Monday, March 31, 2014
But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me. strength of character impresses me. But most of all. I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from failing and picking yourself up it comes from surviving failure and loss. it implies an understanding of human condition and forgive its many flaws. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those Who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures’, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour-‘of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness that is a friend who care? ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen
A cop is staking out a bar for drunk drivers. At closing time, he sees a guy stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb, and fumble for his keys for five minutes. When he finally gets in, it takes him another five minutes to get the key in the ignition. Meanwhile, everybody else leaves the bar and drives off. When he finally pulls away, the cop is waiting for him, pulls him over, and gives him a Breathalyzer test. The test shows he has a blood alcohol level of 0.0. The cop says, ‘How is this possible?‘ The guy says, ‘Tonight l ‘m the designated decoy. '
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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