Forwarded Messages

Forgiveness is setting the imprisoned bird free, then realizing that you were the imprisoned bird.  "Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD"  (Leviticus 19:18). "Your hatred of her is unjustified," the teacher said as a man ranted about his ex-wife. "What do you mean unjustified?" he spit out. "You have no idea how she treated me, the things she's said to me, or the #$#@$@# things she continues to do. It's my God-given right to hate her." I'm taking a class for couples who are divorcing or are recently divorced that have too much conflict. Actually, let me restate that: the judge ordered that we take it. It's like a finishing school of sorts for something that is, well, finished, or at least theoretically should be. The class is divided into 2 sessions: one partner comes to the earlier class and the other comes to the later one. M...

An anti-technology, anti-social media campaign message watched more than 40 million times through technology and social media.... Isn't it ironic?  Nonetheless, its good to be reminded once in a while... and I believe, it's a matter of discipline.  >>Anthony, thank you for forwarding>> 

Hi! I am  KALI , your official Message Forwarder for this site. As our first post for the year, you will not read a forwarded message but a thank you note from your admin. I do not know you personally and vice versa; but there is this chain that connects us. Thanks to Blogger , to Facebook , to Twitter ... super thanks to the technology that bind us together. I want to thank you for sharing your valuable time with me by reading the posts and forwarding the same. This site actually started one typical day at the office; I paused from for a while to relax and refresh my mind. I went online to check, to look for something nice to read... I cannot recall any more where I landed, but I know that it was not what I wanted. So I signed in to my email account, checked my inbox and went over the files of forwarded messages to uplift my mind. And as they say, the rest were history.

by Russ Lawson The church had just completed the installation of a new sound system  which had a special "boost in volume" capability. All the speaker had  to do is push a button and the volume would increase.  The preacher was  commenting on the new sound system one Sunday morning and said: "If  your children get a little noisy, don't worry about it. I have a little  button now to take care of it."  A little girl who was usually very  noisy during services sat very quietly that morning and her mother  asked her, "Dear, are you not feeling well today?" The little girl  answered, "No, Momma, but what happens if he pushes the button?" Obviously, the preacher was not very effective in communicating his  message! I wonder sometimes how effective we are at communicating what is  important to us. If you are a Christian, sharing that fact should be at  the top of our list of things to communicate. How are you doing? The...

Thomas piloted a small airplane and often sold his services to hunters in the Canadian wilderness. One season, he was approached by jeb and Jake, two moose hunters. Thomas took the duo into the wild. When Thomas returned to fetch his clients, he studies their gear and two gigantic moose. "I'm sorry, fellas," he told them, "I can't fly out of here with two of you, all your gears, and those two Bullwinkles." "Why not?" Jeb asked.

A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled and asked. 'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?' Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'  'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.' asked the saint Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples. Finally the saint explained;

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: ' I am blind, please help .' There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words. The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'

If you are a boss or hope to be one someday, consider these suggestions for managers, written from an employee's viewpoint: - My mind doesn't hold the same information, the same experience, that yours does. As you instruct me, please go slowly so that I can keep up with you. - My eveys have not seen the business world as yours have. Let me explore it some on my own. Please don't restrict me unnecessarily.

Why saying no still means you are a good person, and why there's honesty in refusal... It's a simple two-letter word, easy to remember and simple to say. Yet why is it often difficult to say No? Every fibre in your body might be screaming a no and yet you might find yourself nodding your head and uttering a meek ‘yes'?

One of the hardest things to do when you're communicating with someone is expressing yourself. How many times have you said something that just didn't come out the way you wanted it to? How many times have we said something that we really didn't mean, but we were too frustrated to stop it from being said? What's more, some people have a fear of expressing themselves at all. They're afraid to say something that might cost them a friendship. Or they bottle everything up tight and seize up at the mere thought of sharing their true emotions. This can be a constant struggle for people. However, it is something that can be conquered. If you are struggling to express yourself to others, or you know of someone who struggles, then read on. This article will show you what you can do to open up with others.