8 sure fire ways to stay positive

1. Look in your bedroom closet, I bet you have clothes.

2. Look at your checkbook. The balance is low, but you bought food for your home.

3. Look at your past, all of your failures are forgiven.

4. Look at your present, you have NOW.

5. Look at your future, because if you failed in your past and its effecting your present, you can change your future.

6. Look behind you..... see I told you your failures are gone!

7. Look at your NOW, don't you feel better?

8. Look at your future, ahhh! You can't see it?? Neither can I. Its called an empty canvas that God wants to paint in partnership with you.

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10 things that I love to laugh at!

OK, So you may know, I work at Kroger and Drive a bus. Here are some of the things I really enjoy about my job(s)

One of my all time favorite things to do is watch people. Why? Cause people (including me) are a trip!

Here are 10 things that make me belly laugh!

10. The lady who comes in every other day to get fresh rye bread, if we are out she proceeds to throw a fit because the bread is for "communion". Ummm OKKKK!!

9. The guy who comes in every Tuesday with his sweet, yet strong willed wife of 61 years and just paiently waits. I ask him the same question every Tuesday. "Whats your secret" he always just smiles and say's "I just say ""yes dear"".

8. The Young lady that "begs" her child to be a good boy. Really?????

7. The construction workers who come in to eat, wearing suspenders, butt crack still showing!! LOL!!!

6. The little old lady on Tuesday that comes in like clock work to tell me a story about the hat she is wearing that day. One week it was about her trip to Tunica, the next was about eating with those damn Church people.. Love her!!

5. The young boy on my bus who always tells his sister, "I am gonna tell MaMa on you!!" (you have to have siblings to appreciate the humor in that!)

4. The little boy on my bus who picks his nose and "secretly" rubs it on another little girls backpack! (Nope, i have not called him out on it yet... she has it coming) :)

3. The 8th grader, who is an "honor" student but could not tell me his adress!!

2. The 4th greader who sounds like Larry the Cable guy when he talks.

and 1?

1. The kid who has gas EVERY Friday morning. Why, well I asked him the other day why he has to fart every Friday on the bus at least 238 times!!! (ok maybe 3 or 4) His answer? "Because Thursday night is Taco Night"

Things that matter

Thanksgiving...........

Its about the the things that matter.

A couple of years ago I lost my brother.... The time we had as kids, mattered.

A few months ago I resigned from a Church as a pastor of some wonderful people.... The people that I pastored, mattered.

Almost 21 years ago I married Tami. The whole marriage matters.

17 years ago luke was born, he matters

11 years ago Jacob was born, he matters

All of the junk, all of the things that are tangible, really dont matter. They have there place, but they dont matter.

Friends that we make and learn from, matter

Even some of the enemies that we learn from, matter

People matter.

You matter.

Be thankful.

Smile

Laugh

Enjoy your life, because NOW matters.

Happy Thanksgiving

Then I Blinked

Then I blinked
The earliest memory that I have as a child is waking up and thinking no onw was in the house and i freaked out! I think I was about 4. Then I blinked.....

I was entering kindergarten and ready to takel the play-doe project. Then I blinked.....

I was entering the 6th grade and my body was changing and girls no longer had "kooties". Then I blinked.....

Jr. High School. Lol. I wont even go there at the moment. Then I blinked.....

High School. Scarey. Then I blinked.....

Met Tami (My wife). Then I blinked.....

Our first child. then I blinked.....

Then college and then another child then another blink.....

Now a 17 year old and a 11 year old. Blink.....

Opps... just a second.....

Had to fix my contact lens, I blinked again and it almost fell out....

Just a Thought.....

People "A" and People "B"

Meyer Friedman, an American cardiologist, noticed in the 1940's that the chairs in his waiting room got worn out from the edges. They hypothesized that his patients were driven, impatient people, who sat on the edge of their seats when waiting. They labelled these people "Type A" personalities. Type A personalities are work-aholics, always busy, driven, somewhat impatient, and so on. Type B personalities, on the other hand are laid back and easy going.

One is not better than the other. Each compliment the other.

Enter... Team Leader Training.

If a person is in leadership or Management, (which by the way, are not necessarily the same), do not know their leaders then the lid of effectiveness is lower than it should be.

Leadership Expert John Maxwell said, “Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."

If a leader or a manager wants to be effective, then the daily practice of knowing people A and People B must be in place.

People are people. They have feelings, family, friends and foes. With that comes all kinds of emotions. When those emotions manifest (and they always do) it is very important to know and understand the person.

Yes, it does take a lot of work... however, the long term of it produces people who produce.

As for person A and Person B. They will reward you with less worn out seats. ;)