Killing time murders opportunities...

"Killing time murders opportunities..." WHAT A CLICHE... When we kill time, we MURDER opportunities... MURDER, it said MURDER!!!! When someone is murdered, that person is gone for good... It's not just gone for a while, IT'S GONE FOR GOOD!!!!  that tells me when we kill time (waist time, not make the most of the opportunities that we have every day) we MURDER that opportunity, we KILL it... It's GONE!!! It's NEVER coming back... I know, I know... your thinking, there may be a second chance for that opportunity... You MAY be right... but, you MAY NOT... who wants to take that chance? We never know wether or not we will GET that second chance...

My Point: I had a great opportunity to spend some time praying with and getting to know a young man tonight... Had I NOT taken the opportunity that was before me, I would have missed the chance to meet a young man who loves God and JUST WANTS MORE OF GOD.... How cool is that? (and I found out he actually reads my blog)  Who knew???

When all is said and done...

"When all is said and done..." is there more SAID than DONE?  I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin... When your life is over, will there be more things that you talked about than you actually did? They say, You only have one life to live, make it count... What are you saying that you should be doing? Why are you talking instead of doing... I heard someone recently ask this question... Are you a ducker or a doer? It seems as though there are a lot of people who can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk... They can't stand the heat, so they need to get out of the kitchen...

My Point: Have I used enough "Cliches" or should I use a few more? Let me know...

just a little break from all the cliché's...

here is a list of funny sayings that was sent to me... Thought you might enjoy them...
Worry is a misuse of the imagination.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.
A day without sun shine is like, you know, night.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
A smoking section in a restaurant is like a peeing section in a pool.
All true wisdom is found on T-shirts.
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
Beauty lasts for a moment, but ugly goes on and on and on.
Everyone leaves the world a little better – some by leaving.
Failure is not an option – it’s a lifestyle.
Happiness isn’t having what you want, it’s wanting what you have.
How come wrong numbers are never busy?
 If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it’s still a foolish thing.
Never buy a car you can’t push.
Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.
Warning: Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.


There you have it... another waisted few minutes reading my Blog...

“An Eye for an Eye, Makes the World go Blind”

“An Eye for an Eye, Makes the World go Blind” WOW!!! What a statement... I heard this from my 16 yr. old son. When I first heard this, it got me thinking... When I am in THAT mood to return anger with anger, or retaliate for something that someone did to me, what good does it REALLY do? I mean, bitterness, anger, revenge, etc. gets into your heart and mind and begins the destructive, downward spiral..  It begins the process of me getting on the wrong path... When your on the wrong path, it leads to the wrong destination. Who really WANTS to go to the wrong place..? When someone does something to me (they poke MY eye), and I retaliate (I poke their eye), what good does it do? We both go blind!!!! The only person that feels better is ME... and oh yeah, I forgot, It’s all about me...

Another day closer to retirement...

"Another day closer to retirement..." That's a statement I used to make when I would go to work... I would say "Another day closer to retirement, Yep, only 35 more years and I'm outta here..." As I have gotten older I realized that if retirement is the only thing I am looking forward to, I'm looking a little to far forward, missing what's right in front of me... To many times we dream, look forward to, or dread what's in the future... And there's nothing wrong with that... But we need to recognize what's in front of us... Too many times we miss out on GREAT opportunities that are starring us right in the face... 

My Point: BE WHERE YOU ARE!!!

Pardon the French...

I was sitting in a restaurant with a good friend of mine for my Birthday lunch that HE bought me (with a buy one get one coupon)... when a young professional looking young man sat at a table close by and answered his phone and began talking to a colleague... he talked for several minutes and the said these words (minus the expletives) "All there going to do is *?!$ people off, pardon the french!!!" As I was sitting there, my first thought was "If you have to ask people to pardon what you say, you probably shouldn't say it" my second thought was "That word isn't even french"...

My Point: I just found it funny....

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth...

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
For those who don't know, this means to basically be thankful for a gift, and not look down on its value. Now, if you don't know what a gift horse is, this can be confusing. Adding to that would be the question of why someone would 'look him' in the mouth to begin with.

In the times that the phrase was coined, horses were quite the commodity, as their uses were many. One of the ways to possibly determine a horse's age is to look at its teeth, surely the younger the better. So it was probably rude to go digging around the mouth if someone gave you a horse as a gift, at least while they were still standing there.

I just returned tonight from a trip to a VERY nice golf resort weekend... Friday, Saturday & Sunday... Friday, as soon as we got there, It started to rain...rain, rain and more rain... at that moment, I could've started looking the "Gift Horse" in the mouth... I could've started complaining and looking at the negative stuff..

What happens when you get close to something? (say, maybe a horse?) you begin to notice the "Flaws"... the flaws that you didn't see when you were farther away...

My Point: just because you have flaws, doesn't mean you shouldn't let people get close... We weren't designed to do life alone... get over yourself and love God, love people, and love life!!!