April 20, 2001 - All the Rest

Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in money and you may have it taken from you; but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.

- D.L. Moody

Today's Word – ERUDITE

er·u·dite adjective Characterized by erudition; learned. Synonym learned.

Dr. Able Sante was normaly a calm and collected man. He was widely known in the medical community to be erudite, but surprisingly down-to-earth. He was a nice man, too, a gentle physician.

Cat and Mouse
James Patterson

Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary

Today's Fact


PAIN

A God given safety factor

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Pain is quite a safety factor. God has created pain as a way to prevent us from repeating an injurious action. For example - if one breaks a leg, pain prevents one from walking on that leg and causing further injury. Pain travels at 350 feet in a second. Pain roughly involves ten billion nerve cells per square inch of skin. Generally, pain will move quicker than one's ability to respond to the pain. For example, one can sometimes burn their hand before the sensation of pain causes them to remove the hand from the hot surface.

Book of Oddities - Frank O'Neil

Today's SMILE


A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

A FEW SMILES

VERY PUnny

A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show:

"Look, it's not the same hat"

"Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table"

"Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades ?"

The magician was furious but couldn't do anything; it was, after all, the captain's parrot.

One day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course.

They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day and another and another. After a week the parrot said: "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"

Looking out into the congregation, the young minister noted that the bishop was in attendance. After the service was over, the minister was shaking hands as the bishop exited.

"How did you like my sermon, Bishop," the young man asked.

"Young man, it was like the peace and mercy of God," replied the bishop. "It was like his peace in that it passed all understanding and like his mercy in that I thought it would endure forever."

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If it's green or squirms, it's biology.

If it stinks, it's chemistry.

If it doesn't work, it's physics.

A conclusion is simply a place where you got tired of thinking.

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	Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners.. Unknown
		he conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. Ricther
	If we could raise one generation with unconditional love, there would be no Hitlers. We need to teach the next generation of children from Day One that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear. Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
		Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. Jean De La Bruyere
	Feelings are real and legitimate; children behave and misbehave for a reason, even if adults cannot figure it out. Unknown

ALL THE REST – April 20

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Today's Word – ERUDITE

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