Each Day is God’s Gift
February 27, 2010 by Dan
Filed under Encouragement
By Dan Samaria
Publisher/YC
Feb. 27, 2010
Do you know what “Joylogy” means? It is the study of caring, sharing, and listening and Sacrifice.
This was written by Mr. Jeineke in 1975
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What is a Joyologist? A joyologist then would be one who studies joy logy. Frankly our world could use a great many joyologists whose mission in life is to actively research the effects of discussing and sharing joy.
The research could branch out into how joy affects our careers, family lives, and friendships. The very act of doing the active research should spread jubilation throughout the world and bring about positive results. What a fun job!
All one needs to start with is to share the words joyism, joy logy, and joyologis with others. Use the words daily and make them a part of the world’s vocabulary.
The upcoming year is going to challenge us all. Here is something we need to think, this is from an unknown reader. It is called: Each Day is God’s Gift
By Unknown
The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.
As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it.
It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.
Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”
She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in.
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”
And with a smile, she said, “Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.”
Source: Joyology
Six Year Old to Jail
February 27, 2010 by Dan
Filed under Parent's Advice
By Dr. Laura
Feb. 22, 2010
In Port St. Lucie, Florida recently, a six year old was handcuffed (actually, one handcuff was put over both hands – she was a little girl), and hauled off to a mental facility.
The parents were all hysterical and angry that their “little baby” was treated this way.
The mother, who works in day care, said “There is absolutely nothing wrong with my child.” Her father said that what happened to his daughter was “just wrong.”
The school contacted this little girl’s parents several times about setting up a meeting to discuss her violent behavior in the classroom, but they never showed up. Hmmmm.
Here’s what happened on that particular day:
The kid had yet another tantrum in the classroom after the teacher simply asked her to do something, and the girl was taken to the principal’s office.
The principal, 8 months pregnant, endured the kid yelling, throwing things, kicking the wall, throwing a calculator, electric pencil sharpener, telephone, container of writing utensils and everything else on the desk.
The kid then physically attacked the pregnant principal, who called the police.
In my opinion, the police and the principal did exactly the right thing. Leave it up to the medical authorities to determine whether this girl is being extremely poorly parented or in need of mental health treatment.
There are those who cry over how little this girl is and wring their hands and say that there must have been some other way.
No, there wasn’t. The parents did not take responsibility, and their shame was delivered as arrogance as they sought sympathy (and probably a lawsuit).
The school is supposed to be a safe place. This girl was, and is, a threat to other students, the faculty, and herself. I stand behind the school, the teacher, and the principal.
I wish we could arrest the parents for negligence in letting their daughter’s behavior get this far.
Source: Dr. Laura
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KIDS: The Pledge of Allegiance
Pledge of Allegiance under Assault by ACLU in Maryland, & Congressman shows disrespect.
By A.J. Plourde
YC/Staff
Feb. 24, 2010
Editor’s Note: The staff at the Chronicle, would like to welcome another writer A.J. Plourde to our staff.
A.J. will be writing columns in both Gold Coast Chronicle, and in our children site Young Chronicle News & Reviews.
We hope you will enjoy his passion and commitment to this country like millions of other Americans who are disappointed in the direction this Administration is pursuing to lead us.
We would like to know what you think. dan@youngchronicle.com
Fox news reported today two different stories which shows exactly why Americans need to examine where we are, and where we want to go as a nation.
It is a sad day indeed when loyalty to this country through the “Pledge of Allegiance” to our nation is challenged and disrespected in a school and in a meeting attended by a Congressman.
Although the two stories happened on either side of the country, they both demonstrate that we here in America have surely lost our way. President Ronald Reagan would be disheartened to hear of such a thing.
The question is why is there so much disrespect being shown to our country and its heritage via the confrontations over the “Pledge of Allegiance” and the words. Not long ago, a single person almost succeeded in his attempt to remove the word “God” from our pledge because he was an Atheist.
The courts finally dismissed his case, but not at the beginning. He made it as far as the appeals process, when he shouldn’t have made it past the first court.
The fox stories covered the ACLU issuing a complaint to the Montgomery County Public Schools Board, over the punishment of a girl in middle school refusing to stand up during “The Pledge of Allegiance”.
Her punishment that the ACLU is challenging is standing in the hallway. The ACLU of Maryland is saying, “The U.S. Constitution and the State Law protect the right of students not to participate in reciting the pledge.”
Where does it say in the U S Constitution anything at all about this? Can you believe it the School Board agreed with the ACLU?
Boy does that raise questions about the quality and integrity of the education processes in Germantown schools in Maryland. Whoa!! Since when don’t the students in this nation as minors have to comply with school regulations?
If the entire class is participating and it is a school practice why are we giving students who are minors, an option they should not have. What happened to adult authority and responsibility for the minor while in their charge?
Is not a minor supposed to obey regulations any longer and show respect for their country.
Whoa!! When did that rule between adults and minors change? Did minors suddenly become accountable and relieve the adults of their responsibility to them. I don’t recall seeing that item in the news.
When a child in school refuses to stand for a salute to their country, what kind of citizen is this person potentially going to be? I fear that if the School Board doesn’t recant their statement, then there is serious potential for loss of control in the classroom.
The School Board is wrong to side with the ACLU, and parents should unite in coming out strong against this interference by the ACLU over minor’s rights.
What do you think?
Should children be allowed not to stand and say the “Pledge of Allegiance” when so many of our citizens have given the supreme sacrifice so they could remain free?
Red Skelton, an American Icon, and a great and wonderful comedian, has a great presentation on the “Pledge of Allegiance”. Perhaps the young student who did this should be required to view it, in fact the whole class might get something out it.
Here is where you can find this beautiful lesson in Audio and Child’s Video Version.
Now the other story involved a Congressman at a meeting and a person in the audience requesting the “Pledge of Allegiance” be said before they proceeded further into the meeting.
The meeting was just starting at that point, and when the Congressman heard that request, he was caught laughing at the suggestion (see the video).
Here again, this was a public meeting where a citizen spoke up and requested the “Pledge of Allegiance” and volunteered to lead it.
It is important for all citizens of this nation to understand that the “Pledge of Allegiance” said before the flag means something and is not just words. We as citizens need to be ready to defend our nation against all its enemies within or outside of its borders.
We must be ready to preserve Liberty and Freedom for the generations that will come after us. We should be proud and stand tall and straight when we say our “Pledge of Allegiance” to our country as it is a statement about each of us as citizens showing our pride in our country and its heritage.
The Pledge of Allegiance should never be taken lightly and no one should ever laugh at the suggestion of saying it. The Congressman owes an apology for his action to the community that he represents.
Here is something for all of us to remember a quote by President Ronald Reagan:
“Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children through our blood stream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children’s children what it was once like in the United States when men were free.”