Friday, March 24, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Hug a Friend and patch some holes
It's National Friendship week - so my email inbox tells me. Got this - thought it was a unique enough message to post here. Gave me pause for thought. I used to have a real temper, when I first moved out from the 'Beer house'.
It also made me reflect on an incident that just happened in my life. My work responsibilities collided head on with my personal life. It's hard to be someone's boss and their friend. Well, not hard when things are good, but hard when they go south and get messy. I wondered if we would get past it...but as the story goes - scars last forever.
NAIL IN THE FENCE
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence) There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us."
Sorry, too lazy to reformat it. Good message though.
>^..^<
It also made me reflect on an incident that just happened in my life. My work responsibilities collided head on with my personal life. It's hard to be someone's boss and their friend. Well, not hard when things are good, but hard when they go south and get messy. I wondered if we would get past it...but as the story goes - scars last forever.
NAIL IN THE FENCE
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence) There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. " A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us."
Sorry, too lazy to reformat it. Good message though.
>^..^<
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Seriously Bad Karma
Wow - I got yelled at twice today. Once was by a mean Doctor - and I'm not even a nurse!
Dr. Friesen - YOU SUCK!!!
Truly a professional. Professional Jackass that is.
I see a lot of spam in this man's future. Dr. F - I hope you enjoy the "Peni5ss 3nlargemnnnt Sale! BUY NOW!" or "Get Bigg3r Tit&*$S in 10 days" calibre of email. You may have been put on a few lists today.
*I love Google - thank you Gods for providing a means to get a bully's email and the tools to distribute it heavily. Amen.
That cat has meowed! Hear it roar!
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Sad Kitty.....
Tough day at the office. These are the times when I really hate what I do for a living. Have you ever had to fire a friend? Have you ever had someone you looked out for - completely let you down?
I'm having a 'people suck' day.
...And my period is coming. Good thing I'm on the good drugs now. They are really helping with the stress thing!
Been busy since January getting back on the Course wagon. Not much time for blogging, Jer, TV or the dog. I was trying to get everything done for March 31 - and the one bright spot in my day...Tada - They gave out a one month extension. Perfect!
Getting a new kitty soon, his name is Binoo. The orange tabby I have ALWAYS wanted. Yayyyyy!!!!! Still miss Charlie Charlie though. It will be nice to have some sort of new 'baby' around the house anyway. I should really update the infertile blog soon. Next time. Gotta get to bed.
Night.
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