Great Truths About Life...Through the Eyes of a Child

Today's blog is an amusing collection of children's responses when they were asked "what have you learned in your life." I always find it fun and interesting to read or hear what children think and how they view their world. Sometimes I also think, how much better some things would be if everyone looked at life through a child's eyes. So, without further adieu, find out what some of the great truths are in life....from a child's perspective.

Great Truths About Life That Little Children Have Learned

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~ Author Unknown ~

1.   No matter how hard you try, you cannot baptize cats.

2.   When your mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair.

3.   If you sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second-person.

4.   Never ask your 3-year-old brother to hold a tomato.

5.   You can't trust dogs to watch your food.

6.   Reading what people write on desks can teach you a lot.

7.   Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.

8.   Puppies still have bad breath even after eating a Tic Tac.

9.   Never hold a dust buster and a cat at the same time.

10. School lunches stick to the wall.

11. You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.

12.  Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.

13.  The best place to be when you are sad is in Grandma's lap.

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When A Weakness Can Become A Strength

In everyone’s life, there is a weakness. Sometimes life has dealt people a tough situation. This weakness can be anything: psychological, emotional, or physical. The way a person deals with their weakness can make a huge difference as to how they live throughout their lifetime.  Today’s story is an excellent illustration that demonstrates how a person used their biggest weakness to become his biggest strength.

When A Weaknesses Can Become A Strength

~ Author Unknown ~

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move. "Sensei," the boy finally asked, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move I know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened. "No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion. On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. "Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?" "You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength!

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How things have changed! Some things for the better and some things for the worse. In a lot of ways, the present are the “good old days”, too!

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A Caring Heart: How Much Do You Care For People?

A Caring Heart: How Much Do You Care For People?

~ Dr. Robert Gilbert ~

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People don’t care how much you know until they know how much they care.

Did you ever realize that when you meet a person who cares, you know it instantly? You don’t have to spend six months with them until it finally dawns on you, “Wow, they really care.”

I had this instant recognition last spring when I visited the Charles J. Riley School 9 in Paterson, New Jersey. Within moments of entering the building, I knew I was in a caring, nurturing environment. I could feel it in the air.

My original assumption was supported when I walked into the main office and saw the Charles J. Riley School Motto:

• The schoolwork I am asking you to do is important.
• I know that you can do it.
• I won’t give up on you.

Now know that you might not be a teacher by profession, but I also know that in some respect, you are someone’s teacher. Whether you’re a manager, a mom, a dad, a relative, or a friend, you can show someone you care by:

• Caring enough to do important things with them or helping them with important things like their problems.
• Caring enough to believe in their abilities.
• Caring enough to stick by them through the tough times and not give up on them.

Right now think of three people who have made a significant positive impact on your life. I would guess that one thing these people have in common is that they really care for you.

Marian Wright Edelman once said, “You can change the world if you care enough.”

Remember…once people know how much you care, then they will care how much you know.

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America: A Hundred Years Ago

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Life in America today is filled with computers, cellphones, flat screen televisions, GPS, computerized cars, medicine that has lengthened our life, and many, many other commodities and things that were never available a short time ago.  But imagine, if just for a few minutes, that you could go back in time and “see” what life in America was like 100 years ago. In today’s story you will read about several facts that may give you a pretty cool insight as to what our country was like more than a century ago…..

America: A Hundred Years Ago

~ Excerpted from a book called WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A CHILD by Leigh W. Rutledge, which begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my grandmother was a child..." ~

• The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.
• Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.
• Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph.
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
• The average wage in the U.S. was twenty-two cents an hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year.
• More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home.
• Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
• Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
• The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
            Pneumonia and influenza
            Tuberculosis
            Diarrhea
            Heart disease
            Stroke
• The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
• Drive-by-shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West.
• The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families.
• Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
• There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
• One in ten U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
• Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide -- which was thought to diminish sexual desire -- into the woman's drinking water.
• Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.
• Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine.
• Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
• There were about 230 reported murders in the U.S. annually.

How things have changed! Some things for the better and some things for the worse. In a lot of ways, the present are the “good old days”, too!

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