Thoughts for 29 Aug 2007

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TFTD August 28, 2007

"Having a role model in life is a great thing to have; one who provides us with direction and inspiration. However, we will forever be restricted by that person's limitations if we live within their boundaries. Be influenced, but set your own standards and develop your own principals, if you are ever to live beyond someone else's dreams."
 
~Jason Shahan~

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Thought for Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007

             An Ode to an Indispensable Man

           Sometime, when you're feeling important
           Sometime, when your ego's in bloom,
           Sometime, when you take it for granted
           You're the best qualified in the room;

           Sometime when you feel that your going
           Would leave an unfillable hole,
           Just follow this simple instruction
           And see how it humbles your soul.

           Take a bucket and fill it with water;
           Put your hand in it, up to the wrist.
           Pull it out, and the hole that's remaining
           Is the measure of how you'll be missed.

           You may splash all you please when you enter,
           You can stir up the water galore,
           But stop, and you'll find in a minute
           That it looks just the same as before.

           The moral [in] is this quaint example
           Is to do the best job that you can.
           Be proud of yourself, but remember --
           There is no indispensable man.

                           -Anonymous
                            From the Bill Wagner Collection

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Ragan Communications' Here's A Thought for 29 Aug 2007

Here's a Thought ... from the publishers of Bits & Pieces

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The expression of gratitude is a powerful force that generates even more of what we have already received.
Deepak Chopra
Physician and writer