The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Just  read the post straight through, and you’ll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade’s worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here’s another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2.. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier?
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones  with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the  ones who care.

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today.
It’s already tomorrow in Japan .”
(Charles Schultz)

One day I hopped into a taxi and we took off  for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his  head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.  And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked,  ‘Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the  hospital!’

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, ‘The Law of the Garbage Truck.’
He explained that many people are like  garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and  sometimes they’ll dump it on you. Don’t  take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their  garbage  and spread it to other people at work, at  home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so…..

‘Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don’t.’

1. Speak to people; there is nothing as nice as cheerful greetings
2. Smile it takes 72 muscles to frown 14 to smile
3. Call people by name everyone is pleased when you remember the name
4. Be friendly and helpful others will respond in like manner
5. Speck and act; as if everything you do were a genuine pleasure
6. Be genuinely interested in people
7. Be generous in the praise cautious with criticism
8. Be considerate with feeling of others it will be appreciated
9. Be thoughtful of opinions of others
10. Be willing to give service

1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

2. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”

3. Almonds are members of the peach family.

4. The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe.

5. The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.

6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

7. The word “set” has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

8. “Underground” is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters “und.”

9. There are only four words in the English language which end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosesl.

12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukup okaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill.

13. Los Angeles’s full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula” and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.

14. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

16. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

18. Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.

19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint – no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
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A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.

A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.

He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow…

He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by…the little boy had grown up,

And he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.

‘Come and play with me,’ the tree asked the boy.

‘I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees anymore’
The boy replied.

‘I want toys. I need money to buy them.’

‘Sorry, but I do not have money..

But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.

The boy was so excited.

He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.

The boy never came back after he picked the apples.

The tree was sad.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned

And the tree was excited ‘Come and play with me’ the tree said.

‘I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family.

We need a house for shelter.

Can you help me?

‘ Sorry’,

I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches
To build your house.

So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily

The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.

The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day,

The man returned and the tree was delighted.

‘Come and play with me!’ the tree said.

I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.

‘Can you give me a boat?’ ‘Said the man’.

‘Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.

‘ So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.

He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years.

‘Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore

‘ No more apples for you… ‘, The tree said.

‘No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite ‘, The man replied.

‘No more trunk for you to climb on’

‘I am too old for that now’ the man said.

‘I really cannot give you anything..

The only thing left is my dying root’, The tree said with tears.

‘I do not need much now, just a place to rest.

I am tired after all these years’ the man replied.

Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,

Come, come sit down with me and rest.

‘ The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears…

The BOY is you and the tree is

your parent. !!!!!

‘Love your Parents’

1. If you’re too open minded, your brains will fall out.

2. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.

4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.

6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.

10. If you look like your passport picture, you’re probably too sick to travel.

11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

12. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

15. No husband has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
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ONE
If you’re ugly,
stop acting like you don’t know it.
The captions under you picture that says
“top model pose”
“sexy bitch”
“arnt i hot”
doesn’t convince anyone.

TWO
To the people who have like 25,000 friends,
are you serious?
Nobody in this universe can keep up with that many friends.
You’re stupid.
Go play in traffic.

THREE
Don’t ever post pictures and say
“OMG, I’m so ugly”
“OMG,I’m so fat”
because if you were,
you wouldn’t post them.

FOUR
Nobody cares about threats over the internet.
Don’t try to act hardcore with the keyboard.
Fighting online is like racing in the special olympics;
even if you win,
you’re still retarded.

FIVE
Making 20 bulletins a day
about how you hate other people
b/c yoUR not on their top 8.
who really cares, i mean get over it!

SIX
Who really gives a crap if
I don’t accept you as a friend?
MOVE ON!!!
Don’t send me another request or message asking
“what’s up with you not adding me?”
I don’t want you as a friend;
that’s what’s up!

SEVEN
Little 12 year olds who have Orkut
and look like sluts,
go somewhere else
because nobody wants you here.

EIGHT
If you have decided to read this,
you are a true Orkut Friend.
Real friends read their bulletins.

NINE
I say you go and pass this on
and maybe it will finally get through people’s brains

TEN
And if you open a bulletin and it says something like
“repost this in 100 seconds or a ghost will rape your dog tonight,”
IT’S NOT REAL!
QUIT BEING AN IDIOT!!!!!!!!
THOSE R REALLY STUPID!

They’re written by Andy Rooney , a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words. Enjoy…….

I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love, it shows.
I’ve learned…. That just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
I’ve learned…. That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I’ve learned…. That being kind is more important than being right.
I’ve learned…. That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I’ve learned…. That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I’ve learned…. That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I’ve learned…. That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult. Read the rest of this entry »