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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Amazing lists
By Rene Lizada
Papa's Table
I LOVE lists. And sometime last week I got a really great surprise. Last week I was doing an activity that I really love, browsing over used books and I saw this book which was titled Lists and even though it was expensive for a used book and even more so that I had not enough money, I bought it, And when I started reading it I was so glad that I bought the book even if I only had loose change left. Let me share with you some of those lists. The comments in parentheses are again mine.
Wedding Anniversary Gifts
1st- paper or clocks
2nd- cotton or china
3rd- leather or glass
4th- flowers or small appliances (like a two inch tv!)
5th- wood or silverware
6th- iron or candy
7th- wool or copper
8th- bronze or linen
9th- pottery or leather
10th- aluminum or diamond (aluminum na lang)
15th- crystal or watches
20th- china or platinum
25th- silver
30th- pearl
35th- coral or jade
40th- ruby
45th- sapphire
50th- gold
55th- emerald
75th- diamond
Signs you may be under too much stress
Finding yourself irritable or impatient with things you normally tolerate
Have difficulty sleeping and feeling exhausted when you wake
Headaches or stomach pains
Talk more negatively than usual
Becoming forgetful and absentminded
Not laughing as much as you used to
Postponing what is truly important to accomplish what is not important.
Four Ways to grow old gracefully
Fear less; hope more
Eat less; chew more
Talk less; say more
Hate less; love more
Seven Deadly Wrongs
Wealth without work (attention RSB - retired since birth!)
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Science without humanity
Commerce without morality (attention those who abuse their people)
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle (aray!)
How to forgive and forget
Take the initiative -- do not wait for the other person to apologize.
If the forgiven person wants to reenter your life it is fair to demand truthfulness.
Be patient. If the hurt is deep you cannot forgive in a single instant.
Forgive "retail not wholesale." Focus on a single incident that hurt you.
Forgiveness is not restoring.
Discard self righteousness. A victim is not a saint.
We all need forgiveness.
Anger is not hate. Face your hate and take it for what it is.
Forgive yourself. This could be that hardest act of all.
Acts of Courage
Admitting you are wrong
Doing what is right when everyone else isn't.
Standing up to something you believe in even though it might mean rejection, or ridicule.
Confronting a fear without running away.
Being the only one.
Taking a risk.
Sharing your heart honestly.
Living your faith with all your heart, mind and soul.
Six Destructive Mistakes (The list was made by Cicero)
The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.
The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
Neglecting development and refinement of mind and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
Knowing yourself
What we want the most
What we think about most
How we use our money
What we do with out leisure time
The company we keep.
Whom and what we admire
What we laugh at.
There are more lists coming!!!
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