A Reminder of How Important Having the Right Perspective Is!!! (Or Don’t Forget To Smell The Roses Along The Way!!!)

It really is ALL IN THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS!!!!


My daddy sent this email to me a couple of weeks ago and when I read it, it blessed me!!!


This really made me think today and it can really put LIFE into perspective, so I am going to share it with you!!!


I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did!!!


This isn’t a new email and this isn’t the first time I have read it or had it sent to me!!!  Solomon said, There is no new thing under the sun!!!  Ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJV)

***Life's Priorities and Successes***

1.  Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper that      I'm working on for my Psychology class.  When I asked her to define success

in her own words, she said, "Success is when you look back at your life and the

memories make you smile."


2.  Today, I asked my mentor - a very successful business man in his 70’s-       what his top 3 tips were for success.  He smiled and said, "Read something no

one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do  something        no one else is doing."


3.  Today, after my 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at        the grocery store and gave me a hug.  When I tensed up, she realized I didn't        recognize her, she let go.  With tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile on her face she said , "On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center."

      

      
4.  Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of       the road holding him and crying.  And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face.


5.  Today at 7AM, I woke up feeling ill, but decided I needed the money, so I       went into work.  At 3PM, I got laid off.  On my drive home I got a flat tire.      When I went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat, too.  A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.  I start       tomorrow.


6.  Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my  mother's hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before

she passed away.  She simply said, "I feel so loved right now.  We should have gotten together like this more often."

      

7.  Today, I kissed my dad on the forehead as he passed away in a small hospital     bed.  About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time that I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

      

 
8.  Today, in the cutest voice, my 8-year-old daughter asked me to start     recycling.  I chuckled and asked, "Why?"  She replied, "So you can help me save

the planet."  I chuckled again and asked, "And why do you want to save the  planet."  "Because that's where I keep all my stuff."


9.  Today, when I witnessed a 27-year-old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2-year-old daughter's antics, I suddenly realized that I need   to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it.

10.  Today, a boy in a wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with

my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me.  He helped     me all the way across campus to my class and as he was leaving he said, "I

hope you feel better soon."

      

      

11.  Today, I was feeling down because the results of a biopsy came back        malignant.  When I got home, I opened an e-mail that said, "Thinking of you today.  If you need me, I'm a phone call away."  It was from a high school friend that I hadn't seen in 10 years.


12.  Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe.  He said that he hadn't eaten anything in over 3 days.  He looked extremely skinny and      unhealthy.  My friend offered him the rest of the sandwich that he was eating.  The first thing the man said was, "We can share it."

      

      

THE BEST SERMONS ARE LIVED, NOT PREACHED!!!    

      

Even though this is just an email that I copied and shared, it is definitely worth passing on!!!  I am so glad that I have someone to share these with!!! 



Always remember the little things in life are important!!!


Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) Do not despise these small beginnings…


Always remember to take time to listen to people!!!  It is more important to listen than to be heard!!!


Always be more concerned about others than you are about yourself!!!


It ONLY take a smile to light up someone’s life and make their day!!!

LIVE LIFE!!!  DON’T JUST WATCH IT PASS YOU BY!!!


LIVE!!!

LAUGH!!!

LEARN!!!


Jeremiah 29:11 Common English Bible (CEB) I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.