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Life is an attitude, if you don't like your life, change your attitude.

The Charlie Schulz Philosophy (This is marvelous!! Scroll thru slowly and read carefully to receive and enjoy the Schulz philosophy)

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz,  the creator of the "Peanuts" comic  strip.
You don't have to actually  answer the questions.
Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll  get the point.


1 Name  the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy  winners.
3 Name the last  five winners of the Miss America pageant.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or  Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name  the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and  actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth  of World Series winners.

How did you   do?

The point is , none of us remember the headliners of  yesterday.
These are no second-rate  achievers.
They are the  best in their fields.

But the  applause dies..
Awards  tarnish.
Achievements are  forgotten.
Accolades and  certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's  another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who  aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a  difficult time.
3. Name  five people who have taught you something  worthwhile.
4. Think of a  few people who have made you feel appreciated and  special!!
5. Think of  five people you enjoy spending time with.
6. Think of a great friend who makes EXCELLENT BURGERS!!

Easier?

The lesson: The people who make a difference  in your life are not the ones with the most  credentials.. the most  money...or the most awards.

They simply are the ones who care the  most.

"Don't worry about the world  coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!"

"Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!"

Obsticals in life ?‏

While we all pray for each other that one should not come across any obstacle in life, I have a different view after read the following.

We must come across obstacles and need to pray for each other to overcome obstacles (with some pain) and progress.

One night recently my daughter, Elizabeth, was showing me an aquarium full of tadpoles. She had purchased a whole bag full of them for her children (my grandchildren) to watch grow from tadpoles into frogs. It was fun watching all of those little wiggly creatures swimming around in the aquarium! It brought back many fond memories of my own childhood, playing with “critters” down at my grandparent’s house.


I noticed that there was a big rock in the aquarium. When I asked her why she put a rock right in the middle of the tadpoles’ environment, Elizabeth told me an interesting story. I can hardly believe that I have lived almost fifty-nine years without having heard it because it is so good.

Elizabeth said that when she went to the pet store to buy the tadpoles, the gentleman told her to be sure to put a big rock right in the middle of the aquarium. The tadpoles must have this obstacle to give them the incentive to climb up and thus split their little wiggly tails so that their legs can begin to develop. If they have no rock or obstacle to climb up on, they will never turn into frogs. They cannot learn how to hop by just swimming around in water. They must have something causing resistance to give them the incentive to leap forward.


The man went on to tell her that last year a school teacher came back to the store and complained because none of her tadpoles had ever turned into frogs. She had put all of them in an aquarium and let them swim around but they never became frogs. He asked her if she had put a big obstacle, like a rock, in the middle of the aquarium. She said that she had not. She did not know that a tadpole will remain a tadpole unless it faces some obstacle or barrier that forces it to grow. Neither did I, but it makes perfect sense.

So, my daughter was excited to show me all of the tadpoles swimming around the rock. In time, they will begin to try to climb up it and eventually they will make the transformation into a more fully mature creature.


I was amazed and delighted to hear that story. It helped me begin to see, once again, why we have obstacles and barriers in front of us. They are not there to hinder us, but they are there to cause us to grow. It is not so much what the object is in front of each one of us that matters as much as it is our attitude towards it. If we realize that the obstacle we are facing is really a gift that has come our way to help us grow and mature, we will be much more likely to face it in a positive manner.

Since I watched those tadpoles the other night and saw the big rock in their aquarium, I have begun to see the obstacles I face in a different way. Instead of being rocks in my path, those obstacles have become stepping stones to help me leap forward in whatever situation I find myself.


I know that those little tadpoles have no idea what is going on. They just are not that smart. The truth of the matter is, neither are we. Most of us have no idea what is going on in our lives either. We don’t understand that the barriers and obstacles, challenges, difficulties and hard times that come our way each day are actually there for a purpose. There is no way we will have the incentive to grow, or to become better, or to strive harder, if everything in life is just a simple situation. I know the harder I work at anything, the more profitable it is for me, not only financially, but personally, in my own heart and character as well.

So, the next time you see a frog hopping around, smile at him and thank him for the lesson, remembering the struggle he has gone through to get where he is. Perhaps out in the wild somewhere, he faced a difficult rock or barrier in his life, but rather than swimming away from it, he just crawled up on it and began to develop his personal strength until he eventually matured to become the frog that you see hopping around.


Moral: Remember... Obstacles are there to help you...

All the best once again.