| This one is mind boggling. It is so strange.
You can draw and each time you click your
mouse it will change colors.
What is more mind boggling is that this was sent to me by
Joy Henderson Cearly, and
when I was reading the past list of who had received there were names that I didn't know.
Then out of the blue was a name that I knew,
Karen Whittington Farwell.
It is a very small world. Just too much fun.
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One day, when I was a freshman in high school,
I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.
His name was Kyle.
It looked like he was carrying all of his books.
I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?
He must really be a nerd."
I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.
As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.
They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.
His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.
He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes
My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.
As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. "
They really should get lives.
" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"
There was a big smile on his face.
It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.
As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.
He said he had gone to private school before now.
I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.
We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.
He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.
I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends
He said yes.
We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.
Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.
I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!
" He just laughed and handed me half the books.
Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
When we were seniors we began to think about college.
Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke.
I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.
He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship.
Kyle was valedictorian of our class.
I teased him all the time about being a nerd.
He had to prepare a speech for graduation.
I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak
Graduation day, I saw Kyle.
He looked great.
He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.
He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.
He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.
Boy, sometimes I was jealous!
Today was one of those days.
I could see that he was nervous about his speech.
So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"
He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.
" Thanks," he said.
As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began
"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.
Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...
I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.
I am going to tell you a story."
I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.
He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.
He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.
He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.
"Thankfully, I was saved.
My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."
I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.
I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.
Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.
Never underestimate the power of your actions.
With one small gesture you can change a person's life.
For better or for worse.
God puts us all in each others lives to impact one another in some way.
Look for God in others.
You now have two choices, you can:
1) Pass this on to your friends or
2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.
As you can see, I took choice number 1.
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
There is no beginning or end..
Webtech Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
Happiness Keeps You Sweet,
Trials Keep You Strong,
Sorrows Keep You Human,
Failures Keep You Humble,
Success Keeps You Glowing,
But Only God Keeps You Going!
You are so special!
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| From Joy Henderson Cearly An Old Farmer's Advice :
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached
From Shari Lewis Thanks you Shari! Comments made in 1955. 51 years ago.
I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are,
it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20."
"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?
It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit.
A quarter a pack is ridiculous."
"Did you hear the post office is thinking about
charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
"If they raise the minimum wage to $1,
nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."
"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas
would someday cost 29 cents a gallon.
Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."
"Kids today are impossible.
Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed.
Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."
"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more.
Ever since they let Clark Gable
get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,'
it seems every new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in it.
"I read the other day where some scientist thinks
it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century.
They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in
Texas."
"Did you see where some baseball player just signed
a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?
It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."
"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric typewriters now."
"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays.
I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."
"It won't be long before young couples are going to
have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."
Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more;
those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."
"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to
open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
Thank goodness
I won't live to see the day when the Government
takes half our income in taxes.
I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."
"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
"There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend.
It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can afford to be sick any more;
$35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."
Welcome to hell... lol
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EHS Class of 61