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WITandWISDOM(tm) - August 28, 2002 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention." -- Jim Rohn Source: Quotes From The Masters, http://MailRoom.DailyInbox.Com/ ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: I had been doing some shopping at our local supermarket. Our supermarkets are in townships. This is Kariba. We are in the heart are poverty at best. Zimbabwe is going through a tough time. This particular day my ten year old son was with me. We came out of the shop and as usual there were people hanging around. One in particular caught his eye. She was an elderly woman, who was not usually there. She was blind. He noticed her begging bowl was empty, and asked me why. How do you answer that? He then asked me if he could give her something, I had a $5.00 note and gave that to him. "Mum, how is she going to know what it is?" I told him to put it in her hand and tell her what it was. There were plenty of people around, and watching more out of idle curiosity than anything else. He got down to the woman's level, took her hand, placed the money it, and told her what it was. Then he stood back and came to me. We watched for a bit. Her face lit up with a brilliant smile. You did not notice she was blind. The best part happened next. Several of the people, a lot of them African youths, (who normally don't bother with beggars), began emptying the change out of their pockets into this lady's bowl! I was so impressed about this, I had a big grin on my face for hours. My child, who felt something for this woman's plight, led by example. The best part was that not only was the woman blessed, but so were we. The youth and other people who gave to her (enough to fill her little bowl) walked away with smiles too. What I learned from all this, is that we have to sometimes look at things with a childlike point of view. They do not complicate with "what if" or "but", they just do. I have not seen this woman again. I think she was there for a special reason to show the blessing of giving. God bless you always' Debby H. Source: A Joke a Day http://www.topica.com/lists/ajokeaday7 ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: How to speak as a native from the southern United States (We love you and hope you can understand us. :o) Part 4 of 4 [August 7, 14, 21, 28] Rah cheer - I was born rah cheer in town Rainch - A big cow farm Rat - Do it rat now! Rench - rench the soap yourself Roont - She plum roont her shoes Salary - A stringy vegetable Soardeens - small canned fish Shar - A light rain Gully Worsher - a medium heavy rain Toad strangler - A heavy rain Sody Pop - a soft drink Sprang - Water out'n the ground Shurf - The Shurf put Clem in jail Storch - this here aprn has to much storch in it Skeered - that plumb skeered me to death Thanks - He shore thanks he's smart Tho -tho me the ball Thoat - I shore got a sore thoat War - a bobbed war fance Worsh - go worsh your face Warter - what you worsh your face in Yurp - a continent overseas Source: Colorado Comments, http://coloradocomments.com/ ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Some say fleas are black. But I know that's not so. 'Cause Mary had a little lamb With fleas as white as snow. Source: Gentle Humor, mailto:words@netcarrier.com?subject=GHSubscribe ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: THE BRICK When you're frustrated with Windows, just hurl this virtual brick, complete with satisfying visual and sound effects. This free download places a brick icon in your taskbar which you can "throw" any time you want. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description.asp?fid=7697 Source: Neat Net Tricks, ISSN: 1533-4619, Copyright (c) 2002 by Jack Teems, all rights reserved, http://www.NeatNetTricks.com |