Blog 68
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The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Beers
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours
in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and
empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then
asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas
Between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand an d poured it into the jar.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the
jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured
the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space
between the sand. The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to
Recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the
Important things---your family, your children, your health, your
friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only
they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house
And your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff. 'If you put the sand
into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the
Golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and
energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are
Important to you.
'Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with
Grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out
To dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house
and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that
really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer
Represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'
The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.' Or Mtn Dew if you don't drink. LOL
Please share this with someone you care about.. I JUST DID
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I went and checked this out myself and it is a real virus. Just don't open any e-mails that say this.
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Hi All, I checked Snopes (URL above
, and it is for real!!
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
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If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM, YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US
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How much you mean
Have you ever wondered which hurts the most?
Saying something and wishing you hadn't? or saying nothing and wishing you had? I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say. Don't be afraid to tell someone you love them. If you do, they might break your heart...if you don't, you might break theirs. Have you ever decided not to become a couple because you were so afraid of losing what you already had with that person? Your heart decides whom it likes and whom it doesn't. You can't tell your heart what to do.
It does it on its own....when you least suspect it, or even when you don't want it to. Have you ever wanted to love someone with everything you had, but that other person was too afraid to let you?
Too many of us stay walled up because we are too afraid to care too much...for fear that the other person does not care as much, or even at all. Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle? We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger. Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have done, or could have had. * What would you do if every time you fell in love you had to say good-bye? *What would you do if every time you wanted someone they would never be there? *What would you do if your best friend died tomorrow and you never got to tell them how you felt? (even if it is that you don't care anymore)*What would you do if you loved someone more than ever and you couldn't have them? *What would you do if you never got the chance to say I am friends with all of my family and they know I love them?* People live, but people die.
And I want to tell you that you are a friend. If you died tomorrow , you would be in my heart!!! Would I be in yours? If you care about me as much as I care about you, you will send this back. You might be best friends one year, pretty good friends the next year, don't talk that often the next, and don't want to talk at all the year after that. So, I just wanted to say, even if I never talk to you again in my life, you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life,look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you. Send this to all your friends, no matter how often you talk, or how close you are, and send it to the person who sent it to you if you consider them a friend as well. Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell new friends you never will. Remember, everyone needs a friend,
someday you might feel like you have NO FRIENDS at all, just remember this e-mail and take comfort in knowing somebody out there cares about you and .. always will.. I LOVE YOU!!!!
Send this to all the friends that you have...all the friends that you've lost...and to all the friends you've lost touch with...just to let them know that you care..
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SWEET POISON- A MUST READ
Subject: FW: SWEET POISON- A MUST READ PLEASE
THIS IS A LONGGGGG READ BUT DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR....READ IT RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM...
ALWAYS KNEW THAT CRAP WAS TOXIC..... NEVER USED IT KNOWINGLY XO S
EAT SUGAR ITS NATURAL......YOUR BODY KNOWS HOW TO PROCESS IT...
Subject: SWEET POISON- A MUST READ PLEASE
This is a bit frightening.
Subject: SWEET POISON - A MUST READ PLEASE-
(If need to research go to Google and put in Dr.H. J. Roberts)
In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick.
She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around.
Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of
bed; she was in so much pain.
By March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and
muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The
doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much
pain, and so sick. She just knew she was dying. She put her house, bank
accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter's name, and made
sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.
She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to
Florida (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.
On March 19 I called her to ask how her most recent tests
went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they
believe she had MS. I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to
me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she
did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that
moment.
I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet
soda!
I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had
sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone
conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she
could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100%
but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor
with this article and would call me when she got home.
Well, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He
is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed
artificial sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being poisoned
by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a slow and
miserable death.
When she got to Florida March 22, all she had to take was
one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well
on her way to a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair!
This article saved her life.
If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the label; DO NOT EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT!
I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD
ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'NutraSweet,'
'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'
In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that
in the United States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis
and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was
causing this to be rampant.
I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on
exactly that subject.
I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the
temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in
ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in
turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the
sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other
conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were
being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death
sentence, Methanol toxicity is!
Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple
sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim
usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she
continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may
become a life-threatening condition.
We have seen patients with systemic lupus become
asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.
In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most
of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss
returned and hearing loss improved markedly.This also applies to cases
of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.
During a lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME
(NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia
symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps,
vertigo, dizziness, headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable
depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory
loss you probably have ASPARTAME poisoning!'
People were jumping up during the lecture saying, 'I have
some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?'
Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for
Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with it! This is a
serious problem.
Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked that so many
people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a
hospice, a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet
Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond
coincidence!
Diet Pepsi/coke is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically
altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that
actually makes you crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make
you GAIN weight!
These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in
the fat cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an
absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.'
Many products we use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT
store it IN our body!
Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free
of the 'diet products' and with no significant increase in exercise; his
patients lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.
Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics.
We found that some physicians, who believed that they had
a patient with retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by
Aspartame.The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus
diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that aspartic
acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken without the other amino
acids necessary for a good balance.
Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with
diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then
deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain
damage, seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks,
uncontrollable anger and rage.
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in
non-diabetics as well.
Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands
of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete turnarounds in
their behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet.
So called 'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and
others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in
the first place! Most of these children were being 'poisoned' on a daily
basis with the very foods that were 'better for them than sugar.'
It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of
pallets of diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting
in the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War
Syndrome.
Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e.
mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early
pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders
and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many
different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal
seizures and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague of
neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this deadly
poison.'
Here in lies the problem:There were Congressional
Hearings when Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong
objection was made concerning its use. Since this initial hearing, there
have been two subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The
drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets.
Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED!
There are now over 5,000 products on the market that
contain this deadly chemical and there will be thousands more
introduced. Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie.' I assure you
that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is.
And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others,
the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic Association and
the Conference of the American College of Physicians?
This has been recently exposed in the New York Times.
These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives or
convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money from the food
industry and are required to endorse theirproducts.
Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that
would require label warnings on products containing Aspartame,
especially regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill
would also institute independent studies on the known dangers and the
problems existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes
in brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms.
The bill was killed.
It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies
are responsible for this, letting loose the hounds of disease and death
on an unsuspecting and uninformed public.
Well, you're Informed now! YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!
Please print this out and/or e-mail to your family and
friends.
They have a right to know too
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Hate mail from BigPea
Hey Kentucky Bitch, Keep your filthy, Stinking Ass off my Profile
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BigPea
Hey Kentucky Bitch, Keep your filthy, Stinking Ass off my Profile
Listen Jeff if I had known that profile belong to you I would have never went there..I'm so sick and tire of you calling me names...You may have other people on here fooled,but you don't me...If this doesn't prove too everyone here what kind of person Jeff really is... nothing will -
Thank you
I'd like to take this time to thank each of you for all of the love and support you have shown me through this very hard time of the loss of my Mother.. You guys would have loved her,she never had anything bad to say about anyone, She had a heart of gold.I will miss her dearly,but as you know "God will never put any of us through more then we can handle"it will take time to heal but I know with all the support you guys have shown me since I've been going through this,that I will get through it...I will be putting some pics of her up soon, please take time to look at them and please keep us in your prayers.Thanks again for all your support..Hugs to each of you
Kathy 
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My precious mama pass away at 7:45 tonight
To all my friends old and new,I'd like to take this time to let you know that mama pass away tonight,,, she will be at Campbell-Dewitt Funeral Home Inc
491-west main st.
Lebanon,Ky. 40033
If any of my friends would like to come and visit Wednesday..
I will gone for a few days,Please take this time to keep my family in your prayers,right now I could use all I could get, I love each of you as my family...
Kathy -
Real ladies, Real gentleman
I will never under why some of you in here feel that you have to show off your body to get attention in here.. what about peoples morals,doesn't it matter any more in this life time.. if that was the only way I felt that I could get someone to notice me then I'd would never go to any of these sites..All you are doing is making people laugh at you and shows what kind of person you really are... if you were a true lady or gentleman you would never do this.. it's a shame that some of you have no respect for yourselves or for the others that are on these sites...
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The Doll and the Rose
The Doll and the Rose
I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
The Cashier said, "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy
this doll."
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are
you sure I don't have enough money?''
The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to
buy this doll, my dear.''
Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to
look around. She left quickly.
The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give
this doll to.
"It's the doll that my sister lovedmost and wanted so much for
Christmas. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to herafter
all, and not to worry.
But he replied to me sadly. "No,Santa Claus can't bring it to her
where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it
to my sister when she goes there."
His eyes were so sad while saying this.
"My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my
sister.''
My heart nearly stopped.
The little boy looked up at me and said:"I told daddy to tell mommy
not to go yet. I need her to wait until I comeback from the mall."
Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He
then told me "I want mommy to take my picture with her so she
won't forget me."
"I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy
says that she has to go to be with my little sister."
Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
I quickly reached for my wallet and saidto the boy. "Suppose we
check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?''
"OK" he said, "I hope I do have enough." I added some of my money to
his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough
for the doll and even some spare money.
The little boy said: "Thank you God for giving me enough money!"
Then he looked at me and added, "Iasked last night before I went to
sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that
mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!''
"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my
mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me
enough to buy the doll and a white rose.'' "My mommy loves white roses."
A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when
I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
Then I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, which
mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
woman and a little girl.
The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a
critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on
the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to
recover from the coma.
Was this the family of the little boy?
Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the
newspaper that the young woman had passed away.
I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went
to the funeral home > where the body of the young woman was exposed for
people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her
hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over
her chest.
I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed
forever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his
sister is still, to this day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a
second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
Now you have 2 choices:
1) Repost this message.
2) Ignore it as if it never touched your heart
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,
flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to
another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we
sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
Allegiance?"
For those who prefer to think that God is not watching over us....go
ahead and delete this. For the rest of us... pass this on. -
TRUTHS
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
> 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
> 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
> 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
> 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
> 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
> 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
> 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
> 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
> 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
> 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
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> GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
> 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
> 2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
> 3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
> 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
> 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
> 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.
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> GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
> 1) Growing up is mandatory; growing old is optional.
> 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
> 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
> 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
> 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
> 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
> 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
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> THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
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> 1) You believe in Santa Claus.
> 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
> 3) You are Santa Claus.
> 4) You look like Santa Claus.
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> SUCCESS:
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> At age 4 success is . . not peeing in your pants.
> At age 12 success is . having friends.
> At age 16 success is . . having a drivers license.
> At age 35 success is . having money.
> At age 50 success is . . . having money.
> At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
> At age 75 success is . having friends.
> At age 80 success is . not peeing in your pants.
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> Pass this on to someone who could use a laugh.
>
> Always remember to forget the troubles that pass your way;
> BUT NEVER forget the blessings that come each day.
> Have a wonderful day with many
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> Take the time to live!!!
> Life is too short