Spreading The Word Until Nov 1
October 18th, 2008I just voted in Care2.com’s “America’s Favorite Animal Shelter” contest to help my favorite local group, Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc, win a grand prize of $10,000. Think of the homeless pets we could save with $10,000! But I need your help to get enough votes to help Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc win. Please vote here:
http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/75774/?refer=23774.10.1224389098.7516
When you ask your friends to vote, you will not only increase Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc’s chances of winning, but you could be a winner, too. The 20 people who recruit the most people to vote during the contest will win a $50 gift certificate for pet products, sponsored by Adopt-a-Pet.com!
My family donates regularly each month to Beauty’s Haven. The staff that cares for the horses is so passionate and caring. They save many horses. They give dignity to those that they are unable to save. And, mostly, they love each animal as though it was there own. So, click on the link above or scroll down to find a badge in the sidebar to click. It only takes a few minutes to vote and they could get so much for your time.
Thank you 
A Letter From My Horses
October 9th, 2008A very dear friend passed forwarded this on to me today……
update: I did not mean to say that my friend had passed on - sorry
When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.
When you are quick to react, let me teach you to be thoughtful.
When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.
When you feel superior, let me teach you to be respectful.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater things.
When you are arrogant, let me teach you humility.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion.
When you are tired, let me carry the load.
When you need to learn, let me teach you. After all, I am your horse.
And now, the REAL story…..
When you are tense, let me teach you that there are lions in them thar woods, and we need to leave NOW!
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to slog around the pasture for an hour before you can catch me.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to figure out where, exactly, in the 40 acres I am hiding.
When you are quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick much faster (harder) than omnivores.
When you are angry, let me teach you how well I can stand on my hind feet because I don’t feel like cantering on my right lead today.
When you are worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness.
When you feel superior, let me teach you that, mostly, you are the maid service.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to PAY ATTENTION. Remember? I told you about those lions in them thar woods?
When you are arrogant, let me teach you what 1200 lbs. Of “YAHOO LETS GO!” can do when suitably inspired.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion. Let’s do lunch. Also, breakfast and dinner.
When you are tired, don’t forget the 600lbs. Of grain that needs to be unloaded.
When you are feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning of “Veterinary Services”.
When you need to learn, hang around, bud. I’ll learn ya.
Thanks, Miss N
Hello There Nice Person
August 29th, 2008I got this from a good friend today. I liked it and wanted to pass it on to my reader(s). She has a regular job, is raising her son and runs her own business, Whoopup Creek Luffas…. stop by and check it out!
Hello There Nice Person
Did Anyone Ever Tell You,
Just How Special You Are
The Light that You Emit
Might even Light a Star
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
How Important You Make Others Feel
Somebody out here is Smiling
About Love that is so Real
Did Anyone Ever Tell You that
Many Times When They were Sad
Your E-mail made Them Smile a bit
In Fact It made Them Glad
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Just How Much They Like You
Well, My Dearest Friend
Today I am Telling You
First Ever:Song of the Moment-In My Life by The Beatles
April 29th, 2008Talina, over at Harvest of Daily Life, has suggested that her readers to post about their “Song of the Moment”.Why not take my song of the moment image and write about your song of the moment in your blog?
You can watch the video and hear the song HERE
So, here is my Song of the Moment
IN MY LIFE by The Beatles
There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
there is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more
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Attitude is Everything….
April 18th, 2008Since I believe that the mind is a powerful thing - that if you believe in doom-doom will happen but if you believe in success-success will happen, I am copy/pasting this forwarded email that I received today from a very good friend. I, also, have a friend who actually lives this everyday and he is one of the happiest people I have ever met. So here it is and I hope that it will help some of my friends who are going through a bad time right now. Remember that your mind, will and attitude are your most valuable and powerful assets. All things ARE possible!
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, ‘If I were any better, I would be twins!’
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, ‘I don’t get it!’
‘You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?’
He replied, ‘Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or…you can choose to be in a bad mood.
I choose to be in a good mood.’
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or…I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or…I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
‘Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,’ I protested.
‘Yes, it is,’ he said. ‘Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live your life.’
I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a co mm unications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, ‘If I were any better, I’d be twins….Wanna see my scars?’
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
‘The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,’ he replied. ‘Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or…I could choose to die. I chose to live.’
‘Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?’ I asked.
He continued, ‘…the paramedics were great.
They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read ‘he’s a dead man’. I knew I needed to take action.’
‘What did you do?’ I asked.
‘Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,’ said John. ‘She asked if I was allergic to anything ‘Yes, I replied.’ The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity”
Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’
He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude…I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.’
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Talina
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