FEBRUARY 2019

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
- Victor Hugo

As February reminds us to celebrate Love and all things of the heart,
we are reminded to celebrate our Love
Every Day of the year!

Let others know you care...
Give your smile away!
Call a friend or family member just to say Hi
(or write a note or send an e-mail!)!

Give flowers to someone,anyone, include yourself!...
Surprise someone with a gesture of kindness! (include yourself!)!
And don't forget to be thoughtful and "romantic" every day!
Make a cozy dinner and eat by candlelight,
Even a bowl of soup tastes better by candlelight! Have breakfast by candlelight!

Bake cookies for a neighbor or coworker or the local nursing home,"just because".

Stop by the Animal Shelter just to pet the animals!

Think of some way to brighten someone else's day and see the difference it makes!
Especially in yours!

"Love wasn't put in your heart to stay...
Love isn't Love until you give it away!"

February 17th was

National Random Acts of Kindness Day!
Here are some ideas to get an epidemic of Kindness started!
Spread some Kindness!
It's Infectious and Fun!

Send someone a hand written note of thanks.
Make a card at home and send it to a friend for no reason.
Buy a lottery ticket for a stranger.
Put some coins in someone else’s parking meter.
Cut your neighbor’s hedge.
Walk your friend’s dog.
Give a compliment about your waiter / waitress to his / her manager.
Send someone a small gift anonymously.
Stop and help someone replace their flat tire.
Let someone jump the line at the bank or grocery store.
Pay for the drinks on the next table at a café.
Treat a friend to the movies for no reason.
Give a huge tip to someone when they least expect it.
Hold the door open for someone rushing to get in.
Give up your seat for someone, not just an elderly person.
Write notes of appreciation.
Talk to a homeless person and have a “normal” conversation.
Pick up some trash in the road which would otherwise be lying around.
Compliment a work colleague for their excellence.
Recommend a competitor to a potential client.
Give another driver your parking spot.
Give a piece of fruit to a delivery person.
Help an elderly neighbor carry the trash out.
Tell all your family members how much your appreciate them.
Leave a copy of an interesting book on a train / bus.
Buy an inspirational book for a friend.
Send a thank you note to a person who has helped you in the past.
Smile a lot.

Say "I Love You" in 26 different languages! Run your cursor over any language and check it out!

The following is from both Terry Kimberlin and Pamela Petrick Monroe.
Thanks for this Pam and Terry!

The Carpenter

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side, sharing machinery and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference and finally, it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I 'm looking for a few days' work," he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?"

"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor. In fact, it's my younger brother! Last week there was a meadow between us. He recently took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll do him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day -- measuring, sawing and nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.

The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all.

It was a bridge .. a bridge that stretched from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all! And the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his hand outstretched..

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."

The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder.

"No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.
"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but I have many more bridges to build."

God won't ask what kind of car you drove,
but He'll ask how many people you helped get where they needed to go.

God won't ask the square footage of your house,
but He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet,
but He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

God won't ask how many friends you had,
but He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived,
but He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

God won't ask about the color of your skin,
but He'll ask about the content of your character.

God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation,
but He'll lovingly take you to your mansion in Heaven,
and not to the gates of hell.

God won't ask how many people you forwarded this to.

Another laugh from Mario! Thanks Mario!

Observations On Growing Older

~Your Kids are becoming you...and you don't like them!

~Going Out is good.. Coming Home is better!

~You Forget names .... But it's OK because other people forgot they Even knew you!!!

~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything .... Especially Golf.

~Your spouse is counting on you to remember things you don't remember.

~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore.

~Your husband sleeps better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than he does in bed. It's Called " Pre-sleep".

~You miss the days when everything worked with just an " ON" and " OFF" Switch...

~You tend to use more 4 letter words ... " what?" .......
" when?"... ???

~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

~You notice everything sold in stores is " sleeveless" !!!!

~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

~Everybody Whispers.

~Now that your husband has retired ..... You'd give anything if he'd find a job!

~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet .... 2 of which you will never wear.

~~~But Old is good in some things: Old songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS!!
Love You, " OLD FRIEND!"

Send this on to other " Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!!

It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !