Love Your Dad

Do you all still have your dads around, then stroll down!

At age 8 your dad buys you an ice cream.
You thanked him by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old, he paid for music lessons.
You thanked him by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to football
to one birthday party after another. You thanked him by jumping out of the
car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked him by waiting until he left the house.

When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.

When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked
him by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car.
You thanked him by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17, he was expecting an important call.
You thanked him by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation. You thanked him
by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus
carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so
you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he cried and
told you how deeply he loved you. You thanked him by moving halfway across
the country.

When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of him. You
thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did came
crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.

Motivation– The Key To Success

Lou Little was foot ball coach at Georgetown University. The college
president came to him one day and said ‘Do you know Harold Chapman’ ‘Sure’,
Lou answered. ‘He has been on my squad for years. An average player . The
problem is that he is not well motivated.’

“Well”, the president continued, “we just received a message that his
father
died. Will you break the news to him”

The coach put his arm around Chapman and told him the sad news. “I am
sorry
son, you take a week off.” But the next day Chapman was in the locker room
suiting up for the game. “What are you doing here” the coach inquired in
amazement.

“Today’s the big game. I have got to play in it” he replied.

“But you know I have never included you for the game”

“Include me today and you won’t be sorry”, the moisteyed player stated very
firmly.

Softening, the coach decided that if he won the toss he would use him on
the
first play. He could not do that much damage on the kickoff return.
Georgetown won the toss.

At the game, Harold came tearing down the field with the ball like a
tornado. The coach, shocked, left him in for another play and then
another.
He blocked, he tacked; he passed; he ran. He literally won the ball game
for Georgetown University that day.

In the locker room the coach, perplexed, asked, “Son, what happened” The
player said…” My father was blind. Only today he witnessed my game”

Motivation provides stimulus. He believed that his father would see his
game after his death. This belief motivated him to play exceedingly well !

Proverbs - From the World Over

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
Arab Proverb

A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
English Proverb

A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
Persian Proverb

A cat has nine lives.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A closed mouth catches no flies.
Italian Proverb

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
German Proverb

A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
Proverb, Chinese

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.
Russian Proverb

A drink precedes a story.
Irish Proverb

A drowning man is not troubled by rain.
Persian Proverb

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake Proverbs of Hell (1790)

A forest is in an acorn.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A friend in need is a friend indeed
English Proverb

A friend's eye is a good mirror.
Irish Proverb

A good denial, the best point in law.
Irish Proverb

A good husband is healthy and absent.
Japanese Proverb

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A healthy man is a successful man.
French Proverb

A hedge between keeps friendship green.
French Proverb

A hen is heavy when carried far.
Irish Proverb

A hound's food is in its legs.
Irish Proverb

A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel.
Portuguese Proverb

A hungry man is an angry man.
English Proverb

A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.
French Proverb

A little too late, is much too late.
German Proverb

A loan though old is not gift.
Hungarian Proverb

A lock is better than suspicion.
Irish Proverb

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man.
Turkish Proverb

A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.
Yiddish Proverb

A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
Yiddish Proverb

A monkey never thinks her baby's ugly.
Haitian Proverb

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners.
Irish Proverb

A penny for your thoughts.
John Heywood The Proverbs of John Heywood (1546)

A penny saved is a penny gained.
Scottish Proverb

A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
English Proverb

A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
Hungarian Proverb

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.
Chinese proverb

A silent mouth is melodious.
Irish Proverb

A single Russian hair outweighs half a Pole.
Traditional Russian Saying

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they
shall never sit in.
Greek Proverb

A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger.
Bible - Proverbs 151.

A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of
wisdom.
Welsh Proverb

A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars.
Yiddish Proverb

A teacher is better than two books.
German Proverb

A thief believes everybody steals.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
Chinese proverb

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
French Proverb

A trade not properly learned is an enemy.
Irish Proverb

Worries

A wayfarer carried a heavy sack about which he complained unceasingly. From
none could he get help or comfort.

And as he slowly journeyed, groaning under his burden, the Angel of Optimism
came to him and spoke kindly, saying Brother, what does thou carry The man
answered surlily, My worries.

The angel smiled pityingly upon him and said, Let us look into thy burden
and examine thy worries. And so they looked in. But lo! the sack was empty.

Why surely, cried the man, there were two great worries, too heavy for me to
bear. But-ah, yes, I had forgot-one was a worry of yesterday, and so it is
gone.

And the other That - that was a worry of tomorrow, and it - it has not yet
come.

Then the angel smiled with infinite pity, saying Hearken! He who bows
himself down under the worries of yesterday and tomorrow wears himself out
for naught. But he who carries only the worries of today has no need of a
sack for his sorrows. If thou will cast this black thing aside, and give all
thy strength and cheer and courage to the things of today, real misfortune
never can burden thee.

Wondering, the man did as the angel commanded. And as he took up his journey
and went lightly, swiftly on, his heart and his hands were free to relieve
many a brother wayfarer of his burden and to pluck sweet fruits and flowers
along the wayside.

And when he came at last to the setting of the sun it was with smiles and a
song.