45 Lessons of Life

This is something we should all read at least
> once a week
> Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The
> Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
>
> “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45
> lessons life taught me… It is the most-requested column
> I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in
> August, so here is the column once more:

> 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
> 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
> 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone…
> 4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.
> Your friends and parents will.. Stay in touch.
> 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
> 6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to
> disagree.
> 7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying
> alone.
> 8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
> 9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
>
> 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
> 11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the
> present.
> 12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
> 13. Don’t compare your life to others.. You have no idea what their
> journey is all about.
> 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t
> be in it.
> 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But
> don’t worry; God never blinks.
> 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
> 17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or
> joyful.
> 18.. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you
> stronger.
> 19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But
> the second one is up to you and no one else.
> 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life,
> don’t take no for an answer.
> 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy
> lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is
> special.
> 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
> 23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear
> purple.
> 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
> 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
> 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ’In
> five years, will this matter?’
> 27. Always choose life.
> 28. Forgive everyone everything.
> 29. What other people think of you is none of your
> business.
> 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
> 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
> 32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
>
> 33. Believe in miracles.
> 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of
> anything you did or didn’t do.
> 35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it
> now.
> 36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
> 37. Your children get only one childhood.
> 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
> 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
>
> 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone
> else’s, we’d grab ours back.
> 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
> 42. The best is yet to come.
> 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
> 44. Yield.
> 45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a
gift.

> Its estimated 93% won’t forward this. If you are one of
> the 7% who will, forward this with the title ’7%’.

> I’m in the 7%.
> Remember that I will always share my spoon with you!
> Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves
>
>

Petrol Efficiency Tips

Tips on Filling your Vehicles…
ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR CAR OR BIKKIE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD.

Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening…. your litre is not exactly a litre.
In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

WHEN YOU’RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE.

If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less worth for your money.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL.

The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation.
Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP –

most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money.
DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! LET’S SHARE INFORMATION AND BENEFIT ALL, FOR THE BETTER OF MANKIND

Compiled by Ramesh Patel on 16.03.2008

(submitted by Dunni Odeyinka)

Maybe…

1. Maybe. . we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. 2. Maybe . . . when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but, often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don’t even see the new one which has been opened for us. 3. Maybe . . . it is true that we don’t know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives. 4. Maybe . . . the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. 5. Maybe . . . the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can’t go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures and heartaches. 6. Maybe . . . you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do. 7. Maybe . . . there are moments in life when you miss someone — a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child — so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them more. 8. Maybe . . . the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had. 9. Maybe . . you should always try to put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too. 10. Maybe . . you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave them alone. 11. Maybe . . giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don’t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but, if it doesn’t, be content that it grew in yours. 12. Maybe . . . happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives. 13. Maybe . . . you shouldn’t go for looks; they can deceive; don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. 14. Maybe . . you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy 15. Maybe . . . you should try to live your life to the fullest because when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling but when you die, you can be the one who is smiling and everyone around you crying. Maybe. . . you could send this message to those people who mean something to you, to those who have touched your life, to those who can and do make you smile when you really need it, to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down, and to all those whom you want to know that you appreciate them and their friendship. (submitted by Dunni Odeyinka)

ONCE UPON A TIME……….

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 mainIngredient: The Chicken.

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 — when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS NEVER HELPED YOU OUT (INCLUDING ME) AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

REMEMBER,,,,
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON’S TAPESTRY;
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a Friend……….

Dayo Silva
Cause Creator

(submitted by Moremi Cleopatra Osanyinjobi)
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MURPHY’S DICTUMS

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You can get more with a smile and a gun,

than you can get with a smile alone.

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Light travels faster than sound.

This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

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He who laughs lasts, thinks slowest.

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Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine
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Those who live by the sword,

get shot by those who don’t.

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Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

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The 50-50-90 Rule:

Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right,

there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

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If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end,

someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them,

five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

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If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

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The things that come to those who wait,

will be the things left by those who got there first.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.

Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

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A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

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The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

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A fine is a tax for doing wrong.

A tax is a fine for doing well.

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When you go into court,

you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people,

who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.

(submitted by M.T. Seymour)

Happiness 5a:

Seattle Olympics Inspiration:

Happiness 5b:

Seattle Olympics Inspiration

Happiness 4b

Happiness 4b:

Happiness 4a

Happiness 4a:

A Taste of Womanhood

I know the womenfolk out there will relish this and I am therefore dedicating it to them. Here is to your ‘igbadun’ (enjoyment)!

Dunni

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day, while his wife stayed at home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed: ‘Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home… I want her to know what I go through. So, please allow her body to switch with mine for one day Amen!’ God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, Awakened the kids, Set out their school clothes, Fed them breakfast, Packed their lunches, Drove them to school, Came home and picked up the dry cleaning, Took it to the cleaners And stopped at the bank to make a deposit, Went grocery shopping, Then drove home to put away the groceries, Paid the bills and balanced the check book. He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dog. By then, it was already 1P.M. so he hurried to make the beds, Do the laundry, vacuum  and dust , sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Run to the school to pick up the kids and get into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies, and get the kids organized to do their homework. Then, he set up the ironing board and watched the TV while he did the ironing. At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and Snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, He cleaned the kitchen, Ran the dishwasher, Folded laundry, Bathed the kids, And put them to bed. At 9 P.M . He was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed, and said: – ‘Dear Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day. Please, Oh! Please, let us trade back. Amen!’ The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied: ‘My son, I feel you have learned your lesson, and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were, but you’ll just have to wait for 9 months. You went and got yourself pregnant last night.’ This has been voted Women’s Favourite E-mail of the Year! (submitted by Dunni Odeyinka)