Other - Arts & Humanities - August 2006

Alvida is a hindi word

2006-08-23 17:57:10 · 18 answers · asked by and 2

2006-08-23 17:54:52 · 11 answers · asked by ajay_panchal91 1

2006-08-23 17:14:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had 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 unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry 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 to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, 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," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut way all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant 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 Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry 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 did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, 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.

Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room 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 Jerry. "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 breathe and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them. 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

Jerry 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


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2006-08-23 16:57:27 · 2 answers · asked by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7

I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.

His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: "Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day," I said. "I choose to be cheerful."

"Let me give you an example," I continued, addressing all sixty students in the class. "In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive
another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't turn over. So I
put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.

"As soon as I got there I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the Provost's office asked me what has happened. 'This is my lucky day,' I replied, smiling.

"'Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?' She was puzzled. 'What do you mean?'

"'I live 17 miles from here.' I replied. 'My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.'

The secretary's eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class." So ended my story.

I scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn't the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student's observation that I was cheerful.

Deepak Chopra has quoted an Indian wise man as saying, "WHO you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say." I suppose it must be so.

by Lee Ryan Miller



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2006-08-23 16:50:44 · 1 answers · asked by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7

2006-08-23 16:20:39 · 21 answers · asked by Charly 2

Don't u girls out there REALIZE that there a PREDETORS????
Who are u trying to impress ? Yourself??....This isn't Playboy !!
Since it's the guys u want to turn on.....go take nudie pics at
Hustler. I could do that in Yahoo,...So can all these other girls, U
should ask ur-self WHY we don't.???!! We respect ourselves.

2006-08-23 15:54:37 · 14 answers · asked by CraZyCaT 5

Don't u girls out there REALIZE that there a PREDETORS????
Who are u trying to impress ? Yourself??....This isn't Playboy !!
Since it's the guys u want to turn on.....go take nudie pics at
Hustler. I could do that in Yahoo,...So can all these other girls, U
should ask ur-self WHY we don't.???!! We respect ourselves.

2006-08-23 15:53:09 · 6 answers · asked by CraZyCaT 5

I found this online. It's kind of funny.

Freedom is a most important thing.
Underneath the bright blue sky,
Clouds covering the sun move away.
Kites soar.

You breathe in the fresh meadow air
On top of a green field
Until you feel like you’re in heaven.

And then it hits you.
Last night, you got fired.
Loser.

2006-08-23 15:07:15 · 7 answers · asked by C. Menstein 4

i wanna find it out lol please answer with care

2006-08-23 14:33:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who would win in a street brawl?

2006-08-23 14:24:16 · 12 answers · asked by Martin523 4

I think people don't believe in the bible because they don't want to get their toes stepped on. I think people want to do what they want and live how they want guilt free and if they believe in the bible they can't do their own thing. They don't want to feel guilty about any of their sin. But sin is sin no matter which way you look at it. The only way to heaven is to admit you're a sinner, ask God for forgiveness and accept Jesus as your Lord & Savior. That is what He died on the cross for. He paid the price for not just our past sins and our current sins but also for the sins we'll commit in the future. He knows all that we do before we do it and He is willing to forgive us because He loves us UNCONDITIONALLY. People who can't / won't FORGIVE, can't / won't understand UNCONDITIONAL love. It' forgiving & loving no matter what. That doesn't mean u take abuse but u forgive & love. Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior today.

2006-08-23 14:01:31 · 7 answers · asked by Pebbles1958 1

When i get older i want to be a singer, but there is a talent thing at my school that i should preform in, but if i don't take chances like that when there open to me. Does that mean i am not very dedicated to be a singer???

2006-08-23 13:23:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was changing in the locker room whan some guys saw my underwear and started laughing.

2006-08-23 13:16:24 · 8 answers · asked by Muy W 1

at me

2006-08-23 13:01:28 · 13 answers · asked by Muy W 1

since when did the heart symbolize love? its an organ of the body filled with blood which pumps tons of blood nonstop. yay

2006-08-23 12:56:08 · 13 answers · asked by identity242424 1

are there any solid proofs which proves their existence? surely a lot of people say yes, vids, etc,

2006-08-23 12:52:24 · 23 answers · asked by identity242424 1

What do you think? Im meaning the generation from around times like the 50s to the 70s. (older) and to the current tiemes (ours)

2006-08-23 12:06:45 · 6 answers · asked by Ivan 2

2006-08-23 11:29:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you ramble on wherever your mind goes, following all the tangents and offshoots that become clear as you go?

Do you think about where you want to go, what you want to say before you actually write it down?

What is your approach?

2006-08-23 10:58:42 · 14 answers · asked by ? 5

2006-08-23 10:24:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 10:23:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I like anime, but only saw Miyazaki's work. I want to see more. What is a good starting list or must-watch anime movie or series?

2006-08-23 10:01:55 · 2 answers · asked by applejuice 2

will Scorpio's be know as the people without a planet? Or will they inherit a new planet as their Astrological symbol?

2006-08-23 08:53:09 · 4 answers · asked by krodgibami 5

2006-08-23 08:41:38 · 8 answers · asked by TONKA 1

never thought Id say it but USA at least have some humour...come on UK we must do better...!!!

2006-08-23 07:56:07 · 14 answers · asked by notgnal 6

i think i will...all you people from first level are losers!!!!!

2006-08-23 07:55:33 · 6 answers · asked by ingrid 2

well...is it??

2006-08-23 07:54:32 · 27 answers · asked by ingrid 2

I have an oil on wood painting, dated 1953. It needs to be cleaned and I'm not sure if I should attempt this myself. Does anyone know how to clean it without damaging it?

2006-08-23 07:52:25 · 5 answers · asked by mightymite1957 7

2006-08-23 07:41:00 · 11 answers · asked by natalielewis88 1