#23 Stay green & grow or get ripe & rotten.


#24 Either progress or regress.

#25 You will never leave where you are, until you know exactly where you want to be.


#26 You must know what you really want before you can obtain it.

#27 You will never change your location until you determine your destination.

#28 You don’t make the legs of the small tall, by cutting off the legs of a giant. - Abraham Lincoln

#29 Order increases productivity.

#30 Order affects your income.

#31



#32 Even if you are getting run out of town, get up front & everyone will think you are leading a parade.

#33 What you delight in controls your desires.

#34 Desires can be directions.

#35 Goals - measurable -- subject to change
       Objectives - valid
       An example would be happiness.

# 36 Perfection’s aim is mistakes.
Excellence’s aim is quality.

#37 Take care of the people who take care of you.

#38 Take time to stop & smell the roses. - H. M. Brown

#39 You must prepare to succeed before you succeed.

#40 Cleanliness & courtesy will be here (Disney) long after I am gone. - Walt Disney

#41 The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want!

#43 Blessings are approaching & passing us by constantly. Reach out & grab them! It’s our responsibility!

Be excited! Be ready!

#44 It’s better to try to obtain the whole sky & just come away with part of it than to try to obtain a molehill & get it all.

#45 People on a mountaintop didn’t just fall there.    - C. R. Vance

#46 To whom much is given much is required (expected).

Speck in Eye

Anthony had something in his eye that took some time to remove because it was so small. Later, he was still appreciating how good he felt because that speck was no longer there. Then we both remembered this verse in the Bible:


3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, Let me remove the speck from your eye; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Matthew 7:2 NKJV

More from Jason's Daytimer

#47 The biggest thing keeping you from making more money is your job. -Mike Vance

#48 If you don’t change what you are doing you might end up where you are going.

#49 Be on top of the world. Don’t let the world be on top of you.

#50 Even does not equal fair.

#51 Your past is not your potential.

#52 Don’t quit!

#53 Never let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.

#54 Forget your past & reach forward. Press toward the mark. - Apostle Paul

#55 You must pursue what you want & the only thing you will be able to keep is what you pursue.

#56 He who is on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.

#57 People who don’t respect you, or the God within you, do not deserve to b around you.

#58 If your life starts to rumble, don’t worry. It’s just the chains getting ready to fall off.

Adventures of Anthony - RACCOON!

Friday, we were at our cabin in Sevierville, TN. Mike & Bill Adkins had gone to Chattanooga to pick up a couple of ice cream machines for the new Sundae’s. We planned to leave just as they got back- to go to Dollywood. To save time, Anthony came down to the truck to eat the pizza they left in Ralph Morgan’s borrowed truck. We were upstairs in the cabin, about to come down.


Suddenly, Anthony ran in saying, “There’s a raccoon in the truck!” While he was eating (& watching a DVD) he looked up to see a raccoon sitting on the middle console. (Mike had left the front door open because we were coming right down.) Anthony thought at first his dad had put a Davy Crocket coonskin cap there to scare him. THEN the raccoon looked up at him with his big brown eyes. And Anthony - also seeing the raccoon’s claws stretched out on the console - took off running!

We ran downstairs, broom in hand, to chase the raccoon out of the truck.

Mike cleaned the pizza-stained seat, and Bill kindly shared his pizza with Anthony. The pictures are the raccoon enjoying the rest of the pizza!

#54 Forget your past & reach forward. Press toward the mark. - Apostle Paul


#55 You must pursue what you want & the only thing you will be able to keep is what you pursue.

#56 He who is on top of the mountain didn’t fall there. (quote from Charles Vance)

#57 People who don’t respect you, or the God within you, do not deserve to be around you.

#58 If your life starts to rumble, don’t worry. It’s just the chains getting ready to fall off.

Spring

Spring is when Mother Nature is menopausal! 
She has a hot flash, & it's 80 degrees. 
Then she cools down to 50*. 
If she's really cold (mad) it snows!
When she gets moody, there are gray skies. 
And then she gets weepy, & it's raining outside.  
But when she's in a really good mood the weather is wonderful!  

Mom, do you love me?

God loves you! He may not like some of the things you do. But he loves you!


Just like your parents love you. They may not like some of the things you do. But they love you! And, in a conversation I had with Anthony.....


Mom, do you love me?

Yes, son, I will ALWAYS love you!

What if I do something wrong?

I may like some of the things you do.  But I will still love you!

What if I ....(There were several things, & I answered the same.  Then....)

What if I kill someone?

I will still love you, son. I may not like visiting you in prison. But I will still love you!

Why? ....April Fool's Day

In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them "April fools." They sent them on a "fool's errand" or tried to make them believe that something false was true. In France today, April first is called "Poisson d'Avril." French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the "young fool" discovers this trick, the prankster yells "Poisson d’Avril!" (April Fish!)


Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One common trick on April Fool's Day, or All Fool's Day, is pointing down to a friend's shoe and saying, "Your shoelace is untied." Teachers in the nineteenth century used to say to pupils, "Look! A flock of geese!" and point up. School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled. Whatever the trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells, "April Fool! "

The "fools' errands" we play on people are practical jokes. Putting salt in the sugar bowl for the next person is not a nice trick to play on a stranger. College students set their clocks an hour behind, so their roommates show up to the wrong class - or not at all. Some practical jokes are kept up the whole day before the victim realizes what day it is. Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone. The most clever April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke is played.


"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. "- American humorist Mark Twain

From:
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/unitssubjhol/a/aprilfools.htm

Snow....again!

Anthony, look outside.  It's snowing!

O, come on!  Not again!  I'm sick of it!  I'm ready to move to Florida!

Are you sure?  We've really thought about it.  You'd have to make all new friends.

I don't care!  I'm ready for warm weather!  Let's go!

Easter & Snow 1970

41 years ago Easter was March 29th. The day before it was 70*....... Sunday morning we woke up to 4" of snow!  Mike & I lived in a little trailer on my parents' property; & we owned a 1960 Corvette.  Well, we couldn't drive anywhere in that car; so my mom drove us to Mike's mom's house so we could get ready.  We had no running water in our home & would go to our parent's houses to shower.  (Oh, we were in love then.  AND poor!)

Sorry!  No pictures of the snow!

What Children Think

I will do what I want! You will do what I say! You will stay here & help me with my homework! I am the ruler of this house! I will not do what you say! You don't love me! I will not obey you any more!  Anyone who stands in my way will be thrown out to the cats.


( I started laughing after the first sentence, which made him laugh & continue.)
 
We were doing schoolwork.

charlie-horse

Mike had a charlie-horse in his leg....
Anthony:  "Why does Dad have a charlie-horse?"
Me:  "Because he worked too long & hard today.  And he needs some potassium."
Anthony:  "He needs to eat a banana."
Me:   "That's right!  Where did you learn that?"
Anthony:  "From a Duck Dodgers cartoon."

LOVE scriptures - from Genesis to Revelations (KJV)

John 3:16 (KJV)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

(Gen 29:20 KJV) And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

(Deu 6:5 KJV) And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

(Deu 10:12 KJV) And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

(Psa 145:20 KJV) The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

(Prov 8:17 KJV) I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

(Prov 10:12 KJV) Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

(Prov 15:17 KJV) Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

(Prov 17:9 KJV) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

(Eccl 3:8 KJV) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

(Zep 3:17 KJV) The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

(Mat 5:43 KJV) Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

(Mat 5:44 KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

(Mat 5:46 KJV) For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

(Mat 19:19 KJV) Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Mat 22:37 KJV) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

(Mat 22:39 KJV) And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Mark 12:30 KJV) And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

(Mark 12:31 KJV) And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

(Mark 12:33 KJV) And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

(Luke 6:27 KJV) But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

(Luke 6:32 KJV) For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

(Luke 6:35 KJV) But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

(Luke 10:27 KJV) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

(John 13:34 KJV) A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

(John 13:35 KJV) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

(John 14:15 KJV) If ye love me, keep my commandments.

(John 14:21 KJV) He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

(John 14:23 KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

(John 15:9 KJV) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

(John 15:12 KJV) This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

(John 15:13 KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

(John 15:17 KJV) These things I command you, that ye love one another.

(Rom 5:8 KJV) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

(Rom 8:35 KJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

(Rom 8:39 KJV) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(Rom 12:10 KJV) Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

(Rom 13:10 KJV) Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

(Gal 5:14 KJV) For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

(Gal 5:22 KJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

(Eph 5:2 KJV) And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

(1 Th 4:9 KJV) But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

(1 Th 5:8 KJV) But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

(2 Tim 1:7 KJV) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

(Heb 13:1 KJV) Let brotherly love continue.

(James 2:8 KJV) If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

(1 John 3:11 KJV) For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

(1 John 3:23 KJV) And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

(1 John 4:7 KJV) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

(1 John 4:8 KJV) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

(1 John 4:18 KJV) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

(1 John 4:19 KJV) We love him, because he first loved us.

(1 John 4:20 KJV) If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

(1 John 5:2 KJV) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

(1 John 5:3 KJV) For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments

(2 John 1:3 KJV) Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

(2 John 1:6 KJV) And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

(Jude 1:2 KJV) Mercy unto you, and peace and love, be multiplied.

#59 “Do it as unto God.”


#60 There is nothing anyone can do to stop what God has set forth in your life.

#61 Responsibility follows ability.

#62 1. Learn to be reproductive.
       2. Be single-minded.
       3. Nurture yourself.
       4. Stay aware of God’s faithfulness.
       5. Stay informed.
       6. Live sanctified (set apart) lives.
       7. Stay out of strife.

#63 I Tim. 2:22   Flee youthful lust, but follow righteousness.


#64 The victory is worth the battle.

#65 You’ve just got to get stubborn.

#66 Rest, because you believe, not because you relieve.

#67 Reference everything by the Word of God.


#68 If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.


#69 Don’t let society pressure you into aborting your vision & your dreams.


#70 I press toward the mark........

#71 The cheaper the merchandise, the higher the gloss.

#72 What you spend yourself on you will eventually purchase.

#73  Sow your problems away.

#74 

(He always added the next number ready to add the next Wisdom Fact.)