September Thoughts

To My Lovely Wife,

Hi.

You know what? I've been thinking a lot about you this past few days. (Well, I mean more than I usually do.) We've been together for years.  And looking back, it all went by just way too fast for me. And I miss it all. (Yes, including those ugly, angry moments). And if given an incredible, wonderful chance to live it all over again, I'll say yes even faster than you can blink. And if asked to choose who I'd want to do it with this time around, I'd still definitely choose you, without question, without any hesitation. But if asked if I would want to change anything, I guess I'd have to say yes.

That's because I'd like to:

Hug you more, and bug you less

Appreciate you more, and criticize you less

Spend time with you alone more, and make you lonely less

Show you how much I really love you, and less of "10 Things I Hate About You"

Kiss you more, and diss you less

Listen to you more, and ignore you less

Hold your hand more, and make you sad less

Talk to you more, and keep things to myself less

Smile at you more, and make a face at you less

Make you laugh more, and make you cry less

And make love to you more, and “brought my work home” less

Sadly, what's done is done. And I can't bring back any day, not even one.
But God gave me this gift called Today, so I can start all over, do all that, and make your day.

Love you,

AG

When Chaos Reigns

Often wondered what this life is all about?

I think everybody does.

And I think we're afraid of the answer, or answers, whatever they may be.

And that is why we - to keep our minds off it - try to keep ourselves busy with everyday things when we're young, silly things when we're teens, and with ego-building trips in our mids.

Realization comes oddly enough when we think we are at our peak, to some as they approach it, others while they wondered if they have gotten anywhere at all.

Still, being wonderful creations that we are, we move on..., and on.

So, to my fellow travelers, here's a thought to bring with you; a thought you can light in your head like a candle when it's quiet, or to summon like a gloriously bright angel when chaos reigns, with a blinding light that wipes out all your doubts and despair and give you peace.

What Will Matter

(The Philippine Star 11/26/2006 http://xingkit.wordpress.com/2006/12/)

Ready or not,

someday it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises,
no minutes, hours or days.

All the things you collected,
whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone else.

Your wealth,
fame and temporal power
will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned
or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations,
and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans,
and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important
will fade away.

It won’t matter where you came from,
or on what side of the tracks you lived,
at the end.

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought,
but what you built;
not what you got,
but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success,
but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned,
but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity,
compassion, courage, or sacrifice
that enriched, empowered or encouraged others
to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence,
but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,
but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re
gone.

What will matter is not your memories,
but the memories that live in those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,
by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.
It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

God Our Dad II

Here's more of those Dear God letters you love.


Dear God,
I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that ok?
- Neil



Dear God,
I think the stapler is one of your greatest invention
- Ruth M.



Dear God,
In bible times did they really talk that fancy?
- Jennifer



Dear God,
I think about you sometimes even when I'm not praying
- Elliott



Dear God,
I am Amearican What are you?
- Robert



Dear God,
I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.
- Nan



Dear God,
Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now.
- Ginny



Dear God,
If you want to watch in Church on Sunday I will show you my new shoes.
- Mickey D.



Dear God,
If we come back as something please don't let me be Jennifer Horton because I hate her
- Denise



God,
I would like to live 900 years like the guy in the Bible
- Love, Chris



Dear God,
If you let the dinasor not exstinct we would not have a country. You did the right thing.
- Jonathan

God Our Dad

Somebody emailed me this Dear God letters written by kids. I bet God couldn't help but love these kind of letters as I did, and I know you would too.



Dear God,
Are you really invisible or is that just a trick
- Lucy



Dear God,
I want to be just like my Daddy when I get big but not with so much hair all over - Sam



Dear God,
Did you mean for giraffe to look like that or was it an accident - Norma


Dear God,
I keep waiting for Spring but it never come yet. Don't forget. - Mark


Dear God,
Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don't you just keep the ones you got now? - Jane


You don't have to worry about me. I always look both ways - Dean


If you give me genie lamp like Alladin I will give you anything you want except my money or my chess set. - Raphael


We read Thos Edison made light. But in Sun. school they said you did it. So I bet he stoled your idea. - Sincerely, Donna


Please send Dennis Clark to a different camp this year. - Peter


Dear God, Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother. - Larry


Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God. I just want you to know but I am not just saying that because you are God. - Charles


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