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Happy Halloween

Ray’s Daily

October 31, 2019

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“In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Today is Halloween in my country. It is a day when thousands of children will visit neighbors where they will receive treats. I just wish all the world’s children had the same opportunity. Our youth fades but those of us who enjoy our lives have learned to retain some of the joys from our childhood.

I have found that the happiest old folks I know have not given up on life but continue to invest in themselves and their wellbeing. I know that by staying engaged in what is happening while retaining a sense of humor keeps me in good spirits. The following abridged article is a good reminder that our happiness is up to us. So why don’t you join me as we enjoy our day.

10 things you should do every day to improve your life, according to science

Eric Barker

1. 1. Get out in nature – Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your memory and may even make you a better person.
2. 2. Exercise – Other than health benefits too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep, increases libido and makes you feel better about your body.
3. Spend time with friends and family – Friends are key to improving your life. Share good news and enthusiastically respond when others share good news with you to improve your relationships. Want to instantly be happier? Do something kind for them.
4. Express gratitude – It will make you happier. It will improve your relationships. It can make you a better person. It can make life better for everyone around you.
5. Meditate – Meditation can increase happiness, meaning in life, social support and attention span while reducing anger, anxiety, depression and fatigue.
6. Get enough sleep – You can’t cheat yourself on sleep and not have it affect you. Being tired actually makes it harder to be happy. Naps are great too. Naps increase alertness and performance, enhance learning ability and purge negative emotions while enhancing positive ones.
7. Challenge yourself – Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it’s more responsible for your success than IQ.
8. Laugh – People who use humor to cope with stress have better immune systems, reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, experience and live longer..
9. Touch someone – Touching can reduce stress, and help you be persuasive. Hugs make you happier.
10. Be optimistic – Optimism can make you healthier, happier and extend your life.

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“Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live.”

Rachel Ann Nunes

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Men, it is important that you recognize the signs of menopause and then duck.

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. Your husband jokes that instead of buying a wood stove, he is using you to heat the family room this winter. Rather than just saying you are not amused, you shoot him.
3. You have to write post-it notes with your kids’ names on them.
4. The Phenobarbital dose that wiped out the Heaven’s Gate Cult gives you four hours of decent rest.
5. You change your underwear after every sneeze.
6. You’re on so much estrogen that you take your Brownie troop on a field trip to Chippendale’s.

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Earlier today I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

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You know you’re from Iowa if:

*You’ve never met any celebrities.

*Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

*You’ve seen all the biggest bands ten years after they were popular.

*You measure distance in minutes.

*East to you means Illinois.

*You know several people who have hit a deer.

*You’ve ridden the school bus for an hour each way.

*You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

*You think ethanol makes your truck “run a lot better.”

*You know what’s knee-high by the Fourth of July.

*Stores don’t have bags; they have sacks.

*You end your sentences with an unnecessary reposition. Example: “Where’s my coat at?” or “If you go to town I wanna go with you.”

*All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, or animal.

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“If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.”

Maurice Chevalier

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A kindergarten teacher was observing her class of children while they drew. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s artwork.

As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.

The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.”

The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.”

Without missing a beat or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, “They will in a minute.”

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If truth is beauty, how come no one has her hair done in the library?

Lily Tomlin

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Dennis Miller said, being in show business has its drawbacks.  The other day I was at one of my favorite eateries, and I got interrupted midbite by someone asking me, “Are you…?”

I said, “Yes, I’m Dennis Miller. Can we do this later?”

He said, “Do what later?  I just wanted to know if you were finished with that ketchup.”

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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Harold Whitman

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

Those were busy days

Ray’s Daily

October 30, 2019

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“The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choices and our own decisions. We feel for the time being that our life is our own.”

 

I have a lot going on so here is a daily from thirteen years ago.

Ray’s Daily first published on October 30, 2006

Here we go again, another full and interesting week for me. This morning I attended my first meeting at 6:45 and learned that two people I have met with in the past had found jobs and that was great news. Later I attended a great meeting with the leaders of our cities major Senior’s programs and a University friend. We ended up laying out plans for an exciting Senior Citizen/College Student intergenerational program that will be included in the curricula of a global studies course. This is an exciting first step in our effort to build bridges between the generations.

Shortly I am off to the second in a series of lectures on the history and development of China. Tonight I will be attending the Franciscan Center on Global Studies guest lecture series to hear a respected academic from Rutgers speak on “Uses of Just War Ideas in Recent American Debate.”

Tomorrow I will meet, for the first time, with someone who is involved in college level distance learning programs. Wednesday I am having coffee with one of my favorite medical buddies who is my Pacemaker guru. Later that day it will be on to one of our cities Colleges to discuss possible community partnerships.

OK, now the fun part. On Thursday morning I will be helping man the African Cultural Resources booth at the Indianapolis International Festival. It will be student day and we expect to be busy with kids wanting to learn more about the world. I might even wear my African shirt given me by a friend who recently returned from Ghana. I may have a hard time looking and acting African but I’ll do my best. It will be easier on Saturday since I will be working at the Nationalities Council booth from 10AM until 2PM. That assignment will be much simpler because of the many nationalities in my background. What is the word they use for humans? I don’t think it’s mongrel.

That is all I’ll be up to this week with the exception of a couple of meals with interesting people, a Kiwanis meeting, and other stuff that I will remember later. And of course there will be our daily visits. Life is full and I am pretty sure retirement is grand, although I sometimes wish I had a job so I could take some time off for work. Anyway, I will be looking for you out there and if you see me first stop and say hi.

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“The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Rules of Management

Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.

If it’s really a “rush job,” run in and interrupt me every ten minutes to inquire how it’s going. That helps.

Always leave without telling anyone where you’re going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don’t open the door for me. I need to learn how to function as a paraplegic and opening doors is good training.

If you give me more than one job to do, don’t tell me which is the priority. Let me guess.

Do your best to keep me late. I like the office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do.

If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret.

If you don’t like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversation.

If you have special instructions for a job, don’t write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done.

Be nice to me only when the job I’m doing for you could really change your life.

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“One thing vampire children are taught is, never run with a wooden stake.”

Jack Handey

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Mike goes to a psychiatrist. “Doc, he says, “I’ve got trouble. Every time I get into bed I think there is somebody under it. I get under the bed and I think there’s somebody on top of it. Top, under, under top. I’m going crazy!! Can you help me?

“Put yourself in my hands for two years, come to me three times a week and I’ll cure you,” says the shrink.

“OK, but how much do you charge for this? asks Mike.”

“A hundred dollars per visit,” says the psychiatrist.

And Mike replies, “I’ll think about it.” He never went back. Some time later he met the doctor on the street. “Why didn’t you come to see me again?” asks the psychiatrist.

“$100.00 a visit,” Mike says. “Why should I want to pay a hundred bucks a visit? My bartender cured me 100% for just ten dollars.”

“Is that so! says the shrink. “Just how did he do that?” And Mike says, “He told me to cut the legs off my bed.”

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I know I’m not going to understand women. I’ll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider.

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“A Love Poem”

I will seek and find you.

I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.

I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan and groan.

I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.

I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I’m finished with you.

And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days.

All my love,

*The Flu*

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

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Father Guffy roared from the pulpit to his parishioners: “The drink has killed millions– it rots their stomachs and they die in agony. Smoking has killed millions–it coats your lungs and you die in agony. Overeating and consorting with loose women have also killed millions…”

“‘Scuse me, Father,” hollered Reagan from the back, “but what is it that kills the people who live right?

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The Bureau of Incomplete Statistics reports that one out of three.

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She said: I was scheduled to fly from North Carolina to Germany, where my husband was stationed in the military.  As I checked in at the airport, the ticket agent asked me some standard security questions. “Has anyone given you any packages that you didn’t pack yourself?” he asked.

I told him that my mother-in-law had given me a parcel to take to her son.

He looked at me very carefully and asked: “Does she like you?”

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Motherhood ~ If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!

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In the frozen foods department of our local grocery store, I noticed a man shopping with his son.

As I walked by, he checked something off his list, and I heard him whisper conspiratorially to the child, “You know, if we really mess this up, we’ll never have to do it again.”

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The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.  

Bertrand Russell

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

We Do!

Ray’s Daily

October 29, 2019

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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Maya Angelou

Everyday I am reminded just how much we need each other. I am grateful that where I now live gives me opportunities every day to take an interest in the well being of others. Often there is not much I can do to help but I can let folks know that I care about them and sincerely wish them well.

I know of little else that can reward us as much as our expressing a sincere interest in the welfare of others. I know the people I respect most are those who regularly extend a helping hand

Here are excerpts from a piece written by Marc Chernoff that I wish everyone adhered to.

7 Hard Things You Should Start Doing for Others

Don’t just rant online for a better world. Love your family. Be a good neighbor. Practice kindness. Build bridges. Embody what you preach. Today. And always.

1. Start being a source of sincere support. – The closest thing to being cared for is to care for others. We are all in this together and we should treat each other as such. The very demons that torment each of us, torment others all over the world. It is our challenges and troubles that connect us at the deepest level.
2. Start giving people your undivided attention. – There is greatness and beauty in making time, especially when it’s inconvenient, for the sake of someone nearby. You don’t have to tell people that you care, just show them. In your relationships and interactions with others, nothing you can give is more appreciated than your sincere, focused attention.
3. Start respecting and supporting people who are different than you. – Life’s greatest privilege is to become who you truly are. You have to dare to be yourself, one hundred percent, however anxious or odd that self may prove to be. The people who support you in doing so are extraordinary. Appreciate these people and their kindness, and pay it forward when you’re able.
4. Start being willing to be wrong. – The mind is like a parachute; it doesn’t work when it’s closed. It’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by others. But that doesn’t give you the right to immediately reject any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don’t like what they are thinking and saying. Learn to recognize the beauty of different ideas and perspectives, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.
5. Start giving recognition and praise for the little things. – A brave, extraordinary soul recognizes the strength of others. Give genuine praise whenever possible. Doing so is a mighty act of service.
6. Start giving people the space to save face. – What others say and do is often based entirely on their own self-reflection. When someone who is angry and upset speaks to you, and you nevertheless remain very present and continue to treat them with kindness and respect, you place yourself in a position of great power. You become a means for the situation to be graciously diffused and healed.
7. Start being a bit more gentle. – Be gentle and compassionate with those around you. Mother Nature opens millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds. Let this be a reminder not to be forceful with those around you, but to simply give them enough light and love, and an opportunity to grow naturally.

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There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

John Holmes

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Agnes feels his hand rubbing her shoulder. “Oh, that feels good,” she says.

Eddie’s hand moves to her breast. Agnes says “Gee, honey, that feels wonderful.”

Eddie’s hand moves to her leg. Agnes says “Oh, honey, don’t stop.” But Eddie stops.

Agnes asks “Why did you stop?“

Eddie replies, “I found the remote.“

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I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Mr. Shwartz goes to meet his new son-in-law to be, Sol. He says to Sol (who is very religious), “So, tell me Sol my boy what do you do?”

“I study the Torah,” he replies.

“But Sol, you are going to marry my daughter, how are you going to feed and house her?”

“No problem,” says Sol, “I study Torah and it says God will provide.”

“But you will have children, how will you educate them?” asks Mr. Shwartz.

“No problem,” says Sol, “I study Torah and it says God will provide.”

Mr. Shwartz goes home and Mrs. Shwartz, his wife, anxiously asks what Sol is like.

“Well,” says Mr.Shwartz, “he’s a lovely boy, I only just met him and he already thinks I’m God.”

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Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Unknown

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The priest was preparing a man for his long day’s journey into night. Whispering firmly, the priest said, “Denounce the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil!”

The dying man said nothing. The priest repeated his order. Still the dying man said nothing.

The priest asked, “Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?”

The dying man said, “Until I know where I’m heading, I don’t think I ought to aggravate anybody.”

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I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I cant change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.

Charles de Lint

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

Don’t

Ray’s Daily

October 28, 2019

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There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff.

Finn Taylor

One of the things I have learned over the years is that the happiest people don’t waste much time on the trivial. The folks that let the unimportant fill their time and clutter their minds miss the opportunities to manage their life in order to maximize their happiness.

The trivial things we encounter in our lives are just that, trivial and not worth our time. Too many of us let minor inconveniences anger us and waste time better spent just moving on. If we are so busy reacting to little things we can’t control, we will have little time left over to improve those things we can control.

Here is an old favorite story I may have shared with you before, if I did it is worth reading again,

The important things in life

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up the remaining open areas of the jar. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else, the small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party, or fix the disposal.”

“Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

Author Unknown

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Ask yourself this question, will this matter a year from now?

Richard Carlson

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A difficult independent 75-year-old woman liked sitting by the park feeding the pigeons. One day she brought with her a whole loaf of fresh bread just to feed her daily company. Little by little, pinch by pinch, she fed each pigeon with joy. She sat there without being noticed by anyone in the rich suburban neighborhood.

Then suddenly a man in his early 40’s rained on her parade by telling her that she shouldn’t throw away good food on a bunch of pigeons that can find food anywhere when there are a lot of people starving in Africa.

She replied in crazed anger and without hesitation, “Well, hell, I can’t throw that far!”

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People are forever calling me a hypochondriac, and, let me tell you, that makes me sick

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“I don’t understand it, doctor. My weight is just out of control,” said Mrs. Pauly. “I’ve gained over 70 pounds in the last two months. Why, just yesterday, my husband called me a Fat Cow!”

“Well,” said the doctor, “I’m sure that we can find a cause for this. Let’s begin with an examination. Stick out your tongue and say ‘Mooo.’ ”

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“Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of your body – by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgment will be much in your favor. ”

Grantland Rice

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The physics professor, checking to see how many people had actually read the assignment, asked “What are the two types of light?”

The lab fell quiet until a small voice came from the back of the room, “Uhhh, Miller and Coors?”

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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Hugh Downs

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Senior questions???

Q: My wife is going through menopause. What can I do?

A: Keep busy. If you’re handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you are done you will have a place to live.

Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 60+ year old husband?

A: Tell him you’re pregnant.

Q: How can you avoid spotting a wrinkle every time you walk by a mirror?

A: The next time you’re in front of a mirror, take off your glasses.

Q: Why should 60+ year old people use valet parking?

A: Valets don’t forget where they park your car.

Q: Is it common for 60+ year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?

A: Storing memory is not a problem, retrieving it is a problem.

Q: What is the most common remark made by 60+ year olds when they enter antique stores?

A: “I remember these!!”

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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile. The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff, You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today

James Dean

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

 

It is better than you realize

Ray’s Daily

October 25, 2019

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True wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Henry David Thoreau

I think far too many of us overlook just how good we really have it. As we grow older and start to lose some of our capabilities it is worthwhile to stop and review just how good things really are.

I have learned that it is not how much money we have, or the things we own that are important. It is what we experience each day. I find it worthwhile to stop and appreciate one or more things that provide me the enjoyment I have. Here is a list compiled by Marc Chernoff that I think lists some of the good things we share.

19 Signs You’re Doing Better than You Think

• You are alive.
• You are able to see the sunrise and the sunset.
• You are able to hear birds sing and waves crash.
• You can walk outside and feel the breeze through your hair and the sun’s warmth on your skin.
• You have tasted the sweetness of chocolate cake.
• You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
• You awoke this morning with a roof over your head.
• You had a choice of what clothes to wear.
• You haven’t feared for your life today.
• You have overcome some considerable obstacles, and you have learned and survived.
• You often worry about what you’re going to do with your life – your career, your family, the next step, etc. – which means you have ambition, passion, drive, and the freedom to make your own decisions.
• You live in a country that protects your basic human rights and civil liberties.
• You are reasonably strong and healthy – if you got sick today, you could recover.
• You have a friend or relative who misses you and looks forward to your next visit.
• You have someone with whom to reminisce about ‘the good old days.’
• You have access to clean drinking water.
• You have access to medical care.
• You have access to the Internet.
• You can read.

The truth is, you’re doing better than a lot of people in this world.  So remember to be grateful for all the things you do have.

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“What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your thank you’s will be heard even when you don’t use words.”

Pavithra Mehta

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“Occupational Descriptions”

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (Mark Twain)

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.

An actuary is someone who brings a fake bomb on a plane, because that decreases the chances that there will be another bomb on the plane.

A programmer is someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.

A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a “brief.”

A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep.

A schoolteacher is a disillusioned woman who used to think she liked children.

A consultant is someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time.

A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

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“She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.”

George Barnard Shaw

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The psychiatrist was interviewing a first-time patient. “You say you’re here,” he inquired, “because your family is worried about your taste in socks?”
“That’s correct,” muttered the patient. “I like wool socks.”
“But that’s perfectly normal,” replied the doctor. “Many people prefer wool socks to those made from cotton or acrylic. In fact, I myself like wool socks.”
“You DO?” exclaimed the man. “With oil and vinegar, or just a squeeze of lemon?”

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“God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.”

Minnie Pearl

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Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Some people try to turn back their body’s odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.

When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young. One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Yeah; being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Old age is when former classmates are so gray, wrinkled, and bald that they don’t recognize you.

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A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life.

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The preacher was having a heart-to-heart talk with a backslider of his flock, whose drinking of moonshine invariably led to quarreling with his neighbors, and occasional shotgun blasts at some of them.

“Can’t you see, Ben,” intoned the parson, “that not one good thing comes out of this drinking?”

“Well, I sort of disagree there,” replied the backslider.  “It makes me miss the folks I shoot at.”

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Modesty is the art of drawing attention to whatever it is you are being humble about.

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“I live to enjoy life by the littlest things, feeling the grass between my toes, breathing fresh air, watching the wind sway the trees, enjoying the company of loved ones, a deep conversation, getting lost in a good book, going for a walk in nature, watching my kids grow up. Just the feeling itself of being alive, the absolute amazing fact that we are here right now, breathing, thinking, doing.”

Marigold Wellington

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

It could be worse

Ray’s Daily

October 24, 2019

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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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I have a full day ahead so I am again sending you a Daily from long ago.

Ray’s Daily First sent on October 24, 2001

When I came home last night from a productive meeting of the board of the Indianapolis Leadership Association, I again started to work on my computer problems. As my level of frustration was starting to rise, I started to think about my friends who are faced with real problems. I thought about the close friends I have at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who are in the forefront of the biological terrorism that threaten so many. I thought about my friends at the US Agency for International Development, some posted overseas. I thought about my friends at UNICEF both here and abroad; many in areas of the world where innocent people are suffering from the tragic events being fostered upon us all. You know what? I am truly fortunate that all I have are insignificant problems to deal with.

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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw

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A businesswoman is sitting at a bar. A man approaches her. “Hi, honey,” he says. “Interested in a little company?”

“Sure” asks the woman. “What kind of company are you selling?”

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You’re just jealous because the voices are talking to me, not you!

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Hints on when you can tell it is not going to be a good day:

– You wake up face down on the pavement.

– You put your bra on backwards and it fits better.

– You call Suicide Prevention and they put you on hold.

– You see a ’60 Minutes’ news team waiting in your office.

– Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles.

– You want to put the clothes on you wore home from the party but find there aren’t any.

– Your twin brother forgot your birthday.

– You turn on the news and they’re showing emergency routes from the city.

– Your car horn accidentally goes off and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hells Angels along a deserted highway.

– Your boss tells you not to bother to take off your coat.

– You call your answering service and you’re told to mind your own business.

– Your blind date turns out to be your ex-wife.

– Your tax refund check bounces.

– You put both contact lenses in the same eye.

– Your wife says “Good Morning, Bill” and your name is George.

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Jealousy is all the fun you think they have.

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Hubby – You always carry my photo in your handbag to the office. Why?

Wife – When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.

Hubby – You see, how miraculous and powerful I am for you?

Wife – Yes, I see your picture and say to myself, “What other problem can there be greater than this one?”

~~~

Two trucks loaded with thousands of copies of Roget’s Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house last Thursday. According to the Associated Press, witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied …

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A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.  The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same  tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem:  The captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick.  Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show:

“Look, it’s not the same hat.”

“Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table.”

“Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”

The magician was furious but couldn’t do anything; it was, after all, the captain’s parrot.

One day the ship had an accident and sank.  The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course.

They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day and another and another.

After a week the parrot said:  “OK, I give up.  Where’s the boat?”

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Although it is generally known, I think it’s about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.

Groucho Marx

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A traveling salesman went into a restaurant for breakfast one morning. When the waitress took his order he said he wanted his eggs hard and burned around the edges, his bacon was to be burnt crisp and he wanted his toast blackened and hard.

The waitress was surprised but soon returned with his order as he requested.  She then asked if was there anything else she could do for him.

He says, “Yes, sit down across from me, frazzle your hair and start complaining.  I’m home sick!”

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“Misers aren’t fun to live with, but they make wonderful ancestors.”

David Brenner

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FAMOUS LAST WORDS

Don’t unplug it, it will just take a moment to fix.

What happens if you touch these two wires tog–

We won’t need reservations.

It’s always sunny there this time of the year.

Don’t worry, it’s not loaded.

You can make it easy… that train isn’t coming fast.

Gimmee a match. I think my gas tank is empty.

Let’s see if it’s loaded.

Step on her, boy, we’re only going 75.

Just watch me dive from that bridge.

Lemme have that bottle; I’ll try it.

What? Your mother is going to stay another month?

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When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start getting clothes for Christmas!

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A priest and a rabbi, who had become best of friends, were having dinner together.

“Come on,” said the priest to the rabbi, “when are you going to let yourself go and enjoy a piece of ham?”

“At your wedding,” the rabbi replied.

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Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.

Plan more than you can do, then do it.

Anonymous

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

Happy?

Ray’s Daily

October 23, 2019

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It’s all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

Are you happy? Do you know what can make you even happier?

I think too many of us listen to what folks say will make us happy, rather than deciding what we want that would bring more joy into our lives. In my case I find that reducing the variety of activities I pursue allows me to focus on the ones that provide the most pleasure.

I wish I could provide a happiness elixir to the folks I meet who complain about their lives, folks who stay focused on what they don’t like instead of what they could like. But unfortunately, no one but ourselves can lead us to happier lives.

Today I offer an abridged article that provides those who want to become happier a process to improve their lives.

Take Control Of Your Happiness

Jodie Cook

Here are 6 ways to create and control your own happiness:

Make a change – If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. Everything that happens is a cyclical process that will continue until you make an intervention – a change that puts you on a new course.

Evaluate yourself – Be prepared to give yourself honest and ruthless feedback and don’t forget to learn each time you mess up. If you’ve already assessed and addressed your own weaknesses, what can anyone else’s opinion matter?! Get comfortable with your strengths – look for opportunities to use them.

Stop comparing – It happens all the time. You’re happy with your job until you hear about someone else’s and it sounds much better. If you compare your life to anything other than a former version of itself, you’re asking for unhappiness.

Define happiness – The happiness you seek has to be based on your version of happiness and not someone else’s. Definitely not based on TV adverts, celebrity Instagram pictures or the lives of friends and relatives.

Keep your lips sealed – Work out your own plan before you ask for comment. Be sure of your next move before you open up to receive advice.

Design your life – If you can’t define what makes you happy then you will forever be confused as to how you achieve it. If you can define it exactly, no amount of Insta-envy or assessments from others will touch you. Only you have the power and inclination to control your own happiness. No external factors should penetrate your inner core. No one can make you feel anything you don’t want to feel, it’s all a choice. You’ve got this!

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The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.

Goldie Hawn

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An insurance salesman was trying to persuade a housewife that she should take out life insurance. “Suppose your husband were to die,” he said, “What would you get?”

The housewife thought for a while, and then said, “Oh, a parrot, I think.  Then the house wouldn’t seem so quiet.”

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I am in shape! ..Round is a shape.

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Two hunters got a pilot to fly them into the far north for elk hunting.

They were quite successful in their venture, and bagged six big bucks. The pilot came back as arranged to pick them up.

They started loading their gear into the plane, including the six elk. But the pilot objected.  “The plane can take out only four of your elk; you will have to leave two behind,” he stated.

They argued with him; the year before the had shot six and the pilot had allowed them to put all aboard, and the plane was just the same model and capacity as this.

Reluctantly the pilot finally permitted them to put all six aboard.

But when they attempted to take off and leave the valley where they were, the little plane could not make it, and they crashed in the wilderness.

Climbing out of the wreckage, one hunter said to the other, “Do you know where we are?”

“I think so,” replied the other hunter.  “I think this is about the same place where the plane crashed last year.”

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I married my wife for her looks. But not the ones she’s been giving me lately!

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“Oh, Laura!” cried her neighbor, “I’m so very sorry to hear about the loss of your husband.  He was such a wonderful man.  I’m sure he left you well provided for, didn’t he?”

Laura dabbed at her eyes and muttered, “Yes, he was a very caring husband and he left me almost half a million dollars in his will.  I miss him so much that I’d give fifty thousand just to have him back!”

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No one ever says “It’s only a game,” when their team is winning.

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A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.  The audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same  tricks over and over again.

There was only one problem:  The captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick.  Once he understood he started shouting in the middle of the show:

“Look, it’s not the same hat.”

“Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table.”

“Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?”

The magician was furious but couldn’t do anything; it was, after all, the captain’s parrot.

One day the ship had an accident and sank.  The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot, of course.

They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day and another and another.

After a week the parrot said:  “OK, I give up.  Where’s the boat?”

~~~

“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”

Dale Carnegie

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

Feeling Good

Ray’s Daily

October 22, 2019

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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.

Abu Bakr

I think what I enjoy the most in my independent living community is how so many of my fellow resident’s care for each other. It is amazing what a smile, a greeting and even a hug can do for folks who are so often alone.

I watch how people respond to those who show an interest in them and their wellbeing and I appreciate the caring we share for each other. I wish the rest of society was as tolerant and understanding as are so many of the folks here.

We are all up in years and cannot do as much as we would like to do, but we still can do something to brighten the day of another, and you know what when we do our day shines as well. The following story is about someone who also cares.

Good deeds no matter how small can change the world for someone

Every Sunday morning, I take a light jog around a park near my home.There’s a lake located in one corner of the park. Each time I jog by this lake, I see the same elderly woman sitting at the water’s edge with a small metal cage sitting beside her.

This past Sunday my curiosity got the best of me, so I stopped jogging and walked over to her. As I got closer, I realized that the metal cage was in fact a small trap. There were three turtles, unharmed, slowly walking around the base of the trap. She had a fourth turtle in her lap that she was carefully scrubbing with a spongy brush.

‘Hello,’ I said. ‘I see you here every Sunday morning. If you don’t mind my nosiness, I’d love to know what you’re doing with these turtles.’

She smiled. ‘I’m cleaning off their shells,’ she replied. ‘Anything on a turtle’s shell, like algae or scum, reduces the turtle’s ability to absorb heat and impedes its ability to swim. It can also corrode and weaken the shell over time.’

‘Wow! That’s really nice of you!’ I exclaimed.

She went on . . . ‘I spend a couple of hours each Sunday morning, relaxing by this lake and helping these little guys out. It’s my own strange way of making a difference.’

‘But don’t most freshwater turtles live their whole lives with algae and scum hanging from their shells?’ I asked.

‘Yep, sadly, they do,’ she replied.

I scratched my head.‘Well then, don’t you think your time could be better spent? I mean, I think your efforts are kind and all, but there are fresh water turtles living in lakes all around the world. And 99% of these turtles don’t have kind people like you to help them clean off their shells. So, no offense . . . but how exactly are your localized efforts here truly making a difference?’

The woman giggled aloud. She then looked down at the turtle in her lap, scrubbed off the last piece of algae from its shell, and said, ‘Sweetie, if this little guy could talk, he’d tell you I just made all the difference in the world.’

Author Unknown

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Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

William Feather

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Signs that your getting on in years (I may be repeating myself):

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

If a young girl looks at you, you check to make sure you remembered to put on your pants.

You keep repeating yourself.

You discover bifocals are stylish!

When you do the “Hokey Pokey” you put your left hip out…and it stays out.

You enjoy hearing about other people’s operations.

Most women you know under 40 put you in the “Friend of my Father” class.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

The end of your tie doesn’t come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.

You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

Relatives smile benignly rather than interrupt you as you retell the same story for the zillionth time.

You run out of breath walking DOWN a flight of stairs.

Neighbors borrow your tools.

You’re on a TV game show and you decide to risk it all and go for the rocker.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Lawn care has become a big highlight of your life.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

Your classmates at your reunion think you’re one of their former teachers.

Conversations with people your own age often turn into “dueling ailments.”

You keep repeating yourself.

Your relatives longingly refer to your things as your “estate”.

People don’t harass you any more when you take an afternoon nap.

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Take heart, the only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.

~~~

They were married, but since the argument they had a few days earlier, they hadn’t been talking to each other.

Instead, they were giving each other written notes.

One evening he gave her a paper where it said:

“Wake me up tomorrow morning at 6 am.”

The next morning he woke up and saw that it was 9 o’clock.

Naturally he got very angry, but as he turned around he found a note on his pillow saying:

“Wake up, it’s 6 o’clock!”

~~~

Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes for the elderly where our parents and grandparents are longing for a smile, a listening ear, in the street, in our workplaces and especially at home.

Shari Arison

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

Do it now

Ray’s Daily

October 21, 2019

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“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”

Stephen R. Covey

Here we go again, a new week. I don’t know about you but time seems to fly by faster than it use to. You would think that having less obligations than when I had a job and external responsibilities, I would make better use of my time.

My first priority these days is making sure I keep my wife as comfortable as possible. We have established a routine that works for us, that leaves me time for other things. Of course one of my priorities is creating the daily blog and that helps me to stop and think about what I might share with you.

Since I can no longer drive I am somewhat homebound whuich opens up more time for other things. I have a long list of things I would like to know more about, books I would like to read and more. What I lack sometimes is the discipline required to get more done. Here is a edited article that’s advice I should follow, I thought it might interest you.

A 4-step process for creating your best day

Christopher D. Connors

There are four distinct ways to create your best day and successfully manage your time. The four stages of time management focus on distinctive aspects of the way all of us use our time. Whether we’re wasting time or maximizing its usage to the fullest, we all enter into each stage of time management.

1. 1. Idea Creation – The beginning of time management is the birth of an idea. Think about it — before you can have strategy or planning, you require the idea. Now, apply this to your life. What are you trying to do? The idea spawns all your creativity and imagination and helps you think deeply about what you want. Everything begins with an idea.
2. Strategy – Once you have your idea, you begin to put together your strategy. Strategy, decision-making, and purpose determine your direction. We need strategic direction to know what is — and equally important, what isn’t — a good use of our time. We have to learn to say “no” to time wasters like excessive web-surfing or TV watching. Strategy tells us what matters.
3. Process – Your process must safeguard against distractions. You have to rely on what works for you. Research best practices, scheduling, and tips, but focus first on discipline. To nail down your process, it takes repetition. It takes a willingness to dedicate yourself every day to carry out the plans for your life.
4. Reflection – There is no woman or man that succeeds in an endeavor who does not rest, reflect, and calmly process each day’s activities. What worked well? What didn’t? What mistakes were made? Where are the opportunities for improvement? These are the questions on the mind of a constantly self-improving time manager.

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“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.”

Carl Sandburg

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At the Olympics a man went up to a competitor who was carrying a very long pole.

“Are you a pole vaulter?”

“No, I’m German, but how did you know my name is Walter?”

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“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.”

Glenn Turner

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Jane walked into a pharmacy, strolled over to the counter, and caught the pharmacist’s attention.

“Can I please get some arsenic?” she asked.

“Arsenic? What do you want arsenic for?” asked the pharmacist.

“It’s for my husband,” she replied.

“Your husband?” exclaimed the pharmacist, “I hope you don’t mean what I think you mean!”

She just nodded.

“Well, lady,” he replied, “I’m an honest man. I can’t sell you arsenic, I wouldn’t if I could, and I don’t know what made you think you could just stroll into a respectable store and expect me me to sell you arsenic!”

She didn’t say a word. She just reached into her purse, fished out a photograph, and handed it across the counter. It was a picture of her husband, in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.

Slowly the pharmacist looks up, over the counter, and then straight at her. “Lady,” he said, “why didn’t you tell me you had a prescription?”

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Adam was the only man who, when he said a good thing, knew that nobody had said it before him.

Mark Twain

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A minister was opening his mail one morning.  Drawing a single sheet of paper from an envelope he found written on it only one word:  “FOOL”.

The next Sunday he announced, “I have known many people who have written letters and forgot to sign their name.

“But this week I received a letter from someone who signed his name and had forgotten to write a letter.”

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“Next time you’re feeling sorry for yourself, consider that your garbage disposal eats better than 30% of the world’s population.”

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Suzanne and Lorna were talking about their work. “I hate filing,” Lorna said, “No matter how careful I am, I can never find the papers I’m looking for. I forget where I have filed them.”

“I used to have that problem too, but no more,” Suzanne replied, “Now I make 26 copies of everything I type and file one under each letter of the alphabet. That way, I can’t miss it!”

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You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

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Why is it when you turn on the TV you see ads for telephone companies, and when you turn on the radio you hear ads for TV shows, and when you get put on hold on the phone you hear a radio station?

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“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

Mother Teresa

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.

 

 

 

You Can

Ray’s Daily

October 18, 2019

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“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”

E.B. White

I have been somewhat home bound recently as I recover from a cold. I missed some events in the interest of public health but I am now ready to venture back out.

It is not easy staying up when an illness takes you down. In my case I find sleep to be an effective hiding place and that chicken soup helps.

I think that a recent article written by Angel Chernoff is always worth remembering when we are challenged. It is pretty long so I have made major edits but retained her points. Here is what she wrote.

5 Hard Questions that Can Save a Life

Today, I’ve turned these five key principles into five hard questions for you—hard, because following through with what they ask of you is far from easy. If you avoid these questions and make decisions unconsciously, there’s a good chance you’ll end up like the majority of people who tend to be out of shape physically, exhausted mentally, and personally and professionally regretful. But, if you ask yourself these questions on a regular basis, and make your daily decisions consciously, you can literally save yourself from a life filled with needless pain and frustration…

1. Are you focusing on what’s truly important? – At every moment, millions of little things compete for your attention. All these things fall into one of two categories: things that are important and things that are not. So if you want to be more successful and less stressed, don’t ask how to make something more efficient until you’ve first asked, “Do I need to do this at all?”
2. Are you focusing more on problems or solutions? – Where your mind goes, energy flows. Which area of your life do you tend to focus on: what you have or what’s missing from your life? Do you take time to feel deeply grateful with your mind, body, heart and soul? That’s where the energy to take positive action comes from. So don’t let negativity and drama get the best of you.
3. What meaning are you assigning to your challenges? –

When something happens that disrupts your life (an illness, an injury, a job loss, etc.), do you tend to think that this is the end or the beginning? When something negative happens, view this circumstance as a chance to learn something you didn’t know. Don’t wish it never happened. Don’t try to step back in time. Take the lessons learned and step forward.

4. What will you do next to make progress? – While everyone else is talking about it, successful people are quietly doing it.

Successful people know that a good plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed someday. They don’t wait for the “right time” or the “right day” or the “right (impossible) circumstances”, because they know these reactions are based on a fear and nothing more.

5. What tangible reminders do you need to see to stay motivated? –

Few good things come easy, and when the going gets tough we often take the easy way out—even though the easy way takes us the wrong way. To combat this, many of the happiest and most successful people we know create tangible reminders that pull them back from the brink of their weak impulses. Think of moments when you are most likely to give in to impulses that take you farther away from your ultimate goals. Then use tangible reminders of those goals to interrupt the impulse and keep you on track.

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“Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.”

Ana Claudia Antunes

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The son of a financier bursts into his father’s office and says, “Dad, lend me $5,000.”

“What for?” his father asks.

“I’ve got a sure tip on the market.”

“How much could we make?” his father asks.

“I’d say at least $2,000 — that’s $1,000 for each of us.”

“OK, son. Here’s $1,000,” his father said. “Let’s consider that we have made the deal and it has succeeded. You make $1,000 and I save $4,000.”

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“When there is a hill to climb, don’t think that waiting will make it smaller.”

Anonymous

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One day at kindergarten, the teacher says to the to the class of five-year-olds, “I’ll give $2 to the child who can tell me who the most famous man who ever lived was.”

An Irish boy raised his hand and said, “Please, Miss, it was St. Patrick.” The teacher said, “Sorry, Sean, that’s not correct.”

Then a Scottish boy put his hand up and said, “Please, Miss, it was St. Andrew.” The teacher replied, “I’m sorry, Hamish, that’s not right either.”

Finally, a Jewish boy, Adam, raised his hand and said, “Please, Miss, it was Jesus Christ.”

The teacher said, “That’s absolutely right, Adam.  Come up here, and I’ll give you your $2.”

As the teacher was giving Adam his money, she said, “You know, Adam, you being Jewish, I was very surprised you said Jesus Christ.” “I know, Miss,” Adam replied, “in my heart I knew it was Moses, but business is business.”

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“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”

Elbert Hubbard  ~~

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NASA planned a mission that involved three astronauts spending two years in space.  Because of the extended duration, each was allowed to take 200 pounds of baggage, with no restrictions.

The first astronaut decided to take along his wife, the second decided to take along books to learn how to speak German, while the third astronaut decided to take along cigarettes.

Two years later, when the space shuttle landed, there was a big crowd waiting to welcome them home.

First came the first astronaut and his wife and each of them had a baby in their arms.

Next, out came the second astronaut speaking fluent German.

They both gave their speeches and got a rousing applause.

Suddenly out came the third astronaut with a cigarette in his mouth.

He walked up to the podium and snarled to the crowd and asked, “Anyone got a light?”

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“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.”

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

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Ray Mitchell

Indianapolis, Indiana

Management is not responsible for duplicates from previous dailies. The editor is somewhat senile.

Ray’s Daily has been sent for more than fifteen years to people who want to start their day on an upbeat. If you have system overload because of our daily clutter, let me know and I will send you the information via mental telepathy. If you have not been getting our daily you can request to be added by e-mailing me at raykiwsp@gmail.com. Back issues are posted at http://rays-daily,com/ currently there are more than 2000 readers from around the world.