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Each year from spring to fall, I watch little saplings grow from the trunk of this tree.
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"External conditions are the accidents of life, it's outer trappings. The great enduring realities are love of service. Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. Resove to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulty."
~ Helen Keller
Since I began teaching English as a volunteer about a year ago in our local community, I've wanted to learn Arabic. What a difficult language to choose...all those different phonemes (articulated sounds) that we don't have in English! Well, I've decided to begin learning in earnest. I found a great online program that will help me get through the beginning levels. It's called ArabicPod101 and includes the option of a live tutor. Anyway, just for fun I added a widget on the right sidebar of this page that diplays an "arabic word of the day." Thought some of you might enjoy it as well.
Assalamu Alaykum! السلام عليكم
Two new links have been added to DustyDoodle's side bar. They're music programs that minister to the needs of elderly, disabled and cancer patients. I remember when my mom was on hospice. The day before she went to be with God, she was ministered to by music from "A Touch From Above" and it was really beautiful for all who were there. Please take the time to look over these two music therapy websites, The Beat of Life; The Dan Eaton Memorial Project and Heart and Hope Music. I coiuld say more, but I'll let the webwsites speak for themselves.
"We believe a person best learns to read...
from "The Word that Kindles" by George M. Cowan
And I liked this one the best...
A story tells of two friends who were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend 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 other 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."
WRITE OUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND CARVE OUR BLESSINGS IN STONE!
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Each year from spring to fall, I watch little saplings grow from the trunk of this tree.
Tiny sprouts weather extreme summer heat to grow into strong, fully developed branches.
I never tire of the analogies in nature that teach us about our spiritual life.
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~ Helen Keller
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Since I began teaching English as a volunteer about a year ago in our local community, I've wanted to learn Arabic. What a difficult language to choose...all those different phonemes (articulated sounds) that we don't have in English! Well, I've decided to begin learning in earnest. I found a great online program that will help me get through the beginning levels. It's called ArabicPod101 and includes the option of a live tutor. Anyway, just for fun I added a widget on the right sidebar of this page that diplays an "arabic word of the day." Thought some of you might enjoy it as well.
Assalamu Alaykum! السلام عليكم
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Christmas 2012 is here and ...
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In Old English the word "fiaell" (fyll) meant to "fall from a height."
But it wasn't used to describe the season of Fall.
About 500 years ago, when Middle English was spoken,
the Norse word "fall" which also meant to fall from a hieght,
was borrowed into English. But the word "fall" only came to refer to the season "Fall" in the 1500s. Before then, the season was called the Germanic word "Harvest".
The word "Autumn" or in Middle English, "autompne" was taken from the Latin "autumnus." But it's use for the fall season seems to be of unkown origin.
Autumn or Fall, whichever it's called is my favorite season.
And although it represents an ending of sorts,
it always makes me think of new neginnings with it's crisp, clear days
and riot of bold color.
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The murmurs behind your back are not the sum of your worth,
not even if they are words of admiration.
~ Norman G. Wlison, Writers on Writing
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Don't assume that money, shelter and creature comforts
are enough to demostrate your love.
Nothing can replace your presence,
your hug, your smile, your touch
- - -you!
~ Mayra Montero
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"You are not here merely to make a living.
You are here to enable the world to live more amply,
with greater vision,
and with a finer spirit of hope and acheivement.
You are here to enrich the world.
You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand"
-Woodrow Wilson.
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Hmmm...I've always said "Don't mistake my kindness for stupidity."
Saw this on Facebook and had to pass it along.
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Just want to let everyone know that I'm still making changes to Flutterby's. Some of the links on this page may not work at the moment. But as I catch things up with the new address, all the old posts will be available. Also, I've just finished my certification to teach English as a Second Language. You can check out my work website at Learn English :-))
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"We believe a person best learns to read...
from "The Word that Kindles" by George M. Cowan
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Turn on your sound... This is a re-post. But it's a great poem, worth a re-read!
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Most people have never done the kind of work shown in this video.
But it's one of the labors of love that makes America great!
I've been fortunate to spend a few years working on a farm ranch operation
... and I don't mean a dude ranch.
So God Made a Farmer by Paul Harvey,
is for those who feed America and the world
contributing their own sweat equity!
contributing their own sweat equity!
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Wow! I just clicked on one of those "side-bars" on my Facebook profile page. One that highlights a post from one year ago today? I can hardly believe it. It was something I wrote from the Ronald McDonald House while Dusty was in critical care. Now here we are at home (still!) and he's off the Hospice program.
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| Dusty with Daisy Mae and Pappas last Christmas |
Although fragile, he's stable and beginning to enjoy life again. Who woulda thunk it? We really don't get the final say, do we? I guess Dusty will pack his spiritual bags and go home the same as the rest of us will...when God decides the time and circumstances. Meanwhile, I'm grateful for all your good thoughts and prayers! Hope you all have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day!
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| An older Christmas photo with Mom and that's Auntie Ruth behind the antlers :-)) |
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“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstien
“Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” ~ Vince Lombardi
It isn't what we bring to our work that matters most. It's what we become because of it.
~ oops! can't rmember the author...not mine though :-))
“The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountabilit
y for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.” ~ Michael Armstrong
Check out History channel online for an overview of the Origin of Labor Day
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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 other 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."
WRITE OUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND CARVE OUR BLESSINGS IN STONE!
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