from F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID...

1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to.

2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the person that you borrowed from remembers or asks for it. It shows your integrity and character. Same goes with umbrellas, pens and lunch boxes.

3. Never order the most expensive dish on the menu when someone is giving you a lunch/dinner.

4. Don’t ask awkward questions, like, ‘Oh so you aren’t married yet?’ Or ‘Don’t you have kids’ or ‘Why didn’t you buy a house?’ Or why don't you buy a car? For God’s sake, it isn’t your business.

5. Always open the door for the person coming behind you. It doesn’t matter if it is a guy or a girl, senior or junior. You don’t grow small by treating someone well in public.

6. If you take a taxi with a friend and he/she pays now, try paying next time.

7. Respect different shades of opinions. Remember what's 6 to you will appear 9 to someone facing you. Besides, a second opinion is good for an alternative.

8. Never interrupt people while they are talking. Allow them to pour it out. As they say, hear them all and filter them all.

9. If you tease someone, and they don’t seem to enjoy it, stop it and never do it again. It encourages one to do more and it shows how appreciative you are.

10. Say “thank you” when someone is helping you.

11. Praise publicly. Criticize privately.

12. There’s almost never a reason to comment on someone’s weight. Just say, “You look fantastic.” If they want to talk about losing weight, they will.

13. When someone shows you a photo on their phone, don’t swipe left or right. You never know what’s next.

14. If a colleague tells you they have a doctor's appointment, don’t ask what it’s for, just say "I hope you’re okay." Don’t put them in the uncomfortable position of having to tell you their personal illness. If they want you to know, they'll do so without your inquisitiveness.

15. Treat the cleaner with the same respect as the CEO. Nobody is impressed at how rude you can treat someone below you, but people will notice if you treat them with respect.

16. If a person is speaking directly to you, staring at your phone is rude.

17. Never give advice until you’re asked.

18. When meeting someone after a long time, unless they want to talk about it, don’t ask them their age and salary.

19. Mind your business unless anything involves you directly - just stay out of it.

20. Remove your sunglasses if you are talking to anyone in the street. It is a sign of respect. Moreso, eye contact is as important as your speech; and

21. Never talk about your riches in the midst of the poor. Similarly, don't talk about your children in the midst of the barren.

22.After reading a good message try to say, "Thanks for the message." APPRECIATION remains the easiest way of getting what you don't have.... ❤️

things to ponder...

Whether you like it or not, life isn't always sunshine and rainbows. You, like everyone else, will face trials and tribulations. You will go through loss, failure, and sadness because life constantly throws us curveballs that are beyond our control and cause us to fall.

Everyone needs to grow in places where they thought they couldn't stand. Sometimes you have to pay attention to the small details of pain that life teaches you.

Whatever irritates you is teaching you the value of patience.

Anyone who abandons you is trying to teach you how to stand on your own two feet.

Anything that causes you pain is instilling the values of forgiveness and compassion in you.

Whatever you are afraid of is instilling courage in you so that you can confront your fears.

Anything over which you have no control is showing you how to let go.

—Balt

HOW TO BE ALWAYS #HAPPY IN LIFE

Advice from A Grandma

1. Always remember that there is nobody on this earth who does not have problems. You are not the only one who has problems.

2. Challenges are part of life. It is only a dead man who has no challenges.

3. There is no problem that has no solution. There are solutions to the pains you are going through.

4. The way you picture yourself in your mind can affect your happiness. Picture yourself as a valuable and beautiful person. Avoid low self-esteem and an inferiority complex.

5. Do not mind what people say about you. Some people are sadists. They will just say something just to make you feel sad.

6. Make friends with reasonable people who make you happy. Do not make friends with people who make fun of you or laugh at you over your challenges.

7. During your leisure time, keep yourself busy with your favorite hobbies like reading, learning, etc.

8. Do not allow anyone to intimidate you with money and material things. A poor man today can become rich tomorrow. Change is constant.

9. No matter what you are passing through today, do not give up. As long as there is life, there is hope.

10. Be very prayerful. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is a catalyst that can speed up the blessings to come to you on time.

11. Be courageous to go for what you want. Life is all about risk. If you don't take a risk, you will not get the desires of your heart. ❤

April 2009 -- grandbaby #3

Less than a year after Keilah arrived on the scene, Jonah joined the family...