The jealous husbands problem

Three married couples must cross a river using a boat which can hold at most two people, subject to the constraint that no woman can be in the presence of another man unless her husband is also present. How would you get all three couples safely across the river?

What is driving you?

Someone or something
Driving you to work
Driving you to school
Driving you amidst the conflict
To keep your cool

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Driving you to go
Driving you to stay
Driving you back home
Driving you away

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Someone or something
Driving you crazy
Driving you sane
Driving you to remain lazy
Driving your pain

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Someone or something
Driving your thinking
Driving your disbelieving
Driving your failing
Driving your achieving

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We just keep on going
There is always someone driving
Always something motivating
So be sure of where you want to go
Where you are going

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If your tank is empty
Then it may just interrupt your journey
One thing is certain even if you stop a while
Soon you’ll be driven another mile

Sleepers v Dreamers

Most people who dream never fully understand the importance of waking up and living it.

They are in love with sleep and sleep often times love them back.

The language of laughter

What language is laughter?
I speak Italian and you German
Yet you understood my very laughter expression

I am amazed at this little fact of life
It seems all the things we ought to share with each other
Is easily understood by another

Laugh while you can
Laughter, a feature of man

It is true for love
The same for laughter
It is true for crying and for a smile

It really doesn’t matter
There comes a point when words alone just won’t do
The laughter is much too much not to do

Laugh when it seems too crazy to laugh about
Laugh when it seems too heavy to bear
Laugh when there’s no reason to

Laugh while you can
Laughter, a feature of man

Laugh yourself to better days
Laugh at your complex maze

Even when your laughter offends
Your own heart break you may need to mend

So whatever language you speak
The sound of laughter is always sweet

Laugh while you can
Laughter, a feature of man

Laugh yourself to better days
Laugh at your complex maze

The Shadow-side effect

Today as I traveled to work I came up on an object in the road.
I was traveling east and the morning sun had cast a shadow on the object in the middle of the road.
The object seemed dark and was difficult to identify. But as I drew closer and closer, my vision got a little clearer and I saw what appeared to be a little dog that was unfortunately run over by an earlier vehicle and by now had become motionless.

As I drove around it and looked back in my rear view mirror, it became even clearer what it was. It was a little white puppy with brown stripes and black spots. As I pondered on the whole experience I realized even in this there was a beautiful morning lesson.

As I approached the object it was difficult and perhaps impossible to see clearly what was in the road. The shadow effect had created a blur, a distraction and an illusion. This reminded me of life and how often we fail to see things for their real value and color as our perception is affected by shadows around; Shadows that cause us to only see the pain and not the gain from each experience; Shadows that cause us to focus on the hurt instead of the chance of a new birth.

As I continued the rest of my journey I began to notice the same thing even with each tree along the road side. To see the tree’s real color, type and worth I had to view it from the side with the sun light and not its shadow-side. An amazing lesson it was for me and I pray it will be for you too. The shadow-side is not the best angle to judge your current troubles and problems. If you really want to see them for what they are worth, view them from the side of the light. Allow the light to cause you to see life for what it really is.

In light of this unfortunate accident with the puppy I chose not to allow my emotional-side to cause me to miss this ah! ah! moment or my morning dew.
In John 8 v 12, Jesus is described as the light of the world.
The shadow side also causes us to be filled with fear, for the shadows often times bring scary darkness. If you are not looking from the sunny-side, the Jesus-side, then you are viewing life from its shadow-side.

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