BUY THAT CAR!!!

  I was reading a book where one character was upset that another character had bought a really expensive car. "Do you know how many families could be feed with that money?"
  I have heard this type of question for years. I have never heard anyone ask, "Do you know how many families are fed because I spent this money?"
  A car has to have a designer. It's not done for free. A prototype has to be built. Someone
gets paid for that. Materials have to be bought. Materials have to be delivered. None of this
is free.
  Then comes the assembling, shipping, and selling. The car, once purchased, has to be
maintained. After a time, the car becomes a used car and sold again. Eventually it ends in
a junkyard and it's parts sold. At each of these stages someone earns money and a family is
fed, clothed and sheltered. And, what do you know? The money is passed on. A never ending
circle.
  So, buy that car and know you helped feed a hungry family.




































someone
 

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Cost Of Living

  l found a game where you decorate a room or backyard. You get a choice of different items, but
you have to earn coins by playing games. I was decorating a bathroom and picked out a stand alone towel rack then moved on to other things. Then I thought, wait a minute. 2000 dollars for a towel rack? The t. v. cost 1600. The pool, 1700. Who pays 2000 dollars for a towel rack? Even if I had billions to throw around, I wouldn't spend 2000 on a rack. A nice pair of shoes, maybe. Dinner for four, perhaps. Towel rack, no. A rubber ducky? Now that makes sense.

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Sugar, Sugar

  I was listening to someone put down sugar. They said, it was bad. They said, it was all right when it came from something natural like fruit. I thought, sugar is natural. It's not made in a lab. It grows out of the ground, like fruit. It's not Frankenstein's monster. So put down your pitchforks and torches and have a sweet day.

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YRNM

                                                                SHE
                                                              DIDN'T
                                                            HAVE A NAME.
                                                          IT'S NOT THAT HER
                                                        PARENTS DIDN'T WANT
                                                      TO GIVE HER A NAME. THEY
                                                     JUST COULDN'T MAKE A
                                                   DECISION. FROM HER
                                                CONCEPTION THEY CONSIDERED
                                               WHAT THEY SHOULD CALL THIER
                                           CHILD. SHOULD THEY GO TRADITIONAL?
                                          SHOULD THEY USE A FAMILY NAME? OR
                                         SHOULD THEY GO FREE STYLE? MARY OR
                                        JOHN? UNCLE BUD OR AUNT JANE? RYSE OR
                                       NYCE? THEY ASKED FOR ADVISE AND PULLED
                                      NAMES FROM A HAT. NOTHING SATISFIED. AFTER
                                      SHE WAS BORN SHE WAS CALLED BABY GIRL.
                                      WHEN SHE GREW HER FRIENDS CALLED HER B. G.
                                         AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY. SHE TOOK A JOB AT
                                           THE LOCAL FAST FOOD PLACE AND WITH EVERY
                                              CUSTOMER SHE HAD THE SAME PLEA, "CAN
                                                               I HAVE YOUR NAME?"
                                                     
                                 

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Drive Careful

  Here's a story. People were tired of cars speeding through their neighborhood. They put up signs that said, "Drive Like Your Kids Live Here." Nothing changed. Then someone put up a sign that said, "Drive Like Your Pet Lives here." Worked like a charm.

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Beautiful Picture

    It had been a dark day, but sometime in the late afternoon the clouds parted and a little brightness came through. I looked up at these bare, tall trees and felt a sense of delight. The trees looked as if they had been painted with sunlight. You can find a little joy in the small things, but your heart has to be open to it.

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Selfish

  I saw a small group of pigeons eating popcorn someone had dumped on the sidewalk. There was one pigeon that didn't want to share. It was his popcorn. No one else could have any. He would
peck at a pigeon and make him stopped eating. Behind His back, the other pigeons ate away.
He would turn and stopped them. Every time his back was turned, the other pigeons ate. He was so busy trying to keep his pals from sharing his popcorn, he never got a bite. All the others were content. He never was and he went hungry. In the long run, selfishness just doesn't pay.

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