Ray’s Daily
August 26, 2022
“I choose gentleness. Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle.”
Max Lucado
Friday at last. This has been a week for me with a few problems but they are over and I look forward to a good weekend. I hope you have one as well. Here are a few worthy thoughts from Angel Chernoff to get us started,
7 Simple Yet Powerful Reminders to End Your Week Right
1. We cannot control exactly what happens around us, but we can control how we respond. In your response is your freedom.
2. If we’ve learned one thing recently, it’s that we need to be gentle with ourselves and others. We’re all a bit weary and stressed. Be recklessly gracious.
3. It’s rarely as personal as it seems. What other people say and do is mostly because of them, not you. So let their opinions inform you, but don’t let them limit you.
4. There’s a time and place for everything, and every step is necessary. Just keep doing your best, and don’t force what’s not yet supposed to fit into your life. It will happen, when it’s time. Where you are right now is where your power is.
5. No single struggle defines everything we are. No single chapter tells the whole story. Keep turning the pages that need to be turned.
6. If the grass looks greener on the other side, stop staring, stop comparing, and start watering the grass you’re standing on.
7. When life feels like an emotional roller coaster, steady yourself with simple rituals. Make the bed. Water the plants. Rinse off your own bowl and spoon. Remember, simplicity attracts calmness and wisdom.
The bottom line is, despite the real world challenges you face, the biggest and most complex obstacle you will ever have to personally overcome is your own mind. In other words, you aren’t responsible for everything that happens, but you ARE responsible for undoing the self-defeating thinking and behavioral patterns that these undesirable experiences create…
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“Being a gentle person means that though you have the power and potential to be devastating through your attitudes and actions, you control them so that you have a calming and soothing effect on others.”
Anonymous
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A man called the undertaker one afternoon and sobbed, “This is Mr. Magillicutty. I need you to bury my wife.”
“Mr. Magillicutty? Sidney Magillicutty?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Didn’t I bury your wife 10 years ago?” the undertaker asked.
“I got married again,” the man sobbed.
“Oh,” replied the undertaker. “Congratulations.”
~~~
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
Dorothea Kent
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Here are some actual comments made by NYC Teachers on student’s report cards. These comment were made as part of their final narratives.
All the Teachers were reprimanded, but they said it was worth it!
1. “Since my last report, your child has hit rock bottom and has started to dig.”
2. “I would not allow your student to breed.”
3. “Your child has delusions of adequacy.”
4. “Your child is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.”
5. “Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.”
6. “The student has a “full six pack” but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.”
7. “This child has been working with glue too much.”
8. “When your daughter’s IQ reaches 50, she should sell.”
9. “The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train is not coming.”
10. “If this student were any more stupid, he’d have to be watered twice a week.”
11. “It’s impossible to believe the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000,000 others.”
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“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”
James Thurber
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An elderly man was driving down the freeway, and the car phone rings. Answering, he found it was his son’s voice urgently warning, “I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on I-285. Please! Be careful!”
“Hey!” said the senior citizen, “It’s not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!”
~~~
I couldn’t remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do melt in your hand…
Peter Oakley
~~~
The school of agriculture’s dean of admissions was interviewing a prospective student, “Why have you chosen this career?” he asked.
“I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father,” the student replied.
“Your father made a million dollars in farming?” echoed the dean much impressed.
“No,” replied the applicant. “But he always dreamed of it.”
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“It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.”
Eric Hoffer
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A boy, who was a witness in court, was asked by a lawyer: “Did anyone tell you what to say in court?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I thought so! Who was it?”
“My father, sir.”
“And what did he tell you?”
“He said the lawyers would try to get me all tangled up, but if I stuck to the truth, I would be all right.”
~~~
“Statistics Means Never Having to Say you’re Certain”
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Barbara said, I returned to my parents’ home to attend a funeral. At the funeral my mother led me to a man who looked vaguely familiar. “Barbara, remember Rabbi Green?” she asked as she left me in his company.
I frantically tried to place him, and suddenly it came to me. He must be the kind man who, five years earlier, had officiated at my grandmother’s funeral. “It’s good to see you again, Rabbi,” I said. “Though I wish it weren’t always under such tragic circumstances. “The rabbi looked perplexed but uttered some words of consolation before he was called away. A few minutes later, I rejoined my mother.
“Imagine,” she whispered, “after all this time, to run into the rabbi who performed your wedding!”
~~~
A man called the undertaker one afternoon and sobbed, “This is Mr. Magillicutty. I need you to bury my wife.”
“Mr. Magillicutty? Sidney Magillicutty?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Didn’t I bury your wife 10 years ago?” the undertaker asked.
“I got married again,” the man sobbed.
“Oh,” replied the undertaker. “Congratulations.”
~~~
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
Dorothea Kent ~
~~~
Here are some actual comments made by NYC Teachers on student’s report cards. These comment were made as part of their final narratives.
All the Teachers were reprimanded, but they said it was worth it!
1. “Since my last report, your child has hit rock bottom and has started to dig.”
2. “I would not allow your student to breed.”
3. “Your child has delusions of adequacy.”
4. “Your child is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.”
5. “Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.”
6. “The student has a “full six pack” but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.”
7. “This child has been working with glue too much.”
8. “When your daughter’s IQ reaches 50, she should sell.”
9. “The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train is not coming.”
10. “If this student were any more stupid, he’d have to be watered twice a week.”
11. “It’s impossible to believe the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000,000 others.”
~~~
“It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.”
James Thurber
~~~
An elderly man was driving down the freeway, and the car phone rings. Answering, he found it was his son’s voice urgently warning, “I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on I-285. Please! Be careful!”
“Hey!” said the senior citizen, “It’s not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!”
~~~
I couldn’t remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do melt in your hand…
Peter Oakley
~~~
The school of agriculture’s dean of admissions was interviewing a prospective student, “Why have you chosen this career?” he asked.
“I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father,” the student replied.
“Your father made a million dollars in farming?” echoed the dean much impressed.
“No,” replied the applicant. “But he always dreamed of it.”
~~~
“It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.”
Eric Hoffer
~~~
A boy, who was a witness in court, was asked by a lawyer: “Did anyone tell you what to say in court?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I thought so! Who was it?”
“My father, sir.”
“And what did he tell you?”
“He said the lawyers would try to get me all tangled up, but if I stuck to the truth, I would be all right.”
~~~
“Statistics Means Never Having to Say you’re Certain”
~~~
Barbara said, I returned to my parents’ home to attend a funeral. At the funeral my mother led me to a man who looked vaguely familiar. “Barbara, remember Rabbi Green?” she asked as she left me in his company.
I frantically tried to place him, and suddenly it came to me. He must be the kind man who, five years earlier, had officiated at my grandmother’s funeral. “It’s good to see you again, Rabbi,” I said. “Though I wish it weren’t always under such tragic circumstances. “The rabbi looked perplexed but uttered some words of consolation before he was called away. A few minutes later, I rejoined my mother.
“Imagine,” she whispered, “after all this time, to run into the rabbi who performed your wedding!”
~~~
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
Lao Tzu
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