Old Dying Man Leaves Behind One Of The Best Poems Ever Composed.

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through his meagre possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Melbourne .. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for...

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MAKE YOUR GOALS SMART...

If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, "I want to be successful, be happy, make a good living," and that is it. They are all wishes and none of them are clear goals and that is why many still can't have those things they wished for in Life. Now here's what You need To Know. Your Goals must be SMART and that's The Only way it Can be Achievable. 1. S--Specific. For example, "I want to lose weight." This is wishful thinking. It becomes a goal when I pin myself down to "I will lose 10 pounds in 50 days." 2. M--Must be Measurable. If You cannot...

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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED?

Over a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The news papers had probably reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, "Dynamite King Dies." And also "He was the merchant of death." This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words "merchant of death," he asked...

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In Spite Of Deformity Aleijadinho Decorated Some Of The Best Scultures For Churches In Brazil

Aleijadinho, António Francisco Lisboa Aleijadinho, António Francisco Lisboa, known as O (1738–1814). The leading practitioner of Baroque and Rococo in Brazil, he was born the illegitimate son of the Portuguese architect Manoel Francisco Lisboa (fl. c.1720–before 1767) near Ouro Prêto, Brazil. The ‘little cripple’ (as O Aleijadinho means) suffered from a disease (possibly syphilis or leprosy) that gradually cost him his toes, fingers, sight, and skin. Aleijadinho was disfigured and crippled by leprosy, and...

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Don't Give Up, The Storm Will Be Over...

  A Lady was driving along with her father. They came upon a storm and the young lady asked her father, "What shall I do?" He said "keep driving"....Cars began to pull over to the side, the storm was getting worse. "What should I do". The young lady asked? "Keep driving", her father replied. On up a few feet she noticed that eighteen wheelers were also pulling over. She told her dad, "I must pull over, I can barely see ahead. It is terrible & everyone is pulling over! Her father told her, "Don't give up", just...

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What Is Your Motivation In Life In Spite Of Your Present Challenges Read This Story...

DIFFERENT THINGS MOTIVATES DIFFERENT PEOPLE. There was a young boy who used to go for regular practice but always played in the reserves and never made it to the soccer eleven of His school Team. While he was practicing, his father used to sit at the far end, waiting for him. The matches had started and for four days, he didn't show up for practice or the quarter or semifinals. All of a sudden he showed up for the finals, went to the coach and said, "Coach, you have always kept me in the reserves and never let me play in the finals....

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In Spite Of Polio Disease-caused Paralysis Wilma Rudolph Became The Fastest Woman On Earth.

Wilma Rudolph was born prematurely at 4.5 lbs., the 20th of 22 siblings to a poor family in Tennessee on., and caught infantile paralysis (caused by the polio virus) as a very young child. At age four, she had double pneumonia with scarlet fever, whooping cough, chickenpox, and measles, a deadly combination. She recovered, but wore a brace on her left leg and foot which had become twisted as a result. In 1952, 12-year-old Rudolph finally achieved her dream of shedding her handicap and becoming like other children. Her family drove...

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