Randy's Ramblings

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.
Don’t take yourself too seriously. Don’t think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.
You can’t please everybody. Don’t let criticism worry you.
Don’t let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.
Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.
Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones.
Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, enmity, grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.
Have many interests. If you can’t travel, read about new places.
10. Don’t hold postmortems. Don’t spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don’t be one who never gets over things.
Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.
Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.
And I could add number 13: To know lasting happiness, get to know Jesus.

"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools." Ecclesiastes 7:9

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Today we can complain because the weather is rainy or...Be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free!
Today we can feel sad that we don’t have more money or...Be glad that our finances encourage us to plan our purchases wisely and guide us away from waste!
Today we can grumble about our health or...Rejoice that we are alive!
Today we can lament over all that our parents didn’t give us when we were growing up or...Feel grateful that they allowed us to be born!
Today we can cry because roses have thorns or...Celebrate that thorns have roses!Today we can mourn our lack of friends or...Excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships!
Today we can whine because we have to go to work or...Shout for joy because we have a job to do!
Today we can complain because we have to go to school or...Eagerly open our minds and fill up with rich new tidbits of knowledge!
Today we can murmur dejectedly because we have to do housework or...Feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for our minds, bodies, and souls!
Today stretches ahead of us, waiting to be shaped. And here we are, the sculptors who get to do the shaping.
What today will be like is up to us. We get to choose what kind of day we will have! Which kind of day will you choose?

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but will get you nowhere.