Successful People vs. UnSuccessful People

 

I am the reason

 

Laugh away your calories

Did you know you could burn calories by laughing? A study at Vanderbilt University showed you could lose up to 50 calories by laughing 10-15 minutes a day. When laughing, people burned 20% more calories. Laughter has other health benefits that include stress reduction, immune system boosting, natural pain relief and increased blood flow (good for the heart) - no joking either.

Sadly your sense of humor is one of the first things that you lose on a diet. Let's try to remedy that. Enjoy some humorous thoughts and do a little laughercising.

My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it.

The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook. ~Andy Rooney~

I keep trying to lose weight... but it keeps finding me! ~Author Unknown~

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends. ~Author Unknown~ 

I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire.

Inside me there is a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate her with four or five cupcakes

Every time I get the urge to exercise, I lie down till the feeling passes.

Drinking three glasses of water before every meal will help you lose weight, because you will burn a lot of calories running to the bathroom. 

Today's weight loss tip: Use Superglue as lip-gloss

Want to lose weight? Eat only Moon Pies, they have less gravity than earthier foods like fruits and veggies.

 

I think I'll hire a Chippendale to chase me around with a licorice whip, I'd be thin by Christmas....

 

“Remember, you are not a heavy person trying to slim down. You are a trim, healthy person learning how to re-emerge.”

 

To lose weight, drink lots of water, you'll burn more calories running to the loo every few minutes.

 

I'm on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it. ~Author Unknown~

 

I'm in shape. Round is a shape... isn't it?

 

If your snack gets stuck in the vending machine, be thankful. You will burn a few calories shaking the machine. And if the machine falls on you, you will probably be thinner.

 

Limit your intake of dates and nuts, as well as your desire to date nuts.

 

You cannot eat just one piece of chocolate, unless it is the last piece in the country.

 

I'm allergic to food. Every time I eat it breaks out into fat.

 

I'm not overweight. I'm just nine inches too short

 

You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is

 

I burned sixty calories. That should take care of a peanut I had in 1962

 

Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales

 

I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

 

When I buy cookies I eat just four and throw the rest away. But first I spray them with Raid so I won't dig them out of the garbage later. Be careful, though, because that Raid really doesn't taste that bad

 

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand

 

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies

 

The leading cause of death among skinny fashion models is falling through street grates

 

I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets

 

A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit

 

Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate

 

Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps.

 

A moment on the lips, forever on the hips

 

What you eat in private will show up in public

 

If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out

 

I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet

 

I’m on a 90-day wonder diet. Thus far, I’ve lost 45 days

 

Laughing burns off calories so everyone needs a giggle.... some more than others.

Forget Liposuction - Try Lip Obstruction!

Eat your food while staring into a mirror.... totally naked!

When eating donuts - only eat the center part.

Weigh yourself with only one foot on the scale.

Use Parental Block for the Food Network on your TV - Eat PIN Number/Password.

Eat your food with one chopstick

LMAO is a great way to reduce weight in the hindquarters.

Don't eat your evening meal before breakfast

Ladies - Drop 5 lbs. Instantly! Let go of your purse.

Attach Full-Length Mirror to your Refrigerator Door.

Hang your bikini on the refrigerator.... definitely don't do that if you are a guy.

10 Steps to Self-Care

 

My February promise

Woman to Woman

Someone will always be prettier.

Someone will always be smarter.

Someone's house will be bigger.

Someone will drive a better car.

Someone will earn more.

Someone will travel more.

Just let it go.

Take care of yourself.

Love yourself and your circumstances.

The prettiest, slimmest woman in the world may have sadness in her heart.

The most highly favoured woman in your office may not be able to have children.

That married friend of yours might not be happy in her marriage.

The richest woman you know may have the car,

the house, and the clothes – but might be very lonely.

So, love yourself.

Love who you are right now.

Tell yourself

"I am too blessed to be stressed."

Be well. Be happy. Be blessed.

The Limit Is Me - By Robin Good

Personal Growth, Personal Independence:

The Limit Is Me - By Robin Good

 

One day all the employees reached the office and they saw

a big advice on the door on which it was written:

 

"Yesterday the person who has been hindering

your growth in this company passed away.

We invite you to join the funeral in the

room that has been prepared in the gym".

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their

colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to

know who was that man who hindered the growth of his

colleagues and the company itself.

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were

ordered  to control the crowd within the room. The more people

reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.

Everyone thought: "Who is this  guy who was hindering my progress?

Well, at least he died!"

One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when

they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood

nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had

touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside

it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror

that said: "There is only one person who is capable to set limits

to your growth: it is YOU. You are the only person who can

revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence

your happiness, your realization and your success.

You are the only person who can help yourself.

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your

friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change,

when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize

that you are the only one responsible for your life.

"The most important relationship you can have

is the one you have with yourself"

Examine yourself, watch yourself.

Don't be afraid of difficulties, impossibilities and losses:

be a winner, build yourself and your reality.

The world is like a mirror: it gives back to anyone the reflection

of the thoughts in which one has strongly believed.

The world and your reality are like mirrors laying in a coffin,

which show to any individual the death of his divine capability

to imagine and create his happiness and his success.

It's the way you face Life that makes the difference!

Sisters

Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.

BUT....

Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you.
A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end...

Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you... Or come in and carry you out.

Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family: all bless our life!

The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I.

When we began this adventure called
womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we
would need each other...

Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful.
I just did.

Meaningless Goals

 

 

 

A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come around. As soon as one came he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it.

One day a neighbor asked the farmer "Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?" The farmer replied, "That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is what he would do if he ever caught one."

 

Many people in life behave like that dog who is pursuing meaningless goal.

The Easier Way May Actually Be the Tougher Way

Once there was a lark singing in the forest. The lark stopped a farmer passing by and asked, "What do you have in the box and where are you going?" The farmer replied that he had worms and that he was going to the market to trade them for some feathers. The lark said, "I have many feathers. I will pluck one and give it to you and that will save me looking for worms." The farmer gave the worms to the lark and the lark plucked a feather and gave it in return.

The next day the same thing happened and the day after and on and on until a day came that the lark had no more feathers. Now it couldn't fly and hunt for worms. It started looking ugly and stopped singing and very soon it died.Many times we look for the easier way, which really ends up being the tougher way.

Thanks and Regards,

 

 

Great Spirit

Why are you with them

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Bill Cosby - "I'm 74 and Tired"

Bill Cosby "I'm 74 and Tired" (Born July 12, 1937)

 

 

 

"I'm 74 and Tired" Worth reading...

This should be required reading for every man, woman and child in Jamaica,
the UK , United States of America , Canada , Australia and New Zealand.  
 
"I'm 74 and I'm Tired"

I'm 74. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and  I'm tired. Very tired. 

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.     
 
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor. 

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's and even 40’s be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 74. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and her children.   Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.


There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

This is your chance to make a difference.

 

 

HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH

This Applies To You A good woman is proud of herself. She respects herself and others. She is aware of who she is. She neither seeks definition from the person she is with, nor does she expect them to read her mind. She is quite capable of articulating her needs. A good woman is hopeful. She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true. She knows love, therefore she gives love. She recognizes that her love has great value and must be reciprocated. If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears. A good woman has a dash of inspiration, a dabble of endurance. She knows that she will, at times, have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them. A good woman knows her past, understands her present and moves toward the future. A good woman knows God. She knows that with God the world is her playground, but without God she will just be played. A good woman does not live in fear of the future because of her past. Instead, she understands that her life experiences are merely lessons, meant to bring her closer to self knowledge and unconditional self love. Girls Smile.....YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IT GOING ON! So Keep ON Keeping On. I just sent this to good women .............. why don't you? HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH

The First Step

God's Wings

The painters of these Feathers are outstanding, but the message below the Feathers, "God's Wings," will touch your heart.......

God's Wings

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.  One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.  Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick.  When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings.  The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.  She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies.  Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast...because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

'He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge.'  (Psalm 91:4)

My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted God to bless.  Please pass this on to people you want to be blessed.

Time waits for no one.  Treasure every moment you have..  You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a Friend, you only have to lose one.

A young man

A young man working in the
army was constantly
humiliated because he
believed in... God.
One day the captain wanted
to humiliate him before the
troops.
He called the young man and
said:
- Young man come here, take
the key and go and park the
Jeep in front.
the young man replied:
- I can not drive!
The captain said:
- But then ask your assistance
God! shows us that he exist!
The young man takes the key
and walked to the vehicle
begins to pray ...He parks the
jeep to the place PERFECTLY
well as the captain wanted.
The young man came out of
the jeep and saw them all
crying. They all said together:
- We want to serve your God!
The young soldier was
astonished, asked what was
going on?
CAPTAIN crying opened the
hood of the jeep by showing
the young man that the car
had no
engine.
Then the boy said:
See? This is the God I serve,
THE GOD OF IMPOSSIBLE,
the God who gives life to what
does not exist.
You may think there are
things still impossible
WITH GOD EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE ...

A Newborns Conversation With God

To all the moms, moms-to-be, grandmothers, – This is a must read, then you find out how valuable you are .

A Newborn’s Conversation with God

A baby asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow,
but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”

God said, “Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”

The child further inquired, “But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have
to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.”

God said, “Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you.
And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.”

Again the small child asked, “And how am I going to be able to understand
when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?”

God said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words
you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will
teach you how to speak.”

“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”

God said, “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach
you how to pray.”

“Who will protect me?”

God said, “Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.”

God said, “Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach
you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.”

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth
could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, “God, if I am to leave
now, please tell me my angel’s name.”

God said, You will simply call her, “Mom.”

M- My
O- Only
M- Mentor
Lift a mother’s spirit; send this to every mother you know (no matter how old her child is).



A dog named Faith

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with 2 legs -
He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.

His first owner also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of 'putting him to sleep'.

But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him.

She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself.

She named him 'Faith'.

In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let him feel the movement.
Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him for standing up and jumping around.

Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk.
Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle,
Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump to move forward.
After further training in the snow, he could now walk like a human being.

Faith loves to walk around now.

No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him.

He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and
has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows.

There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith' being published about him.
He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.

His present owner Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world
to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'. 

In life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at life from another direction.

I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day.
Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life.