A first grade school teacher in Virginia had 25 students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the first half of a well-known Proverb and asked it to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, keep in mind that these are first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!
1. Don't change horses....................until they stop running.
2. Strike while the................................bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before...................Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of........termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but......how?
6. Don't bite the hand that....................looks dirty.
7. No news is......................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a .......................Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ...............math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll........stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust................................me.
12. The pen is mightier than the..............pigs.
13. An idle mind is..................the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's..............pollution.
15. Happy is the bride who.....................gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is............................not much.
17. Two's company, three's ................the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what........you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ... you have t o blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as.................Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not..........spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed.............get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you ... see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind..............get out of the way.
And the WINNER and last one!
25. Better late than.............................. pregnant.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Smarter than a first grader?
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Spread the Word - Round two
About three weeks ago I began a meme that was intended to give bloggers a voice and a way to spread their message across the blogesphere. I created a directory of blogs that would travel from site to site. Well this list has eclipsed 100 sites and is still growing. I want to keep this list alive and continue it's growth. That means that I need your help.
This meme is viral in nature, meaning that every one who participates gets tremendous value. The rules are simple and the results are are very rewarding.
If you have already joined the directory, please repost. If you have not joined, please do so. Just follow the rules.
The rules are easy, see below.
**Start Copy Here**
We have a voice;
We must be heard;
Therefore we blog;
Now spread the word!
This directory is based on a recent post that was conducted asking the question “Why do you Blog?” and the rewrite “Why do you Blog? - Reworked.” The purpose of this directory is to tell our tales by spreading the reasons that we blog to as many sites as possible. We get to explain ourselves, direct traffic to our site and highlight our most important, most representative or most relevant post in an SEO favorable format. This will be a positive experience for everyone who wants to get involved. This will enable you to create a short advertisement for your site that will be spread across the blogesphere; a growing directory of blogs.
This is an open directory. You do not have to be tagged to join in. All you have to do is follow the rules.
Please let me know when you have added your site by leaving a comment on “Master List” with a link to your post. This will insure an up-to-date list, giving you even greater distribution. You then need to copy the growing list back to your site on a regular bases.
Rules:
- Copy the archived directory from *Begin Directory* to *End Directory* and place it in your archives (back date it so that it does not appear on your front page. This list is too long for your front page.) Title this post "Spread The Word" Directory
- Copy from "**Start Copy Here**" through "**End Copy Here**" on this post
- Paste into a new post
- Create an inventive post title
- Write a brief introduction to the post.
- Before “**End copy here**”, In place of my paragraph, please add your name, site name (with link), a very brief description (2-3 sentences) of why you blog, and your most important, most representative, or most relevant post (with link.)
- Make sure that the link at the end of your post links to your archived directory, not mine.
- Tag others to participate. This is a request, not a requirement.
- Leave a comment and a link to your post on “Master List.” That way I can grab your addition and add it to this growing list.
- Schedule regular visits to the "Master List" so you can copy/paste into your archive, keeping your list current.
My name is Mel and I am the author of Attitude, the Ultimate Power, aka Monday Morning Power. I blog because I am passionate about happiness and living in the moment. I want to spread the concept that we are in control of our own lives and can choose how we act and react. My site is focused on the Pursuit, Capture, Care and Feeding of a Positive Mental Attitude. One of my most representative posts is “Happiness Vs. Human Nature.” I am also the author of a new site called "So You Want To Complain." This site allows anybody to complain on any subject, anywhere in the world. The complaint is posted and anyone can comment on it. It is like an open forum to vent.
Click here for complete directory
**End Copy Here**
To participate in Round two I am tagging the following sites:
- A Circle of Women
- Acquire Wisdom and Live with Passion
- A Twist of Word and Mind
- Back Home Again
- Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
- Christy's Coffee Break
- claytonlowe.com
- Cooler Insights
- Counseling: How it Can Be Helpful
- CRAIG PHOTOGRAPHY
- Creative Think
- Empathy
- Fine Art of Blogging
- Gullibility
- HEY, DON
- LIQUID ILLUZION
- Mad Goat Lady
- Necessary Skills
- One Kind Act
- Something to Smile About
- Synthetic Life
- The Early 30's Rumba
- The Satirical Muvver speaks out
- The Secret of Life
- Vagabond Tramp
- When Will I Use This
- WIXY's Gone Bananas
Monday, November 5, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #33 "What to Do Next” – Male & Female versions)
(If this is your first time on this site, you may want to begin with "Are You Prepared For Success?" [Introduction])
What to Do Next
The introspection is through, the mask is gone.
You now know who you are.
The facts are in, the analysis complete;
What you desire doesn't seem that far.
The goals are set the plan is made;
You know what needs to be done.
No more excuses, no more reasons why;
It's time to act as if you've won.
Stop hiding now, and take that risk;
Know that you will not fail.
Stumble...you might...so get up again,
And into success you will sail.
You know how to deal with obstacles and fears;
Most of them you've already met.
You have the tools to accomplish your goals,
And what you don't have you know how to get.
All that's left for you to do,
Now that the fire's been lit,
And you know you'll win, there is no doubt,
Is to go out there and "do it!"
I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.
- Is there anything that is stopping you from "doing it"?
- What is stopping you? (Be specific.)
- What will you do about it?
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
October Blessings
It's time to acknowledge my October gifts. I am Honored by each and every one. "Thank you" to all my friends!! It is you who are my true gifts.
The Thoughts and Saying of Baba Doodlius on 10/31/07
Awarded to me by Jackie of The Painted Veil on 10/28/07
Awarded to me by Amelia of "Amel's Realm" on 10/26/07
Awarded to me by Sandee of "Comedy Plus" on 10/24/07
Given to me by Sandee of "Comedy Plus" on 10/24/07
Presented to me by Ann of "A Nice Place in the Sun" on 10/23/07
Friday, November 2, 2007
Dangerous Virus Warning!!!!
There is a dangerous virus being passed around electronically, orally, and by hand. This virus is called Worm-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely.
If you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as Work-Isolating-Neutralizer-Extract (WINE) or Bothersome-Employer- Elimination-Rebooter (BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.
Please pass this warning to 5 friends. If you do not have 5 friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happiness
For those of you have read my blog “Attitude, the Ultimate Power,’ aka “Monday Morning Power,” know that I have spent a lot of time discussing happiness and I have some very definite opinions on the subject.
Let’s start with the requested premise of “Strive to be Happy.” This statement conjures up a journey (a quest) with happiness as the end reward for a successful journey’s end; in other words a successful result. If happiness is the reward for successfully completing the journey then that journey, will more times than not, end in disaster. After all, not every journey is successful. I talk at length about this in Happiness Vs. Human Nature. The journey, or the “striving for,” is far closer related to one of the basic tenant of human nature, which is “not being satisfied,” than it is to “happiness.”
On the surface, not being satisfied seems to be selfish; a negative connotation. However, not being satisfied, which fuels the “striving” in human nature is actually a good thing, a very good thing. If it wasn’t for our basic dissatisfaction with what we have, the constant desire to have “more”, where would we be today? Without the desire for “more” there would never have been any inventions, discoveries, cures, art, etc. Where we usually go wrong is when we tie this concept of “more” to happiness.
Happiness must never be tied to human nature or else we are destined to be unhappy. I also wrote a piece on this subject “Happiness Made Simple”. We must learn to never qualify happiness. I am an absolute firm believer that happiness is a decision; that we can choose to be happy. I absolutely believe that anyone, anywhere, in any economic condition, in any health condition, with few exceptions, can choose to be happy. Why should the billionaire be any happier than the pauper? In fact, I bet there are, in relative terms, more happy paupers than happy billionaires. Sometimes it just get’s down to “I’m happy to be alive.”
Now, to get back to the differences and ties between “happiness” and “human nature;” I have tried to sum this up in an original quote, “Human nature is what drives us; happiness is what sustains us.” Think of two perpendicular lines, one vertical (pointing up) and the other horizontal (pointing sideways.) The one pointing up represents human nature, a constant up-hill battle to achieve. The one pointing sideways represents happiness. We have the ability to maximize happiness no matter where we are on the vertical line, by the simple process of choice. What makes choosing happiness simple is another very important concept called “Gratitude.”
By simply being grateful for what we have, no matter how much or how little, the choice to be happy comes so much easier. “Gratitude” is probably an entire article in itself. So for now, let’s just accept gratitude on face value. One of my favorite posts is the “Gratitude Dance.”
As a species, we have an innate ability to over complicate everything. Unfortunately, not everyone has the ability to understand the simplicity of choice; now that’s not to say that choice is simple. We all have those inner voices that keep trying to drag us down, to influence us to make the wrong choices. Without getting to far off topic, I am posting an entire series on how to quiet your inner demons called “The Process - "Are You Prepared for Success?".” I am also a huge fan of the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” (Music Videos - Positive Attitude / Feel Good.) Don’t worry, be happy is a choice. One has to have to right internal frame of mind to be able to make that choice; the choice between “worrying” and “happiness.” Again, I have written an entire series on that frame of mind; The Process - "Are You Prepared for Success?"
In order for me to best understand what my real choices are, my constant companion is Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Pledge: “God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.” If we can apply this in everything we do, the ability to choose happiness becomes a lot easier.
As I said in the beginning of this article I was going to connect “cheerful” with “happy.” I see “cheerful” as an outward manifestation of being happy. This brings me to another important concept: “Happiness is a Moral Obligation.” With few exceptions, happy people make this world a better place and unhappy people make it worse. Let me ask you; how do you feel when you are around a happy person? How do you feel when you are around an unhappy person? See what happens around you if you choose to be happy, expressing cheerfulness. Even if you fake it, it becomes contagious and before you know it, you are actually feeling happy. Why are you feeling happy? You are happy, because you have made the choice to be living in the moment.
Let’s see if I can tie all of this together into a clear bullet-point summary/conclusion.
- Happiness should never be connected to a result or a condition.
- Happiness is a choice.
- Happiness comes easier when it is based in “gratitude.”
- Happiness is also living in the moment.
- Happiness is a moral obligation.
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I Bet You Didn't Know this.......
Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and
A. All were invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
A. Father's Day
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old
Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when...
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
What is a Meme?
I can't recall the number of times that I have been asked, "What is a meme?" Actually, unitl I got into blogging, I never heard the word before. So, these brief definitions are for the newer bloggers.
Following are a number of definitions of a meme:
- An idea that, like a gene, can replicate and evolve.
- A unit of cultural information that represents a basic idea that can be transferred from one individual to another, and subjected to mutation, crossover and adaptation.
- A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes".
- An idea, project, statement or even a question that is posted by one blog and responded to by other blogs.
- Viral encapsulated idea, with built-in feedback loop.
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“Tag Your It” - Rules of Tag Protocol
Following are a number of rules that I have developed to help the newer bloggers better understand what it means to "tag" someone. Tagging is usually involved in the spreading of a "meme."
Rules:
- List the Tagee's name and/or blog name, with link, after you post your meme.
- Try and choose meme-friendly sites to participate.
- Go to their site and invite them to participate in the least obtrusive way possible.
- If you leave a comment after a specific post, have the courtesy to leave an appropriate post specific comment. Then invite them to participate in the meme.
- Invite, never challenge; ask, never demand!
- If you truly believe in the benefit of this particular meme, go ahead and explain the benefits, but always leave the tagee a dignified way to say “no.”
Memes can be fun and/or revealing. Join in these if it feels good. Some can be an outright waste of time.
Memes are not for everyone. Some people will never participate no matter how beneficial the meme is. If someone says “no” to a meme invite, respect that decision.
When deciding whether or not to get involved in a meme, the overriding concern should be whether your readers will gain some benefit by reading it. Some of the obvious benefits would be that your readers:
- Will gain some insight into who you are (that could be good or bad).
- Gain some intrinsic value from the subject matter.
- Would like to get involved themselves.
- Would find humor in it.
- Would learn something.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
11 People on a Rope
Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter, ten men and one woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave, because otherwise they were all going to fall. They weren't able to name that person, until a woman gave a very touching speech, She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids or for men in general, and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return. As soon as she finished her speech, all the men started clapping.
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