It’s Been A VERY Frustrating and Annoying Day!
Honestly folks…sometimes trying to do nice things for some people is like peeing your pants in a dark suit…you get a warm feeling but no one notices it…
My Good Time Stories
Inspirational, Motivational, and Heartwarming Stories
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Photo credit: Wikipedia There are many people in today’s world that want nothing to do with helping other people. Their thought is, “why should I go out of my way to help them with the problem that they are facing? It has nothing to do with me.” Well, sometimes this decision can come back to affect them. The story today clearly illustrates why, sometimes, we should go out of our way to help others.
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain? The mouse wondered – he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me.”” I cannot be bothered by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. “Be assured you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow and said “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!” The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.
But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you, remember…..the mouse in the house. -
I would like to take this opportunity to give my deepest, heart-felt thanks to my friend at It’s ME. She has a VERY creative site that has fantastic photos and creative photography. I truly encourage you to visit this site if you want your heart and spirit to be encouraged!
THE RULES ARE:
- Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you and link him/her to your blog.
- Nominate 10 other bloggers.
- Copy, paste the award logos on your blog
- Answer the questions given.
Here Are The Questions:
What is the meaning of life?
To be kind, help others, and draw them closer to God by the way I act towards them.
What is happiness all about?
When a person loves the things they do, they are truly happy. Like Mark Twain once said, “If a person loves their job, they won’t work a day I their lives.”
Why did you start a blog?
To share inspiring and motivating stories to other people so that they can feel good about themselves.
What is more important in your life: relationships or fame?
Relationships. I could care less about fame…it’s only a fleeting thing.
What is the one thing you like about blogging?
Helping others and, hopefully, being able to touch their hearts.
What is the best decision you ever made?
Religiously: Asking the Lord to save me. Life: Marrying the best wife and mother to my children a man can ask for.
Do you believe that unconditional love really exists in any kind of relationship?
Absolutely! REAL love should be unconditional.
Do you believe in Karma? If yes, then what are the good and bad Karma according to you?
Not really.
Do you believe in rebirth or afterlife? If yes, then why?
Afterlife. The Bible is 100% inspired by God. Who are we to question and doubt God? God says in the Great Book that there is an afterlife. God said it and I believe it…’nough said.
What is the best moment of your life?
Watching my children being born and spending time with my family.
My 10 Nominees for these awards are as follows:
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Français : Saimiri sciureus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is a great little story that I found (great-motivational-stories.blogspot.com) that demonstrates two primary things that generally will decide whether or not a person ever becomes successful. It has always been fascinating to me how many people are afraid to let go of their fears or to think “outside the box” in order to be successful. The following short illustration, gives us a good example of this concept…
Monkey-hunters use a box with an opening at the top, big enough for the monkey to slide its hand in. Inside the box are nuts. The monkey grabs the nuts and now its hand becomes a fist. The monkey tries to get its hand out but the opening is big enough for the hand to slide in, but too small for its fist to come out. Now the monkey has a choice, either to let go off the nuts and be free forever or hang on to the nuts and get caught. Guess what it picks every time? You guessed it. He hangs on to the nuts and gets caught.
We are no different from monkeys. We all hang on to some nuts that keep us from going forward in life. We keep rationalizing by saying, “I cannot do this because . . .” and whatever comes after “because” are the nuts that we are hanging on to which are holding us back. Successful people don’t rationalize. Two things determine if a person will be a success: reasons and results.
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There is nothing better than a nice, loving family and awesome relatives. This is one of my many handsome little nephews. What a cutie!
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I grew up on the Jersey shore and this was one of my favorite rides. There is nothing better than seeing the ocean and the boardwalk on a warm summer night while swinging high on a ride!
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Photo Credit: screanews.us Decisions were made by going “eeny-meeny-miney-mo.”
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, “do over!”
“Race issue” meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in “Monopoly.”
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn’t odd to have two or three “best” friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn’t matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was magic when dad would “remove” his thumb.
It was unbelievable that dodge ball wasn’t an Olympic event.
It was time to go home when the street lights blinked on.
The dinner bell would sound meaning that dinner was ready.
Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the “big people” rides at the amusement park.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed our bikes into motorcycles.
Abilities were discovered because of a “double-dog-dare.”
No shopping trip was complete, unless a new toy was brought home.
Oly-oly-oxen-free” made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapons.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.
Ah yes…the times when life was simple and pure. Sometimes I wish that we could go back and live those days again. If you can remember most or all of these, then you really LIVED!
What are some things that YOU remember?
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This is a great story about the history of the doughnut…Hmmmmmm!
I’m giving you a heads up, so you can be prepared for breakfast (or lunch or dinner or snacks or all of them). Tomorrow, June 7, is National Doughnut Day!National Doughnut day was created in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to World War I soldiers.
Now, aside from a tasty treat, why would The Lady in The Red Cloak be writing about doughnuts? The history behind them of course! And all the better that that history begins in one of the Maine towns that offers Red Cloak Haunted History Tours, Camden.
There was a young man… well, in 1847 he was considered almost a man, I’m sure. He was 15 so nowdays we might call him a boy. He had a complaint to make to his mother about her favored ‘dough cakes’. They were nice fluffy blobs of dough that she fried, then sprinkled with sugar, maple…
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It’s all fun and games…until the dog pushes you in! 🙂
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It’s sad to say that little Silas sadly passed away May 25, 2013 after fighting cancer for most of his young life. Here are his inspiring, emotional thoughts on heaven. It puts life into perspective. Enjoy your life…every day!
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What do you do to get ready for the rain? This little guy is certainly prepared! 🙂
Photo Credit: Penkdix Palme National Geographic
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Credit: Ron Sanderson What do you think is the most important part of your body?
I recently came across this story on “Inspirational Stories for Your Soul” that I thought was intriguing and which raised a good question…what is the most important part of the human body? Can you guess what it might be? The answer may surprise…and inspire you!
My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body and, through the years, I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer.
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans so I said “my ears, mommy”.
She said “No, many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”Several years passed before she asked me again. Since my last attempt, I contemplated a correct answer. So I told her “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.”
She looked at me and told me that I was learning fast but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years she asked me a couple more times and always the same answer “No. But you are getting smarter every year, my young child.”
Then last year my Grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it is only the second time I saw him cry.
My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa.She asked me “Do you know the most important body part yet? And I was shocked she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me.
She saw the confusion on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you that it was wrong and given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.”She looked down at me like only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said,
“Son the most important body part is your shoulder.” Was it because it held up my head?
She replied, “No, because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my son.I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”
Then and there I knew the most important body part was not selfish, it was sympathetic to the pain of OTHERS.
You are a friend and, whenever you want, you can cry on my shoulder!!!
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did,BUT REMEMBER…
People will never forget how you made them feel.
My Good Time Stories 