1. Make realistic goals
for yourself, write them down, pray about them
and try to achieve them!
2. Go through your cell phone, caller id, calendar, and email addresses
and discard all the people and events that mean you no good or don't
benefit your life!
3. Stop making excuses about your life and make changes!
4. If you are involved with a person, job, or circumstance that is doing
more harm than good, do yourself a favor -
LET IT GO!
5. Stop being someone's
mistress; especially if you are aware that you
are.You're better than
that, and you deserve better!
6. If you are between the
ages of 22-35 please start listening to more
than Hip-Hop!
7. Take care of your kids and devote a weekend or two when you spend
"quality" time with them. Who cares if you miss out on a "mix"! You
can party anytime!
8. Get your debt in order! Eventually you'll want a nice home and car in
your name.
9. Stop spreading
senseless rumors and try to get your own life in
order.
10. Listen more! Talk
Less!
11. Give without worrying about it!
12. Tell him/herno for once!
13. Tell people you love them before your hear about some great tragedy
in the world or lose a close friend!
14. Speak clearly and not ignorantly! Anyone can be a fool.
15. If you are married, stop cheating. If yo u're guilty of this, ask God
to forgive you and don't do it again! Remember the Ten Commandments.
16. Stop waiting on Tax Season and Save Now!
17. Eat what you need and not just because you can!
18 See how long you can go without checking your cell phone when it's
not ringing.
19. Be more positive and stop being a grouch!
20. STOP HATIN'! If you don't like my style, kick rocks! DO YOU!
21. Appreciate everyone. WHY do we put each other down for the most
ridiculous things?!?
22. If you are a person of color and you live with and/or work in a white
environment, don't be the one showing the latest dances, singing the
new Jay-Z, or teaching Ebonics.
23. Be better not bitter!
24. Men and women - cry more! It's therapeutic.
25. Stop tripping about not being where you want to be! What have you
been doing to get there?!?
26. If you aren't inarelationship, it's not the
end of the world! Self
love is more valuable!
27. If God delivers you from a messy relationship, friend or situation,
why do you keep
PULLING THEM BACK?
Let it go! 28.
FORGIVE! FORGIVE! FORGIVE!
All of us have been forgiven for some low
life things, so open your heart! Remember - God forgave you.
29. Men, stop trying to be so hard when it comes to relationships. Let
that gua rd down before you lose the one that's meant for you!
30. Speak up for yourself!
31. Learn a new hobby! Broaden your mind.
32. If you're single, start going on more dates with different types of
people. Don't just stick to the same type of woman or man!
33. Stop forwarding all the text messages you receive; everyone doesn't
have unlimited text messages!!
34. Stop replying to ALL!
35. Live like today is your last day, love like God taught us, and
laugh like you've never laughed before!
36. Lastly, if it's only 5 minutes a day have a little talk with Jesus!
Let Him know you want to be better today than you were yesterday and
watch Him turn things around for you!
This new version of the 'footprints' story really caught me off guard
at the end...What a blessing.
JUST READ IT!
FOOTPRINTS...A New Version
Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road
together. For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily,
consistently, rarely varying the pace.
But your footprints are a disorganized stream of zigzags, starts, stops,
turnarounds, circles, departures, and returns.
For much of the way, it seems to go like this, but gradually your footprints
come more in line with the Lord's, soon paralleling, His consistently.
You and Jesus are walking as true friends!
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens: Your footprints
that once etched the sand next to Jesus' are now walking precisely in His
steps. &nb sp;
Inside His larger footprints ar e your smaller ones, you and Jesus are
becoming one.
This goes on for many miles, but gradually you notice another change. The
footprints inside the large footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually they disappear altogether. There is only one set of footprints.
They have become one.
This goes on for a long time, but suddenly the second set of footprints is
back. This time it seems even worse! Zigzags all over the place. Stops.
Starts. Gashes in the sand. A variable mess of prints.
You are amazed and shocked.
Your dream ends. Now you pray:
'Lord, I understand the first scene, with zigzags and fits. I was a new
Christian; I was just learning. But You walked on through the storm and
helped me learn to walk with You.'
'That is correct.'
'And when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was actually
learning to walk in Your steps, following You very closely.'
'Very good.. You have understood everything so far.'
When the smaller footprints grew and filled in Yours, I suppose that I was
becoming like You in every way.'
'Precisely.'
'So, Lord, was there a regression or something? The footprints separated,
and this time it was worse than at first.'
There is a pause as the Lord answers, with a smile in His voice.
'You didn't know? It was then that we danced!'
Wake Up
A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband
is not in bed.
She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him
sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him.
He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches
as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.
'What's the matter, dear?' she whispers as she steps into the room, 'Why
are you down here at this time of night?
The husband looks up from his coffee, 'It's the 20th Anniversary of the
day we met'.
She can't believe he has remembered and starts to tear up.
The husband continues, 'Do you remember 20 years ago when we started
dating? I was 18 and you were only 16,' he says solemnly.
Once again, the wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so
caring an! d sensitive. 'Yes, I do' she replies.
The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily. 'Do you remember
when your father caught us in the back seat of my car?'
'Yes, I remember' said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.
The husband continued. 'Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my
face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter or I will send you to
prison for 20 years?'
'I remember that, too' she replied softly.
He wiped another tear from his cheek and said 'I would have gotten out
today.'
Subject:
WHY MEN SHOULD NOT TAKE MESSAGES]
Subject: Going To Hawaii
A young woman in New York was so depressed that she decided to end
her life by throwing herself into the East River. She went down to the
docks and was about to leap into the frigid water when a handsome
young sailor saw her on the edge of the pier, crying.
He took pity on her and said, "Look, you have so much to live for.
I'm
Off to Hawaii in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on
my ship. I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day."
Moving closer, he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added,
"I'll
keep you happy, and you'll keep me happy." The girl nodded yes. After
all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh start in Hawaii would
give her life new meaning.
That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat.
From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece
of fruit, and they made passionate love until dawn.
Three weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by
the Captain. "What are you doing here?", the Captain asked. I have an
arrangement with one of the sailors,' she explained. "I get food and a
trip to Hawaii , and he's screwing me."
"He certainly is," the Captain said. "This is the Staten Island
Ferry."
Sand and Stone
TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT. DURING SOME POINT OF
THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND JUST
UP & SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE.
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND:
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.
THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE ! AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:
"TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE ".
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, "AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A
STONE, WHY?"
THE FRIEND REPLIED WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE
IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN
ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR
US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT."
LEAR N TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
PERSON,AN
HOUR TOAPPRECIATE
THEM,
A DAY
TO LOVE THEM,
BUT THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.
SEND THIS TO THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET
I JUST DID.
IF YOU DON'T SEND IT TO ANYONE, IT MEANS YOU'RE IN
A
HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.
TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE!
DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN
YOUR LIFE !
AND IF I HAPPEN TO GET IT BACK,
THEN I KNOW MY PLACE IN YOUR LIFE