minerva Report post Posted June 29, 2006 (edited) The most useless thing to do................. Worry The greatest Joy.................................. Giving The greatest loss................................. Loss of self-respect The most satisfying work...................... Helping others The ugliest personality trait...................... Selfishness The most endangered species................... Dedicated leaders The greatest "shot in the arm"................... Encouragement The greatest problem to overcome............. Fear Most effective sleeping pill........................ Peace of mind The most crippling failure disease.................. Excuses The most powerful force in life...................... Love The most dangerous pariah.......................... A gossiper The world's most incredible computer............ The brain ! The worst thing to be without........................ Hope The deadliest weapon.............................. The tongue The two most power-filled words............... "I Can" The greatest asset................................... Faith The most worthless emotion..................... Self-pity The most prized possession...................... Integrity The most beautiful attire.......................... A SMILE! The most contagious spirit....................... Enthusiasm Edited June 29, 2006 by minerva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auriel Report post Posted June 29, 2006 shh stop posting things like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minerva Report post Posted June 29, 2006 lol why?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auriel Report post Posted June 30, 2006 because it takes up space and makes everywhere look untidy, and everyone has to sift through minerva threads to find anything useful. Can't you keep everything in one thread, called something like Mineverva's Comedy Corner? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minerva Report post Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) its an off topic forum there isnt anything particularly useful in here thats the whole point there really is no need to be like that besides the above message is far from comical so you obviously didnt read it....if you arent even reading them why are you even remotely bothered?? Edited June 30, 2006 by minerva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auriel Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I'm autistic i like tidy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tabz2711 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 The most useless thing to do................. Worry The greatest Joy.................................. Giving The greatest loss................................. Loss of self-respect The most satisfying work...................... Helping others The ugliest personality trait...................... Selfishness The most endangered species................... Dedicated leaders The greatest "shot in the arm"................... Encouragement The greatest problem to overcome............. Fear Most effective sleeping pill........................ Peace of mind The most crippling failure disease.................. Excuses The most powerful force in life...................... Love The most dangerous pariah.......................... A gossiper The world's most incredible computer............ The brain ! The worst thing to be without........................ Hope The deadliest weapon.............................. The tongue The two most power-filled words............... "I Can" The greatest asset................................... Faith The most worthless emotion..................... Self-pity The most prized possession...................... Integrity The most beautiful attire.......................... A SMILE! The most contagious spirit....................... Enthusiasm Hi Minerva Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate this type of posting, when times are hard and I read psotings like this it really picks me up. I would like to keep this thread running with messages like this, I always get sent messages by email and they always seem to arrive when I am having adifficult time. I am going to look through my mailbox and post something uplifting for all these special people on this site. S* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tabz2711 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Hope you all get your own message from this little story that I have just read, it gave me goosepimples and watery eyes. Real Vision By Marsha Arons My friend Michelle is blind, but you'd never know it. She makes such good use of her other senses, including her "sixth sense" of intuition, that she rarely gives the impression she's missed anything. Michelle parents her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she doesn't sweat the small stuff. Her daughter, Sarah, six, and her son, Aaron, nine, really benefit from Michelle's relaxed attitude. Once, Michelle told me that it sometimes bothered her that her children probably weren't dressed according to her taste. You see, she relies on her husband and her friends to choose clothes for them. But since friends and Daddy don't presume to know what the kids like, Sarah and Aaron often get to pick out their own clothes. But Michelle avoids any battles. As long as the clothes are clean and weather-appropriate, she doesn't make it an issue. And she trusts that, at six and nine, her children can tell if they are too hot or too cold. Another area where Michelle rarely argues with her kids is in keeping the house clean. It isn't that Michelle doesn't know when there's a mess. She knows it's time to clean when she steps on crumbs or toys that have been left out. But in Michelle's house, the kids have learned to put their things away because it wouldn't just annoy their mother to have a mess, it could be dangerous for her. Indeed, Michelle moves around her house so fast that often guests don't realize she's blind. I realized this the first time my six-year-old, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very excited about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was especially excited about her finger-painting project. "Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to mix colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! Isn't that neat? And Michelle painted with us. She said she liked the way the paint feels squishing through her fingers." Something about my child's excitement caught my attention, and I realized that I had never finger-painted with Kayla. I didn't like the mess. As a result, my child had learned about color from a blind friend. The irony made me sit down and take a look at my child and at myself. Then Kayla said, "Michelle told me my picture showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really saw what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt until Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper. That's when I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come up in conversation. When I told her, she was quiet for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle understood exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla insisted. And I knew my child was right because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's pride in her work, her wonder at her discovery of the way colors blend, and her delight in the texture of the medium. We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did 'see' my picture. She just used my eyes." I've never heard anyone refer to Michelle as handicapped. She isn't. Hers is a special type of "vision" that all mothers could use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted June 30, 2006 For Auriel: The most useless thing to do................. this The greatest Joy.................................. Joy Division The greatest loss................................. Loss Angeles The most satisfying work...................... Eating The ugliest personality trait...................... Celebrity The most endangered species................... Dinosaurs The greatest "shot in the arm"................... MMR The greatest problem to overcome............. Death Most effective sleeping pill........................ Slegehammer The most crippling failure disease.................. Heart failure The most powerful force in life...................... Gravity The most dangerous pariah.......................... Pariah Carey The world's most incredible computer............ HAL The worst thing to be without........................ Trousers in public The deadliest weapon.............................. The BFG The two most power-filled words............... National Security The greatest asset................................... 50,000 Micro$oft shares The most worthless emotion..................... That Petrol Emotion The most prized possession...................... Me The most beautiful attire.......................... Nothing! The most contagious spirit....................... Vodka No offence meant, Minerva nemo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I'm autistic i like tidy. So what about your room then? (I blame the parents myself!) Minerva - I like things tidy too, which is exactly why we have 'off topic', as you rightly pointed out! Just don't say ###### or b****r! L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minerva Report post Posted June 30, 2006 dont say what??? lol you lost me....i'm no good at swear words....i'm an angel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted June 30, 2006 .................hey minerva...I never noticed your halo kept slipping till now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
minerva Report post Posted June 30, 2006 lol the irony of it all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
