Wednesday, July 19, 2006

CHAPTER 7, PAGE 19

Take Time For 10 Things...

1. Take time to work . . .

It is the price of success.

2. Take time to think . . .

It is the source of power.

3. Take time to play . . .

It is the secret of youth.

4. Take time to read . . .

It is the foundation of knowledge.

5. Take time to worship . . .

It is the highway of reverence and

washes the dust of earth from our eyes.

6. Take time to help and enjoy friends . . .

It is the source of happiness.

7. Take time to love . . .

It is the one sacrament of life.

8. Take time to dream . . .

It hitches the soul to the stars.

9. Take time to laugh . . .

It is the singing that helps with life's loads.

10. Take time to plan . . .

It is the secret of being able to

have time to take time for the first nine things.

Author Unknown

GOOD MORNING !

Do you take time for yourself? You all know that I do. When things get to hectic or stressful, we all need to take a step back and just smell the roses.

I have a special rose bush just outside my back door. It was given to me by a dear friend several years ago. It has grown a lot from the tiny little plant that it was and it just blooms and blooms all summer. I often think of my friend so very far away, especially when I smell the roses!

Sometimes we all need a reminder like that to make us remember to take time…

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven - A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. -

Ecclesiastes, 3:1-2

May your day be blessed with a few smiles and lots of sunshine to warm your heart !

MA

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ah so you take time to smell the roses and think of your firend how nice

Anonymous said...

we should all take time for sure.

Anonymous said...

Yes, I took Tuesday night off to smell the roses...I mean to watch a movie.  LOL.
Now I'm headed for bed.  Yay....Friday coming our way.