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| Beauty tips from Audry Hepburn For all of us mothers The PROPHET, by Kahlil Gibran |
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Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburn wrote when asked to share her
"beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness..
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise , walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,
and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each
of your arms .
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping
yourself, and the
other for helping others.
For all of us mothers
A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the Transport office was
asked by the clerk to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the
clerk, "do you have a job, or are you just a .?
"Of course I have a job," snapped Emily. "I'm a Mum."
"We don't list 'Mum' as an occupation...... 'housewife' covers it," said the clerk
emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, this
time at our local police station. The Clerk was obviously a career woman,
poised, efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official
Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."
"What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it, I do not know... The words simply popped out. "I'm a
Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."
The clerk paused, pen frozen in midair, and looked up as though she had not
heard right.
I repeated the title slowly, emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared
with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the official
questionnaire!
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a
continuing programme of research, (what mother doesn't), in the laboratory and
in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (the whole bloody family), and already have four
credits, (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the
humanities, (any mother care to disagree.?) and I often work 14 hours a day,
(24 is more like it). But the job is more
challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a
satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the girl's voice as she completed the
form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.
When I got home, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by
my lab assistants -- ages 10, 7, and 3. Upstairs, I could hear our new
experimental model, (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development programme,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt I had triumphed over bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records
as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another
Mum."
Motherhood.....What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the
door.
Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research Associates in the field of Child
Development and Human Relations" , and great grandmothers "Executive Senior
Research Associates"??? I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate
Research Assistants".
Author unknown submitted by Eileen.
Just Plain Quotes: submitted by Brian Austin Whitney
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." -Will
Rogers
"Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to
weather forecasts and economists?" -Kelvin Throop II
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that
respects and enhances the freedom of others." -Nelson Mandela
"When you're playing David to someone else's Goliath, an oft ignored but highly
successful strategy is to simply team up with an ever bigger Goliath." -Brian
Austin Whitney
The PROPHET, by Kahlil Gibran
ON CHILDREN
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even
in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with
His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
ON LOVE
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the
garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your
growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that
quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread
for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your
heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's
threshing-floor,
Into the season less world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and
weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the
heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy,
directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise
upon your lips.
www.reinventingmyself.com/inspirational19.html
"beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness..
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise , walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,
and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each
of your arms .
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping
yourself, and the
other for helping others.
For all of us mothers
A woman named Emily renewing her driver's license at the Transport office was
asked by the clerk to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. "What I mean is," explained the
clerk, "do you have a job, or are you just a .?
"Of course I have a job," snapped Emily. "I'm a Mum."
"We don't list 'Mum' as an occupation...... 'housewife' covers it," said the clerk
emphatically.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, this
time at our local police station. The Clerk was obviously a career woman,
poised, efficient, and possessed of a high sounding title like, "Official
Interrogator" or "Town Registrar."
"What is your occupation?" she probed.
What made me say it, I do not know... The words simply popped out. "I'm a
Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations."
The clerk paused, pen frozen in midair, and looked up as though she had not
heard right.
I repeated the title slowly, emphasizing the most significant words. Then I stared
with wonder as my pronouncement was written in bold, black ink on the official
questionnaire!
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in your field?"
Coolly, without any trace of fluster in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a
continuing programme of research, (what mother doesn't), in the laboratory and
in the field, (normally I would have said indoors and out).
I'm working for my Masters, (the whole bloody family), and already have four
credits, (all daughters). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the
humanities, (any mother care to disagree.?) and I often work 14 hours a day,
(24 is more like it). But the job is more
challenging than most run-of-the-mill careers and the rewards are more of a
satisfaction rather than just money."
There was an increasing note of respect in the girl's voice as she completed the
form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.
When I got home, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by
my lab assistants -- ages 10, 7, and 3. Upstairs, I could hear our new
experimental model, (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development programme,
testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt I had triumphed over bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records
as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another
Mum."
Motherhood.....What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the
door.
Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research Associates in the field of Child
Development and Human Relations" , and great grandmothers "Executive Senior
Research Associates"??? I think so!!! I also think it makes Aunts "Associate
Research Assistants".
Author unknown submitted by Eileen.
Just Plain Quotes: submitted by Brian Austin Whitney
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." -Will
Rogers
"Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to
weather forecasts and economists?" -Kelvin Throop II
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that
respects and enhances the freedom of others." -Nelson Mandela
"When you're playing David to someone else's Goliath, an oft ignored but highly
successful strategy is to simply team up with an ever bigger Goliath." -Brian
Austin Whitney
The PROPHET, by Kahlil Gibran
ON CHILDREN
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even
in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with
His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
ON LOVE
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the
garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your
growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that
quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread
for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your
heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's
threshing-floor,
Into the season less world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and
weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the
heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy,
directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise
upon your lips.
www.reinventingmyself.com/inspirational19.html
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