Accept Change with a Smile

Sooner or later a crisis will enter your life, and how you meet it
determines your future happiness and success.

Since the beginning of time, everyone has been called upon
to meet such a crisis.

A closer look will show you that most "crisis situations"
are opportunities to either advance or stay where you are.

Indeed, most changes in your life will take place out of either
’inspiration’ or ’desperation.’

Whatever comes your way, give it meaning and transform it
into something of value.

Your personal growth is the process of responding positively
to change.

A precious stone cannot be polished without friction,
nor humanity perfected without trials.

 
 
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Food for a Week

Someone on my "Friends List" on MySpace posted a "Bulletin" recently.  I thought it was a shocking and thought-provoking exposé about the "supply and demand" that exists in the world.

I converted the Bulletin into a Web page that I could share with others who are not on MySpace.  Feel free to pass the link on to anyone you think might be interested.


Food for a Week 
 
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       • Aurfresh

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Every Culture dot com

• In Afghanistan, men do not call their wife by name, but rather "mother of my son."


• Finland was the first country to provide equal voting rights to women, instituting female suffrage in elections to the national parliament in 1906.


• If invited to a wedding in Kyrgyzstan, plan your stay in the country for at least three days — that's how long the typical wedding lasts.


• It is highly improper for women to smoke in public in Moldova.


• Bread is considered sacred in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and is never turned upside down on the plate.


• In Tunisia, a man is not supposed to carry his own child in the presence of his father.


• In Zimbabwe, the Tonga people are matrilineal, and the husband moves to the home area of his wife.

EveryCulture.com is fascinating reading!



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