Your Next Big Thing.....

it's full of cute and cuddly animals....

Here's a story which shows what I mean....

One day, the bartender was sitting at the counter, minding his own business as usual. Suddenly, the door burst open, and in came the strangest furry animal he had ever seen.

It sat down at the counter, and said, "Gimme somethin’ to eat."

The bartender complied, since he had never seen this animal before, and placed out a bowl of pretzels. The animal devoured them in one gulp. It then continued to pull out a gun, shoot down the signs, the mirror, at a few bottles then just walked out the door.

The bartender cried, “You can’t just come into my bar, wreck the place, and then just leave.” It replied, “Yes I can, I’m a koala, look it up.”

So, the bartender went into his back room and took out his dictionary. He flipped to “Koala,” and after reading the definition, muttered, “By Golly, he’s right.”

The dictionary had said, "Koala: Eats shoots and leaves."

:)

- Dien

> And I thought all you guys did down under
> was carry a big blade,

It's against the law to carry a knife - on person or in your vehicle (unless, of course, you're a tradesman and use it in your trade - like an electrician might need one for cutting wires. And unless you're going fishing).

...

> and rescue pretty women ala "Crocodile
> Dundee".

Oh John... we don't rescue women down here. Doing so might imply that a woman is weak and incapable of looking after herself. And that would be sexist. :o)

Maybe I'm "lucky" to
> be "Up Over" instead of "Down
> Under".

At least you don't have the pressure of blood on your brain from being upside down all the time. :o)

Michael Ross.

> What is YOUR next big thing?

> Or What is YOUR next "thing"?
> Doesn't HAVE to be big to be significant.

> Lets talk about it, and how to inspire each
> other on to the next level.

"The most frightening aspect of life is not knowing why your here"

150,000 people die everyday on this planet and you're not one of them, well at least not today.

That makes you the next big thing.

Goals are so important and yet you can understand why, it would seem practically everyone lives for today, the moment.

Through the advent of negative media (try and find a happy human story in the news without having to go through 30 minutes of pain and suffering) we as a collective bunch get bogged down in a kind of brainwashing.

What's in it for me right now forget tommorrow, chance is, I could be toast or at the very least still be at my crappy job, grinding myself down until they tell me to go away after forty years of dedicated service.

And people wonder why our youth don't seem to care about the future.....why should they, we've tricked them into thinking that now is the only time they need to consider.

Forget tomorrow..it never comes right?

My next door neighbour lived 60 years of seemingly blissful exsistance to look forward to retirement and growing old with his extended family.

Practically all of them died in a car wreck that he bought the tickets for and he now can't bring himself to suicide.

I think my next big thing will be to go play with my kids, get them away from that blasted playstation thing and down the beach, into the forest, I'll take my wife out for lunch, buy her flowers, tell her I love her, maybe ask Bob next door if he wants to play golf, he use to play every week before they all left him.

Who knows, maybe someone I make smile today, might think that was their big thing today.

Thanks Julie......you often know how to make me see my life as it should be;>)

Hi Jeff,

It's true that life can have its ups and downs.... I've seen my own downs and know of many others too....

Each person deals with this differently.... For me, I place my hope in something greater than myself....

I know some think I'm naive, but that doesn't bother me....

Most of us have blessings we don't even think of, because we take them for granted. Even our senses can be a blessing....

Our eyes to see the beauty of every new dawn....

Our ears to hear the tunes of songbirds....

Our noses to smell the delightful aroma of fresh roasted coffee....

Our tongues to savor the great taste of a juicy apple.... I just love the juicy ones, where the sweet flavor fills your tastebuds and the juice dribbles down your chin....

Our family is also a blessing, which we often only realize once they are gone.

But there are many, many blessings which shower us each and every day....

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.... I hope you do have a good game of golf with your neighbor, I know he'd enjoy it.... :)

Oh, and I agree, Julie is a very remarkable person.... She lights up everything and everyone around her! :)

Best wishes,

- Dien

Dien,

I've played a round (of Golf) with Bob before, about 6 months ago and he beat me with a half set of clubs that looked like they were 100 years old.

He's a little arthritic and suffers from lower back disk problems and has the slowest swing I've ever seen, yet he made par and I was 7 over.

Just goes to show, we should never judge a book but it's cover.

Jeff

Sure he's been playing longer, but you'd think a younger specimen like myself with flash clubs and attitude would show him a few things;>)