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Here are some things that on the surface may seem funny or even irritating until you take a little time to think them through. Keep as many as your memory can hold and hold onto them tightly. In times of crisis they will give you some direction as well as encouragement.
 
The survivor mentality is really quite simple in its purest form - PERSEVERANCE. Now in reality it is much, much more. All the things you now take for granted you will have to learn to do for yourself. Here's the rub, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS IT IN US TO BE SURVIVORS! So set your mind right here and now to make it through whatever life throws at you. As fragile as you may be, you are still stronger than the worst situation you may ever face.
 
So if any of this speaks to you and your situation then jot them down and save them for when you need a little encouragement or some idea of how to handle a given situation. Just remember that like knowledge, wisdom is one of those things the more you get - the less you have and the more you use it the stronger it gets.
 
So that you can now know the whys and wherefores:
 
But, before we go there something to just think about.
 
New World Order
 
There is a group of people… across this planet wide,
with greedy little fingers - and power on their mind,
they do not care ‘bout sovereignty - the one-world is their goal,
Liberty is their enemy… and their deity is Control.
They march across the history books - possess an ageless plan,
leading us toward dependency - to a woman and a man,
their map to domination is as old as time itself,
mixing ancient mysteries with technology off the shelf,
Keeping us in darkness - their faces unrevealed,
the shadows are their foxholes and secrecy is their shield,
they manipulate behind the scenes - relentless without fear,
a crescendo of disparity that builds from year to year.
They provide us our distractions - engulf us day to day,
preparing to enslave us, they slowly wear away
a catalogue of liberties - and while freedoms wane and cease,
they tell us that they’re doing it for security and for peace,
They prey upon our apathy - in a plot you can’t untwist,
policing how you think and feel… they tighten an iron fist,
they terrorize the spirit of hope with fear and guilt and shame
‘til there’s nothing left of who you were but a ghost, a shell, a name.
They rule from modern castles - elitist to the core,
they think of you as mindless stock to serve them evermore,
they’ll take away your firearms so you cannot self-defend,
and tag you with an ID chip… to keep you in your pen.
There is a group of people… across this planet wide,
who are waiting for their moment - and time is on their side,
the New World Order is the dream - and dominion is the gain,
but they cannot reach this final goal… ‘til Liberty has been slain.

--Stone Bryson

 

I recently had chance to discuss with my son an old proverb that I quoted him. "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." His question to me was do I actually believe that. I informed him that I emphatically do. I then explained why to him.

The great ills of society are many and most come from things done in the dark of night and during the late hours when most are resting. Resting, I informed him is important to the body. It is the time when our bodies reload their batteries and repair the damages. Those that do not give their bodies time to recharge and repair are slowly bringing long term health issues upon themselves. When you add to that many are involved in less than noble activities such as wine, women, and song you start to see how the dark hours are very hazardous to your health.

Even those who are gainfully employed during the dark hours are not likely to get sufficient enough rest to counter the effects of night work. They definitely don't earn great paychecks because most of those jobs are low paying jobs, 7-ll clerks, security guards, etc.

Lastly, a tired body brings on a tired mind and a tired mind is never as nearly thoughtful as a well rested one. People who work or play all night but do not rest from the day's activities do not think as clearly as they could otherwise. When faced with important decisions, often they take the quick easy way out because they are too tired to be willing to deal with the longer and harder right way.

Now, think about the news. Most shootings, store hold ups, drug deals, prostitution, and other illicit activities appear to happen mostly during the night hours. Ever wonder why? That is because it is harder to see these activities at night. But by the light of day we see more clearly.

Finally, running the streets all night and blowing your money on wine, women, song, and other harmful things keeps you constantly in the poor house. If you are early to bed you see no need to waste hard earned income on such things. Additionally it is the daylight hours to which you find the most gainful employment. If you are gainfully employed and work hard at it two things come to pass. First you are more likely earning a better income and secondly you are too tired at days end to think of blowing it on that night's temporary pleasures. Farming is life and life is farming to which this proverb arises. You reap what you sew. The agrarian societies of old understood this, hence the necessity of the proverb. You want a productive farm (also read life) you must make hay while the sun shines (also read work productively) else you will not have enough to get you through the tough times.

So yes the old proverb is as true today as it ever was and maybe more so. Do not think that many thousands of years of wisdom is useless in today's society. Technology cannot and will never surpass plain old common sense as proper rest will never fall prey to ill health and poor judgment nor lack of necessities gained from saving in the good times.


 
 

Plan ahead -- It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

 -- Unknown

 You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to..........discourage him

 -- Unknown

Don't let your worries get the best of you;  remember, Moses started out as a basket case.

-- Unknown

"Arguing with reality is like trying to teach a cat to bark -- hopeless."

 - Unknown

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

-- Henry Ford

"Millions of people long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon alone."

 - Susan Ertz

"Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes."

 - Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

"You can't get in trouble for the things you don't say."

 - Sam Rayburn

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him/her realize how much worrying he/she has done over the squalls

     - Unknown

"Make preparations in advance, you never have trouble if you are prepared for it."

  - Theodore Roosevelt

 Normal is a cycle on the washing machine

   - Unknown

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
      - Winston Churchill

Here is a test to see if your mission on earth is finished. If you are 
alive, it isn't.
      - Francis Bacon

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.
      - Dr. Jonas Salk

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
      - Alan Kay

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
      - William Ellery Channing

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
      - Immanuel Kant

 Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - only equality of opportunity.
      - Irving Kristol

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without 
work.
      - Emile Zola

 Most plans are just inaccurate predictions.
      - Ben Bayol

 Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.
      - Honore De Balzac 

 Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it just means you've
      decided to see beyond the imperfections.
      - Unknown

I intend to live forever. So far, so good
      - Stephen Wright 

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
      - Michel de Montaigne

Let us live as people who are prepared to die, and die as people who are prepared to live.
      - James S. Stewart

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
      - Epictetus

Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show.
      - Mignon McLaughlin

 Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
      - Joe Paterno

 It is never wise to seek or wish for another's misfortune. If malice or 
envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.
      - Charley Reese

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.

      - Merry Browne

The two words "information" and "communication" are often used 
interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
      - Sydney J. Harris

 It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
      - William G. McAdoo

 I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time.
      - Josh Billings

"I must do something" will always solve more problems than "Something must be done."
      - Unknown

Too often we seek justice for just us.
      - James Thom

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
      - James Baldwin

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will 
surprise you with their ingenuity.
      - General George S. Patton, Jr.

We have no right to ask when sorrow comes, "Why did this happen to me?" unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.
      - Philip S. Bernstein

The most important things in life aren't things.
      - Illinois First Christian Church

 Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.
      - Louis Kronenberger

 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
      - John Wooden

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we 
desire.
      - John C. Collins

You're never a loser until you quit trying.
      - Mike Ditka

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
      - Erica Jong

 You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.
      - John Leo

The best discipline, maybe the only discipline that really works, is 
self-discipline.
      - Walter Kiechel III

Pride is tasteless, colorless, and sizeless. Yet it is the hardest thing 
to swallow.
      - August B. Black

 The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
      - Peter F. Drucker

 Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
      - Edwin Markham

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable; and those who move.
      - Benjamin Franklin

People who invite trouble always complain when it accepts.
      - Lane Olinghouse

If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. 
    -Johnny Carson

BRAVERY IS BEING THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS YOU'RE AFRAID

   -David Hackworth

A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.

 -old Indian proverb

A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.

 - George S. Patton

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. 

 -Chinese proverb

 Dig the well before you are thirsty.

 - Chinese proverb

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if your are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

 - Chinese proverb

Law controls the lesser man - Right conduct controls the greater one

 - Chinese proverb

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

 - Chinese proverb

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

 - Unknown Author

"The men American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try and tell them the truth."

 - H. L. Mencken

"Never cry over spilt milk: It may have been poissoned."

 
 - W. C. Fields
 
There are no new sins; the old ones just get more
publicity
 
 - Unknown
 
There are worse things than getting a call for a
wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number
 
 - Unknown
 
Be careful reading the fine print. There's no way
you're going to like it
 
 - Unknown
 
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching
in every joint, you are probably dead
 
 - Unknown

Finally to learn how to sleep when the wind blows.

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