#pauseandponder#profoundthinking

[greenapple]

             You Are Very Much On Time

Obama retired at 55, Trump started at 70.
Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Perth, but that doesn't make Perth slow.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, but waited 5 years before securing a good job.
Someone became a CEO at 25 and died at 50.
While another became a CEO at 50 and lived to 90 years.
Someone is still single, while someone else got married.
Everyone in this world works based on their time zone.
People around you might seem to be ahead of you and some might seem to be behind you.
But everyone is running their own race, in their own time.
Do not envy them and do not mock them.
They are in their time zone, and you are in yours.
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
So relax.
You're not early.
You're not late.
You are very much on time.

[greenapple]

"You can’t skip chapters, that’s not how life works.
  You have to read every line, meet every character.
  You won’t enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks.
  You will read things you don’t want to read, you will have moments when you don’t want the pages to end.
  But you have to keep going.
  Stories keep the world revolving.
  Live yours, don’t miss out."

                    -Courtney Peppernell-

[JLim (Darma W)]

             You Are Very Much On Time

Obama retired at 55, Trump started at 70.
Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Perth, but that doesn't make Perth slow.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, but waited 5 years before securing a good job.
Someone became a CEO at 25 and died at 50.
While another became a CEO at 50 and lived to 90 years.
Someone is still single, while someone else got married.
Everyone in this world works based on their time zone.
People around you might seem to be ahead of you and some might seem to be behind you.
But everyone is running their own race, in their own time.
Do not envy them and do not mock them.
They are in their time zone, and you are in yours.
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
So relax.
You're not early.
You're not late.
You are very much on time.

That's a very nice reflection on life, greenapple!

And Life Reading helps us understand better when is the right moment to act.

[greenapple]

     OBITUARY: THE SAD PASSING OF COMMON SENSE


Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
 knowing when to come in out of the rain,
 why the early bird gets the worm,
 life isn't always fair,
 and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned, but overbearing, regulations were set in place.
Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, teenagers suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they had themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer paracetamol, sun lotion or plaster to a pupil, but could not inform the parents when a pupil became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home, but the burglar could sue you for assault because you protected yourself and your own.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death
 by his parents, Truth and Trust,
 his wife, Discretion,
 his daughter, Responsibility and
 his son, Reason.

He is survived by five stepbrothers;
 I Know My Rights,
 Someone Else is to Blame,
 I'm A Victim,
 I Want It Now,and
 Pay me for Doing Nothing.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realised that he was gone.If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

                        Author Unknown

[greenapple]

         The International Food Shortage

Recently, a worldwide survey was conducted and the only question asked was: "Would you please give your honest opinion about the solution to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"

The survey was, not surprisingly, a huge failure. Because:

In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.

In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.

In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.

In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.

In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.

In South America they didn't know what "please" meant.

And, in the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.

[greenapple]

            Man O Man!
When without money, eats vegetables at home;
When has money, eats the same vegetables in a fine restaurant.

When without money, rides bicycle;
When has money rides the same ‘exercise bicycle ’at home.

When without money walks to earn food
When has money, walks to burn fat.

Man O Man! Never fails to deceive thyself!

When without money, wishes to get married;
When has money, wishes to get divorced. 

When without money, wife becomes secretary;
When has money, secretary becomes wife.

When without money, acts like a rich man;
When has money acts like a poor man.

Man O Man! Never can tell the simple truth!

Says share market is bad, but keeps speculating.

Says money is evil, but keeps accumulating.

Says high Positions are lonely, but keeps wanting them.

Says gambling & drinking is bad, but keeps indulging.

Man O Man! Never means what he says and never says what he means..

[greenapple]

                   “Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee ”
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee. Savor the coffee, not the cups!

[JLim (Darma W)]

                   “Life Is Like A Cup Of Coffee ”
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This one is profound!

[greenapple]

           Coincidences?

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the "kicker":

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

AND...................:

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater...