Responsibility
A duty which becomes a desire will ultimately become a delight.
--George Gritter
People with character accept responsibilities. They make decisions and determine their
own destiny in life. Accepting responsibilities involves taking risks and being accountable
which is sometimes uncomfortable. Most people would rather stay in their comfort zone
and live passive lives without accepting responsibilities. They drift through life waiting forthings to happen rather than making them happen. Accepting responsibilities involves
taking calculated, not foolish, risks. It means evaluating all the pros and cons, then taking
the most appropriate decision or action. Responsible people don't think that the world
owes them a living.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot enrich the poor by impoverishing the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage pay or .
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and
independence. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for
themselves.
--Abraham Lincoln

*LETTER FROM GOD*

As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to me,en if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear.


When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were to busy. At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit in a chair.    Then I saw you spring to your feet. I thought you wanted to talk to me but   you ran to the phone and called a friend to get the latest gossip instead. I watched patiently all day long. With all our activities I guess you were too   busy to say anything to me.


I noticed that before lunch you looked around, maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me,that is why you didn't bow your head. You glanced three or four tables over and yo u noticed some of your friends talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't.


That's okay. There is still more time left, and I hope that you will talk to    me yet.


You went home and it seems as if you had lots of things to do. After a few of them were done, you turned on the TV. I don't know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there and you spend a lot of time each day in front of it not thinking about anything, just enjoying the show. I waited patiently again as you watched the TV and ate your meal, but again you didn't talk to me.



Bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you said goodnight to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time. That's okay because you may not realize that I am always there for you.. I've got patience, more than you will ever know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well.



I love you so much that I wait everyday for a nod, prayer or thought, or a thankful part of your heart. It is hard to have a one-sided conversation.   Well, you are getting up once again. Once again I will wait, with nothing but love for you. Hoping that today you will give me some time.


Have a nice day!

Your friend,

GOD


*PS* - Do you have enough time to send this to another person? This is the simplest test .. . . if you Love God, and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things he has done for you, send



*"You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and God,*

*it is never between you and others..."
*

THANKS & REGARDS

Your TODAY is Your TOMORROW that You were worried about YESTERDAY

    Did you know you share your birthday with atleast 9 other million people in the world?

·     The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

·     The human heart creates enough pressure whenit pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

·     Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

·     The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

·     "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

·     The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

·     It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

·     Feb 1865 is the only month in recorded historynot to have a full moon.

·     You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

·     Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

·     Every time you lick a stamp,you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

·     In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

·     Babies are born without knee caps.They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

·     The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

·     Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

·     Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

·     There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.

·     Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten.

·     Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The Corporate Shark The Japanese have a great liking for fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So, to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring back the fish. The longer it took them to bring back the fish, the staler they grew. The fish were not fresh and the Japanese did not like the taste. To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little hashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis! But today, it has got over that crisis and has emerged as one of the most important trades in that country! How did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan? To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. And they survive and arrive in a healthy state!They command a higher price and are most sought-after.The challenge they face keeps them fresh! Humans are no different. L.Ron Hubbard observed in the early 1950's: "Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment." George Bernard Shaw said: " Satisfaction is death!" If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy. Your challenges keep you energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. Youare alive! Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Do not postpone a task, simply because its challenging. Catch these challenges by their horns and vanquish them. Enjoy the game. If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Giving up makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help. Don't create success and revel in it in a state of inertia. You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference. Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can really go!

Some more quotes on marriage:

Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

Love is blind but marriage is an eye-opener.

When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife!

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.

"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming.
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.