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Editor: Richard (Dick) Innes          
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Vol. 12 – No. 2410 June 12, 2010

 
Thought for the week: "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." – Patrick Henry
 
    INDEX
1.   Words of Wisdom
2.   On the Lighter Side
3.   Revolutions
4.   The Set of the Sails
5.   Tell Me About the Peanut
6.   Coached, Mentored, and Loved
7.   Moonlight Sonata
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1. Words of Wisdom

"The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile." – Bruce Barton

"Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd; a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more." – A. Lou Vickery

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us." – Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)

"Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment." – Sidney Poitier

"Learn to...be what you are, and learn to resign with good grace all that you are not." – Henri Frederic Amiel

"Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can." – John Wesley

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2. On the Lighter Side

The teenager lost a contact lens while playing basketball in his driveway. After a fruitless search, he told his mother the lens was nowhere to be found.

Undaunted, she went outside and in a few minutes returned with the lens in her hand.

"How did you manage to find it, Mom?" the teenager asked.

"We weren't looking for the same thing," she replied. "You were looking for a small piece of plastic. I was looking for $150."

Source: The Lame Humor List, http://absoluterobeo.com

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3. Revolutions

"Not all revolutions begin in the streets with tanks and guns. Some advance slowly, almost imperceptibly, until a nation is transformed and the public realizes too late that their freedoms are gone. Such is the revolution now taking place in America."

– Cal Thomas

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4. The Set of the Sails

One ship sails east and another sails west
With the self-same winds that blow.
'Tis the set of the sail and not the gale
Which determines the way they go.
As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate
As we voyage along through life,
'Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal,
And not the calm or the strife.

– Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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5. Tell Me About the Peanut

George Washington Carver, whose research brought international fame, was born to slave parents. As a young man he once asked God to tell him all about the universe.

"That's a tall order, George," said God. "Why don't you ask for something more your size?"

""All right, Lord, tell me about the peanut."

God answered him, and George discovered more than three hundred uses for the peanut, ranging from salad oil to soup.

Small things can lead to miracles, like, for instance, five barley loaves and two fish given by a small boy to Jesus.

Source, Encounter magazine, ACTS International (Australia), Vol. 40. No. 4, 2009, p. 9.

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6. Coached, Mentored, and Loved

By Michael Josephson of Character Counts (630.4)

When I first heard the name Valerie Kondos Field, I thought it was a sports venue. Since then, I've come to have a great appreciation for the name of UCLA's women's gymnastics coach and the extraordinary woman who owns it.

For one thing, she has impeccable credentials. Her name was among the first mentioned when I asked Coach John Wooden years ago for a list of coaches who best exemplified the teacher-coach concept he introduced to the Character Counts Pursuing Victory With Honor sports initiative.

He told me he was an avid fan of women's gymnastics and attended every meet he could. He loves the way Coach Val teaches her girls to be not merely great gymnasts—her teams have won five NCAA national championships—but to be good people.

So I got to know Val a bit and found out why Coach Wooden thinks so much of her. As a model teacher-coach, she takes seriously the notion that her team is comprised of student-athletes. Her team's cumulative grade-point average is always among the top in the conference.

And in a sport that highlights personal performances, Coach Val insists that her athletes work and think as a team. But what touched my heart most was watching her athletes enthusiastically cheering for each other during a meet.

Coach Wooden's endorsement is hard to beat, but the clincher for me was when my wife Anne, who runs her own gymnastics school and treats her gymnasts like they were her own kids, told me that no parent could hope for more than having a child coached, mentored, and loved by Valerie Kondos Field.

Coached, mentored, and loved—that's quite a combination.

This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts

© 2009 Josephson Institute of Ethics; reprinted with permission. Michael Josephson, one of the nation's leading ethicists, is the founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and the premier youth character education program, CHARACTER COUNTS! For further information visit www.charactercounts.org

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7. Moonlight Sonata

Sample of Daily Encounter by Dick Innes

"Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night?"1

Ludwig von Beethoven, one of the world's greatest musicians, was born into a musical family in Germany. As a child he spent many lonely hours practicing his music every day.

By the age of eleven he was already composing his own music and conducting an orchestra. In his late teens he went to Vienna for further study. There he reached fame, though not fortune.

I have read how, one evening, as he was out walking he passed a cobbler's house where he heard someone inside practicing one of his compositions. As he stopped to listen he overheard a girl say that she wished she could hear a real musician play it properly.

Beethoven went into the house and, noticing the young lady at the piano was blind, offered to play the piece for her. He did so for her for more than an hour, and while he did, darkness fell and the lone candle in the room had gone out.

Outside in the night sky the moon shone brightly and sent its radiant beams glistening into the room where Beethoven sat playing beautiful music. He was so inspired by the appreciation of his music by the young lady and the beauty of the atmosphere in the room that he composed his famous "Moonlight Sonata."

Do you ever feel that your dreams have been shattered and you feel all alone in the darkness of despair? I certainly have. However, when our life is truly committed to Christ, it's in these "dark nights of the soul" when God is working in us to give us more understanding of life and compassion for others—and in time—will bring back the music into our life.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, in my 'dark nights of the soul'—even though I feel that you are far away—help me to see with my heart and know that you are at my side, and that you will never leave me or forsake me. And help me to 'see' that you are using my circumstances to help me become a better, healthier, and more whole person. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

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