Dec,2002
Farm Mutual Insurance Directors Mt. Sterling
Bummy Teen Prostitution..selling yourself. David. .basketti
Christmas…chances are everyone here is supposed to be at least two other places tonight. We’ve gone from one man, one woman and a baby at the manger to a trillion-dollar orgy of anxiety. We have made a real mess of Christmas. Tuesday: check-up. Dr.: Buddist. He said, “Your Christian holidays are making you fat and you’re stressed.”
So…It made me mad enough, I’m going to speak on losing weight.
Me: Speech on weight loss… Like: Saddam Huessein.. “Getting along with your neighbors.”
LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT... MENTAL WEIGHT... THIS CHRISTMAS.. LOSING THE THINGS THAT MIGHT STEAL THE JOY OF THE SEASON FROM YOU.
This is a smorgasbord … take what you like and leave the rest.
- If you Really want to enjoy this Christmas, ..If you want to lose the weight of stress….DON’T REHASH THE NEGATIVE. Stop reliving the past. Tomorrow..clowns.. altzeimers delightful.
Christmas is the perfect time to forget. We all need a little spiritual Altzeimers. Our teacher’s lounge For once, don’t get if off your chest Teacher I know..kids drive her crazy.. ..meet her in IGA...guess what she talks about...
Corrie Ten Boom “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, It empties today of its strength.” To lose weight, skip your morning calisthenics. Every morning I do calisthenics...
- Realize that no matter what happens to you between now and Christmas, YOU are the one who determines how your day goes. Mom: Alcatraz This morning I had an 8th-grade class who have been the terror of our school ever since Jr High. I saw the list and it looked like a prison break. f I never dreamed they’d make it this far alive. And when class begins, I will still be the main determining factor of how that class goes.
No matter what stresses you’ll be under in the next couple of weeks, remember: You are in charge of you.
- If Christmas is bumming you out, chances are, you aren’t giving enough of your self. Whoa! Christmas! How can I possibly give more?
This is the opposite of what the self-help books preach. “Inner child”
Self-centeredness : depression. Becky...funeral... Carl Menninger JHS girl: CFS
A. Sweitzer: “The only ones among you who will be truly happy as those who will have sought and found out how to serve.” If life is bumming you out because you’re asked to give so much, give more.
Christ came as a servant, not someone taking care of his inner child.
- Forget the things you usually collect at Christmas and collect people.
Marie...salt and pepper shakers.
Friendships don’t have to simply be things that happen...They can be created... Nurture friends who encourage you. Who take joy in your joy.
Tony Compello “Five years from now you’ll be pretty much the same as you are now except for two things: The books you’ve read and the people you’ve met.
architect Johnstone: (Charlie Rose show) 90 years old. Hottest place in hell for whiners and complainers ..... “If life were 100 times longer, there would still excuse for every getting bored by it.” This Christmas, Cultivate friends who are not bored by life.
- This Christmas, Don’t get so busy with the important things in your life that you forget the important things in your life. James Dobson..monopoly Dad...hay ...rain....
- Choose carefully whom you try to please this Christmas season. Quest...Inner-Outer Self
HINEY THE MULE
- Lighten up.... Jim Kern...MRS. BROWN
Post ..Jalepeno pepper
LIGHTEN UP.... ....go barefoot more often ....turn off the TV some night and pull taffy. ...eat nothing but ice cream for a whole day. ...wear underwear backwards...will break into uncontrollable giggles for no reason every time you think about it. ....walk up to biggest grouch you know and say “I just want you to know that I feel great!” It’ll throw them off all day. ...do some serious coloring ...start living to succeed instead of fearing failure... ...break the dress code occasionally. …kidnap your grandchildren.. Take my word for it, the schools have them too much. If you’re a parent or g’parent, they need the time with you worse than with me. .....McDonnald’s “Have a nice Day” Why?
3 things in life are real...WHEN YOU’RE BORN, WHEN YOU DIE WHEN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF ANOTHER.. in everything else...LIGHTEN UP.
Matt: baritone Today: Chris Austin.. guitar
- Don’t take yourself too seriously.. chances are, no one else does.
Chillochothe...”probably dead” Church lady...music at her funeral. Jeff W...Free Spirit..Robbed and tied. Travel LIghter...Your anxieties? Look in your purse or pocket or billfold...ME: comb. Roger Ebert.
- Start living in the present.
I’ve known hugely successful people. ONE CONCLUSION: Success in life boils down to one thing... love. Success boils down to loving what you do and loving the people around you. The ability to live in the present and to love those with you at that very moment. Some of you during my speech have been thinking about how long...., tomorrow, this weekend. When you drive home tonight, enjoy the moment you’re in. Show at New Salem one night.. turn out the lights and look at the moon. As Americans, our live is so filled with “things” that we seldom leave time to enjoy where we are and what we’re doing. Please.. live in the present… the future’s not here and the past is gone. Live now.. now.
There are some beautiful things to enjoy this Christmas season. As you sit around your Christmas table, look at the faces. ..Skip the turkey and look at the smiles. No one will be this age again next Christmas. Some may not be with you at all.
- If you have faith, use it. Make this deal with yourself. For every minute you spend worrying about things, spend a minute praying my them. Atheist? Hire a nice Baptist widow to do your praying for you. We spend our life investing... invest some time in prayer.
And don’t worry if you’re not thanked: Conway Twitty.
Please....please, drop the chains of stress and worry that you hang around your neck and for once, just sit back and enjoy this Christmas. It really is your choice.
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