This is what I woke up to and I said Thank You for another day!!
Happiness
Happiness…
“Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.”― Joel Osteen
All He Wants is Birthday Cards (can you send him one?)
What Does This Mass. Boy Battling Cancer Want For His Birthday? A Bunch Of Birthday Cards
Jul 18, 2014, 5:39 PM ET
By YAZHOU SUN via Good Morning America
Danny Nickerson, 5, who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last month, wants a big box of birthday cards for his birthday.
(See mailing address below)
A 5-year-old Massachusetts boy battling cancer said all he wants for his upcoming birthday is a box of birthday cards.
Danny Nickerson, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, will turn six on July 25. He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor this past October — one of the most chemotherapy-resistant cancers. As a result, he has since stopped going to kindergarten.
The boy gets lonely from time to time, and is always happy to get cards with his name written on them.
“He can recognize his name now,” Carley Nickerson, Danny’s mother told ABC News. “When he saw his name on the package from magical fairies on Easter, he was so happy.”
But the packages and cards stopped after Easter.
“He had 33 radiations from November through December last year,” Nickerson said. “We are now getting chemo therapy every two weeks.”
Doctors tell Nickerson that less than 10 percent of the children diagnosed with this type of cancer live longer than 18 months.
“I don’t really believe in that. He is doing great,” Nickerson said. “Every day is a blessing for us,”
So far, Danny has received about 40 letters.
“I gave him to key to the P.O. box,” Nickerson said. “He was so excited when he opened it.”
Nickerson said Danny loves Lego and Super Mario.
“I wish Lego makes Super Mario toys,” Nickerson chuckled. “That would really make him happy.”
Danny’s birthday is July 25.
All cards can be mailed the Nickerson’s home addressed:
Danny Nickerson, P.O. Box 212, Foxboro, MA, 02035.
Enough with “Not Enough”!! (post by Kirk Weisler)
Have you ever in your life spent time worrying that you weren’t enough?
NOT – Tall enough, handsome enough, pretty enough, feminine enough, thin enough, smart enough, tough enough, rich enough – or good enough!
Well yesterday Jeff Madison sent me the link to video that wonderfully says… in effect. We become truly powerful the moment we truly learn to accept ourselves. And that what we have and who we are is enough…. at least enough to begin living life and loving it and improving upon it.
Now we know we are enough to get started….let’s get started.
Kirk Out
This Teacher Was Hated By His Students – Until They Learned His Shocking Truth (Blog by Petflow)
Jim O’Connor wasn’t exactly the most popular teacher at St. Francis High School. They thought he was tough, demanding and boring. That is, until one of his students visited a children’s hospital near the school.
There, the student heard about Mr. O’Connor’s second job: holding, feeding and comforting sick babies. It turns out, Jim has been doing this for years, and is known around the hospital as one of the gentlest, sweetest men, which in turn completely shocked his students. Once words spread and his class saw their teacher for who he really is, they began to see him in a new light — and today, they have a new-found love and respect for Mr. O’Connor! I’m SO touched by this story!
Technology Replace Love? Nope!!
There are things that technology can never replace. ~Salha Zain
Making Positive Waves…. the Ripple Effect (post by Kirk Weisler)
Another brilliant and insightful post from “Paul-The Ripples Guy” – for more on Paul go to his site www.theripplesproject.org and magnify the purposeful ripples of positivity in your life.
The Pebble (think ripples in a pond)
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? -George Eliot
The Boulder (Same Principle more words bigger ripple)
Your job is not to judge.
Your job is not to figure out
if someone deserves something.
Your job is to lift the fallen,
to restore the broken,
and to heal the hurting.
-The Essence of Life-
Ponder – (This is the Boulder, the big idea to not just think about but to put into practice , thus creating ripples around the world.)
I don’t believe that we have an *obligation* to help every single person we encounter.
I do believe that there is an *opportunity* to help every single person we encounter. Every. Single. Person.
The lost ones, the frustrated ones, the nice ones and the mean ones. And the magnificent secret that I hesitate to share with you because we took a solemn oath at the last meeting of the “Benevolent Order of Those Who Strive To Be As Nice As Possible to Everyone We Encounter”: the person who benefits the most from all the helping is often YOU! Serving others feels great; it reminds us to be grateful for blessings that we take for granted, and as a bonus it replenishes our “karma credit card” so we can be in great shape to receive help from others just when we need it most.
Just remember that helping works best when it emanates not from a sense of duty or obligation, but instead from a source of joyous opportunity. So keep your eyes and ears open for a friend or colleague or stranger who needs you..
Peace,
Paul
((( The Ripples Guy )))
Kirk out
First Thing Every Morning (from Simple Truths)
Turn Your Life Around One Day at a Time
by Lewis Timberlake with Elinor Griffith
If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400—with no balance carried from day to day—what would you do? Well, you do have such a bank…time.
Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it rules off as “lost” whatever you have failed to use toward good purposes. It carries over no balances and allows no overdrafts. You can’t hoard it, save it, store it, loan it or invest it. You can only use it—time.
Here’s a story that drives the point home.
Arthur Berry was described by Time as “the slickest second-story man in the East,” truly one of the most famous jewel thieves of all times. In his years of crime, he committed as many as 150 burglaries and stole jewels valued between $5 and $10 million. He seldom robbed from anyone not listed in the Social Register and often did his work in a tuxedo. On an occasion or two, when caught in the act of a crime by a victim, he charmed his way out of being reported to the police.
Like most people who engage in a life of crime, he was eventually caught, convicted and served 25 years in prison for his crimes. Following his release, he worked as a counterman in a roadside restaurant on the East Coast for $50 a week.
A newspaper reporter found him and interviewed him about his life. After telling about the thrilling episodes of his life he came to the conclusion of the interview saying, “I am not good at morals. But early in my life I was intelligent and clever, and I got along well with people. I think I could have made something of my life, but I didn’t. So when you write the story of my life, when you tell people about all the burglaries, don’t leave out the biggest one of all…Don’t just tell them I robbed Jesse Livermore, the Wall Street baron or the cousin of the king of England. You tell them Arthur Berry robbed Arthur Berry.”
First: Nobody can manage time. But you can manage those things that take up your time.
Second: Time is expensive. As a matter of fact, 80 percent of our day is spent on those things or those people that only bring us two percent of our results.
Third: Time is perishable. It cannot be saved for later use.
Fourth: Time is measurable. Everybody has the same amount of time…pauper or king. It is not how much time you have; it is how much you use.
Fifth: Time is irreplaceable. We never make back time once it is gone.
Sixth: Time is a priority. You have enough time for anything in the world, so long as it ranks high enough among your priorities.
What you’ve just read is an excerpt from First Thing Every Morning by Lewis Timberlake. This book has everything you need to energize your life—reflections, stories and quotes that’ll lift your spirits and lighten your load. His insights on more than 50 topics will help you to turn your life around…one day at a time.
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