TODAY'S QUOATATION

"Everyone tries to define this thing called character. Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking."
--J.C. Watts

TODAY'S INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE:

"One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak."

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Treasures

There are treasures in life,
but owners are few
Of money and power
to buy things brand new.

Yet you can be wealthy
and feel regal too,
If you will just look
for the treasures in you.

These treasures in life
are not hard to find
When you look in your heart,
your soul, and your mind.

For when you are willing
to share what's within,
Your fervent search
for riches will end.

The joy and the laughter,
the smile that you bring;
The heart unafraid
to love and to sing;

The hand always willing
to help those in need;
Ones quick to reach out,
to labor and fee.

So thank you for sharing
these great gifts inside;
The caring, the cheering,
the hug when one cried.

Thanks for the energy,
encouragement too,
And thank you for sharing
the treasures in you.
--author unknown

Glasceta,
Your daily writings are such an inspiration to me! I started communicating on this board to talk about coming on a vacation to TB & got hooked on your daily messages. I don't let a day go by that I don't check in & many times I have copied your message to share with my husband & my prayer group here. I especially was blessed by the 23rd Psalm you did a week or so ago with the comments after each verse. Thank you so much & know that you are blessing people all the way here in Colorado, USA!
I hope I could somehow meet you when we come to TB next Jan. Keep up your good work :-)
Oh, by the way, one day you quoted from Og Mandingo who is one of my husband's very favorites!

PROFILE OF A TONGUE

My name is TONGUE, and unlike many who loiter and idle and meddle in other people’s business, I do what I'm supposed to: taste.
And not only am I smart; I personify one of the senses.
And although the GOOD BOOK warns about me, I am taken for granted. And nobody likes to be taken for granted. Do you?
So, I basically serve a greater purpose—which I do almost non-stop and without discrimination. You could say I am passionate about it. I love to TALK—bad talk.
I am CREATIVE and SKILLFUL too. I can twist a story and sell it before you could blink, and I could praise you with one side and with the other side, call down the worst evil upon you.
I am CLEVER too; you may see the bad seeds that I spread, but you can’t always find my root.
And I am very RESPONSIBLE. I am responsible for driving people to insanity and despair, and once in a while to the grave.
I am extremely HARDWORKING. Hardly a second goes by when I’m not running, because I just never seem to run out of resources.
I am not partial; I strike anyone—from womb to tomb, sperm to worm, from lust to dust, from conception to corruption (pick your choice).
I am loyal to no one. I am ruthless. I cannot be tamed.
I stop at nothing; the sky poses no limit, because I could spread a lie and swear by heaven that I didn’t.
I betray trust and divulge confidential matters, even when I know I could defame a reputation, endanger a life.
I do not get along with the other senses. My best friends are name-calling, fault-finder, rumor, gossip, back-stabbibg, and slander, and, my cousins are a whole pack of LIES—little lies, big lies, white lies. And my favorite long-time friend is the telephone. We have an intimate relationship. We are like peas in a pod, bench and buttock, tongue and tooth. We can go for hours at an end. We might even spend nights together, taking tales from one victim to the other, and, if circumstances allow, we continue into the next day.
My favorite scenes are unrest, misery, disunity, and disorder; I have a vehement dislike for peace, happiness, and order.
I cause agitation, oppression, depression.
I can strike at anytime, without warning, thoughtfulness, or reason.
I break up marriages, families, communities, and if you let me I could bring a nation down.
With one word, I can break a heart, a mind, a spirit and put it in much tribulation and despair.
And the best part is that no one can do anything much to me, because I have billions of brothers and sisters, and I’ll tell on you. They’re worse than I am and will probably beat you down, down to hopelessness and despondency.
But since you’ve read this, I’ll let you in on a secret: Just like Samson, the strongest man was taken down by sharing his secret with his wife; I’ll let you in on mine: The only thing that can really stop me is a DEAF ear.

--author unknown

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
--Winston Churchill

"Backstabbing is not necessarily bad. It can give you a push forward."
--glasceta honeyghan

big up to all treasure beach massive, the best place in jamaica.am in toronto, but my heart in T-B one love everytime.

Hi Glas, keep you the good work. I am encouraged by your work. Love you.