Santa<\/b><\/p>\n
There are four ages of man: <\/p>\n
(1) when you believe in Santa Claus, <\/p>\n
(2) when you don\u2019t believe in Santa Claus, <\/p>\n
(3) when you are Santa Claus, <\/p>\n
(4) when you look like Santa Claus.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Babe Ruth<\/b><\/p>\n
Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last full major league games. It was the Braves versus the Reds in Cincinnati. But the great Ruth was no longer as agile as he had once been. He fumbled the ball and threw badly, and in one inning alone his errors were responsible for most of the five runs scored by Cincinnati. <\/p>\n
As the Babe walked off the field after the third out and headed toward the dugout, a crescendo of yelling and booing reached his ears. Just then a boy jumped over the railing onto the playing field. With tears streaming down his face, he threw his arms around the legs of his hero.<\/p>\n
Ruth didn\u2019t hesitate for one second. He picked up the boy, hugged him, and set him down on his feet, patting his head gently. The noise from the stands came to an abrupt halt. Suddenly there was no more booing. In fact, hush fell over the entire park. In those brief moments, the fans saw two heroes: <\/p>\n
Ruth, who in spite of his dismal day on the field could still care about a little boy; and the small lad, who cared about the feelings of another human being. Both had melted the hearts of the crowd. <\/p>\n
The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted W. Engstrom, 1982, Zondervan Corporation, pp. 66-67<\/p>\n
Seasons<\/b><\/p>\n
I am the springtime, when everything seems so fine. Whether rain or sunshine, you will find me playing. Days full of pretending. When a dime is a lot to be spending. A time when life is beginning. I am the springtime.<\/p>\n
I am the summer. When the days are warm and longer. When the call comes to wander, but I can\u2019t go far from home. When the girls become a mystery. When you\u2019re barely passing history. And thinking old is when you\u2019re thirty. I am the summer.<\/p>\n
And I am the autumn days. When changes come so many ways. Looking back I stand amazed that time has gone so quickly. When love is more than feelings. It\u2019s fixing bikes and painting ceilings. It\u2019s when you feel a cold wind coming. I am the autumn days.<\/p>\n
I am the winter. When days are cold and bitter. And the days I can remember number more than the days to come. When you ride, instead of walking. When you barely hear the talking. And goodbyes are said too often. I am the winter\u2026<\/p>\n
But I\u2019ll see springtime in heaven, and it will last forever.<\/p>\n
From Seasons of a Man, Steve and Annie Chapman<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that is a week or two he will feel as good as ever. – Don Marquis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Age is no cause for veneration. An old crocodile is still a menace and an old crow sings not like a nightingale. – Dagobert D. Runes<\/p>\n
Birthday<\/b><\/p>\n
Interviewer: \u201cI see your birthday is May 5, Ms. Beale. May I ask what year?\u201d <\/p>\n
Ms. Beale: \u201cEvery year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
It\u2019s What You Do\u2014Not When You Do It<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel.<\/p>\n
\u2022 William Pitt II was 24 when he became Prime minister of Great Britain.<\/p>\n
\u2022 George Bernard Shaw was 94 when one of his plays was first produced.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mozart was just seven when his first composition was published.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Now how about this? Benjamin Franklin was a newspaper columnist at 16 and a framer of the United States Constitution when he was 81. You\u2019re never too young or too old if you\u2019ve got talent. <\/p>\n
Let\u2019s recognize that age has little to do with ability.<\/p>\n
United Technologies Corporation, in Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p.104<\/p>\n
Seven Ages of Man<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 6 weeks–all systems go<\/p>\n
\u2022 6 years–all systems \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 16 years–all systems know<\/p>\n
\u2022 26 years–all systems glow<\/p>\n
\u2022 36 years–all systems owe<\/p>\n
\u2022 56 years–all systems status quo<\/p>\n
\u2022 76 years–all systems slow<\/p>\n
R.M. Cornelius in The Rotarian<\/p>\n
Man\u2019s Life Means . . .<\/b><\/p>\n
Man\u2019s life means: tender teens, teachable twenties, tireless thirties, fiery forties, forceful fifties, serious sixties, sacred seventies, aching eighties, shortening breath, death, the sod, God!<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Old Timer<\/b><\/p>\n
Old timer to neighbor: \u201cI\u2019ve reached the age where the happy hour is a nap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Seven Ages of Man<\/b><\/p>\n
The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, wills.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
The Duration of Life<\/b><\/p>\n
God originally determined 30 years as the ideal span of life for all animals, including mankind. The donkey, the dog, and the monkey considered it much too long, however, and begged God to reduce their years by 18, 12, and 10. Being healthy, vigorous, and somewhat greedy, the man asked to be given those extra years. <\/p>\n
God agreed, so man\u2019s years totaled 70. The first 30 are his own and they pass quickly. The next 18 are the \u201cdonkey years,\u201d during which he has to carry countless burdens on his back. Then come the \u201cdog years\u201d\u202612 years when he can do little but grow and drag himself along. This is followed by the \u201cmonkey years,\u201d his closing 10, when he grows rather strange and does things that make children laugh at him.<\/p>\n
The Duration of Life, from Grimm\u2019s Fairy Ttales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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