Dr Wingnut

Category: General

  • Death's Cookbook

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    Take:1 reckless, natural-born fool3 drinks of whiskey1 fast automobileSoak the fool in the whiskey, place in the automobile, then let go.  After due time, remove from the wreckage.  Place in a satin box and garnish with flowers.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • On Meditation

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    Often people in twelve step programs say they don't know really know how to meditate.  Sometimes this answer is returned: prayer is talking, meditation is listening.  As far as it goes, that is a fairly good answer, but does not open up the deep possiblities of true meditation.  For one thing, listening is an action…

  • The Ultimate Test

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    John Blanchard stood up from the bench straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose.His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library.…