Today's Word – RESPITE
If a man carries his cross beautifully and makes it radiant with glory of a meek and gentle spirit, the time will come when the things that now disturb will be the events for which he will most of all give gratitude to God.
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852)
If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our Father in heaven.
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852)
If you discern [God's] love in every moment of happiness, you will multiply a thousandfold your capacity to fully enjoy your blessings.
Frances J. Roberts
Gratitude to God makes even a temporal blessing a taste of heaven.
William Romaine (1714-1795)
How happy a person is depends upon the depth of his gratitude.
John Miller (1923-1961)
I have found the least gratitude from those families in which I had performed the greatest services.
Benjamin Rush (1746-1813)
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
res·pite
noun 1. A usually short interval of rest or
relief. Synonym pause. 2.
Law. Temporary suspension of a death sentence; a reprieve. To delay; postpone.
'Placed in a mental position of peculiar painfulness, beyond the assuaging reach even
of Mrs. Micawber's influence, though exercised in the tripartite character of woman, wife,
and mother, it is my intention to fly from myself for a short period, and devote a
respite of eight-and-forty hours
to revisiting some metropolitan scenes of past enjoyment.
DAVID COPPERFIELD
Charles Dickens
Definition from American Heritage Dictionary
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| "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 The YUGO A guy driving a Yugo pulls up at a stoplight
next to a Rolls-Royce. The driver of the Yugo rolls down his window and shouts to the
driver of the Rolls, "Hey, buddy, that's a nice car. You got a phone in your
Rolls? I've got one in my Yugo!" Source: CircleJoke Owner-CircleJoke@UserHome.Com
Art theft in Paris Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with
stealing several paintings from the Louvre From Nick's Humor List at nickhumor-owner@Listservice.net
A group of kindergarten children were on a class outing to their local police station where they saw pictures, tacked to a bulletin board, of the 10 most wanted men. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person. "Yes," answered the policeman. "Well," wondered the child, "why didn't you keep him when you took his picture?" Source: Bill's Punch Line
 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. |
An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. |
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. However, after planning the crime, getting in
and out past security, he was captured only 2 blocks away when his Econoline ran out of
gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious
error, he replied: "I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."