Heart Thoughts

Time for some Serious Acts of Thinking.

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MORE HEART THOUGHTS

There is a world of difference between "Go!" and "Let's go!"

Patience often comes disguised as simply not knowing what to do.

Honesty is the best policy but far too many people are satisfied with second best.

The beautiful thing about giving is you can often make people forget the past with a present.

Never give anyone, and especially a child, a book you would not read yourself.

Love laughs more often at logic than at locksmiths. [From MR: Okay, I really don't get this one, but I thought it sounded cool. Anybody have an idea what it means?]

The person who marries for money will soon discover that's the hardest way to earn it.

Work and play are pretty much the same thing, depending upon the conditions in which you find yourself.

There will always be two kinds of people: Those who always say what they think and those who have a lot of friends.

Some things are fireproof, many are waterproof, but nothing is foolproof.

People may not be against you so much as they may simply be for themselves.

Life is a voyage in which you choose neither the vessel nor the weather. Your job is to trim the sails and mind the rudder.

[with thanks to Menards and list member Cliff R.; everything edited by Mark Raymond]

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It's a relatively quiet weekend on the home front, with only a couple of obligations to fulfill. May your way be as pleasant and I'll see you on Monday.

Mark

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WEB SITE of the WEEK: After a moment to reflect on some serious stuff above, take a moment to enjoy something a little lighter. Charles Todd has been the brains behind and Chief Instigator of the "Improv Everywhere" movement, in which perfectly ordinary-looking people infiltrate a very public place quietly and then pull some outrageous stunt, in a theatrically-improvisational way. For a sample, check out the video I've embedded below and for a higher resolution of it see http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/. Usually the troupe doesn't ask for permission from the venue, but for this one they did. The group has performed over 70 "missions" that are available to view and read about with a few more clicks at the site.

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WORDS for YOUR WEEKEND: "God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters." (J.H. Jowett)