Jack’s Winning Words 2/26/15
“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile and a grateful heart.”  (Zig Ziglar)  This quote by Z.Z. is a proverb/riddle designed to get a message across in an entertaining way.  Zigler was a master motivational speaker, famous for encouraging people to look at the bright side of life.  He began as an ordinary salesman from Yazoo City, but soon discovered that it was honesty, enthusiasm and optimism that sold products.    ;-)  Jack

FROM EDUCATOR PAUL:  I really enjoyed reading and listening to him..thanks!====JACK:  I suppose you read his book, Success for Dummies.

FROM PEPPERMINT MARY:  thanks.  i need these words today.  any suggestions for a song of the day?====JACK:  There are many songs about SMILES, but I especially like this one.
 There are smiles that make us happy,
 There are smiles that make us blue,
 There are smiles that steal away the teardrops,
 As the sunbeams steal away the dew.
 There are smiles that have a tender meaning,
 That the eyes of love alone may see,
 And the smiles that fill my life with sunshine
 Are the smiles that you give to me.
====MARY:  that's a good one.thanks!

FROM TARMART REV:  Often found the same with our testimony of faith: It is our "honesty, enthusiasm and optimism" that sells another with that which has sold us.====JACK:  Is giving testimonies still a part of the AG worship service?====REV:  New day and age...most generally video taped previously, used often this way for water baptisms and for special emphasis in a Sunday sermon or theme...not very many "free mic episodes" of late.====JACK:  What do you suppose is the reason for this?  I can see that a "free mic" could present some problems.

FROM GOOD DEBT JON:  I like this one; I met Zig in Columbus about 28 years ago.  Let us hope we can all say and “live” some words that people will want to share years after our death.  Zig left a legacy.====JACK:  In its root meaning, the word, legacy, relates to "stuff."  But as you describe it, relating to Zig, its something more valuable than the things we possess.  For example, his spirit of optimism...and, relating to you, the songs you've composed and the meaning behind each of them. ====JON:  Point well taken, but Legacy has to be more than stuff, people will strive only so far for stuff, memories and lives changed, that is the “stuff” of legacy, to me. I think the legacy of Carnegie (built Libraries) is much different from the legacy of Ziglar (who put books in those libraries). ====JACK:  The same could be said about the church as a building.  What goes on inside defines a "church."  I've known of churches that have held services in bars and in funeral homes.  It's still the church.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ZIG ZIGLER UNTIL I READ SOME OF YOUR BLOGS. HE MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE AN INSPIRING PERSON!   I JUST TURNED IN A NEWSPAPER TRIBUTE TO BILL  FOR HIS 88TH B.DAY (HE'S BEEN GONE 13 YRS....) HIS PHOTO AND:. " THERE ARE SOME WHO BRING A LIGHT SO GREAT TO THE WORLD, THAT EVEN AFTER THEY HAVE GONE, THE LIGHT REMAINS."   YOU TAUGHT US THAT RIGHT IS RIGHT EVEN IF EVERYONE IS AGAINST IT, AND WRONG IS WRONG, EVEN IF EVERYONE IS FOR IT.  WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WALK IN THE LIGHT YOU BROUGHT!!  (Then our names, and his church"family") Hope to get Zig's book...I keep forgetting to look for it.:-(====JACK:  I think that this quote by Zig could relate to Bill's life.  "Outstanding people have one thing in common...an absolute sense of mission."