Getting in Shape for More Fun

    Is it a realistic hope to get in better shape between now and the end of the school  year? Can you lose some of those extra pounds before the Summer vacation?
 
The answer is a resounding Yes! You know you can. We can get with the program and lose those unsightly bulges. Trim that waist and work on slimmer thighs. You can firm up that butt. And strengthen those ab muscles. You can sculpt more muscular arms. 

    6-Pack abs may be wishful thinking ( or, in my case – totally out of the question ) between now and June. Some of you may already be on the way to toned and tighter abs and a much flatter stomach.
There is still time to shed those unwanted extra pounds.

    Time to slim down and look real hot in that hot Summer outfit. Still time to get in shape before school lets out. Before all the Summer fun begins. You can look great  while enjoying  your favorite sunny beach. Still time to get in shape and fit into that beautiful little bikini. Getting in shape fast is possible. You CAN have a healthier, sexier body before the warm days of Summer get into full swing!.

The key is getting started. Right now! Don’t delay. Just do something to get rolling. And keep increasing your physical activity each day. Enjoy a balanced, healthy diet of natural foods. Try more water and less soda. More whole fruits and less juice. Toss some chopped celery and carrots in a baggie and enjoy a healthy mid-day snack.

Start your day off right with a healthy, protein rich breakfast!

You really can enjoy Spring and Summer more this year and for years to come! Why not make today the start of your journey to a healthier, more fulfilling life!

  Start getting in shape and you can have more fun and loads more energy!

Do What is Best

    Most people are anxious to do what is best for themselves and least harmful for others. The average man now has intelligence enough: Utopia is not far off, if the self-appointed folk who rule us, and teach us for a  consideration, would only be willing to do unto others as they would be done by, that is to say, mind their own business and cease coveting things that belong to other people. War among nations and strife among individuals is a result of the covetous spirit to possess.

A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and the silent ignoring of pretended authority; a brave looking forward to the future, with more self-confidence and more faith in our fellow men, and the human race will be ripe for a great burst of life and light.

"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. "

2 Peter 1:5-8 (King James Version)

Saving and Investing Success

    Who hasn't lost money in the stock market? Or on that seemingly ideal investment? Don't let fear of losing get in the way of your success!
 
    We've all made our fair share of financial mistakes. If you are saving and investing chances are better than average that you're going to make financial mistakes, too. Everybody does. Look on the bright side and learn from your mistake(s). Do all you can to avoid repeating your mistakes.

    The lessons you learn can be a big benefit over the long haul.

    Do your research! Be careful who you trust. Study the success stories of others - check out how Warren Buffet made his fortune. History is filled with stories of financial success stories.

Be patient - don't expect to hit a home run with every investment you make.

Take advantage of compound interest - leave your earnings to keep earning even more. While it is never too late to start saving and investing - the earlier you start, the better your odds for lasting financial security! Start saving your money early!

   

GoodNest

A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school.  He didn't want his mother to walk with him.  She wanted to give him the feeling that he had some independence but yet know that he was safe.

So she had an idea of how to handle it.. She asked a neighbor if she would please follow him to school in the mornings, staying at a distance, so he probably wouldn't notice her..

Her neighbor said that since she was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get some exercise as well, so she agreed.

The next school day, the neighbor and her little girl set out following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor girl he knew. She did this for the whole week.

As the two walked and chatted, kicking stones and twigs, Timmy's little friend noticed the same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all week. Finally she said to Timmy, "Have you noticed that
lady following us to school all week?"  "Do you know her?"

Timmy nonchalantly replied,  'Yeah, I know who she is.'

The little girl said, 'Well, who is she?'

'That's just Shirley Goodnest,' Timmy replied, 'and her daughter Marcy.'

'Shirley Goodnest?   Who the heck is she and why is she following us? '

'Well,' Timmy explained, 'every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm with my prayers, 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm, it says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the
days of my life',  so I guess I'll just have to get used to it!'

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift His countenance upon you,and give you peace.

May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and always.

When you are down to nothing ... God is up to something.

Laugh Often

A hearty laugh is more desirable for mental health than any exercise of the reasoning faculties.


Grief, anxiety, and fear are great enemies of human life. A depressed, sour, melancholy soul, a life which has ceased to believe in its own sacredness, its own power, its own mission, a life which sinks into querulous egotism or vegetating aimlessness, has become crippled and useless.

We should fight against every influence which tends to depress the mind, as we would against a temptation to crime. It is undoubtedly true that, as a rule, the mind has power to lengthen the period of youthful and mature strength and beauty, preserving and renewing physical life by a stalwart mental health.

I read the other day of a man in a neighboring city who was given up to die; his relatives were sent for, and they watched at his bedside. But an old acquaintance, who called to see him, assured him smilingly that he was all right and would soon be well. He talked in such a strain that the sick man was forced to laugh; and the effort so roused his system that he rallied, and he was soon well again.

Was it not Shakespere who said that a light heart lives long?

Eliminate Worry

   "It is not work that kills men," said a famous philosopher; "it is worry.

   Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that destroys the machinery, but friction."

    Helen Hunt says there is one sin which seems to be everywhere, and by everybody is underestimated and quite too much overlooked in valuations of character. It is the sin of fretting. It is as common as air, as speech; so common that unless it rises above its usual monotone we do not even observe it.

    Watch any gathering of people, and we see how many minutes it will be before somebody frets—that is, makes more or less complaint of  something or other, which probably every one in the room, or car, or on the street corner knew before, and which most probably nobody can help.

    Why say anything about it? It is cold, it is hot, it is wet, it is dry, somebody has broken an appointment, ill-cooked a meal; stupidity or bad faith somewhere has resulted in discomfort. There are plenty of things to fret about. It is simply astonishing, how much annoyance and discomfort may be found in the course of every-day living, even of the simplest, if one only keeps a sharp eye out on that side of things.

   Some people seem to be always hunting for deformities, discords and shadows, instead of beauty, harmony and light. We are born to trouble, as sparks fly upward. But even to the sparks flying upward, in the blackest of smoke, there is a blue sky above, and the less time they waste on the road, the sooner they will reach it.

   Worry is all time wasted on the road.

    About two things we should never fret, that which we cannot help, and that which we can help. Better find one of your own faults than ten of your neighbor's.


    It is not the troubles of to-day, but those of to-morrow and next week and next year, that whiten our heads and wrinkle our faces. Eliminate worry - eat healthy, laugh a little ( or a lot ), and get a little exercise every day!

True Love

True Love. ( A tale from D. L. Moody )

One day when I was in Brooklyn, I saw a young man going along the street without any arms. A friend who was with me, pointed him out, and told me his story. When the war broke out he felt it to be his duty to enlist and go to the front. He was engaged to be married, and while in the army letters passed frequently between him and his intended wife.

After the battle of the Wilderness the young lady looked anxiously for the accustomed letter. For a little while no letter was received. At last one came in a strange hand. She opened it with trembling fingers, and read these words: "We have fought a terrible battle. I have been wounded so awfully that I shall never be able to support you. A friend writes this for me. I love you more tenderly than ever, but I release you from your promise. I will not ask you to join your life with the maimed life of mine:"

That letter was never answered. The next train that left, the young lady was on it. She went to the hospital. She found out the number of his cot, and she went down the aisle, between the long rows of the wounded men. At last she saw the number, and, hurrying to his side, she threw her arms around his neck and said: "I'll not desert you. I'll take care of you."

He did not resist her love. They were married, and there is no happier couple than this one. We are dependent on one another. Christ says, "I'll take care of you. I'll take you to this bosom of mine." That young man could have spurned her love; he could, but he didn't.

Surely you can be saved if you will accept the Saviour's love. If God loves us, my friends, He loves us unto the end. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."