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Good practical advice

May 25, 2005 by Keith Seabourn Leave a Comment

I read this recently and thought it had some good practical advice for us all.

  • Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.
  • Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
  • A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
  • Remind yourself that birthdays are good for you: The more you have, the longer you live.
  • Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
  • If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague or silent.
  • If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
  • Never buy a car you can’t push.
  • Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
  • When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
  • You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
  • Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
  • Don’t cry because it’s over: Smile because it happened.
  • We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull; some have weird names, some have ragged wrappers, and all are different from each other but they all have to live in the same box together.
  • Happiness often comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open.

Thanks to Sermon Fodder for these insights!
Keith

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“When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.”

May 12, 2005 by Keith Seabourn 2 Comments

I read an interesting quote this morning.

American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot reflected in his journal: “When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.” Source: WitandWisdom.

It’s an interesting thought. I remember reading biographies of early American heroes during my teen years. I was surprised that some would come to the end of their life and say something like, “If I could only life my life again, I would do it differently.”

I think this may be what Jim Elliot was reflecting on. When it comes time to die, there should be no regrets, nothing we wish we had said, nothing we truly wish we had done.

That’s my prayer today. That I’ll live my life so that when it’s time to die, all I have left to do is to die.

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