. Don’t let someone else choose it for you.

Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

Carry stamps in your wallet. You never know when you’ll discover the perfect card for a friend or loved one.

Focus on making things better, not bigger.

Don’t be intimidated by doctors and nurses. Even when you’re in the hospital, it’s still your body.

Every once in a while, take the scenic route.

Don’t let your possessions possess you.

Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.

Send your loved one flowers. Think of a reason later.

Give thanks before every meal.

Take a kid to the zoo.

Be open to new ideas.

Look for opportunities to make people feel important.

Live your life so that your epitaph could read, “No regrets.”

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Give thanks before every meal.

Give thanks for your friends.

Give thanks for our friendships we've made at the Finest...

Give thanks for FreeRepublic.

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[dutchess]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All.

[dutchess]

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

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Dutchess.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !

[dutchess]

Sorry for the late start...Our ISP was down :o( But...it's back up! :o) 'cept I'm out the door for a meeting :o( Back later. Have a great day everyone

[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; Dansangel; 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, adopted marine 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

[Mama_Bear]

Morning, dutchess. Love the "Celebrate Living" posts you do and the music today! I have it playing in the background.

Have a wonderful day, Sistah. :-)

[Dog Gone]

Celebrate living by giving your kids a hug. They don't stay kids very long.

[ST.LOUIE1]

Never underestimate your power to change yourself.

Did that already. I'm now a 'wolf'.

Never overestimate your power to change others.

Phooey! I'll never give up trying to change the 'Babes' into *wolfettes*. LOL

Morning, ((((dutchess)))))

Neat thread. I may even learn something. : )

[Iowa Granny]

Great List!!

[dansangel]

Thank you for bringing us this beautiful thread with such lovely thoughts (((((dutchess)))))))

My work-induced *mood* prevents me from thinking such nice things today, however. :-( I'm beginning to resemble our resident curmudgeon (((((skinny dood))))))) thanks to the corporate world.

((((((HUGS))))))) to all and to my fuzzy brothah a special [[[[[{{{{{(((((Louie_Wolfie_Man)))))}}}}}]]]]]

[FreeTheHostages]

[dansangel]

I *wish* I could cop that attitude at work - I'd *FIRE* my boss!

[LadyX]

"Give thanks before every meal.
Give thanks for your friends.

Give thanks for our friendships we've made at the Finest...
Give thanks for FreeRepublic."

A hearty AMEN!! to all of the above!

Thank you in particular, Billie, for creating the Finest Family Room where we can share life and its ups and downs together....

[ST.LOUIE1]

Good morning, girls. Enjoy the day! : )

[dansangel]

[[[[[{{{{{(((((Louie_Wolfie_Man)))))}}}}}]]]]]

A special hump-day ***Ahhhhh-Rooooooo**** to you!

:-)

[dansangel]

(((((LadyX)))))))

So wonderful to *see* you! I heartily echo your thanks to dutchess for today's thread and to Billie for providing us with this venue.

[Pippin]

I'm a wolfette!

AHROOOOO!

[Pippin]

((((DANSY)))))!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Ahhhhh-Rooooooo to my *Wolfette*! : )