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Thought for the Day 9/9/2022

  F riday Tale - Seeds   A successful  business-man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.     Instead of choosing one of his directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together and he told them: "It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you."     The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued, "I am going to give each one of you a SEED today -- one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."     One man, Jim, and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and, excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, s...

Thought for the Day 9/16/2015

If you do not tell the truth about yourself,       you cannot tell it about other people.  -Virginia Woolf Honesty can keep you safe,       but if you can't be trusted,             you trap yourself. -Proverbs 11:6 (CEV) 

Thought for the Day 11/12/2014

H onesty is the first chapter        in the book of wisdom. -Thomas Jefferson T herefore, having put away falsehood,     let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor,               for we are members one of another. -Ephesians 4:25

Thought for the Day 8/26/2013

Act with integrity. Live up to your idea of who you are. Frank McKinney Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show    integrity,   dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned. Titus 2:7-8