A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks-George Mueller
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks-George Mueller A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. – Charles Gordy in Thomaston, Ga., Times Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, “This isn’t fair-George Mueller
Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, “This isn’t fair-George Mueller Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, “This isn’t fair. The rest of the world today is eating turkey with all the trimmings and all I get is dog food. Because I’m a dog,” he said, “all I […]
Encouragement and Peanut Butter
Encouragement and Peanut Butter “Encouragement is like peanut butter the more you spread it around, the better things stick together.” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email
Letter from President Madison
Letter from President Madison In his old age, President James Madison suffered from many ailments and took a variety of medicines. It is said that a longtime friend from a nearby county sent him a box of vegetable pills, one of his own home remedies, asking to be informed if they brought relief. In time he received […]
If I Had Known
If I Had Known If I had known what trouble you were bearing,What griefs were in the silence of your face;I would have been more gentle and more caring,And tried to give you gladness for a space.I would have brought more warmth into the place,If I had known. If I had known what thoughts despairing […]
The Makings of a President
The Makings of a President Dwight Morrow, the father of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once held a dinner party to which Calvin Coolidge had been invited. After Coolidge left, Morrow told the remaining guests that Coolidge would make a good president. The others disagreed. They felt Coolidge was too quiet, that he lacked color and personality. […]
Being Too Nice
Being Too Nice Sixty-eight-year-old Elsie Holdren lost her position as a security guard in August 2010 because she was too courteous. Her superiors wrote, “Due to your caring and giving nature, you are compromising your position as a security officer. Being caring and giving is not a job requirement, nor is it what you are paid […]
It Is Better to Be Kind Than Clever
It Is Better to Be Kind Than Clever Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com, was ten years old when he saw a commercial stating that every puff a smoker took on a cigarette shortened his or her life by two minutes. He was quite a math whiz, so he began adding up how many minutes […]
Picking up the Wagon
Picking up the Wagon A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon-load of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. “Hey, Willis,” he called out, “forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up.” “That’s mighty nice […]
He Can Be Nice When He Wants To
He Can Be Nice When He Wants To One woman commented on her husband’s unsavory disposition: “He can be nice when he wants to . . . he just never wants to!” Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email