“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” Thus Kahlil Gibran penned another eternal truth in images that may not easily be forgotten.
In the dew of little acts, shared between people, we may find a morning state and a refreshment of our souls. Smiles and laughter are important when shared between people who love truth and the doing of the Lord’s will.
Bryn Athyn does have an image of intellectualism, sometimes appearing cold, yet good humor is here, there and everywhere in BA, and, where I now live, Pine Run Park. I know this from personal experience. For the past 25 years, daily, I have walked around the streets of Pine Run Park. I meet other walkers and neighbors working in their yards. We usually exchange greetings and share a few thoughts. Friendships are made and maintained.
This friendliness was reinforced when Rev. David and Janet Simons lived here. David often sat in a chair in the front of his house and called out greetings to everyone, including the mailman and trash collectors. When he died a few years ago, I took it upon myself to help maintain the spirit of good-will. Now especially in the section of Woodward Drive, where Dorothy and I live, there is a very happy sphere.
The neighbors across the street have four children and on either side of my home, there are two children – all under the age of eleven. They often include me in their playing. What a joy!
Why waste one’s life in petty gossip, morbid and constant reviewing of our personal pasts? Life puts on a new, fresh face every day. Participate, at least and at most, with kind words, smiles and laughter.
If your mother is very tiny, what would you call her? Minimum.
If your mother is large and very heavy, what would you call her? Maximum.
“You have known the defendant for how long?”
“Twelve years.”
“Tell the court whether you think he is the type of man who would steal this money or not.”
“How much was it?”
We are what we eat, said a wise old man
And Lord, if that’s true, I’m a garbage can!
At oleomargarine I’ll never mutter,
For the road to hell is spread with butter.
And cake is cursed, and cream is awful,
And Satan is hiding in every waffle.
Give me this my daily slice –
But cut it thin and toast it twice. - Victor Buono
General Custer rode with pride.
The lust for battle filled him.
Hell-bent was he on Siouxicide –
And, sure enough, it killed him. - Bob McKenty
Will the person who borrowed the ladder from the custodian’s closet please return it before further steps are taken.
The class on prophecy has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Missing – A purple lady’s bicycle from the parking lot. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. If you choose to heave during the Postlude, please do so quietly. Women’s Luncheon: Each member will bring a sandwich. Polly Phillips will give the medication. Wanted: Part-time, a Christian nanny to take care of our two-year-old who does not smoke or drink. A mouse in her room woke Miss Dowd There once was a lady, Eileen, Who makes these changes? Rumi (1207-1273) my neighbor, Haiku form of poetry by Basho (1644-1694) One of my fourth graders asked my teacher’s assistant, “How old are you, Mrs. Glass?” SIGN IN GROCERY STORE: Unattended children will be given a cup of expresso and a free puppy. My niece, Denise Burnham Perna’s son Jordan (JJ), age 8, has commented: Denise: “JJ could you please help me clean up the family room?” Last summer Nathan (JJ’s older brother) went to Bible Camp for a week. When he came home he told a story
about one of the boys at camp who got stung by wasps. His hand swelled and he got hives. Then when JJ heard this story
he commented, “He really got beehives on his hand after getting stung??” Did you hear about the Scotsman who married a girl who was born on February 29th so that he’d only have to buy
her a birthday present every four years. What do you call six weeks of rain in England? Summer! The oral history of a family is modified by each teller. Eventually every family will believe that it has
relatives that came to North America on the Mayflower, included a member of the clergy, had a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, owned several Tiffany lamps, and has a coattail relationship to the first person to walk on the moon. There is so much good in the worst of us, 'Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you." - Spanish proverb “When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.” - Edgar W. Howe “Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.” - Author Unknown “It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.” - Errol Flynn “If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” - Alice R. Longworth "What is told in the ear of a man is often heard 100 miles away." - Chinese Proverb “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” - Kahlil Gibran “A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half-empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half-full.
But a giver sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.” - Donald Gale “Without friends, no one would want to live.” - Aristotle “When you choose friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character.” - W. Somerset Maugham ADAM’S APPLE: This physiological terminology sprung from the conception that the protuberance on a man’s throat was
caused by a piece of the forbidden apple from the Garden of Eden’s Tree of Knowledge lodged in Adam’s throat, rather than the
thyroid cartilage of the larynx. THE BIG APPLE: This nickname for one of our nation’s greatest cities, New York, dates from the 1930s and ‘40s, when
jazz jived in clubs across the country. The smoky clubs of New York City were the favorite hotspots of the likes of Charlie
Parker and other jazz greats, and Manhattan soon became known for having “lots of apples on the tree” – that is, lots of
places to play jazz. ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BUNCH: First coined by Chaucer as, “the rotten apple injures its neighbors.” UPPER CRUST: In early America, when times were hard and cooking supplies were scarce, cooks often had to scrimp
and save on ingredients. Apple pie was a favorite dish, but to save on lard and flour, only the bottom crust was made.
More affluent households could afford both an upper and lower crust, so those families became known as “the upper crust.” AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY: Derived from the old English saying, “Ate an apfel avore gwain to bed, make
the doctor beg his bread,” the original author of this most popular apple saying has been lost to history. Today, this
expression rings truer than ever, as our knowledge of apples’ many health benefits increases. APPLE POLISHER: The custom of “apple polishing” hails from the little red schoolhouses of yore. Young children whose
math skills were less than exemplary sought to win their teacher’s favor instead with the gift of a bright, shiny apple.
Remember this ditty? “An apple for the teacher will always do the trick when you don’t know your lesson in arithmetic.” Two elderly ladies were out driving in a large car – both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along,
they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just drove on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought
to herself, “I must be losing it. I could have sworn that we just went through a red light.”After a few minutes they came to
another intersection and the light was red again. And again, they went right through it. The lady in the passenger seat was
positive that the light had been red but sensed that she was really losing it. She was getting nervous. So she turned to the
other woman and said, “Mildred, do you know that we just ran through two red lights in a row. You could have killed us both!” Mildred turned to her and said, “Oh, darn, am I driving?” Recently I heard of a lady who was behind a car with three bumper stickers: “Don’t be fooled by genetically engineered
food – demand labels and safety testing for food”; “Eat for the health of it”; and “Support organic farmers.” The car was
in front of her at a McDonald’s drive-through. “The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.” - King Edward VIII “A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.” - Will Rogers “Do the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.” - ibid “It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem.” - Malcolm ForbesLIMERICKS
Who was frightened and screamed very loud.
Then a happy thought hit her
To scare off the critter
She sat up in bed and miaowed.
Who lived on distilled kerosene.
But she started absorbin’
A new hydrocarbon
And since then she’s never benzene.IDEAS FOR BETTER LIVING
POETRY
I shoot an arrow right.
It lands left.
I ride after a deer and find myself
chased by a hog.
I plot to get what I want
and end up in prison.
I dig pits to trap others
and fall in.
I should be suspicious
of what I want.Deep autumn –
how does he live, I wonder?HUMOR
“You should never ask an adult’s age,” I broke in.
“That’s okay,” my assistant said smiling. “I’m fifty.”
“Wow, you don’t look that old,” the boy said. I was breathing a sigh of relief when another child chimed in,
“Parts of her do.”
“Junk food looks so good on the outside but on the inside, it’s pure evil.”
JJ: “Sorry mom but I can’t.”
Denise: “Why not?”
JJ: “Because I just turned nocturnal [only active at night].”GOSSIP
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly becomes any of us
To talk about the rest of us. - Edward w. HochFRIENDSHIP
APPLE SAYINGS
HUMOR
QUOTATIONS