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[MajestyJo]

Twelve Days of Fast Food



On the first day of Christmas,
my drive through gave to me:
a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the second day of Christmas,
my drive through gave to me:
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the third day of Christmas,
my drive through gave to me:
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my drive through gave to me:
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my drive through gave to me:
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Eight bowls of chili,
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Nine polish hot dogs,
Eight bowls of chili,
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Ten baked potatoes,
Nine polish hot dogs,
Eight bowls of chili,
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Eleven pounds of blubber,
Ten baked potatoes,
Nine polish hot dogs,
Eight bowls of chili,
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
My drive through gave to me:
Twelve bags of Pepto,
Eleven pounds of blubber,
Ten baked potatoes,
Nine polish hot dogs,
Eight bowls of chili,
Seven pints of cole slaw,
Six chocolate milkshakes,
Five onion rings,
Four Egg McMuffins,
Three Biggie Fries,
Two Happy Meals,
and a Big Bacon Classic with cheese!



*A Thingos Presentation © Whimsical & Wacky Wits - Compiled for your personal enjoyment by Pat

[MajestyJo]

I try not to go there these days.

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I thought this was nice. It's not timed or gives you any kind of luck. Just some random thoughts for a New Year.

~~ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

~~TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

~~THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

~~FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.

~~FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

~~SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

~~SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

~~EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

~~NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

~~TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

~~ELEVEN Don't judge people by their relatives.

~~TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

~~THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"

~~FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

~~FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

~~SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson

~~SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self;
Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.

~~EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

~~NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

~~TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

~~TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

~~A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

Peace and Blessings, Georgia B

An oldie but good to reread every year. Originally posted in January 2009 on Recovery Inn.

[MajestyJo]

Pictures tell a story of their own. They say "They are worth a thousand words."

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LOVED

A must read!!

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was using a wrench.

t the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple
fractures. When the child saw his father.....with painful eyes he asked, `Dad when will my fingers grow back?' The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times.

Devastated by his own actions..... . .sitting in front of that car he
looked at the scratches; the child had written `LOVE YOU DAD'.
The next day that man committed suicide. . .

Anger and Love have no limits; choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life..... Things are to be used and people are to be loved, But the problem in today's world is that, People are used and things are loved.... During this year, let's be careful to keep this thought in mind: Things are to be used, but People are to be loved ... Be yourself....

This is the only day we HAVE.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits they become character;

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

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This was so true for me. You can`t let go if you continue to feed the fire, either by thought, word, or deed.

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Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby.

Somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "Normal," is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct ....

Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring ....

Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good."

Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices ....

Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother.

Somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first.

Somebody doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books

Somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery

Somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten or on a plane headed for military "boot camp."

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back .

Somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married.

Somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home....

Somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her .

Somebody isn't a mother.

I wasn't a very good one. In today, I know I did the best I could with what I knew. Many times my addiction dictated my actions, and it wasn't a true mother's love that was speaking.

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The book is called Rainbow Medicine by Wolf Moondance. She is a visionary shaman of an American Indian tribe.

Here is a list from the book.......

White=to think positive relax tense muscles keep an open mind express your individuality

Red=confidence, strength, nurture, absolute illumination, beginning, accountability

Orange=balance, success, choice, correct, following, proceeding, responsibility

Yellow=Creativity vision ceremony ideal solidity sincerity

Green=growth beauty change perfect faith innocence honest

Blue-truth healing proof clarity introspection depth faithful understanding

Purple=wisdom, real pure commitment

Burgundy=impeccable great grand mystery the path

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Once there was a very old man who used to meditate early every morning under a large tree on the bank of the Ganges River in India. One morning, having finished his meditation, the old man opened his eyes and saw a scorpion floating helplessly in the strong current of the river.

As the scorpion was pulled closer to the tree, it got caught in the long tree roots that branched out far into the river. The scorpion struggled frantically to free itself but got further and further entangled in the complex network of the tree roots.

When the old man saw this, he immediately stretched himself onto the extended roots and reached out to rescue the drowning scorpion. But as soon as he touched it, the animal jerked and stung him wildly.

Instinctively the man withdrew his hand, but then, after having regained his balance, he once again stretched himself out along the roots to save the agonized scorpion. But every time the old man came within reach, the scorpion stung him so badly with its poisonous tail that his hands became swollen and bloody and his face distorted by pain.

At that moment a passer-by saw the old man stretched out on the roots struggling with the scorpion and shouted: "Hey, stupid old man What’s wrong with you? Only a fool risks his life for the sake of an ugly, useless creature. Don’t you know that you may kill yourself to save that ungrateful animal?"

Slowly the old man turned his head, and looking calmly in the stranger's eyes, he said: "Friend, because it is the nature of the scorpion to sting, why should I give up my own nature to save?"

Well, that's the question: Why should we give up our nature to be compassionate even when we get stung in a biting stinging world?

The story about the old man and the scorpion holds out a great challenge to in which we are made to believe that mutual struggle dominates the process of human development. It challenges us to show that to embrace is more human than to reject, that to kiss is more human than to bite, to behold more human than to stare, to be friends more human than to be rivals -in short, that compassion is more human than strife.

Original source unknown

Shared by graced on another site
~~~True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of G-d.~~~

Great story. Trust and compassion don't always come easily and so many times, when life hands us a curve ball, we tend to let go of it and we shut off ourselves off from being hurt again.

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If you want other people to speak well of you, do not speak well of yourself. - Blaise Pascal

Just as it's folly to try to lift yourself into the air, you should not praise yourself too much. When you praise yourself, you produce the opposite effect in others and you appear lower in their eyes.

HUMILITY: To become teachable and open to learning.

Hope I don't come across like this. All I try to do is share my experience, strength, and hope. Posting on the site is my way of doing service and giving back what was so freely given to me. I can't always get out to meetings. You are my meeting.

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The Rainbow Bubble of Happiness



Living in a bubble
Protected from hurt and pain
The rainbow colours of happiness
Energise my brain
And my body loves to move
To the rhythm and the beat
I could dance until the sunrise
Being happy is so neat
Right here inside my bubble
The world's a real cool place
The rainbow colours of happiness
Put a smile on my face
And my brain loves the games
That keep this bubble strong
Cos it's positive thinking
That moves my life along
How clever is this brain
To build me such a thing
With the rainbow colours of happiness
The magic that they bring
As they harmonise my thoughts
To the music of my mind
And a contentment to be me
Being happy, what a find!

Pauline Oliver

[MajestyJo]

Read Each One Carefully and Think About It a Second or Two


1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you..

2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.

3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

4.. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.

6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.

9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

11. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.

12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.


REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

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Bob and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord's team was playing Satan's team. The Lord's team was at bat, the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs.

They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate whose name was Love. Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because Love never fails.

The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love. The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch. Godly Wisdom looked it over and let it pass: Ball one.

Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked, because Godly Wisdom never swings at what Satan throws. The bases were now loaded. The Lord then turned to Bob and told him He was now going to bring in His star player. Up to the plate stepped Grace. Bob said, "He sure doesn't look like much!"

Satan's whole team relaxed when they saw Grace. Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch. To the shock of everyone, Grace hit the ball harder than anyone had ever seen. But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very few get by. He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove, hit him on the head and sent him crashing on the ground; then it continued over the fence for a home run!

The Lord's team won! The Lord then asked Bob if he knew why Love, Faith, and Godly Wisdom could get on base but could not win the game. Bob answered that he did not know why.

The Lord explained, "If your love, faith, and wisdom had won the game you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, Faith and Wisdom will get you on base but only My Grace can get you Home.

Psalm 84:11, "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly."

This post was received from a group called Crystal Folk.

I thank them for giving me permission to use their material. They believe something good is to be shared and passed on to others. I thank them for their caring and sharing.

Originally posted on my group "The Spirit of Healing" in 2003.