Good Enough No Longer Is

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One day inside the HR director’s office an interview was taking place.

INTERVIEWER: “So why did you leave your previous job?”

APPLICANT: “The company relocated and they did not tell me where!!!”

There was a time when horror stories used to begin with: "It was a dark and stormy night..." Now it begins with your boss saying, "I never wanted you to leave but..." And so you enter the house of horrors.

Buzzards, Bats and Bumble Bees

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The name Wayne Rice, editor of the book entitled “More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks” is familiar to me. I’ve used many of the stories found from that book and have found it helpful in giving life lessons. Delightfully however, I came across a material this time written by James Danhof, also from an Internet site and his contributions have really caught my attention to his wisdom in catching lessons fit for life learning. Allow me to share with you his findings on 3 kinds of creatures that never learned how to fly given an abnormal situation.

If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no hope.

Advice for Owners of Submerged Cars

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1) do everything you can to dry the electronics, DO NOT START THE CAR. wait for a few days.

2) find or get help to access the car's computer box. this box gets fried when the car is started when it is wet.

I Hate My Job

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You hate your job. You’re thinking of quitting.

You are not happy and you find that you have to drag yourself out of bed every morning so you can go to work. If this is your situation then today’s message is for you.

A Letter From A Young Man

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I want to share with you one of the letters I received that really blesses my heart.

Here it is:

Hi Sir Francis,

Thanks for speaking at UST last month. It was wonderful and, in terms of content and audience feedback, everyone agreed it was the best seminar in the college of architecture. (And to think you're not even an architect and the topic is not even "architectural.")

It was actually I who persuaded the organizers to invite you because personally you have inspired me a lot especially in writing. I was in grade 6 the first time I read your book Three Little Words and I was so inspired by it I even wrote your quotes on our blackboard. My teacher wasn't exactly thrilled but eventually she learned to like the quotes and even borrowed the book from me. I continued writing in high-school and won several awards for it. I'm now in my fourth year in college and currently editor-in-chief of the country's longest-running architecture magazine. Right now, I enjoy helping younger writers in our college to do better in their craft.

Your inspiration is contagious and may it continue to infect other people. And may they never recover.

Warm Regards,

Adrian

You know what? I am of all people blessed!

Don’t Forget the Musician

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Years ago, there was a master violinist in Europe. He would play in concerts, and he had a magnificent Stradivarius violin, extremely expensive. He would play the Stradivarius violin in concert and everyone would whisper in the crowd, "Listen to the beautiful sounds of the Stradivarius."

He would play in churches, and people would say, "Listen to the beautiful sounds of the Stradivarius." He even played before kings and queens, and they, too, would turn to one another and say, "Listen to the beautiful sounds of the Stradivarius." All the glory went to the instrument.