3 Brands
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The 3 most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It's interesting that of the 3 most valuable brand names on earth,
NONE of them are good for you.
Cigarettes kill 370,000 people a year in the U.S., not counting
passive smoke. That's over 1,000 people per day, the equivalent
of five jumbo jets crashing daily. The estimates are that passive
cigarette smoke kills over 15,000 people per year.
That's more than illegal drugs.
The most valuable name in the world, is a cigarette.
Coke is a solid company, but let's face it, carbonated soft drinks
of any brand are not healthy for you. There was a fellow parked
in my driveway years ago. We were talking and he was drinking a
cola. For some reason I had moved the cola and placed it on the
hood of his car.
"Don't put that drink on my car!" he shouted.
"Don't you know the acid in that drink will eat the paint off my
car?" he said.
He promptly took the drink and finished drinking it.
Have you looked at the size of the antacid section of the grocery
or drugstore lately? More than the paint from cars is being
eaten off.
The third most valuable brand in the world is a beer.
It's interesting what we value the most.
You can't control what the world values, you can only control
what you value.
What do you value?
Is it really valuable?
Really?
Knowing what's really valuable is one of the keys to living on the Mountain instead of the Mountain living on you.
One method of determining what you really value is to try to do
without them.
If you can't make it without them, then that's what you value.
Are you trying to get to the mountaintop with a cigarette in
your mouth, a soda in one hand, and a beer in the other because
those are the things that you can't do without?
Stop and think about your real treasures.
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. . ."
Some facts.
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Babies Cry More
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"How's it going Mr. Peterson?"
"It's a dog eat dog world Woody,
and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear."
That's a greeting from Norm on the TV show Cheers.
All of us have one of those days.
Some of us have one of those seasons.
Some even have one of those lives.
It feels like the world is chewing on us.
It isn't, it just feels that way.
I have long realized that life isn't really what it is,
it's what we think it is based on relative things and our
knowledge level.
If you have traveled extensively, you know that in many parts of
the world just clean drinking water is a rarity.
We flush with clean drinking water.
So many of us have so much when you compare it. Those of you
that are reading this have access to the net, email, and a
computer.
You can see and you are not reading this from a hospital.
We have so much yet there is an innate tendency to complain.
I tried to think of the easiest point in our lives to see if we
complained then.
Babies have perhaps the easiest life around.
Babies don't have to go to the toilet because mama changes their
diapers. Mama breast feeds them, or gives them a bottle, rocks
them to sleep, and lets them sleep as much as they want.
Babies go the bed when they want.
Babies wake up when they want.
Babies don't have to work.
Babies don't have to deal with bills or bosses.
Babies don't worry if their thighs have gotten too fat or if
their hair is receding.
It's as easy as it gets.
With all of that,
babies cry more.
Maybe it's not circumstances, but the closer we are to babies
(regardless of circumstances) being the reason some cry and complain.
I shall leave you with that thought.
Babies cry more.
With all of that.
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"How's it going Mr. Peterson?"
"It's a dog eat dog world Woody,
and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear."
That's a greeting from Norm on the TV show Cheers.
All of us have one of those days.
Some of us have one of those seasons.
Some even have one of those lives.
It feels like the world is chewing on us.
It isn't, it just feels that way.
I have long realized that life isn't really what it is,
it's what we think it is based on relative things and our
knowledge level.
If you have traveled extensively, you know that in many parts of
the world just clean drinking water is a rarity.
We flush with clean drinking water.
So many of us have so much when you compare it. Those of you
that are reading this have access to the net, email, and a
computer.
You can see and you are not reading this from a hospital.
We have so much yet there is an innate tendency to complain.
I tried to think of the easiest point in our lives to see if we
complained then.
Babies have perhaps the easiest life around.
Babies don't have to go to the toilet because mama changes their
diapers. Mama breast feeds them, or gives them a bottle, rocks
them to sleep, and lets them sleep as much as they want.
Babies go the bed when they want.
Babies wake up when they want.
Babies don't have to work.
Babies don't have to deal with bills or bosses.
Babies don't worry if their thighs have gotten too fat or if
their hair is receding.
It's as easy as it gets.
With all of that,
babies cry more.
Maybe it's not circumstances, but the closer we are to babies
(regardless of circumstances) being the reason some cry and complain.
I shall leave you with that thought.
Babies cry more.
With all of that.
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Them!
It’s a word that I hear so often in counseling.
The other person, the spouse, the boss, the co-worker, the
parent, the relative, the company, the government, the system,
the President, even God.
It’s always them.
Here’s a quick newsflash: you won’t have much luck changing them,
but there is one person who I can absolutely guarantee that you
can change who will have a bigger impact on your life than even
the President or the government.
It doesn’t matter whether this person is a Republican, Democrat,
hypocrite, or even all three, you can change them.
It doesn’t matter what denomination they belong to or even if
they have been inside of a church this decade, you can change
them.
It doesn’t matter what race or nationality they are, you can
change them.
This person has more power and influence over your life than
anyone alive or dead, all you have to do is to change them.
When THEY start changing, amazingly you will notice that it will
affect people around you; and even if people around you don’t
change, it will sure seem like they've changed.
Where can you find this all powerful person in your life?
I can tell you exactly.
Go to the mirror and there THEY will stand.
It’s a word that I hear so often in counseling.
The other person, the spouse, the boss, the co-worker, the
parent, the relative, the company, the government, the system,
the President, even God.
It’s always them.
Here’s a quick newsflash: you won’t have much luck changing them,
but there is one person who I can absolutely guarantee that you
can change who will have a bigger impact on your life than even
the President or the government.
It doesn’t matter whether this person is a Republican, Democrat,
hypocrite, or even all three, you can change them.
It doesn’t matter what denomination they belong to or even if
they have been inside of a church this decade, you can change
them.
It doesn’t matter what race or nationality they are, you can
change them.
This person has more power and influence over your life than
anyone alive or dead, all you have to do is to change them.
When THEY start changing, amazingly you will notice that it will
affect people around you; and even if people around you don’t
change, it will sure seem like they've changed.
Where can you find this all powerful person in your life?
I can tell you exactly.
Go to the mirror and there THEY will stand.
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Hey Darlene 
You are soooo right!!!! 
*Hugs & Love*
Where can you find this all powerful person in your life?
I can tell you exactly.
Go to the mirror and there THEY will stand.
You are soooo right!!!!
*Hugs & Love*
Blessings Eternal, Jassmine
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"Love is unconditional acceptance. That quality is also our essential nature, who we really are."
--Peter Shepherd
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Only In America
1. Only in America......
can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America......
are there handicap parking spaces in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America......
do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the
store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy
cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America......
do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet
Coke.
5. Only in America......
do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the
pens to the counters.
6. Only in America......
do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and
put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America......
do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call
waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America......
do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of
eight.
9. Only in America......
do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well:
"Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking
creatures".
10. Only in America......
do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
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can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America......
are there handicap parking spaces in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America......
do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the
store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy
cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America......
do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet
Coke.
5. Only in America......
do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the
pens to the counters.
6. Only in America......
do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and
put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America......
do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call
waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to
talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America......
do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of
eight.
9. Only in America......
do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well:
"Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking
creatures".
10. Only in America......
do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
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Hi girls,
I worked on the construction of a huge Hilton hotel in McClain Virgina and I could not believe my eyes when I seen fire sprinklers over an indoor olympic size pool. the ceiling was stainless steel, and the rest of the room was tile which was baked at about 5000 degrees F.
Now I did not want to break it to them, but if that pool catches on fire, more water is not going to help.
Love always,
Elizabeth
I worked on the construction of a huge Hilton hotel in McClain Virgina and I could not believe my eyes when I seen fire sprinklers over an indoor olympic size pool. the ceiling was stainless steel, and the rest of the room was tile which was baked at about 5000 degrees F.
Now I did not want to break it to them, but if that pool catches on fire, more water is not going to help.
Love always,
Elizabeth
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A MAN, A BOY, AND A DONKEY
An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the
donkey and the old man walked.
As they went along, they passed some people who remarked it was a
shame
the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy
thought
maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.
Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes
that
little boy walk."
They decided they both would walk!
Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk
when they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey!
Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to
put
such a load on a poor donkey.
The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry
the
donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal
and
he fell into the river and drowned.
The moral of the story?
If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your backside!
An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the
donkey and the old man walked.
As they went along, they passed some people who remarked it was a
shame
the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy
thought
maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.
Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes
that
little boy walk."
They decided they both would walk!
Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk
when they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey!
Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to
put
such a load on a poor donkey.
The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry
the
donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal
and
he fell into the river and drowned.
The moral of the story?
If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your backside!
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Elizabeth, the pool thing had me going for quite awhile. It reminds me of being at my cousins cabin at one of lakes in Minnesota, he was screaming at the top of his lungs that the boat was on fire, we were filling up buckets at the faucet on the outside of the cabin, the Boat .........was in the lake. That is so funny.
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Elizabeth can identify with OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)
On a Firday an armed robber entered a jewelry store, ended up shooting and killing a clerk and running out with nothing. Monday, OSHA assessed a fine of $25,000.00 on the store for not reporting an on the job accident within 24 hours!
A man fell into a silo of corn and was actually drowning, two others jumped in to rescue him and were able to pull him to safety. OSHA assessed a fine of $15,000 on the company because the two rescurers as well as the guy they pulled out did not have their hard hats on!
Our government at work!!!!
Virginia
On a Firday an armed robber entered a jewelry store, ended up shooting and killing a clerk and running out with nothing. Monday, OSHA assessed a fine of $25,000.00 on the store for not reporting an on the job accident within 24 hours!
A man fell into a silo of corn and was actually drowning, two others jumped in to rescue him and were able to pull him to safety. OSHA assessed a fine of $15,000 on the company because the two rescurers as well as the guy they pulled out did not have their hard hats on!
Our government at work!!!!
Virginia
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