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God given blessings.

katrina

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If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people around the world.

If you attend a religious service without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed that almost three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.

This is Rex Barker, CS (Counting my blessingS ) reminding you to appreciate all of your God given blessings. Don't focus on what you don't have. Don't focus on others who might have more than you in something. Focus and be thankful for how truly blessed you are.
 

ranchwife

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thanks for the reminder, katrina, about all we truly do have to be grateful for!! All too easy nowadays to get bogged down in the "Gotta Outdo the Jones'" mentality!!! :D :D :roll: :roll: :roll:
 

katrina

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Ain't that the truth...Especially my kids. Jeese..... Never outa wants ways.
Dean has a birthday in September and he has been bugging me for a month about a present....Just drives me crazy.......
 

ranchwife

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katrina said:
Ain't that the truth...Especially my kids. Jeese..... Never outa wants ways.
Dean has a birthday in September and he has been bugging me for a month about a present....Just drives me crazy.......

worked myself 48 hours of overtime this last pay period just to help get the kiddos ready for school which starts in 21 days......not an easy thing to keep up with, especially when they start asking for "extra goodies" to go along with it!! However, with the demodriver getting ready to head off to college, I have begun to see things different..my time with her is limited now and I need to take advantage of each and every day....even if that day is simply spent working in the yard!!
 

ranchwife

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Faster horses said:
Time...the most precious thing of all.

Amen!!! Went to Boze-Angeles today to get demodriver's senior portraits ordered and get school supplies bought for the 3 kids still in school!!! going through murdoch's and the daughter spotted some "fatbaby" boots that she really liked....could not really afford them, but bought them anyway....heck, last time I will probably get the chance to do so and she's never asked for anything like them before!!! Next year she will be outta state for college and will be on her own!! :cry: :cry: :cry: Will probably have to steal MCG from hanta and sw otherwise I will be drowning in a pool of testosterone in this little house!! :wink: :wink:
 

Hanta Yo

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katrina said:
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people around the world.

If you attend a religious service without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed that almost three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.

This is Rex Barker, CS (Counting my blessingS ) reminding you to appreciate all of your God given blessings. Don't focus on what you don't have. Don't focus on others who might have more than you in something. Focus and be thankful for how truly blessed you are.


Thanks for the post, Katrina. I will remember it when I get in the doldrums. :)
 

Hanta Yo

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ranchwife said:
Faster horses said:
Time...the most precious thing of all.

Amen!!! Went to Boze-Angeles today to get demodriver's senior portraits ordered and get school supplies bought for the 3 kids still in school!!! going through murdoch's and the daughter spotted some "fatbaby" boots that she really liked....could not really afford them, but bought them anyway....heck, last time I will probably get the chance to do so and she's never asked for anything like them before!!! Next year she will be outta state for college and will be on her own!! :cry: :cry: :cry: Will probably have to steal MCG from hanta and sw otherwise I will be drowning in a pool of testosterone in this little house!! :wink: :wink:


Ohhhh, I might loan her to ya for a little while (like for a day) :wink:

You really are going to be surrounded by males, aren't you! Poor sw has to put up with all the estrogen around here :wink: :wink:
 

jigs

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katrina said:
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people around the world.

If you attend a religious service without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed that almost three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.

This is Rex Barker, CS (Counting my blessingS ) reminding you to appreciate all of your God given blessings. Don't focus on what you don't have. Don't focus on others who might have more than you in something. Focus and be thankful for how truly blessed you are.

If you woke up this morning, and turned off your Kansas State football alarm clock, rolled out of your bed made from the goal post piece stolen after the 1998 win vs NU, draped the Purple Power bed spread back over the bed, took off your Power cat jammies, and made a prank call to your annoying Husker fan cousin, then you are better off than the estimated 37 Husker fans :wink:
 

andybob

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katrina said:
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people around the world.

If you attend a religious service without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed that almost three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.

This is Rex Barker, CS (Counting my blessingS ) reminding you to appreciate all of your God given blessings. Don't focus on what you don't have. Don't focus on others who might have more than you in something. Focus and be thankful for how truly blessed you are.
To have come through any combination of these with your faith and integrity intact is a blessing that will carry you through the rest of your life!
 
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