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10/8/2024

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Welcome to a website where you will find humor, inspiration, and learning in short stories, concise quotations, perky poems, audacious audio, melodious music, and pretty-near-perfect pictures. Just travel down this page, skipping the ridiculous articles, until you come to the ones that appeal to you. When you have a moment, be sure to visit some of the more than 70 other pages on the website, such as the Inspiration Pages and the Silly Pages, which can be explored by clicking or tapping on the drop-down menu near the top of this page or further down this page in the right-hand column as colorful pictures.

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Personal Hygiene And Cleanliness

10/7/2024

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Monkey bath: A bath so hot that, as you lower yourself into the tub, you say, “Oo-oo aa-aa, oo-oo aa-aa!”

Aquadextrous (ak-wa·deksꞋtrus), adjective: Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with one’s toes.
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Riddle: What becomes wet when drying?
Solution: A towel.

Picture of a happy baby elephant under a shower or a waterfall, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

Mildred: How does one give an elephant a bath?
Dorothy: First, get a very large rubber ducky . . .

Why is it that no matter what the color of the bubble bath, the bubbles are white?

Michelle: What kind of person steals soap?
Michael: A dirty crook, that’s who!

“A bit of muck never hurt anyone.” -Author Unknown: Yorkshire saying

Global Handwashing Day is on 15 October of each year. Let us all wash our hands in celebration!

If soap falls on the floor, does the soap get dirty, or does the floor get clean?
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“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” -John Wesley (1703 - 1791): “Sermon XCII,” ‘On Dress.’

“Cleanliness is next to goodliness.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Cleanliness is next to impossible.” -Author Unknown

“Dirt is not dirt, but only matter in the wrong place.” -Henry John Temple (also known as Lord Palmerston (1784 - 1865))

“Why Dirt Is Good: 5 Ways to Make Germs Your Friends” (2009) is a book by Mary Ruebush, Ph.D., who is an award-winning professor of immunology and microbiology at Kaplan Medical in Bozeman, Montana, United States of America. In the book, she demonstrates a lively mastery of her subject, providing readers with an education in immunology and explaining ‘good germs.’ The book offers medically sound advice, explaining how we can become healthier by exposing ourselves to some of the things in our environment that many of us tend to avoid obsessively.
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Mud baths are popular, and rich people pay a whole lot of money just to go to spas and resorts to soak and bathe in mud. Elephants also enjoy bathing in squishy mud baths - just as much as rich people do. However, elephants are much smarter than rich people, so they take their mud baths in the great outdoors and pay . . . nothing! Additionally, elephants like to stay caked with mud because the mud acts as a protective coating to reduce sunburns.
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“One keep-clean is better than ten make-cleans.” -Author Unknown
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Handwashing Song

Wash, wash, wash your hands,
     Clean them both the same,
Between the fingers, front and back,
     Until germs go down the drain!

By Author Unknown (can be sung to the same tune as that of the song, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)

Proper Handwashing
1. Wet hands with water.
2. Apply soap.
3. Lather hands, wrists, and lower part of forearms with soap.
4. Scrub thoroughly for half a minute.
5. Rinse with water.
6. Dry.

Ivory bar soap, known for possessing the property of floating in water, was created by accident. A worker in a factory left the soap-making machinery running too long, which caused tiny air bubbles to form in the soap. Customers who bought bars of soap made from this particular batch wrote letters to the manufacturer, saying how much they liked having soap that floated in their bathtubs, and that is the story of how Ivory bar soap came to be the soap that floats.

Young Lady from Crete

There was a young lady from Crete,
Who was so exceedingly neat,
     When she got out of bed,
     She stood on her head,
To keep from soiling her feet.

By Author Unknown
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Al: What is the best cure for dandruff?
Lex: Baldness.
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“Have you ever noticed that, while they have similar textures, bars of chocolate somehow taste better than bars of soap?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

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Cats bathe with their tongues, though usually they bathe just themselves.
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Queen Isabella I of Spain, who financed Christopher Columbus’ voyage of discovery to the New World, claimed to have bathed only twice in her lifetime. Even France’s King Louis XIV bathed only once a year. But they were not as strange as people might think, because during their time, attitudes toward bathing were very different from those common today. It just goes to show that we have learned a lot as a species, and we doubtless have much more to learn.
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Nothing is quite as welcome after dirty, grimy work as are rest and relaxation . . . except perhaps cleaning up with soap and water.
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Reasons To Not Wash

If we take the same excuses that people use for not going to church and apply them to other areas of life, we would realize just how inconsistent people can be in their logic.

1. I was forced to as a child.
2. People who make soap are only after your money.
3. I wash on special occasions like Christmas and Easter.
4. People who wash are hypocrites - they think they are cleaner than everyone else.
5. There are so many different kinds of soap; I cannot decide which one is best.
6. I used to wash, but it got boring, so I stopped.
7. None of my friends wash.
8. The bathroom is never warm enough in the winter or cool enough in the summer.
9. I will start washing when I get older and dirtier.
10. I cannot spare the time.

By Author Unknown

If everyone on Earth took a bath in a single day, the entire supply of fresh water on our planet would become dirty, so it turns out that by staying dirty, some people are helping to ensure that the rest of us have clean water. How considerate of them.
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“In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty.” -Author Unknown: ‘Imbesi’s Conservation of Filth Law’

“There are two types of dirt: the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which is attracted to dark objects.” -Author Unknown
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How do animals keep themselves clean? Chickens take baths by flopping around in dirt and dust, which prevents tics, lice, and other bugs from making their permanent homes under the chickens’ feathers. Pigs also keep bugs off themselves by taking mud baths, and caked-on mud has the additional advantage of reducing pigs’ sunlight exposure, because pigs, like humans, can get unpleasant sunburns.

Bob: Want to hear a ‘dirty’ joke?
Otto: Sure, why not.
Bob: A man fell in the mud.
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Otto: Want to hear a ‘clean’ joke?
Bob: What is that?
Otto: The man took a bath!

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And now the star of the show, second in popularity among bath toys only to a bar of soap and a washcloth, it’s the Yellow Rubber Duckies. Everybody applaud . . . try not to look so surprised!

Personal Hygiene And Cleanliness Quiz
- What are three things that can help a person become clean?
- How often should a person take a bath or a shower?
- What happens if a person puts on too much perfume, cologne, or other scents?
- When should we wash our hands?
- Why should we wear flip-flops, sandals, or shower shoes when showering in gyms, schools, college dorms, and other places outside of our homes?
- Why should we not share our personal care items, such as toothbrushes, shaving razors, and nail clippers, with other people?
- What is the difference between the words ‘bath’ and ‘bathe,’ besides just the letter ‘e’?

Why do the instructions on hair shampoo bottles read, ‘Lather. Rinse. Repeat’? If we did this, would we never be able to stop?

Ablutophobia is a fear of washing or bathing. Most people with the condition learn over time that cleaning oneself is not to be feared; however, for those with a persistent case of the condition, compassionate counseling may be necessary. Because it can be embarrassing, many ablutophobia sufferers find discussing it difficult, and will need genuine understanding and encouragement in overcoming their fear. Ridiculing or teasing them will make the condition worse, and for those who smell bad, they most likely already know they do, so they won’t be helped by being lectured to or scolded about their body odor. Like most fears, ablutophobia can have a real cause, often being rooted in unpleasant or even traumatic experiences. It can also be a symptom of living in extreme poverty or of being in a family or other relationship in which ongoing abuse occurs, and these root causes would need to be addressed in order to help a person overcome ablutophobia. Ablutophobia is derived from the Latin word ‘ablutere’ meaning ‘to wash off’ and the Greek word ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’

“Shower, noun: A one-person concert hall.” -Author Unknown

“Singing in a shower is fun, until you get soap in your mouth. Then, it becomes a soap opera.” -Author Unknown

“The bathtub is an epicurean innovation from England designed to corrupt the democratic simplicity of the republic. We of the medical profession warn against it as a producer of rheumatic fevers, inflammatory lungs, and all zymotic diseases.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The New York Times” (1841) newspaper

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Puzzles And Riddles

9/30/2024

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Riddle: What do you get if you cross a chili pepper, a shovel, and a terrier?
Solution: A hot-diggity-dog!
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Riddle: What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
Solution: A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush.

Riddle: What do you get if you cross a cat and a parrot?
Solution: A carrot.
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Riddle: I follow you everywhere you go. Who am I?
Solution: I am your shadow.

Riddle: What can you hold without touching?
Solution: A conversation.
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Riddle: What is brown and sticky?
Solution: A stick.

Do you enjoy puzzles and riddles? Well, then, you have come to the right place. We think you will have a lot of fun pondering these mini-mysteries.
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Riddle: What do cars, trees, and elephants all have in common?
Solution: They all have trunks.

Riddles are of two types.
- Enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical languages, and which require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution.
- Conundrums, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or in the answer.
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Riddle: What can you hold without touching?
Solution: Your breath.

Riddle:
I am a word of letters three;
Add two more letters,
And even fewer there will be.
What is the word that I would be?
Solution: I am the word few, becoming ‘fewer’ with two more letters.
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Riddle: Why are lost items always in the last place you look?
Solution: Because when you find them, you stop looking.

Puzzles are games, toys, or problems designed to test skill, ingenuity, or knowledge. Examples of puzzles are crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, and mazes.
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Riddle: What is the difference between a cat and a comma?
Solution: One has claws at the end of its paws, and one is a pause at the end of a clause.

Riddle: What do you get if you cross a porcupine with a sheep?
Solution: An animal that knits its own sweaters.
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Riddle: What does the following tell you about Calvin?
○ Appreciated
○ Calvin
○ Weight
Solution: Calvin is ‘underappreciated’ and ‘overweight.’

English journalist Arthur Wayne is credited with being the inventor of the modern crossword. The diamond-shaped puzzle appeared in the “New York World” newspaper on 21 December 1913.
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Riddle: What is so fragile that it can be broken just by the sound of someone speaking?
Solution: Silence.

Riddle: If it takes two men to dig a hole in one day, how long would it take for one man to dig half of a hole?
Solution: There is no such thing as a half a hole.
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Riddle: What happened in the middle of the twentieth century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?
Solution: The year 1961. It reads the same upside down. This will not happen again until the year 6009.

Crossword Compiler

A crossword compiler named Moss,
Who found himself quite at a loss,
When asked, “Why so blue?”
Said, “I haven’t a clue -
I’m 2 Down to put 1 Across.”

By Author Unknown
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Riddle: What goes up and down without moving?
Solution: Stairs.

When the first book of crossword puzzles was published, the creator received $500 down and $300 across.
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Types of Puzzles
- Connect the dots
- Math problems
- Mazes
- Word searches or word finds
Can you think of other types of puzzles?

Riddle: I have eyes but cannot see. I have feet but cannot walk. What am I?
Solution: I am a riddle.

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“Who can set us straight in our labyrinth from the mazes of his own?” -Henry S. Haskins (Henry Stanley Haskins (1875 - 1940)): as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 132

Riddle: What is the longest word in the English language?
Solution: ‘Smiles,’ because there is a mile between the first letter and the last letter.
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Riddle: What has two arms, two wings, two tails, three heads, three bodies, and eight legs?
Solution: A man on a horse holding a chicken.
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Riddle: Your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law is building a rowboat. Who is building a rowboat?
Solution: Your father.

Riddle: What has a man’s name, is as small as a mouse, and wears a red vest?
Solution: A robin.
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Ed: Pete and Repeat were sitting on a log and Pete fell off - who was left?
Fred: Repeat.
Ed: Pete and Repeat were sitting on a log and Pete fell off - who was left?
Fred: Repeat.
Ed: Pete and Repeat . . .

Riddle: What does a cat have that no other animal has?
Solution: Kittens.
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Riddle: What belongs to you but is used more often by others?
Solution: Your name.

Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria (1819 -1901)) had especially challenging jigsaw puzzles made, ones without pictures on their boxes, because she felt having pictures of the finished puzzles would make solving them too easy.
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Riddle: Which is faster, heat or cold?
Solution: Heat, because people can catch a cold.

Riddle: What asks no question but demands an answer?
Solution: A telephone.
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Riddle:
Proprietors of an ice cream shop want to host a giveaway day to boost business. To avoid large crowds, however, they do not want to advertise the free ice cream cone day broadly. Instead, they post three clues as to the date.
1. The giveaway will be in the first week of a month without an ‘a’ in it.
2. It will be on a day of the week that has a ‘u’ in it.
3. The month has no ‘e’ but the day of the week has an ‘e.’
Can you figure out when to go for a free cone?
Solution:
The first Tuesday in July is free ice cream day.

Riddle: I have a face and two hands; what am I?
Solution: A clock.
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Riddle: What five-letter word becomes shorter when two letters are added to it?
Solution: Short.
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Riddle: What can you not keep until you have given it?
Solution: Your word.

Riddle: How can you arrange for two people to stand on the same piece of newspaper and yet be unable to touch each other without stepping off the newspaper?
Solution: Slide the newspaper half way under a closed door and ask the two people to stand on the part of the newspaper on their side of the door.

Riddle: Joe was asked how many ducks he had seen. He answered, “As they ran along a path, I saw one duck in front of two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, and a duck between two ducks.” How many ducks did Joe see?
Solution: Joe saw three ducks, running along a path in single file.
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Riddle: If you take away the whole, some still remains - what is it?
Solution: Wholesome.

Riddle: What flies without wings?
Solution: Time.
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Riddle: Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Solution: Forward I am ‘ton,’ backwards I am ‘not.’

Riddle: What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?
Solution: “What time is it?”
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Riddle: David’s father has three sons; two of them are John and William; what is the name of David’s father’s third son?
Solution: David.

Riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away?
Solution: A hole.

Riddle: What can swallow you if you do not swallow it first?
Solution: Pride.
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Riddle: Two legs sat upon four legs eating one leg. In came four legs - and out went four legs with one leg. Close behind was two legs, without one leg, shaking four legs at four legs.
Solution: A person sat on a chair eating a chicken leg. In comes a dog - and out it went with the chicken leg. Close behind was the person, without the chicken leg, shaking the chair at the dog.

Riddle: I run around but never race, my hands are always on my face, I cannot count very many numbers, you hit me and I let you slumber - what am I?
Solution: I am an alarm clock.

Riddle: What part of you disappears when you stand up?
Solution: Your lap.
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Riddle: Name three things that have eyes but that cannot see.
Solution: Sewing needles, storms, and potatoes.

Riddle: What has no fingers, but many rings?
Solution: A tree.

Riddle: What do a mole and an eagle have in common?
Solution: They both live underground, apart from the eagle.
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Riddle: I work only after I have been fired. Who am I?
Solution: I am a rocket.

Riddle: Why did Beethoven not finish the “Unfinished Symphony”?
Solution: Because the Unfinished Symphony was started by Schubert, not Beethoven.
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Jigsaw Puzzle fans are called ‘dissectologists’ and have a society called the Benevolent Confraternity of Dissectologists.

Jigsaw puzzle pieces that fit together to make a picture of a sunset over an ocean, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

On a shopping trip with a credit card loaned to him by a foreigner, a politician bought a 24-piece jigsaw puzzle. He worked on it every evening for two weeks. Finally, the puzzle was finished. “Look at what I’ve done, Jim,” he said proudly to a campaign staffer. “That’s surely something, Joseph. How long did it take you to finish it?” “Only two weeks.” “Never done a puzzle myself,” Jim said. “Is two weeks fast?” “You bet,” Joseph said. “Look at the box. It says, ‘From two to four years.’”

Riddle: What room is never entered?
Solution: A mushroom.

Riddle: What has one eye but cannot see?
Solution: A needle.

Riddle: What never was and never will be?
Solution: A mouse’s nest in a cat’s ear.
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Riddle: A man built a house with all four sides facing south. A bear walked past the house. What color is the bear?
Solution: The bear is a white polar bear, and the house is at the North Pole.

Riddle: What stays hot even if you put it in the refrigerator?
Solution: Pepper.

Riddle: What is the first thing you know?
Solution: “The first thing you know, Old Jed’s a millionaire. The kin folks said, ‘Jed, move away from there!’”
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Riddle: What is the biggest room in the world?
Solution: Room for improvement.

Riddle: What is white when it is dirty and black when it is clean?
Solution: A chalkboard (blackboard).

Polly: What is the difference between ‘ignorance’ and ‘apathy?’
Esther: ‘I do not know,’ and ‘I do not care’!
Polly: You answered correctly!
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Riddle: What did the eye say to the ear?
Solution: Do you hear what I see, hear what I see, hear what I see?

Riddle: Four legs sat on four legs waiting for four legs to come out of its hole.
Solution: A cat sat on a chair waiting for a mouse to come out of its hole.

Riddle: What do you find in the middle of nowhere?
Solution: The letter ‘h.’
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“Do I rue a life wasted doing crosswords? No, but I do know the three-letter-word for regret.” -Robert Brault (born 1938) at rbrault.blogspot.com

Riddle: What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?
Solution: Trouble.
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“If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No - calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” -Abraham Lincoln

Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind - what is it?
Solution: Footsteps.
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Riddle: What is the difference between an onion and an oboe?
Solution: Nobody cries when you chop up an oboe.

Riddle: If a north-facing rooster was sitting at the point of the roof of a building on the Earth’s equator at exactly 12:00 noon, and laid an egg, which side of the roof would the egg roll down?
Solution: Roosters do not lay eggs, silly goose - hens lay eggs!
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Riddle: Brian’s mom has four children. The first was a boy named Jerry. The second was a girl named Susan. The third was a boy called Robert, and the fourth was another boy. What was his name?
Solution: Brian.

Riddle: If leather makes good shoes, what do banana skins make?
Solution: Good slippers!
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Math Problem: $21 in one-dollar bills is split evenly among two fathers and two sons. How is this possible?
Solution: There are only three people: a grandfather, a father, and the father’s son, who each receive $7.

Riddle: What is better than the best thing and worse than the worst thing?
Solution: Nothing.

Riddle: What has four legs and feathers?
Solution: A featherbed.
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Riddle: What has to be broken before it can be used?
Solution: An egg.

Puzzle Poem

When it’s boring
Because of rainy weather
Nothing’s so fun as
Putting a puzzle together.

By Author Unknown
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Riddle: What has four legs but no feet?
Solution: A table.

Riddle: What has six legs, four eyes, and five ears?
Solution: A man sitting on a horse eating an ear of corn.

Riddle: What is the difference between a dressmaker and a farmer?
Solution: A dressmaker sews what she gathers, and a farmer gathers what he sows.
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In 2008, 15,000 enthusiasts took five hours to assemble the world’s largest puzzle, in Ravensburg, Germany. It had 1,141,800 pieces and measured 65 feet by 98 feet.

“The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.” -Stephen Sondheim (Stephen Joshua Sondheim (1930 - 2021))
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Riddle: What has no beginning or end or middle, and touches every continent?
Solution: The ocean.

Riddle: How can you tell when an elephant has been in your refrigerator?
Solution: By the footprints in the butter.
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Witchery And Witching

9/23/2024

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Picture of the silhouettes of seven witches on brooms flying in a circle, and the words, ‘“Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Witchery And Witching” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont - Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cackle maniacally, and people back away from you slowly.” -Author Unknown
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Witches Brew

Dash of bat whiskers
Three purple tadpoles
Dollop of goobly goop
One teaspoon frozen rainbow
Two pinches of ghost dust
Sprinkle with troll teeth
Mix thoroughly and simmer
Over low heat for 4 hours
Serve ice cold.

By Author Unknown

Angie: Why do witches wear pointy hats?
Angelica: To cover their pointy heads.
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The word ‘witch’ is derived from the Old English words ‘wicca’ meaning ‘wise man’ and ‘wicce’ meaning ‘wise woman.’

Corey: What is evil and goes around and around?
Courtney: A witch on a merry-go-round.

Apparently, even witches get lonely for the company of their own kind. Thus, they gather into ‘covens,’ of between two and thirteen witches. The word ‘coven’ was mostly unused in the English language until 1921, when Margaret Murray advanced the idea that witches across Europe met in groups of 13, which they call covens. When covens gather, they engage in communication with the spirit world, rituals, chants, sharing of news and gossip and recipes for potions and spells, and possibly whatever else your imagination is suggesting to you right now.

Ace: Why do witches carry black cats on their brooms?
Tex: Because elephants weigh too much.
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Bonnie: Why does everyone at witches’ conventions wear a nametag?
Lonnie: So they can tell which witch is which witch.

“Witch doctor: An alternative health practitioner.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“There’s a little witch in all of us.” -Alice Hoffman (born 1952): “Practical Magic” (1995) at AliceHoffman.com

Jeremiah: What sound does a witch’s car make?
Hezekiah: Broom, broom.
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Sign: Witch Parking Only - All Others Will Be Toad.

Velma: What do you call a witch who can’t make up her mind whether to turn you into a frog or a toad?
Wilma: Witchy-washy.
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Cecil: How do witches keep their hair in place while flying?
Celeste: They use scare-spray.

Dora: What did the little witch hope to get for her birthday?
Laura: A haunted dollhouse!
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In 2013, Swaziland passed a law prohibiting witches from flying above an altitude of 150 meters (492 feet). Would you say that this law is unfair?

Bill: Have you heard about the good weather witch?
Penny: Yes, and she’s forecasting sunny spells!
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“What if ‘witch’ is only a word applied to a person who believes in ‘the old ways’ and who is unjustly persecuted by malicious people who have ill will toward the person and by crazed zealots who want the old ways to no longer exist?” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Overheard: Witch doctors aren’t just for witches anymore.
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Wiccaphobia is a persistent fear of witches and witchcraft. Wow, there’s a word for nearly everything, isn’t there?

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At MFOL! we do all of our own stunts, but we must remind folks that flying through the air on a broom involves significant risk, and should be done only after lengthy training, and unlike the young man shown in the image above, should be done while wearing protective gear including a helmet, goggles, and a parachute.
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We would not want to attract the ire of any witches, but here is a little secret about the ways of harmless good witches: The ingredients they use in their potions and other concoctions are extraordinarily ordinary, but they give the ingredients fantastic names to keep their recipes secret. So for example, bat wings might really be leaves of cloves, and eye of newt might actually be pearl onions. Some folks just find having secrets makes their lives more interesting - that plus ‘secret recipes’ fetch a higher price in the marketplace than regular ones. On the other hand, malevolent or bad witches might actually use real scales of snakes and warts of toads and hairs of hares in their recipes.

“The riches of witches are flying brooms, black cats, cookery with cauldrons, loud clear cackles, the camaraderie of covens - and spells that cause itches!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Witch: An apothecary who keeps a black cat and a flying broom and a cauldron, for showmanship. Apothecary: a person who prepares and sells medicines.

Ted: How do you make a witch itch?
Todd: Just take away the ‘w.’
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Helen Duncan, a medium, or a person who purports to communicate with the spirit world, was arrested in 1944 in Portsmouth, England. She had been arrested originally for the catch-all charge of vagrancy, but when she came up for trial at the Old Bailey, the police promptly added the charge of witchcraft, and she was tried under the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Her case is the last known instance of a person in England being tried by law as a witch.

Shelia: Where does a witch park her broom after she is done flying?
Ophelia: In a broom closet.
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Would you be willing to entertain the possibility that witches, along with warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, and sorceresses are not real, but are creations wholly of human imagination? This would mean that some people might like to pretend that they are these things, and some people might accuse other people of being these things, and though they might indeed be either good people or bad people, they are not really witches, warlocks, wizards, sorcerers, or sorceresses.

Mathilda: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Hilda: Because nature abhors a vacuum.
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According to some people, if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backwards on Halloween, you will see a witch at midnight. We strongly advise against doing this, because it could result in tripping, falling, and serious injury. Instead, anyone wanting to see a witch should watch the movie “Hocus Pocus” (1993). It is rated ‘PG’ for ‘Parental Guidance’ advised; however, like all entertainment, it should be reviewed and approved by parents or other grownups for suitability before their children are allowed to see it.

Sal: What kind of pets do witches have?
Les: Scaredy cats!
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Felicia: What do little witches eat?
Felicity: Alpha-bat soup!

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Sandy: What does a witch call for when she checks into a hotel?
Sandra: Broom service.

The cat, frog, pig, raven, goat, wolf, bat, and mouse were believed to be a witch’s ‘familiar,’ or a spirit in animal form that was used by a witch to perform evil deeds and cast malevolent spells.
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Lily: What do you get if you cross a witch with Wintertime?
Lilith: A cold spell.

Wanda: How does a witch make scrambled eggs?
Wendy: She cracks eggs into a pan and gets two other witches to make the stove shake with fright. Then she cackles just like a chicken!
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What is the Witching Hour? The hour after midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings are thought to be active, and to which bad luck is ascribed, is called ‘the witching hour’ in folkloric tradition. All honest mortals are to be found at home fast asleep in bed at this time of night, and not wandering about in the dark.

Donny: How does a witch tell time?
Donald: By looking at her witch-watch.
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Wilfred: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
Mildred: A sand witch.

Rachel: What do witches put on their bagels?
Michael: Scream cheese!
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Simon: What do you call two witches on one broom?
Cinnamon: Broommates.

“‘A witch ought never be frightened in the darkest forest,’ Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.” -Terry Pratchett: “Wintersmith” (2006)
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Wilma: How can you imagine yourself flying on a broom?
Wilfred: Just engage in witchful thinking!

All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
     Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch:
Fillet of a fenny snake,
     In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
     Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,
     Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
     Like a Hell-broth boil and bubble.

All:
Double, double toil and trouble;
     Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

By William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Macbeth” (1606), Act IV, scene 1 [A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron], lines 1557 through 1568

Irwin: How many witches does it take to change a light bulb?
Irving: Just one, but she changes it into a toad!
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“Mortified: A witch’s reaction upon being mortalized, or being changed into a mere mortal.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Cora: What is a witch’s favorite subject in school?
Corey: Spelling!
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Emma: What bounces and cackles?
Emmit: A witch on a trampoline!

A warlock, or a man-witch, went to the doctor one day complaining of headaches. “It’s because I live in a room with two of my brothers,” he said. “One of them has six goats and the other has four pigs and they all live in the room with us. The smell is terrible.” “Well, couldn’t you just open the windows?” asked the doctor. “Certainly not,” he replied. “My bats would fly out!”
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Ollie: What do witches like to do on the computer?
Oliver: Use the ‘spell’ checker.

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Is this a coven of witches . . . or a group of Welsh women at teatime, dressed in clothing that was fashionable many years ago, when the photograph was taken?

Hilda: Why don’t witches like to ride their brooms when they’re angry?
Mathilda: They’re afraid they might fly off the handle.
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“The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural. It is all natural.” -Laurie Cabot

Ruben: What do witches say when they cast the wrong spell?
Benjamin: “Hexcuse me!”

“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” -J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973)): “The Fellowship of the Ring” (1954), book I, chapter 3
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Marcy: What has four wheels and flies?
Marcella: A witch on a vacuum cleaner!

Overheard: The local witch once threatened to turn me into a toad, but she changed her mind after thinking it over. She said it would be a waste of a perfectly good spell because no one would notice any change in my appearance!
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What should you do if a geometric witch puts a hexagon you?

Darcy: How does a witch lose the weight gained from eating Halloween candy?
Darla: She hex-ercises.
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Josie: What has six legs and flies?
Joey: A witch and a cat on a broom!
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Rutherford: How can you tell twin witches apart?
Ruth: You can never really tell which witch is which.

Witches’ Menu

Live lizard, dead lizard
     Marinated, fried.
Poached lizard, pickled lizard
     Salty lizard hide.

Hot lizard, cold lizard
     Lizard over ice.
Baked lizard, boiled lizard
     Lizard served with spice.

Sweet lizard, sour lizard
     Smoked lizard heart.
Leg of lizard, loin of lizard
     Lizard a la carte.

By Sonja Nikolay (born 1936)

Lynne: Which cartoon do witches like to watch on television?
Linda: “The Scare Bears.”
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What are witches, and why do some people harm them in words and deeds? Mostly spinsters and widows, so-called ‘witches’ of the present time and historically have been elderly or poor women and less commonly men with limited means, so boiled lizard’s tails, bird’s feet, roots dug from the soil, and anything else they could scavenge or gather would be preferable to starvation. People who are different from them have engaged in persecuting them, motivated by fear and desire to steal property: fear that witches might teach the old ways, such as living in close kinship to nature and practicing natural healing for sickness or injury. To stop the spreading of their knowledge to children, the others scared children away by telling them the lie that witches eat children. Greed for power over others and greed to take others’ property away, like the houses and lands left to them by their deceased husbands or other relatives, motivated the people who oppressed and persecuted the ‘witches,’ who were in fact, not witches, but simply older or poor folks who were often alone, frail, and simply trying their best to survive. The accusations by some humans against others humans, calling them by the name ‘witch’ and similar names and inventing vicious lies about them, has led to the harming of large numbers of innocent people throughout human history and right up to the present day.
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Mandy: Why do witches fly on brooms?
Manetta: Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy.

Tongue twister: If two witches watched two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
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“For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.” -Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990): “The Witches” (1983)

Judy: What did one witch say to the other witch when she asked for a lift?
Trudy: “There’s always plenty of broom for one more.”

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Choices And Decisions

9/16/2024

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Picture of an abstract background of random colors separated by gold glitter borders, all with an appearance as of rippling water, and the words, ‘“Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Choices And Decisions” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont - Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“You are only one decision away from a totally different life.” -Wilfred A. Peterson
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“Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

“You are the possessor of a great and wonderful power. This power, when properly applied, will bring confidence instead of timidity, calmness instead of confusion, poise instead of restlessness, and peace of mind in place of heartache. What is your greatest power? The power to choose.” -J. Martin Kohe (Jack Martin Kohe (1902 - 1960)): “Your Greatest Power” (1953)

“We are our decisions.” -Author Unknown

“There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy . . . and its only reward is that it’s easy.” -Author Unknown
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“Sir, what is the secret of your success?” a reporter asked a bank president. “Two words.” “And, sir, what are they?” “Right decisions.” “And how do you make right decisions?” “One word.” “And, sir, what is that?” “Experience.” “And how do you get experience?” “Two words.” “And, sir, what are they?” “Wrong decisions.”

“Choices can change our lives profoundly. The choice to mend a broken relationship, to say ‘yes’ to a difficult assignment, to lay aside some important work to play with a child, to visit some forgotten person - these small choices may affect our lives eternally.” -Gloria Gaither

When faced with a decision, decide.
When faced with a choice, choose.
Sitting on the fence will leave you too tense,
Because you neither win nor lose!
-Barry Spilchuk (born 1957)
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“Our lives are, in reality, the sum total of our seemingly unimportant decisions and of our capacity to live by those decisions.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))

“You can never successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.” -Author Unknown
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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965)): “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” (1998); line spoken by fictional character Professor Dumbledore

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” -Roy T. Bennett: “The Light in the Heart” (25 February 2016)

“Daily decisions determine destiny.” -Author Unknown

“I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910)): “The Innocents Abroad” (1869)

“Life is the sum of all your choices.” -Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

“Our lives will depend upon the decisions which we make, for decisions determine destiny.” -Thomas S. Monson (Thomas Spencer Monson (1927 - 2018))

“We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.” -Roger Crawford
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“Doing isn’t difficult. Deciding is.” -Foster Hibbard

“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 68

Overheard: I used to think I was indecisive, but now I am not even sure about that.

“You cannot make progress without making decisions.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“The choices you make determine the life you live.” -Author Unknown

“The most important choice we make is what we choose to make important.” -Michael Neill

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“We are living in a time when the best of things are on the Earth . . . and the worst of things. Are we taking advantage of the best of things . . . and staying away from the worst of things?” -Author Unknown

“We make our choices, then our choices make us. Choose carefully.” -Author Unknown

“Your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be.” -Raymond Charles Barker
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“In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to require the most from you.” -Caroline Myss (born 1952)
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Overheard: It is terrible to be indecisive. I feel like a centipede that has just been told to put its best foot forward.

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

Matthew: Yippee, I get to make a decision! Yahoo! I finally get to decide something!
Martha: Yes . . . so would you like liver and onions or tripe and turnips for dinner?

“There is but bad Choice, where the whole Stock is bad.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 4889

“It is choice and not chance which determines our destiny.” -Author Unknown
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“The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel (also known simply as Henri Amiel (1821 - 1881))

“We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us.” -R. W. Boreham

“The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society and become a hermit, and that is a frightening choice.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))

“The best time to make a decision is before you have to make one.” -J. P. Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan, Senior (1837 - 1913))

“Don’t base your decisions on the advice of people who don’t have to deal with the result.” -Author Unknown
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“The difficulty in life is the choice.” -George Augustus Moore (1852 - 1933): “The Bending of the Bough” (1900), Act IV
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“It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you’re wallowing in indecision, you certainly can’t act - and action is the basis of success.” -Marie Beynon Ray (1886 - 1969)

“Choices are the hinges of destiny.” -Pythagoras of Samos (about 570 B.C.E. - about 496 B.C.E.):

“Life presents many choices, the choices we make determine our future.” -Catherine Pulsifer (born 1927) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com and https://www.StressLessCountry.com/quotes/

“Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Dwelling on past bad decisions you’ve made only allows those decisions to keep defining you. Forgive yourself and move on.” -Mandy Hale (born 1978) at https://mandyhale.com

“Sometimes walking away is the best decision.” -Kimberley Blaine
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Decidophobia is a fear of making decisions. Perhaps one approach to overcoming the fear would be to start out with making small or minor decisions. Decide which decisions are small.

Now let us consider the pros and cons of making a Pros and Cons List . . .

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One way to weigh difficult decisions is to make a Pros and Cons List, writing the good points under the word ‘Pros’ meaning ‘In Favor Of’ and the bad points under the word ‘Cons’ meaning ‘Against.’

Example: Jeremiah is trying to decide if he wants to paint his gray car red, so he makes a Pros and Cons List. The ‘pros’ or ‘advantages’ he writes in his list are that his vehicle would be more noticeable to other drivers, possibly leading to a lower risk of vehicular collisions, and that he prefers the color red to the color gray. The ‘cons’ or disadvantages’ he writes are that statistically drivers of red cars are more likely to receive tickets for moving violations such as speeding, and that he would have to be sure the red paint available is a shade he can live with.

“It is not so much the major events as the small day-to-day decisions that map the course of our living.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))
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“Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? Five, because there’s a difference between deciding and doing.” -Mark L. Feldman & Michael F. Spratt: “Five Frogs on a Log” (1999)

“Everything in your life is a reflection of a choice you have made. If you want a different result, make a different choice.” -Author Unknown

“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.” -Robert F. Bennett

“Don’t mourn over your bad decisions. Just start overcoming them with good ones.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison) at www.JoyceMeyer.org

“When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.” -Jarod Kintz (born 1982): “This Book Title is Invisible”

“Your life is a result of the choices you make . . . If you do not like your life, it is time to start making better choices.” -Author Unknown
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“My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they’re popular; you make them because they’re right.” -Theodore Hesburgh (Theodore Martin Hesburgh (born 1917))

“Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.” -Author Unknown
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“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.” -William James (1842 - 1910): “The Principles of Psychology” (1890), Volume 1, Chapter 4

“We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice.” -Ernest Holmes (Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887 - 1960))
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“Scan. Select. Move on.” -Author Unknown

“There’s an alternative. There’s always a third way, and it’s not a combination of the other two ways - it’s a different way.” -David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine (1936 - 2009))
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“Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.” -John Wooden (John Robert Wooden (1910 - 2010))

“You make what seems a simple choice: choose a spouse or a job or a neighborhood - and what you have chosen is not a spouse or a job or a neighborhood but a life.” -Jessamyn West

“Weigh well what you can only once decide.” -Author Unknown

“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.” -Steven D. Woodhull (born 1976)
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“Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970)): “The Conquest of Happiness” (1930)

““It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” -Anthony Robbins (Anthony Jay ‘Tony’ Robbins (born 1960))

“Indecisiveness is the key to flexibility.” -Author Unknown

“Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” -Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey (1932 - 2012))

“Make choices today you can live with tomorrow.” -Author Unknown

“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.” -Elizabeth Kübler-Ross (1926 - 2004)

“We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.” -William Glasser (1925 - 2013)

“Some decisions in life are difficult, like when you are asked if you will trade your truck-load of bananas for a car-load of monkeys.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.” -George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “Daniel Deronda” (1876), Book VI, Chapter XLII

Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.” -Keri Russell

“We are the choices we make.” -Meryl Streep
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Anatomy And Physiology

9/9/2024

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Humans are bioluminescent, meaning we glow in the dark, but the light we emit is 1,000 times weaker than our human eyes are able to detect.

Curious Young Gal

There was a young gal who said, “Why
Can’t I look in my ear with my eye?
     If I put my mind to it,
     I’m sure I can do it;
You never can tell till you try.”

By Author Unknown
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The elements oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen make up 90 percent of the human body. The remaining 10 percent is made up of hamsters running on hamster wheels that electro-mechanically enable the body to do things like stand up, walk around, open and close the mouth, yawn, and blink.

Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different. Now stick out your tongue and say, “Aaaaaaaaahhh!”
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“It’s anything but amusing when your funny-bone gets hit.” -Author Unknown

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Ears.
Ears, who?
Ears looking at you, kid!
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“If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn’t.” -Lyall Watson (1939 - 2008)

Gladys: What kind of advice do you get from hands?
Douglas: Finger tips.
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If your DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) were stretched out, it could reach to the Earth’s Moon 6,000 times - but would you really want to visit the Moon that often?

Nellie: What did one toe say to the other?
Stella: “Don’t look now, but I think we’re being followed by a heel.”

In addition to the better-known senses of hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste, humans have at least fifteen other senses. These include balance, temperature, pain, and time, as well as internal senses for suffocation, thirst, and fullness. Some humans have also been found to have a sense of humor.
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The human brain is 70 percent cholesterol . . . and the experts are telling you to cut back on cholesterol - do you see a potential problem with their advice? That’s right, they seem to want you to have a smaller brain!

There was a young lady whose chin
Resembled the point of a pin;
     So she had it made sharp,
     And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.
-Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

“The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

The words for ten human body parts have only three letters: eye, hip, arm, leg, ear, toe, jaw, rib, lip, and gum.
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The normal human body temperature is about 37 degrees Celsius (about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit). However, it is not uncommon for the temperature of some persons to be just slightly higher by as much as a degree due to their increased metabolism - particularly teenagers and young adults. As always, if you are concerned, seek a doctor’s opinion.

Human Anatomical Redesign Possibilities
- All joints double-jointed
- Elbow caps similar to kneecaps
- Eyes in the back of the head
- Fins
- Flight propeller on top of head
- Gills
- Two thumbs on each hand
- Wings
- Wheels
What would you like to add to this list?

“The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.” -Charles H. Parkhurst (Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842 - 1933))

Picture of a happy smiling man wearing a blue wig and green-frame eyeglasses, down on one knee in a green grassy field with green leafy trees in the background, and labeled arrows pointing to parts of his body as follows: Hair, Head, Eye, Elbow, Arm, Finger, Knee, Calf, Thigh, Toe, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech. Be sure to give those muscles a real workout today.
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The average human body contains enough iron to make a 3-inch nail, enough sulfur to kill all of the fleas on an average dog, enough carbon to make 900 pencils, enough potassium to fire a toy cannon, enough fat to make 7 bars of soap, enough phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads, and enough water to fill a ten-gallon tank.

Did you know that it is physically impossible for you to lick your own elbows? Go ahead and try it - just do not injure yourself!
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“The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.” -Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931))

“Shin: A specialized anatomical feature of the human body designed for finding furniture in the dark.” -Author Unknown

The human liver has more than 500 functions. Getting you to the airport to catch your next flight and washing the dog are not among them.
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A condition called ‘synesthesia’ can cause the senses to overlap, so that affected people may taste words or hear colors.

People with hexadectylism have six fingers or six toes on one or both hands or feet. This might give them a significant advantage over the rest of us when it comes to typing and texting and other activities involving manual dexterity.
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The human nose can detect a trillion smells!

“A nose that can see is worth two that can sniff.” -Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu (1909 - 1944)) at https://www.ionesco.de/homepage.html

Picture of six young people playing the Operation Game from toymaker Hasbro. Players exercise manual dexterity by using tweezers connected to wires to remove various items from the patient. The object of the game is to remove the items without touching the sides of the openings. Physical contact between the sides of the openings in which the items are located and the tweezers triggers a loud buzzer.

The Operation Game features an Adam’s apple, broken heart, wrenched ankle, butterflies in the stomach, spareribs, water on the knee, funny bone, writer’s cramp, Charley horse, anklebone connected to the knee bone, wishbone, breadbasket, and brain freeze. Players attempt to remove each of these ailments from the patient, named Cavity Sam. The regular-size game can be purchased from www.Hasbro.com.

Why can humans move their eyes in opposite directions toward their noses, but not in opposite directions away from the noses?

“Not everyone can wiggle their ears, you know. It’s something you’re born with.” -Kevin Henkes (born 1960): “Sun and Spoon” (1997) at https://KevinHenkes.com
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The average person has 10,000 taste buds. Not all taste buds are on the tongue; about ten percent are on the insides of the cheeks. So, what does your tongue taste like?

Nonsense Poem

I’d rather have fingers than toes,
I’d rather have eyes than a nose;
     And as for my hair
     I’m glad it’s all there,
I’ll be awfully sad when it goes.

By Gelett Burgess (Frank Gelett ‘Gelett’ Burgess (1866 - 1951))

Riddle: What can you hold in your right hand that you cannot hold in your left hand?
Solution: Your left elbow.
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About eight percent of people have an extra rib, which is not really all that interesting - unless you happen to be a cannibal.

Our bodies burn a large amount of calories just to keep us at a steady 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit). The human body gives off enough heat in thirty minutes to bring two liters (a little more than two quarts or half a gallon) of water to a boil. If you could capture and use the heat, you could cook a pasta dinner with it. First, though, you will need some kind of mad scientist laboratory . . .
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Hair is made of the same substance as fingernails, but you cannot make that fun screeching sound that drives everyone bonkers by running your hair over a chalkboard; only your fingernails can do that.

Kerry: What should you do if your ear rings?
Karen: Answer it.

Lizzie: How do you keep your ear from ringing continuously?
Beth: Get an unlisted head.
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Humans are said to have fifty percent of their DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) in common with bananas. Perhaps we should get to better know the elongated yellow fruit with which we have so much in common?

A Boastful Young Person

“I can pick up a cent with my toes,”
Said a boastful young person named Mose,
     But sharp-witted Millie
     Replied, “That’s just silly -
I can do the same thing with my nose.”

By Author Unknown
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Becca: What has one foot on each end and a foot in the middle?
Becky: A yardstick.

Ahead: The thing on top of your neck.
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Joseph: Why is your nose in the middle of your face?
Joe: Because it is the ‘scenter.’

At any given time, your brain can generate up to 25 watts of power - enough energy to make a light bulb come on. You are indeed more powerful than you might have known!
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“The nose is that part of the body that shines, snubs, snoops, and sneezes.” -Author Unknown

“Fingerprints serve another useful function besides helping law enforcement officers catch criminals: the tiny ridges provide traction for the fingers to grasp objects. Fingers are among the many ‘tools’ integrated into our bodies, making humans the ultimate Swiss Army knives of the animal kingdom.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Your Nose Is Running

“Your nose is running,” Mother said.
     I answered, “Wow! That’s really neat!”
“Why’s that?” she asked. I said, “Because
     I never knew my nose had feet.”

By Jeff Moss (Jeffrey Arnold ‘Jeff’ Moss (1942 - 1998)): “The Other Side of the Door: Poems” (1991)
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If the human brain were a computer, it would perform 38 thousand-trillion operations per second. One of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, Blue Gene, can manage only 0.002 percent of that amount.

Sharon: How do you keep your feet from falling asleep?
Sherry: Wear loud socks.
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The human body has more than 600 muscles, which make up 40 percent of the body’s weight. Our muscles are actually much more powerful than they may seem to be. Human strength is usually limited to prevent our tendons and muscles from tearing themselves apart; however, this limitation can be overcome in an adrenaline rush, during which there are recorded instances of people lifting heavy boulders and even automobiles off people and animals that have been trapped under them.

Veronica: What has a head but no brain?
Vera: A cabbage.

A typical adult human is made up of more than 37,200,000,000,000 (37.2 trillion) living cells made up of 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms. For perspective, the Milky Way Galaxy has a mere 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) stars. Every year, about 98 percent of the atoms in human bodies are replaced by new ones. Now you finally know what is meant by the phrase ‘a whole new you.’
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Riddle: What has fingers and thumbs but no hands?
Solution: A glove.
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Human blood has roughly the same concentration of salt that seawater has.

Sit down and lift your right foot off the floor, and make clockwise circles. While doing this, draw the number 6 in the air with your right hand. Your foot will automatically change direction, and there is nothing you can do to stop it from doing so. Someone - and by someone we mean you - just kidding! - should investigate this phenomena to find out if it is in any way related to the rise in incidents of people hitting their accelerator pedals when they mean to hit their brake pedals, while steering a moving vehicle.
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Riddle: What can clap without using hands?
Solution: Thunder.

“A sharp nose indicates curiosity, and a flat nose indicates . . . too much curiosity!” -Author Unknown
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The bump at the front of the throat is called the Adam’s Apple, which is said to be from the forbidden fruit getting stuck in Adam’s throat as he ate it in the Garden of Eden.

Lionel: What has four legs and one arm?
Lynette: A happy guard dog!

The human body is divided into three parts: the Brainium, the Borax, and the Abominable Cavity. The Brainium contains the Brain. The Borax contains the Lungs, the Heart, the Liver, and the Living Things. The Abominable Cavity contains the Bowels, of which there are five: A, E, I, O, and U.

Riddle: What has a head and mouth, but no eyes, nose, or ears?
Solution: A river.

Fingertip to fingertip, the width of your arm-span stretched out equals the length of your whole body from head to foot, which means you come pretty close to meeting the definition of a ‘square.’

Jenny: What has two legs, two arms, and two heads?
Jennifer: A two-headed monster.
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“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.” -Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873)): “The Disowned” (1828), Chapter xxxiii

Bobby: Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?
Billy: Because then it would be a foot!

Overheard: I would like to thank my Arms, for always being by my side . . . my Legs, for always supporting me, and my Fingers, because I can always count on you . . . without the hard work and contributions of each and all of you, I would not be where I am today, patiently standing here in the line at the supermarket checkout . . .
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Smiles And Smiling

9/2/2024

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“If you want people to like you, smile!” -Author Unknown

“A smile is a friend maker.” -Bangambiki Habyarimana
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“I have never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful.” -Author Unknown

“Smile - happy looks good on you!” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place.” -Robert Alan Aurthur (1922 - 1978)

“Smiling is a great way to look your best.” -Author Unknown
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“Smiles are such a simple thing to give but means so much to many.” -Tony Curl

“If I had a flower for every time you made me smile, I’d be walking in an endless garden.” -Author Unknown
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“It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “The Great Gatsby” (10 April 1925)

“I add a smile to everything I wear and that has worked great for me.” -David White (1916 - 1990)
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“I like to smile. I smile even when I’m nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.” -Yani Tseng

“If you smile at someone, they might smile back.” -Author Unknown
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“Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.” -Christie Brinkley

Smile

I gave away my smile
     to the girl across the street.
She gave it to her brother
     as they sat down to eat.
Her brother gave it to their Mom,
     she wore it for a day.
Then gave it to another girl
     whose name was Paula Kay.
Paula took her smile outside
     and stood next to a tree.
She put her hands upon her hips
     then gave it back to me.

By Author Unknown
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“Be the reason someone smiles today.” -Author Unknown

“A smile can brighten someone’s day without using a penny’s worth of electricity.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the shortest distance between two people.” -Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)

“I smile because I do not know what in the world is going on.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile doesn’t always stand for a perfect life.” -Faraaz Kazi

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” -Phyllis Diller (pseudonym of Phyllis Ada Driver (1917 - 2012)): as quoted in Joel Goodman: “Laffirmations” (1 April 1995)

Worry less,
     Smile more,
Don’t regret,
     Just learn and grow!
-Author Unknown
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“A smile is a frown turned upside down.” -Author Unknown

“Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, and to hide every pain.” -Author Unknown
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“I really don’t know how to smile. Is there someplace I could get lessons, like a school or a seminar?” -Author Unknown

“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” -Author Unknown
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The Smile

I had an extra smile
     When I left the house today
I thought I’d give it to someone
     I passed along the way.
I tried to give the smile away
     But incredibly
Each time I gave it to someone
     They’d give it back to me.
So now I have a bunch of smiles,
     What am I to do?
I think I’ll keep a couple
     And then give the rest to you!

By Author Unknown

“A smile is an act of kindness.” -A. D. Williams (Anthony Douglas Williams)
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“A smile appeared upon her face as if she’d taken it directly from her handbag and pinned it there.” -Loma Chandler

“A smile is something you can’t give away; it always comes back to you.” -Author Unknown
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“Sometimes it’s hard to force a smile, but sometimes we have to; it’s what gets us through the hard times.” -Author Unknown

World Smile Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October. The holiday was started by Harvey Ball of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, and first observed in 1999. He is also known as the creator, in 1963, of the smiley face symbol.

“A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.” -Charles Gordy (1871 - 1944)
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“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

“You want to know who’s got the most amazing and beautiful smile ever - read the first word of this sentence again!” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the best makeup a girl can wear.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))

“Always smile back at little children . . . to ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.” -Pam Brown (Pamela Jane Barclay Brown (born 1948))
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“People are not perfect - except when they smile.” -Author Unknown

“Is a smile a question? Or is it the answer?” -Lee Smith
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“You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.” -Charlie Chaplin (Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin (1889 - 1977))

“No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.” -Author Unknown
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“Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo

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As we all know, not enough smiling is going on in the world today . . . so remember to smile as often as possible!

“The world always looks better from behind a smile.” -Author Unknown
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“Smiles are great investments; the more you collect, the better you feel.” -Author Unknown

“Let your smile change the world; don’t let the world change your smile.” -Author Unknown
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“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“I would walk miles for one of your smiles.” -Author Unknown
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“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

“It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three muscles to frown.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head, and the heating system of the heart.” -Author Unknown

“Smiling is my favorite exercise.” -Author Unknown
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“To receive a smile, give one away!” -Author Unknown

“If you will force yourself to smile, you’ll end up laughing. You will be cheerful because you smile. Repeated experiments have shown that when a person assumes the facial expression of a given mental mood - any given mood - then that mental mood itself will follow.” -Kenneth Goode
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“Everyone smiles in the same language.” -Author Unknown

“After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.” -Íngrid Betancourt (Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio (born 1961))
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“When you smile you don’t only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.” -Ron Gutman

“Lose your smile and lose your customers.” -Sam Walton (Samuel Moore ‘Sam’ Walton (1918 - 1992))

“A smile is the universal welcome.” -Max Eastman (1883 - 1969)
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“A smile confuses an approaching frown.” -Author Unknown

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there is so much to smile about.” -Marilyn Monroe (pseudonym of Norma Jean Mortenson (1926 - 1962))
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“A smile is worth much more than it costs.” -Author Unknown

“A smile makes you feel good, and when you feel good, good things happen.” -Terri Lynn
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“Smile! It increases your face value.” -Robert Harling (Robert M. Harling III (born 1951)): “Steel Magnolias” (5 November 1989)

“A smile on your face will do wonders for your appearance. It will give you youthfulness and optimism that beauty treatments or counseling sessions never could.” -Author Unknown
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“Smiling is good for you and it is good for the people around you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Smile. The sunshine of your smile might chase the clouds from someone’s life today. It may be the ray of sunshine that someone needs in an otherwise stormy day.” -Author Unknown
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“A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

Smile

It comforts the weary, gladdens the sad
     consoles those in trouble, good or bad.
To rich and poor, beggar or thief,
     it’s free to all of any belief.
A natural gesture of young and old
     cheers on the faint, disarms the bold.
Unlike most blessings for which we pray,
     it’s the only thing we keep when we give it away.

By Author Unknown
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“Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.” -Lawrence G. Lovasik (Lawrence George Lovasik (1913 - 1986))

“Most smiles are started by another smile.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))

Ten Reasons To Smile

1. It makes you attractive
2. It changes your mood.
3. It is contagious.
4. It relieves stress.
5. It boosts your immune system.
6. It lowers your blood pressure.
7. It releases endorphins.
8. It lifts the face and makes you appear younger.
9. It makes you seem successful.
10. It helps you stay positive.

By Author Unknown

“Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability.” -Joe Brown
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“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” -André Maurois (pseudonym of Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885 - 1967))

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” -Author Unknown, as quoted in H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021)): “P.S. I Love You” (1990)

“Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.” -Jim Beggs
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“A smile can brighten the darkest day.” -Author Unknown

“We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” -Teresa of Calcutta (also known as Mother Teresa (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910 - 1997)))

“Everywhere you go, take a smile with you.” -Sasha Azevedo (Sasha Jade Azevedo (born 1978))
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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 (1672 - 1719)

“I love those who can smile in trouble.” -Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452 - 1519))

Smile and forgive;
It’s the only way to live.
-Author Unknown
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“Smile, it changes everything!” -Author Unknown

“Just because a person smiles all the time, doesn’t mean their life is perfect. That smile is a symbol of hope and strength.” -Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Noelle Hill (born 1975))
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“If you’re not using your smile, you’re like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.” -Les Giblin (Leslie Thomas ‘Les’ Giblin, Junior (1912 - 2005))

“If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you one of mine.” -Author Unknown

Lost Your Smile?

You haven’t lost your smile,
     It’s been around all the while,
Just waiting for the word,
     That smiling’s back in style!

By David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed up flower; it may be the turning point for a struggling life.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))

“Smiling makes you and the people around you happy.” -Anna Everitt: “How to Make Friends Anywhere” (3 April 2020)

“May you always find a reason to smile.” -Author Unknown
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“Did you make someone smile today? You’ve still got time.” -Melissa Stewart

“A smile is one the sweetest and most helpful ministries of kindness that every one of us has in his power to give to the world.” -Eliza Riley
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“A smile can be a way to show that you mean no harm and want to get along with others, even when language barriers make clear communication difficult.” -Author Unknown

“A smile gives your face something to do and it is good exercise and makes you look better.” -Author Unknown
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“Everyone smiles in the same language.” -George Carlin (George Denis Patrick Carlin (1937 - 2008))

“We do not smile because something good has happened; rather something good happens because we smile.” -Author Unknown

“Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his worst.” -Lauren Graham (Lauren Helen Graham (born 1967)): “Someday, Someday, Maybe” (30 April 2013)
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“While enormous strides have been made in recent years, there’s still a lot to be said for a smile.” -Franklin P. Jones (Franklin Pierce Jones (1908 - 1980))

“Smile, it’s the easiest way to improve your day.” -Author Unknown
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“Smile, even when life does not present reasons for doing so, because your smile is a reason for many others to smile.” -Author Unknown

“‘SMILE’ is an acronym for, ‘See Miracles In Life Everyday.’” -Author Unknown
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“When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don’t wait until you feel better.” -Joel Osteen (born 1963)

“Make it a regular habit to smile - and watch as miracles begin to happen all around you.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Goals And Planning

8/26/2024

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“Take your dreams up off the shelf! Put your goals in front of you, and follow them. Focus. Strive. This is what you should be doing; this is what you are here for! You are here to dream, and to live your dreams! This is how things were meant to be. It is time to get back to basics. The essence of your life is your dream! What have you always been dreaming about, ever since you were a youngster? Visualize it, define it, and then go for it! Become happy and share that happiness with the world.” -Author Unknown
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“The most important thing about having goals is having one.” -Geoffrey Abert

“I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel.” -Rowan Atkinson (born 1955): “Black Adder the Third” (British television show)

“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.jimrohn.com/

“If ‘Plan A’ fails, remember there are twenty-five more letters.” -Claire Cook
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“One simple mental trick has changed my life. A wise retired railway worker named Danny Breslin told me about it. When you are faced with a task you do not want to perform, do not think of the task as a whole. Do not focus on the hardest part of it. Instead, ask yourself, ‘What is the least I can do towards accomplishing this task? What is the irreducible minimum?’ Do that and you have started on the task itself. So, for instance, if you are procrastinating about a letter you have to write, put aside the thought of the letter itself and what you will say in it. Instead, think of the least you can do towards it, which is getting a pen and paper ready. By doing this you will usually find that you can then actually start writing the letter itself.” -Celia Haddon (born 1945)

“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” -Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

“Some goals are so worthy, it’s glorious even to fail.” -Author Unknown
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When any great design thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
-John Denham (1615 - 1669): “Of Prudence”

“The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; whereas the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)

“Plan your work and work your plan.” -Author Unknown

“Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.” -Belva Davis (born as Belvagene Melton in 1932) at http://www.belvadavis.com/
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“It takes a mad genius to reach some goals.” -Daniel Akst (born 1956)

“I love it when a plan comes together.” -Author Unknown: “A-Team” (1983 - 1987) television series; catch phrase of character John ‘Hannibal’ Smith (portrayed by actor George Peppard (1928 - 1994))

“We rarely succeed at anything unless we have fun doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

Work diligently toward a goal;
On plans and dreams often dwell;
Don’t wait until you are thirsty,
Before you dig a well.
-Rosemary Perry
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“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Goals give us purpose, which, in turn, motivates us to make ourselves the best version in all aspects of your life.” -Hannah Bronfman
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“The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be buried deeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to its generative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of time and with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thought unceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all your faculties and powers become directed to that end.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951))

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“The vital, successful people I have met all had one common characteristic. They had a plan.” -Marilyn Van Derbur (Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur (born 1937))
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“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” -Lee Iacocca (Lido Anthony ‘Lee’ Iacocca (1924 - 2019))

“You will have wonderful surges forward. Then there must be a time of consolidating before the next forward surge. Accept this as part of the process and never become downhearted.” -Eileen Caddy (1917 - 2006)
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“Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” -H. L. Hunt (Haroldson Lafayette ‘H. L.’ Hunt, Junior (1889 - 1974))

“The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will be able to see farther.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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Write Down Your Goals!

If you don’t write your goal down on paper,
Beware, it may try to be an escaper.
But when you do write your goal in your journal,
What you have done is planted a kernel.
And everyone, who knows anything knows,
That what a man reaps is what a man sows!
So write down your hopes and journal your goals
And press on through the highs and the lows.
Through the thick and through the thin,
If you never, never quit - eventually you win.
In every failure is a seed of success,
So keep trying, keep trying -
And you’ll be the best.
Write down your goals
And surprise the rest.

By Al Argo

“What you get by reaching your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012)): “Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles” (1974), ‘Segment 4: Goals,’ Chapter 4: Reaching Your Goals, page 171

“Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.” -Dan Zadra (Daniel W. Zadra, Senior (born 1946)) at http://zadracreative.com/

“Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.” -Mike Hawkins
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Achieving Your Goals

1. Break your goals into smaller parts.
- Many people abandon their goals because the goals are too big and vague.
- Break goals down into smaller parts.
- Decide on concrete and measurable actions.
- Have solid ideas of what a successful completion of a goal looks like.
2. Commit time daily to goals.
- You do not have necessarily have to commit hours at a time to accomplish a goal, you just have to be focused.
- The greatest advances often occur as the sum total of a series of small efforts.
- Commit to spending at least 15 minutes a day on specific goals.
- Do something that moves you closer to accomplishing your goals.
3. Talk to yourself.
- Repetition is the root of success.
- Remind yourself of your goals every day.
- Turn your most important goal into a one-sentence afﬁrmation.
- Phrase it as though you have already accomplished your goal.
- Repeat regularly and it becomes your natural way of thinking.
4. Make a serious commitment to your goals.
- Make yourself accountable by telling a few trustworthy people of your plans.
- Hope they become interested in your progress and check in with you.
- This will inspire you to keep going and overcome obstacles.
- It is hard not to achieve goals when others are watching and encouraging us.
5. Write your goals down.
- If you write goals down, they are more likely to come to pass.
- Invest time and energy writing your goals down.
- Putting goals on paper makes you more committed to the outcome.
- Reread your goals list periodically.
- It is beneficial to cross items off when they are completed.
6. Review your goals and your progress weekly.
- Re-evaluate each goal as circumstances change.
- If your priorities change, drop goals from your list or add new ones.
- Ask yourself ‘why’ if you have not made progress; ﬁnd out what is in your way.
- Question if unachieved goals are still important to you.
7. If possible, ﬁnd a friend.
- Try to get friends to help out with your project.
- Offer to reciprocate and help your friend in return.
- Two can get more done in a shorter period of time than one.
- You hold each other accountable to accomplishing your goals.
8. Reward yourself.
- As you plan your goals, attach speciﬁc rewards to each goal.
- The reward should be commensurate with the amount of work.
- Be consistent about rewarding yourself for every accomplishment.
- Each completion deserves a reward, no matter how small.
9.Take time to enjoy success.
- Take time to acknowledge the fact that you have accomplished a goal.
- Don’t simply charge into the next task or in time, you will likely burn out.
- Remember the time and effort you invested.
- Savor the feeling of completion.
- Refresh and renew your enthusiasm before you continue.

“Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals; they are the road maps that guide you to your destination.” -Roy T. Bennett

“Each step forward is one less step that has to be taken.” -Brian Adams

The goal shapes the plan.
The plan shapes the action.
The action achieves the results.
The results bring success.
-Author Unknown

“You must keep your mind on the objective, not on the obstacle.” -William Randolph Hearst (1863 - 1951)
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“Laboring toward distant aims sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.” -Charles H. Parkhurst (Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842 - 1933))

“Goals are simply tools to focus your energy in positive directions, these can be changed as your priorities change, new ones added, and others dropped.” -O. Carl Simonton (Oscar Carl Simonton, Junior (1942 - 2009))
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Make a written plan . . . and re-read it often . . .

“You can do anything you want in your life and in your career if you have written goals and a plan to get there, and also the commitment to follow through.” -Carol Halsey
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“The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures, and emotions as if we’ve already achieved them.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://www.deniswaitley.com/

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))

“A goal is created three times. First, as a mental picture. Second, when written down to add clarity and dimension. And third, when you take action towards its achievement.” -Gary Ryan Blair

“As you begin to define your life in terms of goals, you automatically increase your level of excitement, aliveness, enthusiasm, self-confidence, and self-motivation.” -Author Unknown
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“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

“Once you have a clear objective, think and talk only in terms of ‘How?’” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“If you have no goals, another day of your life just passes you by.” -Author Unknown
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“To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.” -Richard G. Scott (Richard Gordon Scott (1928 - 2015))

“Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

“Reduce your plan to writing . . . The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))

“Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.” -Bo Bennett (Robert Foster ‘Bo’ Bennett (born 1972))
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“Even if I don’t reach all my goals, I’ve gone higher than I would have if I hadn’t set any.” -Danielle Fotopoulos (Danielle Ruth Garrett Fotopoulos (born 1976))

“You can achieve almost any goal if you just do what other successful people have done to achieve the same goals before you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.” -Les Brown (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))

“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.” -Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
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“Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.” -Ronald McNair (1950 - 1986)

“Find a peaceful place where you can make plans for the future. Clear away all distractions: everything within your visual field, everything in your periphery vision, all noises . . . now get to the work of considering what you want to achieve, writing it down in simple yet specific words.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” -Alvin Toffler (1928 - 2016)

“Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps.” -David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)

“You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective you may have in mind - not all of a sudden, perhaps not in one swift and sweeping act of achievement - but you can do it gradually, day by day and play by play, if you want to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.” -William E. Holler (William E. ‘Bill’ Holler (1888 - 1969))
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“Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.” -Friedrich von Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805))

“Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be.” -Diana Rankin
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“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” -John Dewey (1859 - 1952)

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” -Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego Jose Francisco do Paula Juan Nepomuceno Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad (1881 - 1973))

“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” -Jane Goodall (born 1934)
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“Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

“There is only one perfect time to start working towards a goal: right now.” -Byron Pulsifer (Byron R. Pulsifer) at https://www.QuotesChristian.com

“I will do one thing today.” -Authors Unknown
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UFO's And Extraterrestrials

8/17/2024

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“We come in peace.” -Unidentified Extraterrestrial

“Innumerable Suns exist; innumerable Earths revolve around these Suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our Sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds.” -Giordano Bruno (born Filippo Bruno (1548 - 1600)): “On the Infinite Universe and Worlds” (1584)

“Take me to your leader.” -Unidentified Extraterrestrial

Eddy: What did the metric alien say?
Freddy: “Take me to your liter.”

Scientists have yet to discover a sign of extraterrestrial life, but the discovery of planets outside of our solar system, having what is claimed to be life-sustaining matter and supposedly habitable climates, is claimed to be a promising possible indication of life beyond Earth.
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It Came from Outer Space

There was a Martian named Zed
With antennae all over his head.
He sent out a lot
Of di-di-dash-dot,
But nobody knows what he said.

By John Ciardi (John Anthony Ciardi (1916 - 1986))

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” -Bill Watterson (William Boyd ‘Bill’ Watterson II (born 1958)): “Calvin & Hobbes” (8 Nov 89), page 29; words of character Calvin.

Bernice: What are the slowest space monsters?
Bernard: Snailiens!
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Extra = beyond. Terrestrial = Earth. Extraterrestrial = beyond Earth.

“Personally, I don’t think there’s intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?” -Bob Monkhouse (Robert Alan ‘Bob’ Monkhouse (1928 - 2003))
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“The Mars rover Curiosity has sent back images of some odd things on the surface of Mars, and some people think they could be UFO’s. Here’s my question. If we’re on the surface of Mars, aren’t we the UFO?” -Jay Leno (James Douglas Muir ‘Jay’ Leon (born 1950))

Two outer space aliens stopped to look at a parking meter. One of them picked up a quarter from the ground, and after a little trial and error, inserted the quarter into the meter. When she saw the needle on the dial move, she said to her companion, “How about that? I weigh an hour.”

The Alien

The alien
     Was as round as the Moon.
Five legs he had
     And his ears played a tune.
His hair was pink
     And his knees were green,
He was the funniest thing I’d seen
     As he danced in the door
Of his strange spacecraft,
     He looked at me -
And laughed and laughed!

By Julie Holder
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“Why are aliens always portrayed as evil in movies? How do we know that there isn’t an alien out there just waiting to share the recipe for, ‘The Universe’s Best Waffle Mix’?” -Kevin Peck

Hansel: What did the space alien cook for breakfast?
Gretel: An Unidentified Frying Object (UFO).

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If the United States government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on 16 July 1969, make it illegal for American citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

Ella: If you run into a three-headed alien, what should you say?
Ellie: “Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!”
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“I think that it is much more likely that the reports of flying saucers are the results of the known irrational characteristics of terrestrial intelligence than of the unknown rational efforts of extra-terrestrial intelligence.” -Richard Feynman (Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988))

Otis: Where do alien fish swim?
Otto: In the Galax Sea. (galaxy)
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Autogeddon

If an alien were to hover a few
     Hundred yards above the planet
It could be forgiven for thinking
     That cars were the dominant life form,
And that human beings were a kind of
     Ambulatory fuel cell:
Injected when the car wished to move off,
     And ejected when they were spent.

by Heathcote Williams (1988)
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Pam: Have you ever noticed that space aliens have no noses?
Sam: Really? How do they smell?
Pam: Terrible!

“Sometimes I think we’re alone in the Universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.” -Arthur C. Clarke (Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008))
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An alien spaceship was running low on fuel, so it landed at a gas station in the middle of the desert near area 51. On one side were printed the letters ‘UFO.’ The station attendant was completely stunned as he came out to see what was going on. Pointing to the side of the craft, he asked, “I’ll bet that stands for ‘Unidentified Flying Object,’ right?” “Nope,” said one of the aliens. “It stands for ‘Unleaded Fuel Only’.”
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“Klaatu barada nikto!” -Author Unknown: “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” line of fictional character Helen Benson (portrayed by actor Patricia Neal)

Greta: What kind of music do aliens listen to in their spaceships?
Gretchen: Neptunes!
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In 1967, former United States Navy aviator and aviation writer Jack D. Pickett and his business partner Harold Baker visited MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida to gather information for an Air Force-sponsored article on historical experimental aircraft. At the edge of the base, they were shown four decommissioned X-planes - all of them flying discs - measuring 20, 40, 70, and 116 feet in diameter.

Through interviews with various base personnel, Pickett and Baker concluded that, during the 1950s, the USAF had developed several models of jet-powered flying discs for reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union. The discs had supersonic capabilities and had, on occasion, reached heights that approached the edge of space (50 miles). Many disc flights - particularly those of the highly successful 40-foot version - were no doubt responsible for many “Flying Saucer” reports during the period. By the early 1960s, all had been retired in favor of more advanced aircraft.
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“There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats.” -Author Unknown
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Overheard: Are you from outer space . . . or just from out of town?
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“IFO: Identified Flying Object.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Space alien.
Space alien, who?
Just how many space aliens do you know?
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The shocking truth: Extraterrestrials and their spacecraft, commonly called UFO’s, possibly have never visited Earth and may not even exist. The entire space aliens and alien spacecraft idea was a propaganda campaign created by the government of the United States of America around the end of World War 2, and continued over the following decades. It was an attempt to gain a psychological edge over the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and to provide a cover story to civilians when experimental aircraft crashed, as both sides raced to reach military supremacy during the Cold War Era. The technologies that now allow us to have cell phones, personal computers, and other comparatively recent and stunning advances, are not reverse-engineered from alien technologies, but have been created entirely by our fellow human beings.

First Space Alien: Is there somewhere around here where I can wash up?
Second Space Alien: Sure, just keep going straight ahead until you come to the meteor showers.
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While the fantasy that beings or entities from other places in the Universe would build spaceships and fly them all the way to Earth might be momentarily fascinating, it might not be the best long-term idea to have as one’s life focus. Planting orchards, teaching Sunday school, learning and using good manners, building furniture, raising children, starting a business, or any of an endless number of other activities, all can yield greater rewards and a richer life than obsessing over the remote possibility of the existence of extraterrestrials and UFO’s. Use your imagination to help you create real things and real results; do not allow fantasies to become your entire life. The risk of living in fantasy is that a person can come to his or her senses at the end of a lifetime having never had anything that was real.
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The image shown above is how a United States Air Force Lenticular Reentry Vehicle might have looked. Some information on the experimental flying disk program was declassified in 1997, but none of the original aircraft are known to still exist. The flying disks had problems with flight stability and suffered from a high crash rate, so the American government ultimately chose to use more reliable conventional fixed-wing aircraft designs similar to what are in use today. However, the LRV’s were real aircraft, conceptually designed to operate as re-entry vehicles at high altitudes and in near-space, for reconnaissance (spying) and deploying special (nuclear) weapons. Casual observers who spotted these craft in the sky above them decades ago might have imagined they were seeing flying saucers from outer space that were filled with space aliens.

Curiously, now that so many people have cell phones with built-in cameras, claims of Unidentified Flying Objects sightings have dropped to nearly zero. You would think that just the opposite would be the case if UFO’s were real.

“Maybe the Earth is a UFO and we’re the aliens we have been looking for.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Elsa: What did the alien say when he walked into his spaceship?
Elsie: “Ouch!”

Cosmo: On what kind of plates do space aliens serve their food?
Astoria: Flying saucers!
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We can all still watch and enjoy movies about pretend space aliens and pretend people, and we can all still have fun in life, but we must not lose our focus on the real world, in which we live every moment.

So, just what is the truth about extraterrestrials and UFO’s? Our conclusion is that alien spacecraft and space aliens have never visited Earth, given the lack of any real evidence, but every person is free to believe as he or she chooses.
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Experimental aircraft and other seemingly odd things can be seen in the sky from time to time. What does it mean? Inventors, governments, and other folks are simply going about their usual activities, which includes trying out new ideas.

Absence

We’ve looked at the whole Solar System:
Mars, Venus, the Moon - you can list ’em.
Wherever we roam,
There’s nobody home.
Perhaps they stepped out, and we missed ’em?

by Author Unknown
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Picture of a human-made monument of a disc-shaped UFO, or Unidentified Flying Object, in a public park in Mars, Pennsylvania, United States of America, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

Spaceship landmark in Mars, Pennsylvania, United States of America . . . oddly, the aliens were nowhere to be found . . .

“What is the name of your spaceship?” we asked. “We call it our ‘Imagination,’” the alien said.

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Affirmations And Self-Talk

8/12/2024

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I fill my mind with positive thoughts that create positive outcomes.
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What are affirmations? Affirmations are expressions that can transform your life by influencing the way you think about yourself, others, and the world around you. When you change how you think, you change how you speak and how you act, and the results can be immensely rewarding.
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Today, I will concentrate on taking one step forward, however small it might be.

“An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.” -Shakti Gawain
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Today I will be the best me that I know how to be.

Following is the ‘formula’ first used at the clinic of psychologist Émile Coué in Nancy, France. What he called his ‘formula’ was an affirmation, which he prescribed to his patients, to be repeated by them 15 to 20 times in the morning and again in the evening of each day:

“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” -Émile Coué (Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie (1857 - 1926)): “How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion” (1923)

A limerick may provide further insight:

On Monsieur Coué

This very remarkable man
Commends a most practical plan:
You can do what you want
If you don’t think you can’t,
So don’t think you can’t - think you can.

by Charles Cuthbert Inge (1868 - 1957): “The Week-end Book” (1928), page 217
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I am intelligent and capable of success in any endeavor which I may choose.
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“As long as you know what it is you desire, then by simply affirming that it is yours - firmly and positively, with no ifs, buts, or maybes - over and over again, from the minute you arise in the morning until the time you go to sleep at night, and as many times during the day as your work or activities permit, you will be drawn to those people, places, and events that will bring your desires to you.” -Scott Reed

I have confidence.
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New opportunities are calling to me and I am ready to answer the call.
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You can create your own affirmations, or select affirmations from those found in this topic that you believe best apply to you and your particular circumstances. Write your affirmations on a piece of paper, and place it where you will be sure to read it daily, as for example, on your car dashboard, on your refrigerator door, or on your bedroom mirror. You could also type affirmations into your cell phone or other device. If you keep a diary or journal, consider challenging yourself to write a new affirmation in it for each day.

What I have done before I can do again, even better.
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I like fresh salads.

“I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.” -Alice Potter
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“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief, and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” -Claude M. Bristol (Claude Myron Bristol (1891 - 1951)): “The Magic of Believing” (1948)

I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.
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“I am - the two most powerful words in the world, for whatever we put after them becomes our reality.” -Susan Howson

I am worthy of the respect, attention, and love that I receive from others.
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“You are what you think about all day long.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

I feel good about myself.

“Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): as quoted in Richard Shea, editor: “The Book of Success” (1993)

I have the confidence to try new things.
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I see the best in myself and others.

I am excited that I can create whatever I desire, and I begin right here - right now - with the resources that I have.
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I am good enough.

I am stronger than everything that happened in the past.
I am stronger than my present circumstances.
I am strong today and will be even stronger tomorrow.
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“Affirmations are a form of thought training - training oneself how to think, just as running every day conditions an athlete to compete in a footrace, or studying every day prepares a student for a test.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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I appreciate and acknowledge the participation and contributions of others.

I love who I am and what I do.
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“Talk to yourself positively all the time. Keep repeating, ‘I can do it! I can do it!’ until your fears disappear.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

I can face my fears and work to overcome them.
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“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” -Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)

I focus on what I can do right now.
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“What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.” -Robert Collier (1885 - 1950)

“I’m not here to be average, I’m here to be awesome!” -Author Unknown

The ghosts of my past can no longer haunt me.
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I enjoy saving money and investing money.

“I really like who I am.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Star Trek,” ‘Loud as a Whisper’ (9 January 1989); line of character Geordi Laforge portrayed by actor LeVar Burton

Life is good and getting better.
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“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” -Watty Piper (pseudonym of Arnold H. Munk (1886 - 1957)): “The Little Engine That Could” (1930)
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I will remain confident and unaffected by negative attitudes around me.

I am patient with myself.
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I can live my life without knowing all of the answers.

I begin working on tasks the moment the thought of the tasks occurs to me.
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I am at peace with myself and the Universe.

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“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” -Otto Rank (1884 - 1939)
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“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” -attributed to Solomon: “The Bible,” ‘Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 23, verse 7

I feel happiness and joy just from being alive.
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“If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it I know I can achieve it.” -Author Unknown

I am able to relax and maintain good form when around strangers or in unfamiliar situations.

I can help others without expecting them to give me anything in return.
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“Affirmations provide a way to inoculate against negative thinking.” -Author Unknown

I will live as if my dreams are possible, and work each day to make them happen.
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I am ready to begin moving forward in the direction of what my heart desires.

“Every word you speak and every thought you think is an affirmation for your future.” -Cheryl Richardson at http://www.cherylrichardson.com/
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I speak with confidence and calm assurance.

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What is self-talk? Self-talk is simply another term for affirmations. You can choose to say affirmations aloud, or say them silently to yourself, or write them on paper or read them.

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“I am in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.” -Louise L. Hay (Louise Lynn Hay (1926 - 2017)) at www.LouiseHay.com

“Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.” -Federico Fellini (1920 - 1993)
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“Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))

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“My life is my business. I don’t let somebody else run it.” -Author Unknown

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“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

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“Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . you!” -John Assaraf

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If we are what we think about, what should we think about?
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“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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I will imagine the best and focus on that.

I am a good listener.
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I am divinely guided in all that I do.

I am living in the present moment: the here and now.
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I can enjoy leisure without guilt and anxiety.

I have everything I need to be successful.
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“An affirmation is simply a positive declaration of something you believe to be true or something you expect to become true and desire to live by. Affirmations transform your thinking, your attitudes, and finally, your behavior. Their impact on attitudes and behavior help to produce the results you desire.” -Paul J. Meyer (Paul James Meyer, Senior (1928 - 2009)) at https://PaulJMeyer.com/

I can handle criticism with ease.
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I alone hold the truth of who I am.

“Say affirmations ‘as if’ they were already a reality.” -Author Unknown

Today I view my childhood without shame.
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“Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation.” -Eric Maisel

I am a friend to myself. I love me.
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“You can vitally influence your life from within by auto-suggestion. The first thing each morning, and the last thing each night, suggest to yourself specific ideas that you wish to embody in your character and personality. Address such suggestions to yourself, silently or aloud, until they are deeply impressed upon your mind.” -Grenville Kleiser (1868 - 1953)

I am ready for a fresh start, a new perspective, and an ‘I can do it’ attitude.
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