Back to home page

La Cour suprême du Niger a ratifi?la condamnation ?mort par lapidation d'Amina, elle a seulement repouss?l'application de la peine d'un mois pour raison d'allaitement de son fils. Après elle sera enterrée jusqu'au cou et tuée ?coup de pierres, ?moins que l'importance de la condamnation ne fasse réfléchir les autorités nigériennes. Au moyen d'une campagne de signatures pareille ?celle-ci, on sauva la vie ?une autre femme dans la même situation. Il n'y a pas de temps ?perdre. Ne doutez pas et agissez s'il vous plait. Safiya allait se faire lapider parce qu'elle avait eu un enfant après avoir divorc? Amnistie internationale demande votre appui avec votre signature sur cette page web. Il semble qu'ils aient reçu moins de signature cette fois-ci.
Faites circuler le message. Cela ne coûte rien de cliquer sur http://www.amnistie.qc.ca/actions/carte-postale.cfm?record=1066 et d'indiquer son prénom, son nom, sa ville, son pays et son mail sur la carte.
Ne pensez pas que cela ne serve ?rien, cela a déj?sauv?la vie d'une femme. Si vous le jugez utile, faites circuler ce message aux personnes sensibles ?cette menace de mort. Cela vous prendra une minute.

***********************************************************************

In Steve's ToK class about cloning, Brave New World, and the inevitable advent of "enhanced beings" with optional pay-as-you-go physiological characteristics, I was quietly pondering the question of when all of this might take place. Or how much longer our troubled train will have to travel before an "enhanced passenger" comes aboard without a boarding pass? Or how soon it will take for these "super-humans" to revolt after realizing their true fate? Unfortunately, a very unfortunate answer to these questions may await us in the not-too-distant-future. OK, the dystopian leanings aside, here's an article that I accidently chanced upon while making my daily rounds:
"The Battle for Your Brain
Science is developing ways to boost intelligence, expand memory, and more. But will you be allowed to change your own mind?"
http://www.reason.com/0302/fe.rb.the.shtml (Reason monthly magazine)
There is no corner to be turned, no fat lady to tell us that our quest is over, this is happening now, RIGHT NOW, in the hundreds of university laboratories around the world, in the millions of petri dishes, and most importantly it's occupying the brightest minds that this planet has to offer.
OK, I'll stop exaggerating and sensationalizing and feeding you my heavily biased views, but there's no escaping the fact that subjectivity makes the world go 'round, and the fact that I tend to digress.
So go and read the piece for yourself. Personally, it seems that Reason's axe is sharp enough that they don't have to grind it! (i.e. magazine has no identifiable slant)
An especially timely quote:
That's exactly what worries Fukuyama, who thinks Prozac looks a lot like Brave New World's soma. The pharmaceutical industry, he declares, is producing drugs that "provide self-esteem in the bottle by elevating serotonin in the brain." If you need a drug to be your "self," these critics ask, do you really have a self at all?
Now where did you put that soma...?

"He who knows not, knows not that which he does not know, yet knows that he does not know it despite not knowing what he does not know."
- Yours To Parse

Well, there's a difference of course. Soma in BNW is something everyone takes, by conformity and without question. Irrespective of media sensationalism, drugs such as ritalin and prozac are not taken like aspirin or cough syrup, but rather as last resorts. And they are not made to satisfy some gluttonous drive for more pleasure, they are used as medication for real problems. Regarding your thoughts that "subjectivity makes the world go 'round", yes it does. Bear in mind however, you have healthy subjectivity and stagnant subjectivity. The latter, which is a reference to people who need these types of medication, are prevented from accomplishing much. We all have wonderful and great thoughts, but it takes a really strong will to apply them into concrete rality.
If you want to see some elements of BNW, look not at necessary medications given to those who need it and conciously at that, but to crap from television, kids who don't exercise and spend 2 hours a day in a car commuting, psycho hockey parents, and to the food industry's trend toward insulin spiking high sugar foods and the corrosive impact that has on children's attention span and lifestyle habits.

A million million spermatozoa,
All of them alive:
Out of their cataclysm but one poor Noah
Dare hope to survive.
And among the billion minus one
Might have chanced to be
Shakespeare, another Newton, a new Donne--
But the One was Me.
-- Aldous Huxley, from Fifth Philosopherr's Song.

***********************************************************************

Votre histoire d'amour...
Clique ici et ne triche pas !!!!

***********************************************************************

Hi Tech Engineering.
Does the statement, "We've always done it that way" ring any bells...?The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did "they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads? Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe and England) for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. And bureaucracies live forever. So the next time you are handed a spec and told we have always done it that way and wonder what horse's ass came up with that, you may be exactly right, because the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses.
Now the twist to the story...
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah. The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a Horse's ass.
And you thought being a horse's ass wasn't important???

***********************************************************************

?lire jusqu'au bout!
Voici un gentil petit poème sur l'argent:
L'ARGENT
Il peut acheter une maison... mais pas un foyer
Il peut acheter un lit... mais pas le sommeil
Il peut acheter une horloge... mais pas le temps
Il peut acheter un livre... mais pas la connaissance
Il peut acheter une position... mais pas le respect
Il peut payer le médecin... mais pas la sant?#060;br> Il peut acheter du sang... mais pas la vie
Il peut acheter du sexe... mais pas l'amour
Un précepte chinois doit apporter la chance. L'original est conserv?aux Pays-Bas. Ce précepte a déj?fait 8 fois le tour de la terre. Maintenant c'est ?toi qu'il apportera la chance. Après réception de cette lettre tu auras de la chance. Ceci n'est pas une blague. La chance viendra ?toi par la poste ou internet. Envoie la copie de cette lettre ?des personnes qui ont besoin de chance. N'envoie pas d'argent, car la chance ne s'achète pas. Ne conserve pas la lettre plus de 96 hres, dès lors elle doit être transmise. Des exemples de ce qui s'est pass?amp;nbsp;:
- Constentin a reçu la 1ère lettre en 19953, il demanda ?sa secrétaire d'en faire 20 copies. 9 jours plus tard il gagna 9 millions marks ?la loterie de son pays.
- Karlos, un employ? reçu cette lettre et l'oublia quelques jours plus tard, il perdit son emploi. Par la suite, il envoya cette lettre en continuant la chaîne et devint fortun?
- En 1967, Bruno reçu cette lettre, il een rit et la jeta. Quelques jours plus tard son fils naquit malade. Il rechercha la lettre, la copia 20 fois et l'envoya. 9 jours plus tard, l'heureuse nouvelle arriva, son fils était sauv?et avait retrouv?la sant?
N'oublie pas, n'envoie pas d'argent et ne signe pas. Envoie simplement 20 copies et attends de voir ce qui se passera le 9e jour. Le précepte a ét?écrit par un missionnaire aux Antilles. Je te l'envoie car elle doit faire le tour de la terre. Envoie au moins 10 copies ?tes connaissances, tes ami(e)s, ?ta famille. Quelques jours plus tard, tu recevras de bonnes nouvelles ou tu auras une excellente surprise. Ceci est vrai, même si tu n'es pas superstitieux(se). Cette feuille est envoyée en guise de bonne chance. Elle provient de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et a fait le tour du monde 8 fois. Grâce ?qqn qui vous aime bien, la chance vient maintenant de vous être envoyée. Vous recevrez la chance en moins de 4 jours dès réception de cette lettre qui vous est destinée.
C'est ?votre tour maintenant de le renvoyer.
N'oubliez pas :
N'ENVOYER PAS D'ARGENT
N'IGNOREZ PAS CETTE LETTRE
ÇA FONCTIONNE VRAIMENT
Bonne journée !

***********************************************************************

Les Vrais Amis ?Travers les Âges
* En maternelle, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te laissait prendre son crayon rouge quand tout ce qui restait étaient les affreux crayons noirs.
* En première année, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te tenait la main jusqu’à la salle de bain pour marcher avec toi dans les épeurants corridors.
* En deuxième année, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui t’encourageait avant ton expos?oral.
* En troisième année, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui partageait son lunch avec toi quand tu avais oubli?le tien dans l’autobus.
* En quatrième année, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui acceptait de changer de partenaire de dance en gym pour que tu n’aies pas ?danser avec Nasty Nick ou Smelly Susan.
* En cinquième année, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te gardait une place dans le dernier banc en arrière de la bus.
* En sixième année ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui allait voir Nick ou Susan, ton nouveau/nouvelle kick, pour demander s’il irait ?la danse avec vous, alors si il disait non, tu n’étais pas embarass?#060;br> * En secondaire 1, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te laissait copier ses devoirs de math juste avant le cours o?il fallait que tu les remettre.
* En secondaire 2, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui t’a aide ?mettre tous tes toutous dans une vieille poche de hockey et qui n’a pas rit quand tu a fondu en larmes en la refermant.
* En secondaire 3, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui allait au party donn?par un cégepien pour que tu ne sois pas le seul secondaire 3 qui y serait.
* En secondaire 4, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te gardait une place ?la table ?la caf?le midi et qui était toujours l?
* En secondaire 5, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui te donnait des "ride" dans sa nouvelle auto, qui convainquait tes parents de te laisser aller dans les party, qui te consolait quand tu as cass?avec Nick ou Susan, et qui t’a trouv?quelqu’un pour le bal.
* Au bal des finissants, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui pleurait en dedans d’elle de devoir se séparer de toi après l’année mais qui gardait un gros sourire pour te féliciter.
* L’ét?après ton secondaire 5, ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui t’a aide ?ramasser les bouteilles du party, qui t’a aide ?calmer tes parents quand ils sont arrivés et ont vu l’état de leur maison après le party, qui t’a rassur?que depuis que tu avais reprit avec Nick ou Susan que tout irait bien pour toujours avec lui (elle), qui t’a aide a "packeter" tes affaires pour rentrer au cégep et qui t’a donn?un gros hug pendant que vous vous remémoriez 18 ans d’amiti?et que maintenant, vous les laissiez derrière vous et finalement qui vous a avou?que les dernières journées d’enfance que vous passeriez ensemble dans les derniers jours seraient les plus nostalgiques de sa vie et que sans vous, les dernières 18 années n’auraient pas ét?aussi le fun. Ton idée d’un bon ami c’était la personne qui, avant de partir pour le cégep, t’a dit que tu partais vers l’inconnu mais que tu resterais ?jamais dans son coeur.
* Maintenant, ton idée d’un bon ami c’est toujours la personne qui te donne le meilleur des deux choix, te donne la main quand tu as peur, t’aide ?affronter ceux qui veulent tirer avantage de toi, pense ?toi quand tu n’es pas l? te rappelle les choses que tu as oubliées, t’aide ?mettre le pass?derrière mais qui comprend quand tu as besoin de t’y replong?pour un petit bout de temps, reste avec toi pour que tu ailles quelqu’un ?qui te confier, t’aide ?affronter la pression que les autres exercent sur toi, te sourie quand tu es triste, t’aide ?devenir une meilleure personne, et la plus importante des choses: t’aime.
Envoie ce message ?tes amis du pass?et ?ceux du futur et ?ceux qui sont pass?dans ta vie. (tu pleures presque? moi aussi!) Merci d’être mon ami. Il faut toujours se souvenir de ceux qui nous ont aid??avoir traverse les périodes difficiles comme les périodes faciles. Il n’y a jamais de mauvais moment pour appeler ou envoyer un message ?un ami pour lui dire comment il nous manqu?et comment on l’apprécie. Si tu aimes et apprécies quelqu’un, dis-lui. Ne remet jamais ?demain ce que tu peux faire aujourd’hui. Ne soit jamais mal ?l’aise de t’exprimer. Prends cette opportunit?pour avouer ?tous tes amis que tu les aimes du plus profond de ton cœur. Si tu ne le fais pas maintenant, demain, peut-être le regretteras-tu?
Le plus important, entretient tes amitiés avec ta famille et tes amis parce qu’ils t’ont aid??devenir ce que tu es aujourd’hui. La difference entre exprimer ton amour et avoir des regrets, c’est que les regrets resteront pour toujouts.
Si tu es trop occup?pour prendre ces quelque minutes pour envoyer ce message ?tes vrais amis, même celui qui t’a envoy?ce message, peut-être demain te diras-tu que: Ah, j’aurais d?.. Quoiqu'il arrive, souviens-toi que les vrais amis restent pour la vie. Prends donc le téléphone pour téléphoner un vieux copain ou copine, ca fait toujours plaisir.

***********************************************************************

Si tu recois cela... c'est que tu comptes beaucoup pour moi... mais tu es mieux de me la renvoyrer!!!!!
Dix roses pour toi:
Une pour l'amiti?#060;br> Une pour l'amour
Une pour l'argent
Une pour le bonheur
Une pour la popularit?#060;br> Une pour la connaissance
Une pour la beaut?#060;br> Une pour la famille
Une pour l'honnetet?#060;br> Et une pour une longue vie.
C'est un test d'amiti? Envoie ceci ?autant d'amis possible et si cela te revient, tu sauras vraiment quels sont tes vrais amis. Si tu casses cette chaîne, la malchance te poursuivra. Je te préviens, dès ?présent, que tu peux faire un souhait gratuit. Tu as 30 secondes pour commencer. Si tu envoies ceci ?
2 pers.: ton souhait se réalisera durant l'année
5 pers.: dans les 3 mois
7 pers.: dans la semaine

***********************************************************************

C'est une autre façon de connaitre quelqu'un. Ce que vous etes suppos?de faire est de copier le e-mail entier et le coller dans un nouveau message que vous enverrez. Changez toutes les réponses pour qu'elles s'appliquent avous. Ensuite, envoyez la lettre a tous vos contacts *INCLUANT* la personne qui vous l'a fait parvenir. Vous serez parfois surpris de ce que vous apprendrez sur vos amis(es). C'est amusant et plaisant de connaitre mieux les autres.
1- Si tu avais ?te bâtir une maison, o?serait-elle située?
la campagne
2- Quel est ton morceau de vêtement préfér?
casquette
3- Partie physique préférée chez le sexe oppos?
les cheveux
4- Quel est le dernier C.D. que tu as achet?
0
5- Quel est l'endroit o?tu adores te retrouver?
dans une montagne
6- Quel est l'endroit o?tu détestes te retrouver?
dans un magasin avec une femme
7- Quelle partie du corps tu adores te faire masser?
0
8- Qu'est-ce qui est le plus important pour toi, être fort physiquement ou mentalement?
mentalement
9- A quel heure te lèves-tu le matin?
5h30
10- Quel est l'appareil électroménager que tu préferes?
ordinateur
11- Qu'est-ce qui te met vraiment en rogne et t'enrage?
0
12- Si tu avais ?jouer un instrument, ce serait lequel?
xylophone
13- Quel est ta couleur préférée?
vert-jaune ~529nm
14- Quel est ton livre favori?
Harry Potter
15- Crois-tu ?la vie après la mort?
oui
16- Quel est la/les personne(s) qui t'inspire(nt) le plus?
tout le monde
17- Quelle est ta saison favorite?
printemps et début d'hiver
18- Quelle est la tâche ménagère que tu déteste le plus?
tous
19- Peux-tu jongler?
?une balle, oui
20- Si tu pouvais parler ?quelqu'un de ton pass? ?qui parlerais-tu?
Ren?Descartes, Albert Einstein
21- Quelle est ta journée préférée?
jeudi
22- Qu'est-ce qui se retrouve dans la valise de ton auto?
0
23- Lequel préfères-tu, sushi ou hamburger?
les deux
24- Ton odeur préférée?
champignons grillés
25- De tous ceux ?qui tu envoie cette lettre, qui va répondre?
personne
26- Qui ne le fera pas selon toi?
tous, surtout ceux et celles qui parlent seulement anglais

***********************************************************************

J'espère le ravoir de ta part...
Combien de personnes peuvent compter 8 VRAI ami(e)s?
Pas beaucoup!
Toi, mon ami, tu as ét?choisi par l'ange de l'Amiti?..
Ce qui veut dire que tu es un(e) ami(e) merveilleux(se)!
Tu auras de la chance pendant deux ans si tu envoies ce petit ange ?8 personnes ou plus.
Et si ce message te revient, alors tu sauras que tu es un(e) vrai(e) ami(e)!

SI CE PETIT ANGE NE ME REVIENT PAS, J'Y VERRAI PEUT-ÊTRE UN MESSAGE!

***********************************************************************

This shows the harm judging someone for what they look like can do!
We never know when God is testing our faith. This is beautiful. Please read.
I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the towns-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day. As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, "I will work for food." My heart sank. I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief. We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him. I made some purchases at a store and got back in my car. Deep within me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: "Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square." And so, with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the square's third corner. I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the storefront church, going through his sack. I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on.
The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor. "Looking for the pastor?" I asked.
"Not really," he replied, "just resting."
"Have you eaten today?"
"Oh, I ate something early this morning."
"Would you like to have lunch with me?"
"Do you have some work I could do for you?"
"No work," I replied. "I commute here to work from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch."
"Sure," he replied with a smile.
As he began to gather his things. I asked some surface questions.
"Where you headed?"
"St. Louis."
"Where you from?"
"Oh, all over; mostly Florida."
"How long you been walking?"
"Fourteen years," came the reply.
I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier. His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, "Jesus is The Never Ending Story."
Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in life. He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought. He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly.
He gave his life over to God. "Nothing's been the same since," he said, "I felt the Lord telling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now."
"Ever think of stopping?" I asked.
"Oh, once in a while, when it seems to get the best of me."
But God has given me this calling. I give out Bibles. That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads."
I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: "What's it like?"
"What?"
"To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show your sign?"
"Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments. Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became humbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me."
My concept was changing, too. We finished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused He turned to me and said, "Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a stranger and you took me in."
I felt as if we were on holy ground. "Could you use another Bible?" I asked.
He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. "I've read through it 14 times," he said.
"I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and see." I was able to find my new friend a Bible that would do well, and he seemed very grateful. "Where you headed from here?"
"Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park coupon."
"Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?"
"No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star right there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next."
He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his mission. I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things.
"Would you sign my autograph book?" he asked "I like to keep messages from folks I meet."
I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of scripture from Jeremiah, "I know the plans I have for you," declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a future and a hope."
"Thanks, man," he said. "I know we just met and we're really just strangers, but I love you."
"I know," I said, "I love you, too."
"The Lord is good."
"Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?" I asked.
"A long time," he replied.
And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, I knew that I had been changed.
He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, "See you in the New Jerusalem."
"I'll be there!" was my reply.
He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll and pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, "When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
"You bet," I shouted back, "God bless."
"God bless." And that was the last I saw of him.
Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his hands would stay warm that night without them. I remembered his words: "If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. "See you in the New Jerusalem," he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...
If this story touched you, forward it to a friend! "I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."
My instructions were to send this to four people that I wanted God to bless and I picked you. Please pass this to four people you want to be blessed. This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached, please do not break this pattern, prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards, let's continue to pray for one another.
God bless and have a nice day!
"Father, I ask you to bless my friends, relatives and e-mail buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your love and power. Holy spirit, I ask you to minister to their spirit at this very moment. Where there is pain, give them your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace, In Jesus' precious Name. Amen."

***********************************************************************

ALL so true! Enjoy...
Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash with Wylie Post in 1935, was probably the greatest political sage this country has ever known. Enjoy the following quotes.
1. Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are 2 theories to arguing with a woman... neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd.
6. If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
7. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
8. There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence.
9. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
10. If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
11. Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.
12. AND FINALLY, after eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him...
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

***********************************************************************

Love is grand, divorce is a hundred grand.
I am in shape. Round is a shape.
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason.
An optimist thinks this is the best possible world. A pessimist fears this is true.
There will always be death and taxes. However, death doesn't get worse every year.
In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.
I am a nutritional overachiever.
I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
A day without sunshine is like night.
It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.
Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes it comes alone.
Life not only begins at forty, it also begins to show.

***********************************************************************

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."
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.

***********************************************************************

Just for this morning, I am
going to step over the laundry,
and pick you up and take you to the park to
play.

Just for this morning, I will
leave the dishes in the sink,
and let you teach me how to put that puzzle
of yours together.

Just for this afternoon, I will
unplug the telephone and
keep the computer off, and sit with you in the
backyard and blow bubbles.

Just for this afternoon, I will
not yell once, not even a
tiny grumble when
you scream and whine for the ice
cream truck, and I will buy you one if
he comes by.

Just for this afternoon, I won't
worry about what you are
going to be when you grow up, or second guess
every decision I have made
where you are concerned.

Just for this afternoon, I will let
you help me bake cookies, and I won't
stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take
us to McDonald's and buy us both a
Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

Just for this evening, I will hold
you in my arms and tell you a story
about how you were born and how
much I love you.

Just for this evening, I will let
you splash in the tub and
not get angry.

Just for this evening, I will let
you stay up late while we sit on the
porch and count all the stars.

Just for this evening, I will
snuggle beside you for hours,
and miss my favorite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run
my finger through your hair
as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God
has given me the greatest gift ever
given.

I will think about the mothers
And fathers who are searching
for their missing children,
the mothers and fathers who are
visiting their children's graves
instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and
fathers who are in hospital rooms watching
their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't
handle it anymore.

And when I kiss you good night I
will hold you a little tighter, a
little longer. It is then, that I will
thank God for you, and ask
him for nothing, except one more day...

Hi. I am a 29 year old father. Me and my wife have had a wonderful life together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughter's name is Rachel, and she is 10 years old. Not long ago did the doctors detect brain cancer in her little body. There is only one way to save her and that is an operation.
Sadly we don't have the money for the operation.
AOL and Zdnet have agreed to help us. The only way they can help is this: If you send this email to other people, AOL will track this email and count how many people get it. Every person that opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people will give us 32c.
Please help us.
George Arlington.

***********************************************************************










***********************************************************************

I very much dislike these "MUST pass on!" things, but since the subject is chocolate, well, I'll make an exception!

**
Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans.

Bean = vegetable.
**
Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar beets.

**
Both of them are plants , in the vegetable category.
Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.
**

**
To go one step further, chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So, candy bars are a health food.

**
Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.


 Remember ---
"STRESSED"
spelled backwards is
"DESSERTS"!


 Send this to four people and you will lose 2 pounds.

Send this to all the people you know (or ever knew), and you will lose 10 pounds.
If you delete this message, you will gain 10 pounds immediately.

That's why I had to pass this on --- I didn't want to risk it.


***********************************************************************



Friends Forever!

Written with a pen
Sealed with a kiss
If you are my friend,
Please answer this:
Are we friends or are we not?
You told me once, but I forgot.
So tell me now and tell me true,

So I can say, I am here for you.
Of all the friends I've ever met,
You're the ones I won't forget.
And if I die before you do,
I'll go to Heaven
And wait for you.

Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, including the one who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

Ok,Friend
Send this to...
0-2 peeps you are a Bad friend. Booo!!!
3-5 peeps you are an OK Friend!
4-6 peeps you are a Good friend!!

***********************************************************************

This is really beautiful.

Noah's Ark

Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah's Ark...
ONE: Don't miss the boat.
TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat.
THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
SIX: Build your future on high ground.
SEVEN: For safety's sake, travel in pairs.
EIGHT: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
NINE: When you're stressed, float awhile.
TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
ELEVEN: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted God to bless and I picked you.
Please pass this to people you want to be blessed.

***********************************************************************



This is a test of the Emergency Friendship System

Forward it (and to me too I hope)



A Friend...
(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in you
(C)alls you just to say "Hi"
(D)oesn't give up on you

(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over

(J)ust be with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life

(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits

(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you

(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality

OK THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE!!!!
PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE YOU CONSIDER A FRIEND
OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS A FRIEND
SEE HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET IT BACK!!



***********************************************************************

HUG WAR!!!

THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE ON THE INTERNET!!!
IT'S JUST A TEST. OK, HERE GOES.
INSTANTLY, WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS PAGE, YOU MUST SEND IT TO AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PERSON WHO SENT IT TO YOU!!!



*Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug* *Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug**Hug*



You have just been hugged!!!
That's right, there's no getting out of it this time! This is the start of a full-scale Hug O' War!!! So hug everyone you know!!!
Hug your friends, your enemies, everyone!!! With all the other forwards out there, I thought this would be a good one to start.
The hug is my favorite sign of affection. It can mean so much, and many things at the same time.
It can be a sign of love, friendship, comfort or anything.
So here you go.

All I can say it will do is brighten someone's day. I mean, we all need a hug once in a while. So send this on if you'd like, to anyone who may need a hug, send it back to whoever sent it to you, send it back to me!!!
Goodness knows, we could all REALLY use a hug sometimes.
So send this on and show someone you care!!!

***********************************************************************

I got this message from a friend; please read and forward (not to me of course).

Au cas o?.. Ceci est une information très importante et qui mérite d'être publicisée... Ceci s'est pass??Montréal. Il y a quelques semaines de cela, dans un cinéma, une personne s'est assise sur quelque chose de piquant sur un des sièges. Lorsqu'elle s'est relevée pour voir de quoi il s'agissait, elle a trouv?une aiguille plantée a travers le siège avec une note attachée disant: "Vous venez d'être infecte par le VIH". Le Centre de Contrôle des Maladies rapporte plusieurs événements similaires dans plusieurs autres villes récemment. Toutes les aiguilles testées SONT positives VIH.Le Centre rapporte qu'on a trouve des aiguilles aussi dans les retour de monnaie de téléphones publiques ainsi que de machine distributrice de liqueurs douces. Nous demandons a tout le monde d'user d'une extrême prudence quand vous serez confronte a ce genre de situation. Toutes les chaises publiques devraient être inspectées avec vigilance et prudence avant usage. Une inspection visuelle minutieuse devrait suffire. De plus, les soussignés demandent a chacun de vous de communiquer cet avis a tous les membres de votre famille et vos amis du danger potentiel. Merci. On nous a demande de passer ceci au plus grand nombre de personne possible. Ceci est très important!!! Pensez que vous pouvez sauver une vie juste en redistribuant ceci. S.V.P. prenez quelques secondes de votre temps pour faire passer le message. Merci!

***********************************************************************

Cours d'économie américaine

*********************************************************

Women's size study: There is a new study out about women and how they feel about their ass. I thought the results were pretty interesting...
85% of women think their ass is too big...
10% of women think their ass is too little...
The other 5% say that they don't care -- they love him and would have married him anyway.

*********************************************************

Jim and Mary were both patients in a Mental Hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom and stayed there. Mary promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
The medical director learned of Mary's heroic act. He immediately wrote orders for her discharge from the hospital. He considered her mentally stable. When he went to tell Mary the news, he said, "Mary, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're going to be discharged. You jumped into the pool and saved the life of another patient. I believe you've regained your full mental capacity and are able to function normally in society. Here are your discharge papers. The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the bathroom with the belt to his bath robe. I am so sorry, but he's dead."
Mary replied "He didn't hang himself. I put him there to dry.

*********************************************************

An elderly woman had just returned to her home from an evening of Church services when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled, Stop! Acts 2:38!" (Repent and be baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven.)
The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the police and explained what she had done.
As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar, "Why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you."
"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an Ax and Two 38's!"

*********************************************************

IT IS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU TREAT THE PROTECTORS OF OUR LAND.
I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up...
Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.
I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.
Pass it on.

*********************************************************

"BRAIN FOR SALE"

In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces. "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope." "Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves."
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?"
The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain."
The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked. A man, unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the male brain so much more?"
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, "It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've been used."

SEND THIS TO A SMART WOMAN WHO NEEDS A LAUGH AND TO THE MEN YOU THINK CAN HANDLE IT.

*********************************************************

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, "When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. If I start to get nervous, I take a sip."
So next Sunday he took the monsignor's advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon his return to his office after mass, he found the following note on the door:
1. Sip the Vodka, don't gulp.
2. There are 10 commandments, not 12.
3. There are 12 disciples, not 10.
4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated.
5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his ass.
6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J. C.
7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the Spook.
8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the shit out of him.
9. When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don't say he was stoned off his ass.
10. We do not refer to the cross as the "Big T."
11. When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, "Take this and eat it for it is my body." He did not say "Eat me."
12. The Virgin Mary is not called "Mary with the Cherry."
13. The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, yeah God.
14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter's, not a peter pulling contest at St. Taffy's.

*********************************************************

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a "professional." Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult.

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?








The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?








Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?" (Wrong Answer) Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?








Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory. OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?








Correct Answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year old.

Send this out to frustrate all of your smart friends.

*********************************************************

Apparently car thieves have yet found a way around the security systems of your vehicle(s). This one makes it easy to steal your car or truck with little or no effort, at all. The thief peers through the windshield of your vehicle, writes down the VIN nu mber from the label on the dash, and then goes to the local dealership selling your make of vehicle, request a duplicate key for the VIN. The dealership makes a duplicate key from the VIN, collects payment from the 'customer' who's really a car thief, and presents him/her with the key. The thief goes back to your vehicle and drives off to the chop shop. No breaking the window, steering column, and no sirens. Never draws attention to himself.
Solution: Place a piece of opaque tape (i.e. electrical tape, duct tape or medical) across the VIN, located on the dash board. In most, if not all states, it is illegal to remove the VIN, so cover it so that it can't be viewed through the windshield, by a prospective thief. Feel free to forward this to your family, friends, and or associates, before their car is OOPS away.

*********************************************************

Never Piss A Woman Off
A wife came home just in time to find her husband in bed with another woman. With super-human strength borne of fury, she dragged him down the stairs, out the back door, and into the tool shed in the back yard and put his penis in a vice. She then secured it tightly and removed the handle. Next she picked up a hacksaw. The husband was terrified, and screamed, "Stop! Stop! You're not going to cut it off, are you?" The wife, with a gleam of revenge in her eye, put the saw in her husband's hand and said, "Nope. I'm going to set the shed on fire. You do whatever you have to".

*********************************************************

Please pass on to everyone you know!
Seven women have died after inhaling a free perfume sample that was mailed to them. The product was poisonous. If you receive free samples in the mail such as lotions, perfumes, diapers etc. throw them away. The government is afraid that this might be another terrorist act. They will not announce it on the news because they do not want to create panic or give the terrorists new ideas. Send this to all your friends and family members.

*********************************************************

Blow up Bin Laden

*********************************************************

PLEEEEEASE READ!!!! It was on the news!
What do you think?
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, but this is from my good friend Pearlas Sanborn and she really is an attorney. If she says that this will work - it WILL work. After all, what have you got to lose?
SORRY EVERYBODY... JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!!
I'm an attorney, and I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.
Dear Friends,
Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.
When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque.
I thought this was a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford this Bill Gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least US$10,000.00. We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game. She showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped "Paid In Full". Like I said before, I know the law, and this is for real
Intel and AOL are now discussing a merger which would make them the largest Internet company and in an effort make sure that AOL remains the most widely used program, Intel and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail to friends, Intel can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period. For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $203.15. For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $156.29 And for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $17.65. Within two weeks, Intel will contact you for your address and then send you a check. I thought this was a scam myself, but a friend of my good friend's Aunt Patricia, who works at Intel, actually got a check of $4,54323 by forwarding this e-mail.
Try it; what have you got to lose???

*********************************************************

SMILE !!!

*********************************************************

Defense Attorney: What is your age?
Little old Woman: I am 86 years old.
Defense Attorney: Will you tell us, in your own words, what happened to you?
Little old Woman: There I was, sitting there in my swing on my front porch on a warm spring evening, when a young man comes creeping up on the porch and sat down beside me.
Defense Attorney: Did you know him?
Little old Woman: No, but he sure was friendly.
Defense Attorney: What happened after he sat down?
Little old Woman: He started to rub my thigh.
Defense Attorney: Did you stop him?
Little old Woman: No, I didn't stop him.
Defense Attorney: Why not?
Little old Woman: It felt good. Nobody had done that since my Abner passed away some 30 years ago.
Defense Attorney: What happened next?
Little old Woman: He began to rub my breasts.
Defense Attorney: Did you stop him then?
Little old Woman: No, I did not stop him.
Defense Attorney: Why not?
Little old Woman: Why, Your Honor, his rubbing made me feel all alive and excited. I haven't felt that good in years!
Defense Attorney: What happened next?
Little old Woman: Well, I was feeling so spicy that I just laid down and said to him..."Take me ...young man...Take me!"
Defense Attorney: Did he take you?
Little old Woman: Hell, no. He just yelled, "April Fools!" And that's when I shot the little bastard.

*********************************************************

Thought I would share it, very heart warming...
Ruth went to her mailbox and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter:

Dear Ruth:
I'm going to be in your neighbourhood Saturday afternoon and would like to stop by for a visit.
Love Always,
Jesus

Her hands were shaking as she placed the letter on the table. "Why would the Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer." With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabinets. "Oh my goodness, I really don't have anything to offer. I'll have to run down to the store and buy something for dinner." She reached for her purse and counted out its contents. Five dollars and forty cents. "Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least." She threw on her coat and hurried out the door. A loaf of French bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey, and a carton of milk... leaving Ruth with grand total twelve cents to last her till Monday. Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home, her meager offerings tucked under her arm.
"Hey lady, can you help us, lady?" Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner plans, she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway. A man and a woman, both of them dressed in little more than rags "Look lady, I ain't got a job, ya know, and my wife and I have been living out here on the street, and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting kinda hungry and, well, if you could help us. Lady, we'd really appreciate it."
Ruth looked at them both. They were dirty, they smelled bad and frankly, she was certain that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted to.
"Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself. All I have is a few tonight and I was planning on serving that to Him."
"I understand. Thanks anyway." The man put his arm around the woman's shoulders, turned and headed back into the alley. As she watched them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart.
"Sir, wait!" The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after them.
"Look, why don't you take this food. I'll figure out something else to serve my guest."
She handed the man her grocery bag. "Thank you lady. Thank you very much!"
"Yes, thank you!" It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was shivering.
"You know, I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you take this one."
Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the woman's shoulders. Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street... without her coat and with nothing to serve her guest.
"Thank you lady! Thank you very much!"
Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front door, and worried too. The Lord was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him. She fumbled through her purse for the door key. But as she did, she noticed another envelope in her mailbox. "That's odd. The mailman doesn't usually come twice in one day." She took the envelope out of the box and opened it.

Dear Ruth:
It was so good to see you again. Thank you for the lovely meal. And thank you, too, for the beautiful coat
Love Always,
Jesus

The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.

At the end of life, We will NOT be judged by:
"How many diplomas/degrees we have received"
"How much money we have made"
"How many great things we have done"

BUT We WILL be judged by:
"I was hungry and you gave me bread to eat"
"I was naked and you clothed me"
"I was homeless and you took me in."

* Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. *
* Naked not only for clothing - but naked for human dignity and respect.*
* Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.*

Send this to ten people. Do not keep this message. The message must leave your hands within 96 hours. You will get a very pleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious. Very good things will happen to everyone that touches this story. As they say, God works in mysterious ways... Believe it!

*********************************************************

LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.
DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.

Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push.

ACTIONS speak louder than words.

The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.

DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.

LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.

A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE.

Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it.

BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us.

When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER.

Good friends are like STARS You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE.

DON'T frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?

Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.

Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart.

Send this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really make you MAD sometimes, and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!!

And send it back to the person who sent it to you if they mean something to you!!

Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.

AWESOME PRAYER:

May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

Just send this to (4) people and see what happens on the fourth day.

Do not break this, please. There is no cost, but lots of rewards

*********************************************************

Here are a few more chuckles:
What is a Yankee? The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone.
What is the difference between a Harley and a Hoover? The position of the dirt bag.
Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it.
What's the fluid capacity of Monica Lewinsky's mouth? One US leader.
What do you see when the Pillsbury Dough Boy bends over? Doughnuts.
Why is air a lot like sex? Because it's no big deal unless you're not getting any.
What do you get when you put 50 lesbians and 50 politicians in a room together? 100 people who don't do dick.
A man came up with a new invention, a vibrating tampon. That way a woman can be at her best when she is at her worst.
Define "Egghead": What Mrs. Dumpty gives to Humpty.
What's the definition of a teenager? God's punishment for enjoying sex.
What's the definition of eternity? 4 blondes at a 4-way stop intersection.
Mom's have Mother's Day, father's have Father's Day. What do single guys have? Palm Sunday.
Why is sex like a game of bridge? If you have a good hand, you don't need a partner.
What do a coffin and a condom have in common? They're both filled with stiffs, only one's coming and one's going.

*********************************************************

An Amish couple had just been married and went to a hotel for their honeymoon. The Amish man went to the front desk and asked for a room. He said this occasion was very special to them and they needed a good room.
The clerk winked and asked "Do you want the Bridal?"
The Amish fellow thought about it a while and then replied, "No, I guess not, I'll just hold onto her ears until she gets used to it."

*********************************************************

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the Surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: "How is my little boy? Is he going to be OK? When can I see him?"
The Surgeon said, "I'm sorry, we did all we could."
Sally said, "Why do little children get cancer, doesn't GOD care any more? GOD, where were you when my son needed you?"
The Surgeon said, "One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes to let you spend time with your son's remains before it is transported to the university."
Sally asked that the nurse stay with her while she said good-bye to her son. Sally ran her fingers through his thick red curly hair.
The nurse said, "Would you like a lock of his hair?"
Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of his hair and put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally.
Sally said, "It was Jimmy's idea to give his body to the university for study. He said it might help somebody else," and that is what he wanted. I said, No at first, but Jimmy said, "Mom I won't be using it after I die, maybe it will help some other little boy to be able to spend one more day with his mother."
"My Jimmy had a heart of Gold, always thinking of someone else and always wanting to help others if he could."
Sally walked out of the Children's Hospital for the last time now after spending most of the last 6 months there. She sat the bag with Jimmy's things in it on the seat beside of her in the car. The drive home was hard and it was even harder to go into an empty house. She took the bag to Jimmy's room and started placing the model cars and things back in his room exactly where he always kept them. She laid down across his bed and cried herself to sleep holding his pillow. Sally woke up about midnight and laying beside of her on the bed, was a letter folded up. She opened the letter, it said:

Dear Mom:
I know you're going to miss me, but don't think that I will ever forget you or stop loving you because I'm not around to say I LOVE YOU. I'll think of you every day Mom and I'll love you even more each day. Someday we will see each other again.
If you want to adopt a little boy so you won't be so lonely, he can have my room and my old stuff to play with. If you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn't like the same things as us boys do, so you will have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like.
Don't be sad when you think about me, this is really a great place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything here.
The angels are so friendly, and I love to watch them fly. Jesus doesn't look like any of the pictures I saw of Him, but I knew it was Him as soon as I saw Him. Jesus took me to see GOD! And guess what Mom? I got to sit on GOD'S knee and talk to Him like I was somebody important. I told GOD that I wanted to write you a letter and tell you good-bye and everything, but I knew that wasn't allowed. God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter with.
I think Gabriel is the name of the angel that is going to drop this letter off to you. God said for me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him about... Where was He when I needed him? God said, "The same place He was when Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children."
Oh, by the way Mom, nobody else can see what is written on this paper but you. To everyone else, it looks like a blank piece of paper. I have to give God His pen back now, He has some more names to write in the Book Of Life.
Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper. I'm sure the food will be great. I almost forgot to let you know - Now I don't hurt anymore, the cancer is all gone. I'm glad because I couldn't stand that pain anymore and God couldn't stand to see me suffer the pain either, so He sent The Angel of Mercy to get me.
Special Delivery!
Signed with love from
God & Jesus & Me

May the Lord open up the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that you will not have room enough to receive it all. May the Lord bless you exceeding abundantly above all you could ever hope for. May the Lord bless you that you may walk in a financial overflow for the rest of your days in the Name of Jesus. Amen!

Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! Let's just see Satan stop this one. All you do is... Send this on to at least five other people. Within hours, you caused a multitude of people to pray to God for each other. Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life for doing the thing that you know He loves, knowing that He is also working in the lives of others.

*********************************************************

Good Morning, Beautiful !

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WOMAN MONTH & TAG YOU'RE IT!


Did you know that it's Beautiful Women Month?
Well, it is and that means you and me. I'm supposed to send this to FIVE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, and you are one of them!!!

Facts on Figures
There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and only eight who do.
Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.
If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

The average woman weighs 144 lb. and wears between a 12-14.
One out of every four college aged women has an eating disorder.
The models in the magazines are airbrushed -- not perfect!
A psychological study in 1995 found that three minutes spent looking at a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty, and shameful.

Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman.
Today they weigh 23% less.

~Beauty of a Woman~
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
 The figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman Is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows.
The beauty of a woman
With passing years -- only grows.


An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
 14 YEARS OF AGE ~ Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE ~ Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE ~ That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE ~ Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE ~ Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

***Please send this to at least five phenomenal women today in celebration of Women's History Month.
If you do, something good will happen.... YOU will boost another woman's self-esteem!

*********************************************************

Be sure to read all of the bottom info...
1/2 hours north of Los Angeles



Soldiers' Prayer
Please send this on after a short prayer.
Prayer wheel for our soldiers... please don't break it
When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen. There is nothing attached... This can be very powerful... Just send this to all the people in your address book. Do not stop the wheel, please... Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Prayer is the very best one.

In regard to the above flag:
Between the field where the flag is planted there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean.  The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place close to Vandenberg AFB. Checkout the dimensions of the flag.

The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, CA.

Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson

*********************************************************

MEMO FROM GOD

To: YOU    
Date: TODAY
From: THE BOSS
Subject: YOURSELF
Reference: LIFE
I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help.
If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.

If you find yourself stuck in traffic; Don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

Should you have a bad day at work; Think of the man who has been out of work for years.

Should you despair over a relationship gone bad; Think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return.

Should you grieve the passing of another weekend; Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children.

Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance; Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.

Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.

Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity.

Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; Remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them!

Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you, you may have touched their life in ways you will never know.

*********************************************************



1