Category: General
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Global Village
If Earth’s population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people with all the human ratios existing in the world still remaining, what would this tiny, diverse village look like?That’s exactly what Phillip M. Harter, a medical doctor at the Stanford University school of Medicine, attempted to figure out. This is what he found.57…
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Instructions for Life
Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.When you lose, don't lose the lesson.Follow the three R's:Respect for selfRespect for othersResponsibility for all your actionsRemember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.Learn the rules so…
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Children's proverbs
A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.Better to be safe than……………punch a 5th graderStrike while the…………………Bug is closeIt's always darkest before………..Daylight Savings TimeNever underestimate…
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Funny Crazy Eights
RulesSingle Deck = 4 peopleDouble Deck = 6 or moreDeal each player 8 cardsTurn one card upNext player plays same suit or same face value. If you can't follow suit, draw a card.Jack is wild. Can play anytime. Can name own suit.Ace = Reverses the play until another Ace is played7 = Next player loses…
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Prayer for friends
Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this right now. I am asking You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubting, release a renewed confidence in Your ability to work through them.Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I…
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Vices
"Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property."Lysander SpoonerThis battle [over medical marijuana] is no more about marijuana than the Boston Tea Party was about tea.Michele Kubby
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Recipe for a Happy New Year
To leave the old with a burst of songTo recall the right and forgive the wrong;To forget the thing that binds you fastTo the vain regrets of the year that's past;To have the strength to let go your holdOf the not worthwhile of the days grown old,To dare to go forth with a purpose true,To…
