Subject: This Hasn't Been Broken
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 15:22:00 EST

Subject: this hasn't been broken
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory of
all those who perished this morning; the passengers and the pilots
on the United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go
out to the friends and families of the deceased.

IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
Pass this on to others to show your support.
PLEASE DON'T BREAK IT!!!!!!
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Don't Try To Be My Sugar-Daddy!

by Dr. Bill Nieporte

When you marry a "southern girl" (like I did) you learn a
brand new vocabulary! I heard an interesting phrase
from my "southern born" wife. Commenting on a man who left
his wife for a "younger woman," Jeana said: "That woman
doesn't love him! She's just looking for a 'sugar-daddy' to
pay her credit card bills!"

Isn't that the approach many marketers take when looking to
recruit others into their business venture? How many times
a day do you get junk email from people offering (in
essence) to be your "sugar-daddy?" Here's just a few
examples of these offers in my email box for today:

"Guaranteed $90,246.00 in 60 Days or Less!"

"Let Me Build Your Downline for YOU!"

"I'll do ALL THE WORK--> YOU keep ALL the MONEY!"

"Get 10,000 in Your Downline OverNight With Our 'System!'"

"Massive Advertising About To Begin: Join Now For
Spillover!"

Aren't you sick of it?

Aren't you tired of all that *sham and scam spam* that
promises
unlimited riches, without work, virtually overnight?

It certainly bugs me. Here's why?

1. These offers appeal the lower-self.

The people who want to be your "sugar-daddy" try to entice
you to believe that that only thing that matters is the
acquisition of more wealth. For those who desire to be your
"sugar-daddy" things like ethics, values, morals, and just
plain good manners don't matter. What matters "mo money, mo
money, mo money!"

Don't you wish that somebody would appeal to your
higher-self? Don't you wish that somebody would appeal to
your desire to help, build, and create something of lasting
value? Isn't wealth earned helping others much more
enjoyable that simply getting rich? Aren't you one of those
people who still think that ethics, values, morals, and good
manners really do matter?

2. These offers also assume that you are basically lazy.

Those who want a "sugar-daddy" probably are rather lazy.
You're not, are you? Check out the truly successful
business builders in the world (both online and off) and you
will discover that they are all hard-working and industrious
individuals--and they encourage and expect that same type of
effort in their partners. These men and women realize that
building a successful business requires an honest and
consistent effort.

3. These opportunities don't work!

Here's the final problem with the "sugar-daddy" approach to
marketing. It just plain doesn't work. If you've ever been
caught up in one of these ventures, you'll know that the
only people who are getting any wealthier are the few
scoundrels at the top who thought up the darn thing.

I don't know about you, but I am tired of those
"opportunities" that don't work, aren't ethical, promote
laziness, and appeal to the darker side of human
life.
Give me something that works. Give me something that can
make a
positive difference in somebody's life.

And if you join one of my business ventures, don't sit on
you lazy rear and wait for me to do WHAT ONLY YOU CAN DO to
build your business. I will support you! I will encourage
you! I will train you! I will hold you accountable to your
commitments, goals, and ambitions. But I will definately
NOT be your "Sugar-Daddy."

Don't Try To Be My Sugar-Daddy! I don't need one! You don't
either, do you? You are a hard-working and industrious
individual who is willing to work to succeed, right? Then
here's what I invite you to do! The next time somebody
offers to "build your business for you" and "make you rich,"
tell them that you don't need a "sugar daddy!"

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The Ice Cream 'Comb' Story

She was three. Just released from a far-away hospital after
life threatening brain surgery, ready to take on the world
again. I was happy just to have her back. My little "Mr. Clean"
(shaven head and hoop earrings) and me driving along to our
local mall. Hanging out with dad day. I recall her words as if
it were yesterday.

"Daddy, can I get a treat?"

As she was understandably spoiled (if there is such a thing), I
replied "ok honey, but just ONE".
Her eyes beamed like the Fourth of July in anticipation of that
something only she knew at the time.

We drove around to the new end of the mall on the normal
seek-and-destroy mission of capturing a parking place. After
all, it was Saturday. We landed a fair distance from our
destination, and began walking hand-in-hand towards the
entrance, her pace gaining momentum with each tiny step. A few
feet from the doors she broke loose and ran hands-first into
the thick wall of glass, trying with everything she had to
swing the big doors open. No luck. With a little assistance,
she 'did it' and tried the very same thing at the second set of
doors.

It was then that I asked her what she wanted for her treat.
Without hesitation, she matter-of-factly said "an ice-cream
comb from the ice-cream store". Ok, the goal was set and we
were in the mall!

But hold on! What was this? At the end of what was just an
ordinary looking lane of retail chain outlets she spied
something new- this huge fountain, water shooting who knows how
high into the air. The new goal line!

She ran, and I walked (don't ya just hate it when parents let
their kids run wild in public?), and we arrived at the
spectacle at about the same time. The turbulent noise was
almost deafening.
"Daddy, can I make a wish, can I make a wish?" she screamed as
she jumped with the kind of pure joy we've all long since
forgotten.

"Sure honey, but that will be YOUR TREAT you know" I explained
(gotta be firm with these kind of things).

She agreed.

I fumbled around in my pocket and pulled out what I think was a
dime (big spender) and placed it in her outstretched hand. She
cupped it tightly, closed her eyes and grimaced, formulating
her wish. I stared at that little scrunched-up face and said my
own kind of prayer of thanks, feeling so blessed to still have
this ball of energy in my life. And then like a shooting star,
the coin was flung into the foaming water and with it, her
wish.

We happily continued our stroll into the familiar section of
the mall. An eerie silence ensued, which I was admittedly
uncomfortable with. I couldn't resist breaking it.

"Aren't you gonna tell daddy what you wished for?"

She retorted "I wished I could get an ice-cream comb".

I just about lost it right then and there. Couldn't imagine
what the shoppers thought of this lunatic laughing
uncontrollably in the middle of a crowded mall. And needless to
say, she got her wish, and two treats.

Little did I know then that my beautiful little girl would soon
embark on a long road of seizures, surgeries, special schools,
medications and end up partially paralyzed on her right side.
She never learned to ride a bike.

Today, she is almost seventeen. She cannot use her right hand
and walks with a noticeable limp. But she has overcome what
life seemed to so cruelly inflict on her. She was teased a lot
and always struggled in school, both socially and academically.
But each year she showed improvement. She is planning a career
in early childhood education. With one year still remaining in
high school, her and I, one night not too long ago mapped out
all the courses she would need to take in community college. It
was her idea. She volunteers weekly at a local hospital, on the
children's floor. She baby-sits a neighbors children five days
a week. On her own this year, she stood outside in line for
four hours on a cold Canadian January afternoon and enrolled
herself, with her own babysitting money, into two courses she
felt she would need for college.

You see, to her failure was never an option.

It would almost be redundant for me to explain why I wanted to
share this story with you. She IS my daughter and I carry all
those fatherly biases with me wherever I go. But these aside,
she is a very exceptional person and one that I admire and have
learned a lot from.

It is my sincerest hope that her story will have even a
momentary positive impact on you as a human being, a parent, a
spouse or even, an entrepreneur.

I'd like to leave you with a closing thought. As human beings,
we deserve all the treats, and the multitude of good things
that life can offer us. We all have wishes and dreams, AND the
power to make them reality. Just simple truths of the universe.

We can wish for, and get, that ice-cream comb.

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Blame It On the Economy and Watch Your Profits Sink
by Stan Dubin

Recently we've been hearing that our economy is slowing down,
and that we are headed for a recession. Some say we're already
in a recession.

It makes good sense to pay attention to economic indicators.
But a weakening economy should not give you a reason for your
sinking bottom line. If it does, then you may have just found
the real cause for your bottom line: blaming it on the economy.

Too often people believe the "reason" they are having a
particular problem is due to something that is happening
elsewhere (and usually outside of their control). This is
especially true in the business world. Here is an example:

Shoe Store A is doing very well until Shoe Store B opens up
across the street. Revenues decline at Shoe Store A as Shoe
Store B gets up and going. But, and this is a very important
but, to the degree that the owner (and staff) at Shoe Store A
attribute their decline in revenue to the existence of Shoe
Store B, TO THAT DEGREE they will be unable to deal with it.

Shoe Store A simply needs to step back and realize they have
new competition and take concrete steps to retain their current
customers and create new ones. Perhaps they need to streamline
their marketing and advertising effort. Maybe they actually
need to do some marketing for the first time!

The reason sales are down at Shoe Store A is not Shoe Store B.
Sales are down because Shoe Store A did not effectively shift
their own gears to keep their business afloat and prosperous.

That may sound simplistic, but when an executive or business
owner places the blame elsewhere, this very act of "placing
blame elsewhere" reduces his ability to devise effective
solutions. It actually reduces his ability to think straight,
because s/he is so embroiled in what is happening somewhere else.

"Elsewhere" is not a place that you can easily control. But you
do have complete control over what happens internally within
your business. You do have control over how efficient your
staff are. You do have control over how well surveyed your
marketing messages are. And you can control the level of care
shown to your customers.

There are countless aspects of your business that you have
control over. Those are the items that should occupy your time
and focus. Complete focus. To the degree that you assign the
source of a problem to "elsewhere", to that degree you will be
incapable of handling your own scene.

Let's look at one more example of this. A dental practice
considers it has "slow periods of the year." One such period
is the end of the year. Numerous professionals believe the
end of the year simply is not as productive as other parts of
the year. And of course they have statistics to back up this
belief. Every year, December is just very slow.

Then there is the dentist who decided he wasn't going to have a
slow December again. So, back in October and November, this
dentist figured out a few things to do for December. He reminded
his patients that most insurance companies do not allow you to
carry over unused insurance from year to year. He offered his
patients incentives to come in during the holiday season. He
just plain worked on it so that his December was not a "slow
period." The result? He now no longer believes in "slow periods"
and of course he has the statistics to back up this new belief.

You can always find statistics to match a belief. If you believe
you are going to have slow periods, you'll have them. Why
generate the insight, focus and hard work to fix something
that you know and believe is not fixable?

The same is true on a broader scale with "the economy". If you
believe "the economy" is the basis for your declining revenues,
you're in more trouble than you need to be. Anything that is
outside of your immediate control is just that: outside of your
immediate control. Put your total focus on your internal scene
and get yourself busy improving things there.

Leave "elsewhere" alone.

Stan Dubin is the author of The Small Business Success Manual.
For information on this book and a FREE business consultation,
go to: http://www.EffectiveBusinessTools.com
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Mildred Parker, 86, had no idea what lay in store for her as she answered a knock on her front door. She opened the door and a man asked her if she would like to sell her car. Mrs. Parker answered no and closed and locked the door and went back to lock the other doors in the house. The man took a broom handle and broke the glass out of the back door and entered. A scuffle ensued. Mrs. Parker tried to escape but the man drug her back in the house by the hair of her head. He demanded whatever cash she had. She gave him $500.00. The incident took on a new twist when the attacker apparently decided to make it look like Mrs. Parker had committed suicide. He made Mrs. Parker clean herself up and then, by chocking her with a cable around her neck and beating her head on the floor, he forced her to write him a two hundred dollar check. He then had her write a suicide note on the back of a checkbook. Mrs. Parker later said she held her breath and pretended to be dead. It must have worked because the man left. She lay on the floor for what she said seemed like 20 minutes, afraid he might come back. She then crawled across the entire length of the house to find a working phone. She called 911 twice not realizing that she could not hear the 911dispatcher answer because of damage to her ears. The 911 operator dispatched Officer Greenwell to the scene, as it was not uncommon for people to hang up after placing a 911 call. Officer Greenwell did not get an answer at Mrs. Parker’s front door. He went around to the back where he saw that the back door was broken. He called for back up and then entered the house where he found Mrs. Parker. Police Chief Tommy Parchman, hearing the call over the scanner went to the Parker residence and then called Officer Chad Smith at approx. 9:15. After Officer Smith arrival they decided to call TBI to do the formal investigation. Meanwhile Mrs. Parker had been transported to Trinity Hospital where she received treatment for her wounds. An officer was dispatched to the hospital to question Mrs. Parker and she gave a description of the man. From a group of photos she identified the alleged perpetrator as Rubin Conyers. Conyers was later found at his apartment were he held the Police and Sheriff’s Offices at bay for over a half hour before giving up and claiming innocence. After the police had the man in custody a search of his apartment revealed the clothing Mrs. Parker had described her assailant was wearing. They were covered with blood from where he had cut his hand as Mrs. Parker had described. At the time of this story Mrs. Parker is reported to be in good condition Read more!