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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 2:08:23 AM   
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Good Answer

An eccentric philosophy professor gave a one question final exam after a semester dealing with a broad array of topics.

The class was already seated and ready to go when the professor picked up his chair, plopped it on his desk and wrote on the board: "Using everything we have learned this semester, prove that this chair does not exist."

Fingers flew, erasers erased, notebooks were filled in furious fashion. Some students wrote over 30 pages in one hour attempting to refute the existence of the chair. One member of the class however, was up and finished in less than a minute.

Weeks later when the grades were posted, the rest of the group wondered how he could have gotten an A when he had barely written anything at all.

His answer consisted of two words: "What chair?"
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 2:19:50 AM   
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There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with in the woods.
He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target.
Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.
As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.
Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly,
it hit the duck square in the head, and killed it. 
He was shocked and grieved. In a panic, he hid the dead duck
in the wood pile, only to see his sister watching.

Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes."

Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." 
Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?"

So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing 
and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper." 

Sally just smiled and said," Well that's all right because Johnny
told me he wanted to help. 

She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" 

So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help.

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and 
Sally's he finally couldn't stand it any longer. 

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.

Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug, and said, 
"Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window
and I saw the whole thing. 

But because I love you, I forgave you.
 
I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."

Thought for the day and everyday thereafter:  

Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done -- 

and the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, debt, fear, hatred, anger, unforgiveness, bitterness, etc.) --

whatever it is, you need to know that God was standing at the window 
and He saw the whole thing. 

He has seen your whole life. 

He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven.
He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you.

The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness,
He not only forgives you, but He forgets - 

It is by God's Grace and Mercy that we are saved.

Go ahead and make the difference in someone's life today.

Share this with a friend and always remember... 

God is at the window!

 
 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 8:44:58 AM   
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You're my friend

When you are sad.....I will dry your tears.


When you are scared.....I will comfort your fears.

When you are worried.....I will give you hope.

When you are confused.....I will help you cope.

And when you are lost.....And can't see the light,

I shall be your beacon.....Shining ever so bright.


 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 8:21:42 PM   
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Perfect!

*as we sit and consider the many options of the next direction to take*

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 12:16:01 AM   
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED
    I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

    I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

    I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

    I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

    I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you a heartache for life.

    I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

    I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words.

    I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

    I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

    I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

    I've learned that just because someone doesnt love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

    I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

    I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

    I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

    I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other.And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

    I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

    I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

    I've learned that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

    I've learned that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most.

    I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

    I've learned that although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.

    I've learned that love is not for me to keep, but to pass on to the next person I see.

    I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

    I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch - holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

    I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

    I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.

    I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.

    I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

    I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for ourselves.

    I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.

    I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

    I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.

    I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

    I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

    I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice.

    I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by someone else. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

    I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

    I've learned that making a living is not the same as making a life.

    I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

    I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.

    I've learned that you can make someone's day by simply sending them a little card.

    I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of minutes by people who don't even know you.

    I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

    I've learned that mental stimulation is the way to a person's heart.

    I've learned that just because your not together now doesn't mean it wasn't meant to be. Now is just not your time

    I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 12:25:46 AM   
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“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound
to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger
than steel.
Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.


 
-Catherine Ponder
 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 12:44:04 AM   
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Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. 
 
 
 
~John Wooden
 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 12:49:22 AM   
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“A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.”

 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 12:59:02 AM   
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  Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light. 
 
 
 ~Norman B. Rice
 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 1:06:07 AM   
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Management Lesson 

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.

A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?".

The crow answered: Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested.

All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson?

To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 1:28:06 AM   
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Keymakers
 
Some people see a closed door,
and turn away.

Others see a closed door,
try the knob
if it doesn't open...
they turn away.


Still others see a closed door,
try the knob,
if it doesn't open,
they find a key,
if the key doesn't fit...
they turn away.


A rare few see a closed door,
try the knob
if it doesn't open,
they find a key,
if the key doesn't fit...


They make one.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 1:32:49 AM   
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The Rose Seed
 
When we plant a rose seed in the earth
we notice that is is small
but we do not criticize it as rootless and stemless
We treat it as a seed
giving it water and nourishment required of all seed.

When it first shoots up out of the earth
we do not condemn it as immature and under developed
nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they pop up
We stand in wonder at the process taking place
and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of it's development.

The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies.
Within it, at all times, it contains it's whole potential
It seems to be constantly in the process of change
yet at each stage
at each moment
it is perfectly all right as it is.


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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 6:53:11 AM   
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Marie, you've found some very good ones here. I can't choose between them - they are all good, but perhaps the "What I have learned" one rang most bells with me. thank you.

Jude

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/20/2008 9:23:24 AM   
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                  I Can Do All Things, Through Christ Who Strengthens Me.
 
 
-Philippians 4:13
 

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 12:35:36 AM   
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 12:58:28 AM   
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Funny cat video

http://photobucket.com/albums/hh128/hollywood5997/?action=view&current=00824e4b.flv
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 1:00:53 AM   
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               Dragon Warning Sign
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 1:24:24 AM   
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You can never solve a problem on the level on which
it was created.


Albert Einstein
 
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 1:32:28 AM   
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                                       You make my day by being yourself!
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/22/2008 1:46:32 AM   
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More Computer Tech. Support Problems
 
  • Tech Support: "Ok, why don't you turn off error control and see if that clears the problem up."
  • Customer: "Turn off AIR control? What the heck is AIR control??"




  • Tech Support: "Customer Support, this is David, may I help you?"
  • Customer: "Hello, yes, it's me."
  • Tech Support: "Oh, it's me too." [chuckle]
  • Customer: "No, Esmie. E, s, m, i, e."
  • Tech Support: "Oh, sorry."




  • Tech Support: "Type 'fix' with an 'f'."
  • Customer: "Is that 'f' as in 'fix'?"




  • Customer: "How do you spell 'Internet America'? Is there a space between 'inter' and 'net'?"
  • Tech Support: "No space between 'inter' and 'net'. It's spelled normally."
  • Customer: "Ok. A-M-E-R-I-C-K?"
  • Tech Support: "That's A-M-E-R-I-C-A."
  • Customer: "I-C-K???"
  • Tech Support: "'A' as in apple"
  • Customer: "There's no 'K' in apple!"




  • Customer: "I was printing something."
  • Tech Support: "From before you called?"
  • Customer: "No, from Word."




  • Tech Support: "Where in the building is your printer located?"
  • Customer: "Middle of my desk."
  • Tech Support: "If I have to give someone directions, where do I tell them to go?"
  • Customer: "In the middle of my desk where I work."




  • Tech Support: "Tell me, is the cursor still there?"
  • Customer: "No, I'm alone right now."




  • Tech Support: "Are you reading an error message to me?"
  • Customer: "No, I'm reading an error message to you."




  • Tech Support: "Do you have 3 1/2 inch diskettes?"
  • Customer: "No, I only have 3 of them."




  • Tech Support: "Type 'A' and press Enter."
  • Customer: "Didn't work."
  • Tech Support: "What did it do?"
  • Customer: "Nothing."
  • Tech Support: "Hmmm...I'll send you a new set of diskettes."

The problem happened again.
  • Tech Support: "Hmmm...send me the diskettes back."

They ran perfectly on my machine. I had her print her config.sys and autoexec.bat files, etc. No problems. I called her back.
  • Tech Support: "Type 'A' and press Enter."

In the background, faintly, I heard these "tickety-tickety" sounds.
  • Tech Support: "What are you doing?"

It turned out she was typing, "Type A and press Enter." The error message at the bottom of the screen apparently didn't count as "doing anything."




  • Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
  • Customer: "Ok."
  • Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
  • Customer: "No."
  • Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
  • Customer: "No."
  • Tech Support: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"
  • Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'."

(At this point I had to put the caller on hold to tell the rest of the tech support staff what had happened. I couldn't, however, stop from giggling when I got back to the call.)
  • Tech Support: "Ok, did you type 'click' with the keyboard?"
  • Customer: "I have done something dumb, right?"




  • Customer: "I can't seem to connect to the Internet."
  • Tech Support: "Ah, right. What operating system are you running?"
  • Customer: "Netscape."
  • Tech Support: "No, what version of Windows are you using?"
  • Customer: "Uhhh...Hewlett Packard?"
  • Tech Support: "No, Right click on 'My Computer,' and select properties on the menu."
  • Customer: "Your computer? It's my computer!"
  • Tech Support: "No sir, I mean the little picture called 'My Computer' on your desktop."
  • Customer: "I don't see an icon called that on my desktop. I do see one called that on my screen."
  • Tech Support: "Right, just right click that, and choose Properties from the menu."
  • Customer: "Right click?"
  • Tech Support: "Just a moment, sir." (mutes phone) "AAAAAAAARGH."
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