Dr Wingnut

Day: August 3, 2000

  • Holiday gifts…

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    That are better than "Stuff"Twelve Pictures in my Mind that make me happy.Seeing the wonder, warmth and hope of a sunrise.Appreciating the healty glow of a peaceful sunset.Someone speacial to sit with me when I am old.Hearing my spouse sleep softly and quietly when I head off to work.Viewing and contemplating the wonders of a…

  • You Can Learn It All in Basic Training

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    Everything you need to know to succeed in life can be learned in three months of basic training:You can get along with anybody if you take a lot of showers together.No matter how bad your haircut is, it always grows back.If you are really hungry, even lousy food is delicious.Gunsdokill people, too.The fastest way to…

  • Dr. Bob's defintion of humility

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    On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility:"Perpetual quietness of heart.  It is to have no trouble.  It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me.  It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,…

  • Prayer for the present

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    God, I spend so much timereliving yesterday or anticipating tomorrowthat I lose sight ofthe only time that is really mine —the Present.On Praying — from Twenty-Four Hours a Day; January 11th, October 8th, November 1st.

  • Attitude

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    The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of Attitude on life.  Attitude to me is more important:than facts,than the past,than education,than money,than circumstances,than failures,than successes,than what other people think or say or do.It is more important than appearances, or skills.  It will make or break a company, a church, or home.The remarkable…

  • Common behavior characteristics

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    We have feelings of low self-esteem that cause us to judge ourselves and others without mercy.  We cover up or compensate by trying to be perfect, take responsibility for others, attempt to control the outcome of unpredictable events, get angry when things don’t go our way, or gossip instead of confronting an issue.We tend to…

  • The Twelve days of Christmas

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    The song was composed by Catholics in England during the 16th Century.  They were forbidden by law to practice their Catholic faith.  The only legal church in england was the state church.  To teach their children the basic doctrine, they used nonsense songs that would not raise the suspicions of the non-Catholics around them, but…