Category: General

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…