Yesterday my son found a little red 3" X 5" ruled sheet notebook that my mother (still extant) had given me some 20 odd years ago with the hope that the hand written sayings inside would lead to me to a better life. Being me and being real smart I had put the little notebook aside and forgot it.
Now I realize that if I had followed her sayings I might today be on MTV or at least be driving a silver Mercedes Benz.
I'm pretty sure mother got the red book idea from the
Little Red Book of Saying that proved so successful for
Chairman Mao Zedong (mother wasn't picky about stealing an idea) but many of the thoughts inside Mom's book have value even in the world of today. I offer them here in the hope that they will help you folk become rich, or failing that, at least become better people.
Way To Go by Dorothy Grider Washington*** Don't wait for your ship to come in swim out and meet it.
*** Don't worry about losing your memory. Just forget about it.
*** Trust in God. But Lock your car.
*** Never laugh at anyones dreams.
*** When I count my blessings I count you twice.
*** Whatever the problem - Please give me two minutes for an alibi.
*** The wise do sooner what fools do later.
*** Goldfish don't like jello.
*** Living is like licking honey off a thorn.
*** Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
*** You can't have a good day in bad underwear.
*** If you can't say anything good about someone sit right here by me.
*** Smile big.
*** There is no elevator to success - you have to take the stairs.
*** Gods greatest gift - "your child".
*** Make haste slowly.
*** The eleventh commandment: Thy Shall Laugh.
*** Animals don't gripe.
*** Yes, a woman is the beginning of everything great.
-
Abe Lincoln*** Half the sky is held up by women.
*** You rest you rust.
*** You can't be mad when you sing.
*** Refrigerators hum in B-flat.
*** Lord, grant me patience - and I need it right now.
*** There is not a right way to do a wrong thing.
*** You have not because you ask not. -
James Chap 4 - verse 2.
*** Some cause happiness where ever they go, others when ever they go.
(My Mother brought happiness wherever she went, she stills does, but please excuse me, now I must go and watch TV.) ___ ___~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
