"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" We all have something to give to this world. The question is what are you contributing to make the world a better place?"

God Needs Our Hands

At the end of World War II a group of soldiers offered to help the people of a destroyed village in any way they could. But instead of asking for food, money, or farm equipment, the townsmen asked for help in restoring a statue. For years their proudest possession had been a statue of Christ in their own town square. Now it lay shattered into many pieces. Could the soldiers help put it together again? It was a difficult task, chips and pieces lay all over the square. Finally the statue was repaired except for two missing parts that the soldiers could not find. Finished, they covered the statue with a silken parachute, so that it could be unveiled in a ceremony before the townspeople, even though it was incomplete. On the occasion the mayor of the town gave a speech and pulled the cord of the silken drape... It dropped from the statue, showing a Christ withouthands. At first the townspeople were shocked. Then they looked down at a sign which the soldiers had put at the feet of the statue. It said: "I have no hands. Won't you please lend me yours?"...

Matthew 25:40 says: "Whenever you did something for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me."

"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"

" If you want to feel good, do good."

These days people just think they can achieve happiness and feeling good from doing nothing and my thought is the easiest way to feel good about you, is to do good.

Seeing Dirt

One of the British noblemen had left behind a big castle which contained priceless paintings. The public could come and see them from time to time. One day a group of people were moving through the large rooms and admiring the paintings as they went. One elderly woman never spoke a word but would repeatedly go close to each picture and examine it very carefully. After the visit, someone asked her what she thought of it all. "It was perfect," she said with enthusiasm. "I could not find a speck of dust anywhere." How often we miss the beauties of life because we are so intent on looking for faults.

Someone puts it this way: "There is so much bad in the best of us, and so much good in the worst of us, that it is not fair for any of us to speak against the rest of us."

"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"

" 'Opportunity only knocks once' is one of the greatest lies ever perpetuated. Opportunity is a constant drumming that, like any sound repeated too often, becomes only a noise we tend to ignore."

" Each and every day is an opportunity to be a better person than you were the day before."

Believing in People

A wealthy businessman in a small town had signs printed and placed all over the town. They stated that if any person in the town who owed debts, would come to his office on a certain day between nine and twelve in the morning, he would pay those debts. Naturally, that promise was the talk of the town. But very few believed it. They thought there was a catch somewhere. The day came. The business man sat in his office at nine. Bu ten, no one had come. At eleven, a man was seen walking up and down outside, occasionally looking up at the office door. Finally he seemed to take courage and open it. He put his head in and asked, "Is it true that you will pay any person's debt?""That's right," the rich man replied. "Are you in debt?" "I certainly am," the caller answered. "Do you have along the bills and statements to proveit?" The visitor produced the documents and the business man wrote out a check covering all of them. Before twelve o'clock, two other men came and had their debts paid. People outside could not believe it. But now there was no time left to have their bills paid.

If people don't believe in the goodness of man, how can they believe in the goodness of God?

"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" This world is too BIG for us to be so small-minded."

This world offers so many things, has billions of people and thousands and thousands of places to explore, for us to be just stuck at one place in our life both mentally and spiritually.

"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"

" Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step-by-step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress."

Let nothing hinder you. Fate has not woven its meshes about any Human being so firmly that he need remain helpless and in uncertainty.

"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" Vision is the stuff of our dreams. Passion is our energy to make it real. The two go together like horse and rider. In the mind of one is the goal. In the power of the other lives the means to get there."

Hope

Many years ago there lived a very old man. Before his house stood two tall mountains that kept out the sunlight. He was not happy about this and so he sat down with his sons and all made a solemn promise that they would hack back away those two mountains A neighbor saw them go out with their hoes and shook his head. "How stupid can you get?" he screamed. "It's absolutely impossible for you to carry away those mighty mountains." The old man only smiled and said: "Well, when I die, my sons will carry on the work. And when they die, my grandsons will continue it. Yes, the mountains are high but they won't get any higher. But our strength can still grow. With every shovel full of earth that we carry away, we come closer to our goal." "It is better to do something than just sit around and complain that those mountains keep out the sunlight." With complete conviction the old man kept right on digging. God saw it and was moved to send two angles to earth. They lifted the two mountains onto their shoulders, and carried them off.

In his letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul talks about having faith great enough to move mountains. [1 Cor. 13:2].

"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"

" I am courageous because I have been terrified. I am strong because I have been weak. I am alive because I have faced death. I WILL SUCCEED BECAUSE I HAVE FAILED SO MANY TIMES BEFORE!"
I wrote this quote to help me fight my Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression; It have been an uphill battle so far however, I know that one day I will win this battle.

Doing a Good Job

They tell the following story about the famous Polish pianist Paderewski. A mother had a little boy who was learning to play the piano. In order to encourage him she took him to a concert by the famous Paderewski. Both of them arrived at the music hall a bit early and soon the mother got into a conversation with one of her lady friends. Meanwhile, the little boy wandered off....When it was eight o'clock, the spotlights came on and the stage curtain opened. And there was that little boy seated at the piano innocently playing that children's song, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." Paderewski came on stage and quickly moved over to the piano. "Don't quit. Just keep on playing," he whispered to the little boy. Then he leaned over the boy and put his hands onto the keyboard right alongside the little boy's. The little boy kept repeating and repeating "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and meanwhile the genius was weaving all kinds of new melodies around it, a different one each time. The crowd was thrilled by this unpreparedconcert.

As we play our little melody in our daily life, God whispers to us, "Don't quit, Keep on playing..." And He makes a masterpiece out of our simple music.

"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" Nothing comes easy; what comes easy means nothing and what comes hard means something."

" Your THOUGHTS are seeds, Your WORDS water them; what are you growing today?"
---I've seen my thoughts manifest into reality over and over and over again.

The Validity of Religions

Down at the local coffee shop, two farmers were arguing about the validity of their respective religions. A third farmer listened for a while and then observed out loud: "I've been bringing' my wheat here to this same mill for over forty years. Now, there be two roads that lead up to the mill. Never once, friends, has he miller asked me which road I take.

He just asks: 'Is your wheat good?'"

"THOUGHT FOR THE DAY"

" All experiences have the ability to make us wiser if we choose to let them."
It's not the details of my experiences that I find the most important, it's the lesson I've learned from them.

" Every responsible person, is responsible for his/her responsibilities."
If only we will take responsibility for what it is we are to do, the world would be a better place than we met it.

"THOUGHTS OF THE DAY"

" Change the person in the mirror before we decide to change someone else. For by changing ourselves, others will follow."

I selected this quotes because people wanted to change my way of thinking. but failed to realize we are all unique and special in our own way.