These days, it sometimes can seems that the lives we live will continue forever, that we might not one day wake up to a world where everything has changed, never crosses our minds, in fact if there were such a change most of us would be unaware of those changes for a long time.

What if you just thought you had the rest of your life?
but you were wrong… What if Life is fragile…

Life can pass you by, in an instant, you never know, what might happen tomorrow you
might find yourself sitting alone in a doctors office waiting for news, that you may not want to hear.

How many marbles do you have left?

A THOUSAND MARBLES one day at a time…

This will effect the way you look at life, and hopefully the way you life.

I heard this in a lesson taught by a good man…

Saw it on a website, and found it in an email…

It is profound and a life lesson worth learning…

The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet
solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the
unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a
Saturday morning are most enjoyable.

A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen with a steaming cup of
coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a
typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems
to hand you from time to time.

I turned the volume up on my radio in order to
listen to a Saturday morning
talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a
golden voice.

You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the
broadcasting business himself.  He was talking about “a thousand marbles”

to someone named “Tom”.

I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he
had to say. “Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you’re busy with your job.
I’m sure they pay you well but it’s a shame you have to be away from home and
your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty
or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your
daughter’s dance recital.”

He continued, “Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me
keep a good perspective on my own priorities.” And that’s when he began to
explain his theory of a “thousand marbles.” ”You see, I sat down one day and did a little

arithmetic. The average person
lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less,
but on average, folks live about seventy-five years.”

“Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the
number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.
Now stick with me Tom, I’m getting to the important part.”

“It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in
any detail”, he went on, “and by that time I had lived through over
twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five,

I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy.” ”So I went to a toy store and

bought every single marble they had.

I ended up having to visit three toy stores to roundup 1000 marbles.

I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic

container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every Saturday since
then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.”

“I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I
focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like
watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities
straight.”

“Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my
lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of

the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given
a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more
time.” ”It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend

more time with your loved
ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!”

You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show’s
moderator didn’t have anything to say for a few moments. I
guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that
morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up
with a kiss. “C’mon honey, I’m taking you and the kids to breakfast.”

“What brought this on?” she asked with a smile. ”Oh, nothing special, it’s
just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids.
Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we’re out?

I need to buy some marbles.”

This is an amazing story, one that made me really think about the important things in life, my father never made it to the last marble, he stopped short at the age of 72.

Sadly I was so busy with my life that I did not take time to celebrate his last birthday the way I should have and I did not have the opportunity to talk with him but for a few words just before he passed away.

I miss him so much that I cannot even say, but I know one thing for sure, I will definitely be spending my saturdays differently from now on.

Spend your saturdays, the best way you can with those that love you and those that you love, do not let you life seem so important or busy that you cannot take time out to send a card, in the mail, you never know how many marbles you will end up with…

Women Travelers and Explorers

by Stefoff, Rebecca

Adventure and exploration provide some of the most dramatic and exciting stories in history.

Most readers know about the “big names” in exploration.

The exploits and daring enterprises of Columbus, Magellan, Da Gama, and other men fill our history books and have become synonymous with the discovery and civilization of far areas of the world.

What about the women whose heroic journeys have added to the world’s geographic knowledge. Until now, they’ve had to remain in the shadows of their male counterparts.

However author Rebecca Stefoff has collected their fascinating stories in this book, new in paperback, that investigates the lives of women who explored new lands and challenged women’s place

Imagine for a moment that you thought the world was flat…

CAUTION, WATCHING THIS VIDEO COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE…

Did you know that most people will not watch this video because they are too busy…

This may well be one of the most important posts you have read in a long time…

Notice how the title is not quite complete, that was done on purpose and it was scientifically designed to get your attention…

Since your reading this now, it must have worked…

So now that you are reading this, I have something that I want to give to you and it does not belong to me, so guess what it is free and not only that but at the end of this video you will not be asked to buy an over priced piece of Guru Garbage….

So now you know that this is not a sales pitch…   Relax, and you may find that you can learn more in the next Ten minutes, than you ever thought possible…

So what is this?

Today I discovered a video that will change, the way you look at the world forever…

What follows is a result of my watching this video, what will follow that, is what comes of you watching this video.

Share what you have learned…

After watching this video, Come back here and share how watching this video made a difference in how you view

The world around you…

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Now, please understand you will need at least 10 min to watch the video…

5 min to believe what you just saw and a few min for it all to soak it in.

then another 10 min, to go back and watch it again, this time taking notes…

Yes, it is that good…

After watching this video, the first time, personally, I went back and watched the video over and over again, rewinding, and rewinding, taking notes.

Because it explains so much, the missing link, between our drive to succeed as an internet marketer and why so many of us fail to achieve what we really want in life…

So here you go and remember to come back here and share what watching this video has meant to you.

Enjoy…

Do the characters become like old friends?

Reading to me is like a movie, inside my head, after reading for a few minuets, I forget that I am actually reading a book and it becomes this movie that is playing in my mind, is it like that for you?   Scientific studies suggest that it can be like this for readers, however it is either something that you have or you have not.

I do wonder thought if it is something that can be learned or is this something you are born with.

I hope that it can be learned, because I would love to be able to share this ability with everyone.

I have at times, read a book and in some ways could not distinguish it from a movie, which may sound strange to the tourist reader, however, to the constant reader, reading a good book can be like visiting with a good friend over a particularity good cup of coffee, reading about the textures, the smell of the coffee, sitting in a back yard, in the morning and sharing conversation.

Reading can be like this, and in fact I rather suspect that is is like this for perhaps 40 percent of readers, that read more than 10 books a year…

When you read is it like a movie playing in your mind?

Is that really what the liberals want to do? Do they really think they are smarter than anyone who ever lived?

Yes you heard it here first, the liberals tried to destroy this american woman who deserves all the credit and more for raising a family and doing a great job. One of the really funny things about this crazy beat sarah palin business is that every time the liberals try to hurt her, the opposite happens, she get more popular, If they try to hurt her book sales, she sells more books, so really they are helping her, so go ahead and hate you haters.

Breat Prices on Books used and new

The liberals crazies, do not like her because she is real, not a fake liberal, is that fair? perhaps it is, because they attack her at every turn and they try to hurt her but it all back fires on them, because that is the way the world works, when you are sour and hateful it will come back to you, call it karma, call it justice, but when you treat people like liberals treat people well you get what you deserve.

Like being voted out of office.

So liberal democrats, standing up in congress, pack your bags.

Amazing stuff and even more if you read the book, funny how many people comment on books they have never read, is this guy really this crazy or is he the real deal, we know that he likes to make money, and hey is that wrong? No not at all, but you know, if he really believes in what he says in his books, I would love to see something real develop, like a lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality, and not just a challenge on TV but a real challenge by a lawyer in court, now that would mean a lot more to me than a few comments on TV.

Libraries, used to be one of the most visited places, but now most of the time, it is deserted, did you know that you can get DVD movies, Audio Books, many of the latest books, all for f ree, sure, you do, because you probably already go there, but just in case it has been a while why not visit your local library.

Lisa Loeb, on Library use,

Learn Grow, become…

Over the last few weeks we have seen an attack on the christian faith, even signs advertising that there is no God.

This is not the American way….

We find it amazing that these special interest groups who really just want media attention are allowed to engage in what really amounts to a hate crime, as defined by the political correctness, court of public opinion.

If you are interested in freedom, then read, this book, because it tells the truth.

Books are some of the best gifts you can give, how often do you have the opportunity to give, knowledge, wisdom, tears, gladness, joy, love, peace, the story of a life time and more…

So often we forget that giving a book can be so much more than what you ever thought it might be, give a book this year, when many toys and other things may end up in the attic or collecting dust somewhere in a forgotten room a book can still give even years later, a book can give a lot, think about it and give a book this year.

Give a gift that keeps on giving…