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WITandWISDOM(tm) - July 6, 2007
ISSN 1538-8794
~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS:
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A.
Edison, (attributed)
Source: Quotes of the Day, http://www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html
~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS:
“Oh, there you are, Jack,” I said as I looked up from planting a geranium.
“Where have you been? I haven’t seen you for awhile
and I was wondering about you,” I said as I washed off my hands with the hose
and dried them on a rag. I walked toward the bench to rest and visit with
Jack for a while. I had left my tea and toast on the table next to the bench
that I had brought out for breakfast.
“Care for some toast, Jack?” I asked as I offered to share with him. I knew
that Jack loved almost any kind of bread and he did not hesitate to join me.
He seemed to have a sixth sense when it came to knowing when I was having a
bite to eat. At any rate, once Jack finished his bread he was content to sit
and listen to whatever I had to say with very little comment and he seemed to
simply enjoy my company. He didn’t appear to be a bit anxious about anything.
It occurred to me that Jack seemed to have perfected the art of listening,
which is something that a lot of people could learn from him. He just kept
looking at me while moving his head now and then as if to show that he was
paying attention.
I try to keep an eye on Jack because he was orphaned at an early age. Since I
began looking out for him he has lived a fairly sheltered life. He doesn’t
really know about the threats that are out there in the world. After all, he
is still just a teenager and has a lot to learn but like most teens he is
very independent and doesn’t think about the dangers that abound around him.
I had a nice conversation with Jack and I cautioned him once again about the
perils that exist in his world but he continued to walk around the patio
completely unconcerned until the dog came over and then he decided to join me
on the bench again. Perhaps Jack is learning to be cautious after all, I
thought.
I’ve learned a lot from Jack, too. He just takes one day at a time and
appears to be content to believe that all of his needs will be met. He trusts
that there will always be something to eat one way or another, whether it’s
food he has to find himself or a bit of bread that is shared with him.
You see, Jack is a little bird. I rescued him from certain death when the cat
discovered him under the propane tank. I took care of him until he had
feathers and was old enough to fly. Now he flies wherever he wants and
usually soars in for a landing on my outstretched hand whenever I call his
name. He loves to splash in the homemade birdbath that I contrived from an
old platter and some stones.
Jack has pretty much learned to make his own way in life now and manages to
find food that is generously provided to him by our heavenly Father. He
doesn’t worry about anything. Jack seems to have a good life. How do I know?
A little bird told me.
"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not
life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the
air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feeds them.” Matthew 6: 25-26
By Pamela Perry Blaine
© July 3, 2007
Mailto:pamyblaine@blaines.us
Pamela lives in Missouri with her husband, Michael. She enjoys writing,
music, and country living. She writes "Pam's Corner" for her local
newspaper and many stories have been published in magazines, newspapers, and
books such as The Miracle Of Sons, 2The Heart/People Who Make A Difference,
and A Tribute To Moms. Her goal is to write to encourage others and to write
stories for her children and grandchildren so that stories and family history
will be preserved.
Pam and her husband have made a CD of several songs she has written titled,
"I'll Walk You Home". It is available by freewill donation. More
information as well as a clip from the CD is on her website at: http://www.blaines.us/PamyPlace.htm
~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT:
Laws of Life
Murphy's First Law for Wives:
If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add
one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.
Kauffman's Paradox of the Corporation:
The less important you are to the corporation, the more your tardiness or
absence is noticed.
The Salary Axiom:
The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just small
enough to have no effect on your take-home pay.
Miller's Law of Insurance:
Insurance covers everything except what happens.
First Law of Living:
As soon as you start doing what you always wanted to be doing, you'll want to
be doing something else.
Weiner's Law of Libraries:
There are no answers, only cross-references.
Isaac's Strange Rule of Staleness:
Any food that starts out hard will soften when stale. Any food that starts
out soft will harden when stale.
The Grocery Bag Law:
The candy bar you planned to eat on the way home from the market is always
hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.
Lampner's Law of Employment:
When leaving work late, you will go unnoticed. When you leave work early, you
will meet the boss in the parking lot.
Submitted by Malladi Murthy in India
~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING:
Don't you drive more safely when you realize you've left your driving license
at home? In that case, shouldn't we ALWAYS leave our license at home?
Source: Mark Mail, http://mrhumor.net/
~~~~~~~ TRIVIA:
Removed at the request of the source.
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