Encouragement Quotes

My answer to the question: What are 3 things I think of when I hear the word Life.
This was written in reply to a survey question I was asked on the SOS radio station music board.
Wow, it is funny you ask that now. Since December my mother has had so many heart attacks. She is still alive. I remember sitting in the hospital with her Christmas Eve and she was saying maybe she should just die because she was such a burden on everyone.
It is difficult to convince someone in poor health to keep fighting when you and she both believe that you shut your eyes here and open them in Heaven. There would be no more pain and no more tears, yet we continue to fight for life here. That just makes me wonder why do we do that?
I had so many talks with God over the past 8 months about her life, and asking God to help me deal with His decisions no matter what.
She has told me in the worst of times that God is not ready for her yet. It makes you wonder, what more does she have to do? How is God going to use her life here in a mighty way? I do not doubt that He is going to do something great.
She almost died again over a week ago due to prescribed drugs not being given to us with the correct directions for administering.
God allowed us to have a cardiologist appointment at just the right time when if we did not have that appointment her heart probably would have stopped.
There are no coincidences when you believe in God.
For 8 months I have been asking if they can give my mother a stint, or open the clogged arteries. The answer is always no. There are so many people praying all around the world.
Long story a bit shorter. My mother was transferred to a hospital in Los Angeles where she was examined by even more cardiologists. They saw things the other doctors did not see, and God’s timing again, my brother and I were there when they said they thought the stint procedure could be done.
God gets the glory. We are going to pick my mother up tomorrow and take her back to her house. It is a long drive, and I have to believe that God would not have taken her this far and then not give her the strength
for a 3-4 hour ride home.

There is so much to be grateful and thankful for. Our life is a gift from God. I am not sure what is waiting when we leave life on planet Earth and go to life in Heaven. Eternal life with no sorrow and tears. I am not sure of all the details, but it will be nice to lose the sin nature. The music in heaven is going to be incredible.
Life is a journey. My GPS is prayer, God gives the directions. When I don’t listen I get lost, but all I have to do is seek the rerouting and forgiveness and I get back on the right path.

Hello everyone. This is a fast video-less than 3 minutes long and you should really check it out to see Elvis Presley in Cheetos Art. It looks like they used the puffs and not the crunchy kind, but maybe they used both. What do you think?

I think this video is definitely encouraging to watch. I would never have thought of making art with Cheetos. I usually just eat them. You can see by the labels that they used the real things, not the imitation ones. I wonder if it makes a difference.

I hope you enjoy the video and that it adds a smile to your day. I am not the artist in the video although I would really like to have some of that talent.

This was posted on the Social Site WomVegas in the “Coffee Shop”. I thought it was so great that I wanted to repost it here, too. It is from the member named Harry Joseph, and I am not sure where he got it from. There are lots of words of encouragement and encouragement quotes you can get from that site. I always leave there smiling.

Here is the story:

harryjoseph RE-post:How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day?

Unless you’re the Terminator, for an instant you’re probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly she can get back her focus on what’s important.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here’s what happened.

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car’s back end by just inches!

The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call,

“The Law of the Garbage Truck.”
Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.

You’ll be happy you did. So this was it: The “Law of the Garbage Truck.”
I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I said, “I’m not going to do it anymore.”
I began to see garbage trucks. Like in the movie “The Sixth Sense,” the little boy said, “I see Dead People.”

Well, now “I see Garbage Trucks.” I see the load they’re carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don’t make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.

One of my favorite football players of all time, Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field. He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled. He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his best.

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?
Here’s my bet. You’ll be happier. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so . . . Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don’t. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance , TAKE IT! If it changes your life, LET IT! Nobody said it would be easy . . . They just promised it would be.

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Visit my WomVegas Link and pick a door. There are going to be lots of fun ways to use points there including advertising if you have a business. It will be fun to meet some of my blog readers there.

I posted a long long post this morning, and even had a video on it. Now it is missing.
You just have to expect that sort of stuff to happen. I probably messed up along the way.

I spend a lot of time finding just the right video to add to it, and then asked people to visit and comment on it. It is late now, but maybe I can recover the post and add it at another date.

Be sure to read tomorrow about The Garbage Truck.

This email comes with pictures in it that I did not load to my site but you would always customize it with some pictures of your own. There is a part in it where it is suggested to send the email out and ask to get it back.

I deleted the part where you tell your readers that you want to see how many friends you have. It is at the end but you could put it back in if you wanted to.

There were hundreds of people on the list of those who have received this email. Have you seen it or sent it before? If not you can copy it, add some pictures and send it to those you do not see often enough.

I want you to think about this for a minute…….

If I happened to show up on your door step Crying,
Would You Care?

If I called you and asked you to pick me up Because something Happened,
Would you come?

If I had one day left, to live my Life;
Would You be part of That Last Day?

If I needed a shoulder to cry On,
Would You give me Yours?

Do You know what the relationship is between Your two eyes?
They blink together, they Move together, they cry together,
They see things together and they Sleep together,

BUT THEY NEVER SEE EACH OTHER….

That’s What friendship is.

Life Is lonely Without FRIENDS.

It’s World best friends “WEEK”.

Send this to all Your good Friends but seldom see but think about often.

Send it back to Me, if I am one of Them.

They say if You get more than 3 then you really are a Lovable person…

Have you see Steve Bridges as Obama? It does not matter if you are Republican, or Democrat, or with another political party, or even another country, these videos will make you smile and laugh. They are worth watching. I hope you enjoy them. Remember it is humor here and not intended to make a political statement.

Enjoy this man’s talent as you watch the two videos.

Here is the second one.

I hope you found them worth your time and funny.

Here is today’s YouTube video pick. If this does not encourage you and make you smile, I am not sure what will. This is definitely going to be a highly viewed video. Dancing dog Gin and his trainer perform and win big.

I found this video through a friend on FaceBook. Have you seen this seat belt commercial yet? Be sure to share the link. It is a great video.

I got this in an email from a friend. I hope you enjoy it.

A Holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, ‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.’

The Lord led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.

In the middle of the room was a large round table..

In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew,

which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly..

They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.

But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering..

The Lord said, ‘You have seen Hell. They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one.

There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water.

The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.

The holy man said, ‘I don’t understand.

‘It is simple,’ said the Lord. ‘It requires but one skill.

You see, they have learned to feed each other.

The greedy think only of themselves.’

When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you.

Its estimated 93% won’t forward this.

If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title ’7%’ .

I’m in the 7%

Remember that

I will always share my spoon with you.

Spring is officially here for a lot of us, however some of us just want to celebrate too early. So before you go out to have your springtime fun remember to be cautious. Things to remember…Ice is slippery even when it looks like water.

If the image below is not animated you might want to click on it.

Spring flowers are beautiful but be sure to look before you get too close to them. What could be hidden near by? Maybe bees or even snakes can be lurking in the new spring flowers or tall grass.

You have to be aware when enjoying nature. So get out there and get some pictures of this beautiful time of the year.

If you have images you would like me to share on my blog, just let me know. Leave a comment. I will give you a link back to your blog, or site.

Here is a nice video. It is very relaxing to watch it. I hope you enjoy. I did not make it, but it is another YouTube selection.