I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day. - Og Mandino
To the American People:
Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.
-Calvin Coolidge
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”-
Roy L. Smith
I finally got our Christmas Tree put up!! Yeah! It’s not your typical Christmas Tree, but it’ll Get’er Done!
Jack & I were planning on cutting a tree down this year, but I guess our timing was off…we waited until we had an ice storm to start thinking about it. Well, Marty, our nephew, owns and operates a green house in Independence and he has beautiful poinsettias, so I thought that might be a nice alternative to a Tree this year. I called him up, he sat one out for me, I picked it up, hauled it home, put it on a table where I usually put the Tree and there we have our 2008 Christmas Tree! And I love it…that’s what really makes it nice…not much to clean up or take down. My plans are to see if I can take it through until next year. Cross your fingers cause Jack says I have a black thumb instead of a green one. I’m thinking I can prove him wrong!
I also decided I wasn’t going to spend any extra money on things that would be wasted…like wrapping paper. I have been saving the shiny bubble paper that our refrigerated vaccines are shipped to us in and that is my wrapping paper this year. I think it’s pretty. I stuffed a small gift down in it, taped it & wrapped a little (left over) ribbon around it and …Surprise, a pretty gift!
Christmas is only 4 days away, take time to Enjoy everything! Don’t get too caught up in the “hustle and bustle”!
I am back!! I figured it was time for me to post something or everyone would think I’ve disappeared. Nope…we’re still here - just been busy.
We’ve been buying, sorting and selling cattle and I just haven’t made time for the computer lately.
Christmas is sneaking up on me. I just realized it’s almost a week away. Yikes! I don’t even have our Christmas tree up. Jack and I were going to get one cut down a few nights ago and then it started sleeting. I really didn’t want to bring a tree inside the house that was covered with ice …been there, done that!!! (Yes, I really have!) Well, tonight might be the night for that. If not, I’m not going to worry about it. Sometimes we spend so much time worrying about getting all of the decorations up on time & shopping for expensive gifts that we lose the real meaning of Christmas. Take time to enjoy it. Enjoy yourself, your family and all of your friends. This is such a great life…Enjoy every moment. It’s Your Life…It’s Your Choice! ENJOY!!!
Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
“The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”- Michelangelo Buonarroti
Attitude is Everything by Jim Rohn
The process of human change begins within us. We all have tremendous potential. We all desire good results from our efforts. Most of us are willing to work hard and to pay the price that success and happiness demand.
Each of us has the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a desired result. But the one thing that determines the level of our potential, that produces the intensity of our activity, and predicts the quality of the result we receive is our attitude.
Attitude determines how much of the future we are allowed to see. It decides the size of our dreams and influences our determination when we are faced with new challenges. No other person on earth has dominion over our attitude. People can affect our attitude by teaching us poor thinking habits or unintentionally misinforming us or providing us with negative sources of influence, but no one can control our attitude unless we voluntarily surrender that control.
No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test. If we select a volatile attitude by becoming hostile, angry, jealous or suspicious, then we have failed the test. If we condemn ourselves by believing that we are unworthy, then again, we have failed the test.
If we care at all about ourselves, then we must accept full responsibility for our own feelings. We must learn to guard against those feelings that have the capacity to lead our attitude down the wrong path and to strengthen those feelings that can lead us confidently into a better future.
If we want to receive the rewards the future holds in trust for us, then we must exercise the most important choice given to us as members of the human race by maintaining total dominion over our attitude. Our attitude is an asset, a treasure of great value, which must be protected accordingly. Beware of the vandals and thieves among us who would injure our positive attitude or seek to steal it away.
Having the right attitude is one of the basics that success requires. The combination of a sound personal philosophy and a positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us gives us an inner strength and a firm resolve that influences all the other areas of our existence.
