Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"Happiness is never stopping to think if you are." ~ Palmer Sondreal

"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it." ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner." ~ Colette

[SmokeyBob]

“I want to write my own eulogy, and I want to write it in Latin. It seems only fitting to read a dead language at my funeral.”
~ Jarod Kintz

“When pointing out the flaws in others, people always end up talking about themselves.” ~ Claire Chilton

“We must have been hunters and gatherers but some of us were just waiters and hopers.” ~ Eddie Izzard

[SmokeyBob]

"My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever."

~ George R R Martin

"Summer's lease hath all too short a date.” ~ William Shakespeare

“It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime!” ~ Kenny Chesney

[SmokeyBob]

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” ~ Neil Armstrong

“I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.” ~ E.B. White

“Had President Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened.” ~ Andrew Smith

[SmokeyBob]

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." ~ Mark Twain

"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." ~ Amelia Earhart

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't." ~ Erica Jong

[SmokeyBob]

"Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." ~ Walt Disney

"The road to success is always under construction." ~ Lily Tomlin

[SmokeyBob]

“I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, 'Ain't that the truth.'” ~ Quincy Jones

“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful." ~ Bob Hope

“Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment. ” ~ Horace

[SmokeyBob]

An old man and his dog were walking down this dirt road with fences on both sides, they came to a gate in the fence and looked in, it was a nice grassy, woody area, just what a 'huntin' dog and man would like, but it had a sign saying "No Trespassing".
So they walked on. They came to a beautiful gate with a person in a white robe standing there. "WELCOME TO HEAVEN" he said. The old man was happy and started in with his dog following him. The gate keeper stopped him, "Dogs aren't allowed, I'm sorry, but he can't come with you."
"What kinda heaven won't allow dogs? If he can't come in, then I will stay out with him. He's been my faithful companion all his life, I can't just desert him now."
"Suit yourself, but I have to warn you, the Devil's on this road too and he'll try to sweet talk you into his area, he'll promise you anything, but, the dog can't go in there either. If you won't leave the dog, you'll spend eternity on this road."
So the old man and his dog went on. They came to a rundown fence with a gap in it, no gate, just a hole. Another old man was inside. "Scuse me sir, my dog and I are getting mighty tired, mind if we come in and sit in the shade for awhile?"
"But of course, come in there's some cold water under that tree over there. Make yourselves comfortable."
"Your sure my dog can come in?" "The man down the road said dogs weren't allowed anywhere."
"Would you come in if you have to leave the dog?"
"No sir, that's why I didn't go to Heaven, he said the dog couldn't come in. We'll be spending eternity on this road, and a glass of cold water and some shade would be mighty fine right about now. But, I won't come in if my buddy here can't come too, and that's final!"
The man smiled a big smile and said "Welcome to Heaven."
"You mean this is heaven? Dogs ARE allowed? How come that fellow down the road said they weren't?"
"That was the Devil and he gets all the people who are willing to give up a lifelong companion for a comfortable place to stay. They soon find out their mistake, but then it's too late. The dogs come here, the fickle people stay there." "GOD wouldn't allow dogs to be banned from Heaven, after all, HE created them to be man's companions in life, why would he seperate them in death?"

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[SmokeyBob]

"When I had my last birthday, I said to myself that sixty-nine was only a number. No big deal. Then I realized my daughter was a grandmother. So much for numbers. ~ Rand Fazar


"Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas." ~ Terry Shirley


"When you feel that life has come to a full stop, think of it as a comma and read on." ~ Bryan Darby

[SmokeyBob]

"I love being married. It's so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." ~ Rita Rudner


"Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in." ~ Richard Jeni


"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." ~ Groucho Marx

[SmokeyBob]

"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee


Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine." ~ William Feather


"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~ Hans Christian Anderson

[SmokeyBob]

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

~ A. A. Milne


"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person." ~ Rita Mero


"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." ~ Ernest Hemingway

[SmokeyBob]

"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world." ~ Leonard Cohen


"Love is the only gold." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson


"Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed." ~ Irene Peter

[SmokeyBob]

"People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less." ~ Ken Blanchard


"The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers."-~ Arthur Koestler


"They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days."

~ Garrison Keillor.

[SmokeyBob]

"Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment." ~ Ira Gassen

"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong." ~ Orson Welles

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." ~ Mark Twain