If I asked you this . . .

. . . will you agree, the 6th and 3rd questions
in that order are our

"MOST POWERFUL TOOLS?"

Consider this story . . .

. . . A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain?'
cccccccThe mouse wondered - - -he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, The mouse proclaimed the warning 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!' The chicken clucked and scratched, 'Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.'

cccccccThe mouse turned to the pig and told him 'There is a mousetrap in the house The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.' The mouse turned to the cow and said 'There is a mousetrap in the house! The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose.' So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap . . . alone.

cccccccThat very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.

cccccccTo feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

cccccccThe mouse looked upon it all from His crack in the wall with great sadness.

cccccccSo, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember ----when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

cccccccWe are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE. REMEMBER. . . EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON One of the best things to hold Onto in this world is a FRIEND

Life Application:

What Is Compassion?
We had offered you a poll to learn your thoughts and feelings toward those things you feel are important. What is important to you? We have learned an already obvious lesson. What is important to one person may be far from what is important to another.

The lesson goes much deeper than that surface derivative we found here. The deeper lesson says, “A majority of people do not have the same definition for what they feel should be simple to understand.” Which deepens the lesson still, into the fact that communication assumptions made to target certain expectations, but miss the mark, end many times causing confusion, and even discontentment. That end is the ingredient for arguments.

Out right wanting control over another is one sure way to arguments. But simple missed communication from good intentions should be looked at from a deeper, heart felt perspective.

From the poll we asked: “WHAT IS OUR MOST POWERFUL TOOL?"

You answered:
1. Money: 2 (8%)2. Intimate commitment: 12 (50%)
3. Leadership: 3 (12%) Control over others: 0 (0%)
4. Credit score: 0 (0%)5. Concern for others in action: 7 (29%) (this is not a military question).

When we placed the word tool in this poll, we meant it to say, “What are the strongest things we have available that allow us to adjust life’s results to obtain the best optimistic outcomes?”

A tool: a wrench, an eyebrow pencil, a remote control, a mailbox, these are all tools, things we use.
Had I taken the time to explain even more I would love to have seen the different results. It is very important to get your feed back.

Maybe I should let you know that what you say here will have an effect on millions of people within the next 365 days as my publisher releases the book to the same effect.

These answers will not be there, but they open understanding as to how a majority of people think and feel about these matters. Knowing this provide us with the opportunity to give you better options, better product, and better information.

I want to stay right here on this subject over the next few days to read your comments. Please do what ever it takes to get in and share your comment. What you say is going to make a difference in what happens in society and how society will change over the next ten years.

Again, your thoughts are important.

Please share them.

Take care,

Tony

Let us consider these things

"Where is the balance?"

1. Money: 2 (8%)
2. Intimate commitment: 12 (50%)
3. Leadership: 3 (12%)
Control over others: 0 (0%)
4. Credit score: 0 (0%)
5. Concern for others in action: 7 (29%)
(not a military question)

Up from a nap!

Click: to see if you agree compassionately?
It's funny how you don't know time is moving while you sleep, but at times, as soon as you awake you may be startled to learn that more time has passed that you had hoped for.

I just rose from a nap and thought time had passed for me to finish work.

Thank goodness time had not passed for me to get it done.

This was a sign of the time:

"Responsibility"

1. Plan and schedule (program alarms, mention plans to others, what ever we do, insure not to miss necessary times).

2. We are responsible for everything we have charge of. No excuse will will turn back the time giving us another opportunity.

3. Be thankful for the time we have to accomplish anything. It is our most valuable gift from God. Without it, what would we have? How we handle our time is our gift back to God.

Live in Love and Peace,

Tony