Message of the Day - Page 2

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball.

And that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.

~Ogden Nash

Donnerstorm,

I like what you said so much, God bless you

Ibrahim

Yes Donner, that is very true!



It doesn't matter how your day has gone, always go home with your head held high...

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other.


--Alan Alda

You can't fix stupid.

 
Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are out to repeat a rumor.

In ancient Greece(469 - 399 BC), Socrateswas widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about your dog trainer...?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Test of Three?"

"That's correct," Socrates continued.

"Before you talk to me about my dog trainer let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my dog trainer something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my dog trainer going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really..."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.

This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

It also explains why Socrates never found out that his dog trainer was having an affair with his wife.



Don't take life so serious folks


Kim 

I'm glad ppl read and commented on the thoughts that I posted, however I was having problems with my computer that day and after looking at it I'm surprised anybody could read it. LOL it was all fairly jumbled. I don't work as a nurse anymore I discovered in general I like dogs much better than most people.  I did love to work geriatrics when i was in nursing.  I learned a lot, and the majority of things I learned were from the patients. We had a married couple that was in the nursing home they had been married for 60yrs, towards the end of Simon's life he became abusive to everyone including his wife Thelma, due to dementia prior he had always been a very gentle man.  We had to seperate them and put Simon in a different room.  Thelma also suffered from dementia. When Simon was moved to another hall we had problems with Thelma wandering in and out of other residents rooms.  Their son actually worked for division of aging he and everyone said she was just deteroriating faster, I knew she was looking for her husband.  It was obvious a cpl months later that Simon was going to pass on he had hardly no kidney output for several days.  Thelma became more agitated and was invading every room she could get to.  I called her son and said I think not only do you need to come say goodbye to your father, we need to allow your mother to see him. He became very angry and said absolutley not she did not need to be put through that and she wouldn't know who he was anyway.  My administrator said we had to honor his wishes. Later that shift I pushed Thelma's wheel chair to the other hall and let her see Simon.  She did not appear to recognize him and said she felt sad for "that poor man".  Simon passed on 2 days later, right before my shift started.  Nobody had told Thelma per her son's request When I went into her room Thelma looked at me and said That man died didn't he? Nobody could figure out how she knew bc she had been in her room and NOBODY had even hinted at it on her hall.  I knew she knew because he had been her soul mate for 60 yrs.  When my shift was over that evening I didn't go home, I went in and sat with Thelma, she was perfectly coherent that night as she told me Simon had worked evenings their entire marriage and he would always bring home donughts and coffee and they would discuss their days.  I excused myself briefly went and got donughts and coffee, I never went home that night Thelma told me all the stories of Simon, showed me that she had every love letter he had ever written her then showed me the oil painting she had on her wall and the entire time I had worked there I had never bothered to notice that it was Simon's signature on it he had painted it.  When it was time for me to clock back on Thelma thanked me when I asked for what she said for listening, she said everyone else treats me like a crazy old bag that has nothing useful to say and all we want (referring to the elderly ) is somebody to listen to what we have to say.  The dementia kicked back in almost immediately for Thelma she never really had another coherent conversation, however every night I made sure she got a glazed donught and a cup of coffee. Thelma died 3 weeks later, but from that day forward I made time to listen even when it was an alzhiemers patient that had something to say.  I found it very sad that it took a woman with dementia to make me see how poorly we treat the elderly in this country, when they have soo much to offer and they don't really want anything in return, just somebody to listen.  We could learn so much and so many valuable lessons on life if we took an extra 5 minutes.  I got sooo much more from my patients than I ever could have given them. So my message for the day is the next time you are in the store and an elderly person starts talking or when your elderly neighbor sees

Donnerstorm,

One more thing you should know: you can write and you're very good at it, thanks for sharing some of your thoughts and experience, I for one appreciate that and find it of dear value. 
P.s: Since I understood all you wrote perfectly, you can be certain it was clear and loud, lol.

Ibrahim