Edwin & Marly's Wedding: My First Impromptu Hosting Assignment

Attending the wedding will be my first after years and years of not going to any of such kind. Why? I've gone out the business of caring. I'm not comfortable. And I just don't want to.

But one very good thing that happened in Edwin and Marly's wedding is my reawakening. I ask myself, how many more friends would entrust one of their happiest moments to make me be an important part of it? Only few I know, like the kind of friendship I have with Marly.

Marly, a very good friend of mine wants me to host her wedding. My initial reaction is, do you want your guests to fall asleep? Then I heard her usual laugh. She said she mean it. I don't know why.

Maybe, she’s used to my funny-conversation with friends where we’d burst into laughter whenever I share my opinions. My friends know that I never got serious in almost anything I say. Even about breaking ups, even about relationships with family and with almost anyone, I never get serious. My life is a joke. My friends know that.

Maybe, that’s what she’s expecting if I host their wedding. Anyway, I said yes I will although our prior agreement is for me to sing only in their wedding. I will because she’s my friend and I may never have that opportunity again.

When I said yes, that started my worries. I told her I need to have the program soonest possible time which I got such a little sooner before the wedding ceremony started. Haha. I told her that some guests might be offended if I’d be myself. Huh. But she just laughed at it. I also said I want to see the location, and with our friends, we visited the place.

But there’s one condition that Marly reiterated: I should never wear anything much that I’d look like the star of the night. Laughing out loud, I agreed. The newly-wed couple must be the focus of attention anyway.

Night before the wedding, I had to sleep early because I still got to work at 5am ‘til 2pm, wedding is at 3:30. I had my clothes in a bag ready to change outfit before the wedding. I took a cab to the church, where I don’t know the exact address. On my way, I’m calling my friend to tell where the driver must take turns. I reached the church at 3pm. I’m the first one to arrive actually. After few minutes, the groom arrives together with his parents. I had my chit-chat with him and asking some questions that will fill my dead-airs during the program. Principal sponsors arrived and then the secondary sponsors and some of our friends and other guests.

But where is the program list? The ever beautiful and fancy and all-out-smiling bride arrived in a bridal car. She’s Marly on her wedding gown with never-to-be-missed-ribbon. That’s how she wants her gown to be, with ribbon. She said, she sent the program to my email which unfortunately I wasn’t able to check as it was filtered in the office server. The hard copy is in the hotel which I need to look for and get back. With the other working for the wedding, we went back to the hotel and we found the program and included the cd that we might need in the program also.

With Ate Daisy, we went to the reception area so we can prepare the location before their arrival. Everything was set up. We tested the dvd player, microphone, etc... But the dove requested by the couple is not available. Too late to know that we don't have time to complain, they gave a gift instead and we only sighed. What more can we do. Some of the guests were already seated and said they have waited too long. Blame it on the priest, they said.

We plan to start the program before the newly-wed couple enters the door of the reception. We waited a while then here comes the bride and groom, but he parents are missing, they arrived later. Instead of going with the program, we let the wedding singer fill the gap. Unfortunately, the cd he brought is not compatible with the dvd player. We had to request for another cd player specifically for his cds. We then decided that be food served earlier. After few talks and wishes, we called for another song again and I decided to sit beside my friends. I had the soup and suddenly I felt the stomach wanting more. I'm already hungry that I just didn't notice. But that's okay, Edwin's sister is so nice that she even requested that I had a special seat but I refused. I enjoyed sharing the food with my other friends. The singer had finished singing and I went back just to play some songs while we devour the sumptuous meals served.

I went back on the place as the host right away. It's getting late we had to wrap things up in less than 30 minutes. I called some of the couple's friends for their wishes. It was a heartfelt moment, reminiscing how each friend wants to pass on to the next generation the friendship among them to their children. Only the best among the best of friends do that. Some of Marly's friends even had to turn their back to wipe away their tears of joy which made me believe, it's really the thought that counts.

We had to rush with the cake and wine ceremony and the throwing of bouquet and the garter. We even had to call each single male and female to participate. Anyway, Doreen and Alvin got those memorabilia from the couple. And they kissed just as what the couple's do. Don't worry Doreen, your soon-to-be husband won't read this.

The highlight of the event is the message of the couple. Despite the many encumbrance that made me not even follow the program, the couple had an all-out-smile recognizing all our efforts and the guests attendance. Never had I seen them frown or even worry, not even in a single moment. I am really very proud of being a part of this very simple yet very memorable and worry-free union of happy hearts. I could only wish the best for Edwin and Marly.

After all the gift-opening and picture-takings, I hurried to supposedly watch Jed Madela's Christmas Concert. On our way to the jeepney stop, I'm talking to another friend who'll get married next year. Her name is Doreen, my new laughing-buddy. She's a natural comedienne. But I seriously promised her that I'll go all the way to Iloilo to attend her wedding, another hosting assignment in the making. Huh!

I'm sure it took lots of laugh and a very good friendship for Marly to finally say, I'd be the one to do it. I may not have done my best, I may not have been the usual friend who has comment on anything during that celebration, but I felt I'm the best friend, Marly and Edwin will forever remember and will forever hold the crown(?) and the microphone on the start of their happy life as a married couple. A happy and married life that I could only wish for. Marly knows that.

This is the story of my first impromptu hosting assignment.

Joke time again!!

NARS: doc, bat tinanggihan nyo yung pasyente?
DR: alin, yung bakla?
NARS: opo. Baka sabihin namimili tayo, porket bading siya.
DR: ano naman raraspahin ko sa kanya?
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things you don't want to hear during your own surgery:
-san yung gunting na bago? Bat may kalawang to?
-10ml? may nakasurvive na ba dyan? Sabi ko 5ml lang!
-doc, ubos na po pala yung anesthesia.
-kanina pa bukas yung tiyan, asan yung pantahi?
-sunog! Sunog! Labas lahat!
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inspiring quote of the day:
"hindi ako tamad. Hindi ko lang alam kung saan ko ibubuhos kasipagan ko."
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BOY: I know we are also like matter, we can't occupy the same space at the same time. Kaya aalis na lang ako.
GIRL: bakit ganun para tayong mga parallel lines, why can't we meet at the same point?
BOY: your verbs and actions are not correct that's why all of the subjects are affected.
GIRL: ayoko na. you've reached my boiling point. And now my heart is getting to its freezing point!
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'dear te, dear te, dear te!!!'
-sigaw ni Anabel Rama kay Lorin at Veniz (mga anak ni Rofa) habang naglalaro ng tubig sa kanal.
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MRS: hon, am I pretty or ugly?
MR: uhm.. both..MRS: anong both? Pwedeng pretty and ugly?
MR: ang ibig ko sabihin, you're pretty ugly.
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TEACHER: okay class our lesson for today is science. What is science?
PEDRO: ako ma'am! Ako ma'am!
TEACHER: okay Pedro, what is science?
PEDRO: science is our lesson for today.
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AMO: inday, paalisin mo nga yung pulubi sa labas ng bahay.
(nilabas ni Inday)
INDAY: off you go! Under no circumstance this house would relent to such unabashed display of vagrant destitution!
PULUBI: oh! I'm so ashamed! Such a mansion of social climbing freaks!(nakakuha na ng katapat si Inday!)
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BOB: nakakamagkano ka sa 1 araw?
PULUBI: nag-uumpisa kasi ako ng 8am. Ngayon 9am na. naka 80 na ko.
BOB: hindi din masama noh? Ano mabibili mo niyan?
PULUBI: pwede na tong isang espresso macchiato sa starbucks!
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DOC: umubo ka!
PEDRO: ho! Ho! Ho!
DOC: ubo pa!
PEDRO: ho! Ho! Ho!
DOC: okay.
PEDRO: ano po ba sakit ko doc?
DOC: may ubo ka.
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TRIVIA: do you know how they make rubber gloves in China ?
Workers deep their hands into melted latex, then air-dry them.
Now guess how they make condoms?
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Why God invented menopause:
Once upon a time, a 70 year old woman gave birth.
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BISITA: pwedeng makita ang baby mo?
MOM: mamaya na.
30 minutes after.
BISITA: pwede na bang makita?
MOM: oo, pero hintay muna tayo na umiyak kasi nakalimutan ko kung saan ko linagay.
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in a miss gay pageant:
HOST: how can we uplift our economy today even though we are under economic crisis?BAKLA: (namutla) mga bakla! Akala ko ba miss gay ito? Quizbee pala!
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Sexy girl sumangguni sa mayor:
MAYOR: iha, ano ang maipaglilingkod ko sa iyo?
SEXY: mayor, pag nakakarinig po ako ng lalaking nagmumura di ko mapigilan sarili ko na yayain siya magsex!
MAYOR: 'tang ina! Di nga?
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TEACHER: ano ang pambansang ibon?
BOY: chicken?
TEACHER: hindi! kulay brown ito!
BOY: fried chicken!
TEACHER: hindi! mas maliit ito sa chicken.
BOY: knorr chicken cubes!
TEACHER: get out!
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when your lips are silent and your eyes are closed and your ears are deaf.
It only means one thing.
May discount ka sa jeep.
Disabled ka 'tol, disabled!
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The Philippine presidents flying in a plane.
GMA: what if I throw a check for a million pesos out the window to make at least 1 Filipino happy?
CORY: but my dear, why don't you throw 2 checks for half a million each and thus make 2 Filipinos happy?
RAMOS: why not throw four checks for a quarter of a million each and make four Filipinos happy?
And on it went until finally, Erap blurts out:"but madam president, why not simply throw yourself out of the window and make all the Filipinos happy?"
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a great example of globalization:
princess Diana, a Welsh princess with an Egyptian fiancé, crashed in a French tunnel while riding in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky, chased by Italian paparazzis on Japanese big bikes. An American doctor tried to save them using Brazilian meds. This message was made by a Filipino on a Finnish Nokia phone smuggled from China by a Pakistani based in Quiapo.
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1. Trulalu.
2. eklavu
3. eklavu.
4. trulalu
5. eklavu
6. trulalu
7. trulalu.
8. eklavu
9. trulalu
10. trulalu

-batang bading nagsasagot ng true or false na quiz.
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MEKANIKO: sir, hindi ko po naayos preno ng kotse niyo.
CUSTOMER: ha?! Pano yan?
MEKANIKO: nilakasan ko na lang po ang inyong busina! Happy trip na lang po!
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kung nag GAY LANGUAGE sana sila GMA at GARCI eh di walang SCAM!
GMA: hallow gracia!
GARCI: uy mother ever! Na chenilyn de kimberlyn ko na po yung mga chuva eke k.
GMA: bonggacious! Eh yung mga chenes chenes, carry na ba?
GARCI: flatshoes! Winnie santos mama, wiz na wori eclavou na ever! Na chorva na!
GMA: ang tarushki! Maldita ka talaga vruha ka! Eh di windra na naman watashi?!
GARCI: anufi ate.
GMA: oshah ba.
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Divorced father: anak pag-uwi mo bigay mo sa nanay mo itong cheke at sabihin mo 18 yrs old ka na, huling cheke na makukuha niya for child support tapos tignan mo kung ano ang expression ng face niya.
Anak: mom, sabi ni dad bigay ko daw sayo itong cheke, last support na niya ito sakin kasi 18 na ako. Pagkatapos tignan ko daw expression ng face mo.
Mom: sa susunod na pagbisita mo sa kanya paki sabi salamat sa suporta kahit di mo siya tatay! Pagkatapos tignan mo expression ng face niya!
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BOY: dad, tulong naman sa assignment ko. Find the least common denominator daw.
DAD: ha? aba'y elementary pa lang ako eh hinahanap na nila yan ah! Aba'y di pa ba nila nakikita?
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Anong sabi ng centipede nung may nakasalubong siyang isang centipede?
"uy pare. Apir!apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!apir! apir!.... ......
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BOY1: nkakakaawa naman lola mo.
BOY2: bakit?
BOY1: nakasabay ko kasi magsimba nung isang araw, ubo ng ubo. Pinagtitinginan nga ng tao.
BOY2: papansin lang yun!
BOY1: bakit?
BOY2: bago kasi blouse niya!
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a boss confused about his Math asked his secretary:If I give you P3M less 17%, how much would you take off?
SECRETARY: everything sir! Dress, bra, panty!
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TEACHER: mga bata, alam niyo ba na ang bawat butil ng palay ay galing sa dugo't pawis ng mga magsasaka?
MGA BATA: eeewwww!
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BOY: is this your first time?
GIRL: (angrily) oo naman noh. You guys talaga. So kuleeet! Always asking me the same question. Paulit-ulit. Hmp!
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magsyota sa motel.
BF: alam mo love, ikaw ang first girl na dinala ko dito.
GF: sinungaling. Sabi nila lagi ka dito!
BF: oo, pero ikaw lang talaga ang girl!
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STUDENT: ma'am, pagagalitan niyo po ba ako sa bagay na hindi ko naman ginawa?
TEACHER: natural hindi.
STUDENT: good, di ko po ginawa assignment ko!
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PARI: halika sa sulok
MADRE: bakit po?
PARI: sara mo pinto.
MADRE: wag po!
PARI: patayin mo ilaw!
MADRE: diyos ko po!
PARI: tamo rosary ko. Glow in the dark!
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why was white chocolate invented?
So little black kids could have dirty faces too!
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isang araw sa may tindahan.
PULUBI: palimos po.
TINDERO: wala po, patawad.
PULUBI: sige na po, kahit magkano.
TINDERO: sya sige! Eto, dos.
PULUBI: salamat po ng marami. Isang Malboro nga po, yung menthol.
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TITSER: bat ka na-late?
EDWARD: nawalan ho kasi ng 500 yung lalaki.
TITSER: tinulungan mo siyang maghanap?
EDWARD: hindi po, tinapakan ko lang hanggang umalis siya.
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sa kasalan
PARI: sana ang donation mo ay katumbas ng ganda ng pakakasalan mo.
GROOM: eto P5, father.Tinignan ng pari ang bride.
PARI: eto P4 sukli mo iho.
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sabi nung friend ko, nakakalaki daw ng tiyan ang beer. Kasi noon minsan nalasing siya, nabuntis siya!
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a thirsty city girl went to a barrio
GIRL: where galling your water manong?
MATANDA: sa ilog ineng.
GIRL: ha? You drink that water manong?
MATANDA: duhhh! Why, sa syudad ba chine-chew?

HOMOPHOBIA

I tried to google the definition of homophobia on the net and I got several. Most definition says it's a fear of gays and lesbians. The suffix "phobia" is derived from the Greek word "phobos." In English, it means either fear or loathing. "Homo" is a Greek for "same or equal." It's a conotation that it's a hatred of homosexuality or hatred of homosexuals or fear of gays and lesbians.

But this is not about that fear. What's left in my mind is the definition I collected long time ago and that is the fear of seeing yourself, the bad side of you, in other people. That's the fear that makes a baby to stop from crying when the baby hears his/her recorded tantrums.

I write this because I had an experience when I decided to give in to understand someone. I felt like being an undercover agent but not with the purpose of discovering something. I did it all for love. Read what I did for love.

JOKE TIME!!!

Funny stuff only found in the good old Philippines. ..

>>* Nakasulat sa pader:
>"MARUNONG KA BANG TUMAHOL? ASO LANG ANG UMIIHI DITO!"

>>* along a highway in Pampanga:
>"WE MAKE MODERN ANTIQUE FURNITURE"

>>* in a Baguio grocery:
>"FRESH FROZEN CHICKEN SOLD HERE"

>>* in Cubao:
>"NONE ID NOTHING ENTRY"

>>* on a parking lot:
>"TAXI AND OUTSIDE CAR NOT ALLOWED"

>>* along Luneta Boulevard:
>"BAWAL TUMAE SA BULEVARD"

>>* on Jeepney and Bus signs:
>"BEFORE PAY, TELL WHERE GET THE ON BEFORE GET THE OFF"

>>* on a Flower shop in Rizal Avenue:
>"WE SELL ARTIFICIAL FRESH FLOWERS"

>>* on a delivery truck:
>"NOT FOR HERE"

>>* on window of a restaurant in Baguio:
>"WANTED: BOY WAITRESS"

>>* A grafitti inside the cubicle of a ladies' C.R. in a university:
>"PLEASE DON'T SIT LIKE A FROG, SIT LIKE A QUEEN."

>>* At a men's comfort room, above a urinal:
>"HAWAK MO ANG KINABUKASAN NG BAYAN"

>>* at a construction site in Mandaluyong:
>"BAWAL OMEHI DITO. ANG MAHOLI BOG-BOG"

>>* somewhere along San Andres:
>"NO URINATING, ON THE OVER WALLS"

>>* vacant lot near makati ave.:
>"DON'T PARKING"

>>* at an eatery in Cebu:
>"WE HAB SOPDRINK IN CAN AND IN BATOL!

>>and this is the best of them all!!

>* on a building somewhere in the Philippines. ..
>"NOTARY PUBLIC TUMATANGGAP DIN NG LABADA KUNG LINGGO"

Phils is overpopulated by corrupt officials

I'm 100% sure this income disparity is replicated in all the provinces ofthe Philippines. If we had more Ed Panlilios in our government, we would bejust like Singapore in a short time. Read on...... We hope we are witnessing what will be a sustained revolution in good governance in the Province of Pampanga , under its newly elected governor, Fr. Ed Panlilio. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer of August 26, only one monthafter Fr. Panlilio assumed his gubernatorial duties, the province's incomefrom the quarrying of volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo had reached P29.4million. (Haulers pay a fee of P300 per truck of volcanic ash that they haul from the quarry.) By contrast, during his predecessor Mark Lapid's term as governor, the province's income from the same quarrying operations amounted to only P29 million a year. This gaping variation in official incomes from the same activity should inspire a new set of textbooks in Arithmetic, especially for the schoolchildren of Pampanga. There is nothing like local color and local situations to cultivate comprehension in young minds.

Sample problems:

If Fr. Ed's provincial government can collect P29.4million in 26 days (we assume no quarrying on Sundays), how much does itcollect in one day?
Answer: An average of P1.130 million.

If Fr. Ed's provincial government collects an average of P1.130 million a day from quarrying operations, how much can it collect in one year of 313 days (365 daysless 52 Sundays)?
Answer: P353, 690,000, or P354 million.

If Fr. Ed's provincial government can collect P354 million a year, and Mark Lapid's provincial government collected only P29 million a year, what is the difference in their official yearly collections?
Answer: P325 million a year.

If Mark Lapid was governor for four years and his provincial government's annual collections from quarrying amounted to an average of P29 million, how much did his provincial govt. officially collect in four years?
Answer: P116 million.

If Fr. Ed manages to remain as provincial governor for four years, and his provincial government's annual collection from quarrying were to average P354 million, how much will his provincial government collect infour years?
Answer: P1.416 billion.

What is the difference between P1.416 billion and P116 million?
Answer:P1.3 billion.

Where did this P1.3 billion go?
Answer: Only God and the Lapids know.('Lapids' is in plural because Mark, as a second generation political dynast, succeeded his own father, now Sen. Lito Lapid. We don't know how much Lito's provincial government officially collected from quarrying operations during his watch. Should be a good investigative project for media.)

If Gawad Kalinga spends an average of P75,000 per lowcost house, how many low-cost houses can P1.3 billion build?
Answer:17,333 low-cost houses.

If the average Pampanga family were to consist of five persons (father,mother, three children), how many people would be benefited by 17,333low-cost houses?
Answer: 86,665 persons.

End of Arithmetic lesson.
Fr. Ed is to be congratulated for setting a high benchmark for collection from quarrying operations against which his predecessors have a moral obligation to explain why their collections were so low, and against which future governors will be judged by the people of Pampanga.

Volcanic ash, by the way, is a superior building material. Many of the buildings, aqueducts & monuments of the Roman Empire that have survived for almost 2,000 yearsare known to have been built w/ volcanic ash, quarried from the environsof Mount Vesuvius after it erupted in 79 AD.

We don't expect Fr.Ed's moral victory in Pampanga to be remembered for the next 2,000yrs. We would be happy with five, ten or 20 years, enough, we hope, to spawn a moral-revolution- by- example to save the Filipinos from their worst enemies - themselves. GOOD LUCK Philippines !"

Therefore, the primary cause of poverty is not overpopulation of thePhil! It's because our country is overpopulated with corrupt officials"

MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE

Every day should be a good day and you should live it like it's your last.

Some people live a life of anger, frustration, pain, jealousy, and/ordishonesty, but all of these things will come to pass when your time here isover. Just take a moment to think.

We will not be on this earth forever.

One day, we will not have to worry about going to work or how we will make payment to our loan.

We will not have to worry where our next meal will come from, or how we can buy a house or a car.

At anytime, God could take us off of this earth, so you should appreciate today and not worry about tomorrow, for nobody knows what tomorrow will bring.

When you wake up each morning, thank the Lord for waking you up.When you lie down to sleep at night, thank the Lord for another day.

If you have a job, thank the Lord for your place of employment. Ask that he may ble ss you in everything that you do. Ask him to give you the knowledge and the wisdom to do your job. If you don't have a job, thank him anyway.

Ask him to direct you to the job that is right for you. When you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, say a prayer. Thank the Lord for providing foodand nourishment to your body.

If you are healthy, thank the Lord for the health and strength in your body.If you aren't, thank him anyway for life, and ask him to heal your body.

So the next time that you get mad, think twice.

The next time you complain about something at your job, think twice. The next time you say you wish you had steak instead of chicken, think twice.

Be thankful for what you have, and the life that God has given you.

Pray and ask the Lord for guidance. Be sincere, as God knows whether or not we mean it from the heart.

Help those in need as a gift from your heart, and not so you can get a pat on the back.

Put forth the extra effort in everything that you do. Go after what you want in life, and do whatever it takes to achieve your goals.

No matter how perfect you think you are, there is always a room for improvement, and an opportunity for you to do better.

If you are depressed, don't cry, just hold your head up and the Lord will help you through. Pray and ask the Lord to deliver you from your state of depression.

Whatever it is that you are depressed about, God will take that pain from you heart. It may not be at that moment, or that next hour, or maybe noteven the next day, but He WILL do it if you just believe in Him.

God may not show up when YOU want him to, but He's ALWAYS right on time. God will not give us more than we can bear.

Sometimes he will present us with issues that will test our faith, but youhave to be strong enough to believe that God will do exactly what he says.

The message for today is to praise the Lord, have faith in the Lord, give thanks to the Lord, and live every day like it is your last.

Theoretically speaking, if the Lord never does anything else for us, other than wake us up each day, put food in our mouths and clothes on our backs,we should thank him anyway.

He died so that we could have life on this earth.

Ask why five times

It was discovered that the Lincoln Memorial was deteriorating faster than any of the other Washington, DC, memorials – why?

Because it was being cleaned more often than the other memorials – why?

Here is an example of how five whys can give a deeper perspective:

It was being cleaned more often because there were significantly more bird droppings on the Lincoln Memorial vs. any of the other memorials – why?

There were more birds around the Lincoln Memorial than any other memorial and it was the sparrow population that was significantly higher – why?

There was more of the favorite food of the sparrows at the Lincoln Memorial – specifically spider mites – why?

They found that the lighting used at the Lincoln Memorial was different than the other memorials and this lighting was conducive to the breeding of spider mites.

They changed the lighting and solved the problem.

This is an easy yet powerful tool. It works very well. Try it.

FAMILY

I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use, but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor, You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise, you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small, And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed; "Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?" He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."

He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

FAMILY
Are you aware that if we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means? FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU