Winning Words 8/31/09
“Death is more universal that life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives.” (A. Sachs) The media gave broad coverage to the death of Michael Jackson and Ted Kennedy. I wonder if that was because they died or because they lived.” Some people live even after they die. There are probably relatives of yours and mine who fit that category. The media may have overlooked them, but they made a difference just the same. ;-) Jack

FROM YOOPER BOB: Sign at a motel next to Michigan Tech Univ. "You may get all A's But still flunk life." FROM JACK: I hope that the Techies read it.....and the F.U. students, too...if they venture over there.

FROM M.L. IN ILLINOIS: you know where my loved ones live on and on. i gave you the address.

FROM L.G. IN MICHIGAN: Life on earth is simply a string of consecutive moments, beginning on the day of our birth and terminating at the moment when God takes us home. Think of those moments — those precious moments of life — as pearls on a string, each loaded with potential and opportunity. The thief wants to rob you of as many of those pearls as possible. And he does that by causing you to live life in the rearview mirror, or concerning yourself with future scenarios that most likely will never occur. (From: A Lifetime of Wisdom, a book by Joni Eareckson Tada)

FROM GUSTIE MARLYS IN MINNESOTA: Oh yes, my husband lives on in many stories! I am thankful for that!

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Memories live on...some leave good memories, some not so good, but they are remembered anyway. I'd like to leave behind good memories for those staying behind. But neither are my reward. I will be embraced with open loving arms for eternity.

FROM CJL IN OHIO: Good observation. A. Lincoln said: "Live a good life. And in the end, it's not the years in a life, it's the life in the years."