January 25, 2001 - All the Rest

ALL THE REST – January 25

Today's Quotations — HOPE

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Martin Luther (1483-1546), Table-Talk

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Vincent McNabb, Joy in Believing, I993

What enthusiasm is to the youth and ambition to the apprentice and peace of mind to the invalid, such is hope to the Christians.

Joseph McSorley, Be of Good Heart, 1922

If in the hour of death the conscience is at peace, the mind need not be troubled. The future is full of doubt, indeed, but fuller still of hope.

John Lubbock, The Pleasures of Life, 1887

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.

Samuel Johnson, June 8, 1762, Letters of

Today's Word – OBEISANCE

o·bei·sance noun 1. A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage. 2. An attitude of deference or homage. [Middle English obeisaunce, from Old French obeissance, from obeissant, present participle of obeir, to obey. ] --o·bei"sant adjective

The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning, and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing intelligence, of their appearing in very good health, and in as tolerable spirits as could be expected, after the melancholy scene so lately gone through at Rosings.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by JANE AUSTIN

Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary

Today's Fact



Old Faithful



Old Faithful

The most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park is Old Faithful. Contrary to its name, Old Faithful is not all that punctual. Instead of erupting every 60 minutes some 24 times each day, it actually erupts between 18 and 21 times each day.

The interval between the eruptions has been increasing over the past 25 years. It is suspected that the interval has been lengthening due to earthquake activity and human vandalism. Today it erupts every 34 to 106 minutes.

Source: "Hodgepodge Two"

You are worthy, O Lord our God,
to receive glory and honor and power.
For you created everything,
and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created."

Rev. 4:11

Today's SMILE

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



"I'm so worried," the nervous patient said as the nurse plumped up his pillows. "Last week, I read about a man who was in the hospital because of heart trouble and he died of malaria."

"Relax" the nurse said, smiling. "This is a first-rate hospital. When we treat someone for heart trouble, he dies of heart trouble."

The manager of a department store was sitting in his office doing paperwork when he received an urgent page to report to the housewares department. He ran down to the aisle with all the china and glasswares to find a blind man standing in the middle of the aisle. He holding his seeing-eye dog by the hind legs and swinging the dog in big circles around his head. The alarmed manager yells to the man "Can I help you?".

The blind man promptly replied, "No thanks. I'm just looking."

Amanpreet filled his gas tank at a self service station. After he'd paid and driven away, he realized he'd left the gas cap on top of his car. He stopped and looked and, sure enough, it was lost.

He thought for a second and realized that other people must have done the same thing, so it was worth going back to look by the side of the road. Even if he couldn't find his own, he might be able to find another one that fit.

Sure enough, he hadn't been searching long when he did find a gas cap. He tried it on, and it went into place with a satisfying "click".

"Hey, that's great", Preet thought. "I lost my gas cap, but found one that fits -- and even better because this one LOCKS!"

How's She Get Like That?

When I arrived for my daughter's parent-teacher conference, the teacher seemed a bit flustered, especially when she started telling me that my little girl didn't always pay attention in class and was sometimes a little flighty. "For example, she'll do the wrong page in the workbook," the teacher explained, "and I've even found her sitting in the wrong desk."

"I don't understand that," I replied defensively. "Where could she have gotten that?"

The teacher went on to reassure me that my daughter was still doing fine in school and was sweet and likeable. Finally, after a pause, she added, "By the way, Mrs. Johnson, our appointment was for tomorrow."

A Sunday School teacher asked her class to draw a picture illustrating a Bible story. One paper handed in contained a picture of a big car. An old man with long whiskers flying in the breeze was driving. A man and woman were in the backseat. Puzzled, the teacher asked little Jimmy to explain his drawing. "That's God. He's driving Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden."

TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

I get enough exercise just pushing my luck!

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