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redkite48 — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:44:48 +0100

Max Ehrmann

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

You sooner or later

redkite48 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:14:24 +0100

For those of you that don't get this, you will, your day is
coming.............................

        AAADD - Age (Alcohol) Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
   This is how it manifests . I decide to water my garden. As I turn on
the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs
washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the front
verandah table that I brought up from the letter box earlier, just after
the mailman had been. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
car. I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage
bin beside the table, and notice that the bin is full. So, I decide to
put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take
out the garbage anyway (and the mailman picks up the mail at noon) I
may as well pay the bills first. So, I take my cheque book off the
table, and see that there is only 1 cheque left. My spare cheque book is
in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I
find the can of Coke I'd been drinking earlier this morning. I know I
was going to look for my cheque book, but first I need to push the Coke
can aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is warm,
so I decide to put it in the refrigerator to make it cold again. As I
head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the dining
room table catches my eye -- they need water.

I put the Coke on the dining room table and discover my reading glasses
that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I'd better put
them back on my desk, but first I'm going to put more water in the
flowers. I set the glasses back down on the table, go to the kitchen
sink to get a
jug and fill it with water and suddenly spot the TV remote on the window
sill.

Some-one left it there. I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the
remote, but I won't remember that it's on the window sill, so I decide
to put it back in the lounge room where it belongs, but first I'll water
the flowers. I pour some water in the jug, but spill some on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the kitchen bench, get some towels and wipe
up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was
planning to do.
   At the end of the day:
                   - the car isn't washed
                   - the cheque's aren't written for the bills to be
paid
                   - there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the dining
room table
                   - the flowers don't have enough water
                   - there is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book
                   - I can't find the remote
                   - I can't find my glasses
                   - the garbage hasn't been taken out
                   - and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
   Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really
baffled because I know I was busy all day, and I'm really tired now.

I realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for
it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Do me a favour. Forward this
message to >everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell
I've sent it to.
   Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

                    GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.

                       GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
                             LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.

Gen update

redkite48 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:21:00 +0100

Don't get excited this probably won't happen often.

Off work at mo, bad throat, splitting head, whistling in ears and eyes messed up so am bit bored, also hungry cos I can't eat properly. Nobody wants to talk to me maybe thats cos I'm not talking to anyone no voice can only type haha. Still having trouble finding my way round this site keep getting lost must be anno domini overtaking me. Spose am feeling sorry for self head not working rite an all that. Will go for wander round site and get lost again might be somthing interesting going on. Think me keyboards on its way out keep finding mistakes but my spellings not that bad reeli. tc

The wk end

redkite48 — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:45:54 +0000

Rough weekend what, hope it's better tomorrow off up to Bradford wi goodies for school kids not looking forward to a rough ride.

Hope all you Mums out there have had a good Mothers day, the very best to you all.

First F1 of the season silly Coultard spoilt it didn't he, can't think what he was playing at he should have seen that coming. Nice to see young Hamilton up the sharpe end so soon lets hope he can keep it up. Nice start to the season for Kimi but I would like to see Brit pack more towards the front even the silly one. tc

Me

redkite48 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:50:20 +0000

I've tried to write this before, don't know where it went. My avatar is Chuck Norris because we look so much alike it's like looking in a mirror I will try to upload a propper pic of self so you can judge, not to good at this tech thing can't even master the microwave it keeps destroying my porrige GRRRRRRRRRR.

Just general rubbish

redkite48 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:42:04 +0000

Not doing very well just yet, can't find my way around the site mind I can get lost in a phone box, how many times have I bashed my nose on the glass trying to get out through the wall! Wrote more stuff about my old school and then lost it, must have clicked in the wrong place, now can't remember what I wrote. The hog roast was good not as many people as I expected. How come when I try to add artists to my list it says uh uho can't do that? Oh that fone box thing is solved now I've got a mobile so I only have to remember to keep it charged, rememb to take it with me, remem where I left it 10 mins ago, reme where I left the charger, find a socket to plug in the charger, re er oh yes DON'T drop the DA/\/\N3D thing or of course let it get wet. I find it so use er full.

SHEPSHED High School

redkite48 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:49:53 +0000

Formerly known as Hind Leys Comunity Collegs is being demolished. I attended this school for 4yrs 1969/73, I would be pleased to hear from anyone who was there around the same time. There will be a party for ex staff and pupils saturday march 10 tickets about £7 and an open day the friday before, I hope to attend both days and look forward to meeting some old friends will you be there?