#thought for today

Adopt the pace of nature: 

her secret is patience. 

                                                ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

CHARLES SCHULTZ PHILOSOPHY

CHARLES SCHULTZ PHILOSOPHY You don't actually have to take the quiz. Just read this straight through and you'll get the point. It is trying to make an awesome point!  Here's the first quiz:  1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.  2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.  3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.  4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.  5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.  6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.  How did you do?  The facts are, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.  Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:  1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.  2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.  3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.  4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.  5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.  6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.  Easier?  The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.    ----- Charles Schulz-----

Inspirational Story

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice, Italy, the city of lights and water.

As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat at an empty table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his order saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall.”

We heard this order with rather interest and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two.

When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.

While we were still there, two other men entered and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but paid for three and left. This time also, the waiter did the same; he put a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A Cup of Coffee”.

It was something unique and perplexing for us. We finished our coffee, paid the bill and left.

After a few days, we had a chance to go to this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man poorly dressed entered. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.”

The waiter served coffee to this man with the customary respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying.

We were amazed to watch all this, as the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the trash bin.

Now it was no surprise for us – the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by the inhabitants of this town made our eyes well up in tears.

Ponder upon the need of what this man wanted. He enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-esteem… he has no need to ask for a free cup of coffee… without asking or knowing about the one who is giving this cup of coffee to him… he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left.

A truly beautiful thought. Probably the most beautiful wall you may ever see anywhere!

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Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope, and your courage.

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"As your faith is strengthened 
you will find that there is no 
longer the need to have a sense of 
control, that things will flow 
as they will, and that you will 
flow with them, to your 
great delight and benefit."

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"When a bird is alive, it eats ants. 

 When the bird is dead, ants eat the bird. 

 Time and circumstances can change at any time. 

 Don't devalue or hurt anyone in life. 

 You may be powerful today, but remember, time is more powerful than you. 

 One tree makes a million match sticks but only one match is needed 

to burn a million trees.  

So be good and do good." 

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"I am beginning to learn that

it is the sweet, simple things of life

which are the real ones after all."

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder