Where is My Car?
Today, I leave work and start walking towards the garage where my car is parked, and realize that I have no clue where my car is parked. Usually I make a mental note, when I park my car in the morning, where I park it. This morning, I failed to do that. Knowing that I usually park on level 4 or 5, with level 5 being the highest level, at least I will only have to go up two levels. So, I get off on level 4 and start to walk around trying to figure out the direction I might have parked. I turn to the right of the parking level and begin looking.
This is a little upsetting, because usually I have some idea. Today, my mind is blank. I look all around me, but no car. Than I think "maybe I didn't park on level 4 or 5, maybe I parked on level 3." "No," I think. "It had to be level 4 or 5."
I start walking to the other side of level 4 and I run into a friend and co-worker and I tell her that I have lost my car. She laughs, and says, "That's why I always park in the same place. I always park on level 5." I point out to her that if that is so why is she on level 4. She says,"Well most of the time I park on level 5," I have now walked past her, getting ready to walk up to level 5 when she points to the car next to hers and says, "Hey, Jana, because that's my name, isn't that your car." Sure enough, there was my car. Did I feel like an idiot? Yes, but at least I was an idiot with my car.
And this story reminds me of the time a co-worker believed that she had driven to work, many times she takes the bus, so both of us were working late. We walked to the parking lot and I asked her where her car was. As she walked off the elevator and towards the parking garage, she exclaimed, "Holly Shit, I took the bus today."
I enjoyed a great laugh at her expense until I realized that I had to drive her an hour to an hour and a half out of my way to where she had caught her bus. She lived at one end of the valley and I lived at the other end.
So forgetting where you parked your car, or thinking you have driven it to find out you haven't, can give you a good laugh if you allow it to.
Jana Ruth Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.laughingworld.blogstop.com
Friday, September 21, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
What are You Waiting For?
I have to wait for the perfect job. I have to wait till my children grow up. I have to wait until I have more time. I have to wait until I have more money. I have to wait until I have more education. I have to wait until I have more experience. I have to wait until a have the perfect mate. I have to wait until.... I have to wait until.... I have to wait until.... I have to wait until....
What are you waiting for? Are you living in the past? Are you living in the future? All you have is NOW! The present moment, is the only thing you have. It is the only thing any of us have.
All you have is Now. And all you have is yourself. If you want a life of joy, happiness, laughter, and fun, you have to start living that life RIGHT NOW!
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." (Unknown) The only way to create yourself is to start now. I spent a good part of my life waiting for my children to grow up. And what I now know is that the present moment is all that I have. The present moment is all that you have.
Somehow many of us think the future will be better. In actuality the future will be very similar to the present. You are creating your future today. If you want to have a great future have a great today. Since you only have NOW make NOW the most happy and joyous you can. If you make this minute full of joy, then one hour will be full of joy. If one hour is full of joy, than one day will be full of joy. If one day is full of joy, than one week will be full of joy. If one week is full of joy, than one month will be full of joy. If one month is full of joy, than one year will be full of joy. If one year is full of joy, than ten years will be full of joy. And finally if ten year are full of joy, than your life will be full of joy.
"Dance like no one's watching, love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one's listening, and live like heaven on earth. And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. "
Abraham Lincoln
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." I totally agree. Some questions to ask yourself are:
1. What is your mission in life?
2. What is the biggest contribution you want to make in the world?
3. If you have only one year to live how would you live your life now?
So again, I ask, what are you waiting for?
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.laughingworld.blogspot.com
I have to wait for the perfect job. I have to wait till my children grow up. I have to wait until I have more time. I have to wait until I have more money. I have to wait until I have more education. I have to wait until I have more experience. I have to wait until a have the perfect mate. I have to wait until.... I have to wait until.... I have to wait until.... I have to wait until....
What are you waiting for? Are you living in the past? Are you living in the future? All you have is NOW! The present moment, is the only thing you have. It is the only thing any of us have.
All you have is Now. And all you have is yourself. If you want a life of joy, happiness, laughter, and fun, you have to start living that life RIGHT NOW!
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." (Unknown) The only way to create yourself is to start now. I spent a good part of my life waiting for my children to grow up. And what I now know is that the present moment is all that I have. The present moment is all that you have.
Somehow many of us think the future will be better. In actuality the future will be very similar to the present. You are creating your future today. If you want to have a great future have a great today. Since you only have NOW make NOW the most happy and joyous you can. If you make this minute full of joy, then one hour will be full of joy. If one hour is full of joy, than one day will be full of joy. If one day is full of joy, than one week will be full of joy. If one week is full of joy, than one month will be full of joy. If one month is full of joy, than one year will be full of joy. If one year is full of joy, than ten years will be full of joy. And finally if ten year are full of joy, than your life will be full of joy.
"Dance like no one's watching, love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like no one's listening, and live like heaven on earth. And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. "
Abraham Lincoln
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." I totally agree. Some questions to ask yourself are:
1. What is your mission in life?
2. What is the biggest contribution you want to make in the world?
3. If you have only one year to live how would you live your life now?
So again, I ask, what are you waiting for?
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
www.janaruth.biz
www.laughandlivehappier.com
www.laughingworld.blogspot.com
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Some of My Favorite Women
Below are some of my favorite quotes by women. I hope that you enjoy.
Carol Burnett born on Apr 26
(1933-____) US actress, comedienne
She is one of the classic funny women who hosted her own show, "The Carol Burnett Show," 1966-77; won five Emmy's.
=================================
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure."
Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.
I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
MAE WEST
=================================
Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady.
I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported
I used to be Snow White... but I drifted
I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better
Marilyn Monroe born on Jun 1
(1926-1962) US actress
She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in "Some Like It Hot," 1959 and "Bus Stop," 1956.
=================================
A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul.
I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
Judy Garland born on Jun 10
(1922-1969) US actress, singer
She is best and most fondly remembered as "Dorothy" in "Wizard of Oz," 1939.
I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
How strange when an illusion dies, it's as though you've lost a child.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
Gail Godwin born on Jun 18
(1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
She is best known for "Glass People," 1972.
=================================
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.
Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.
Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.
The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.
Katharine Graham born on Jun 16
(1917-____) US newspaper executive
She is owner and publisher of "The Washington Post" and "Newsweek," and one of the most influential women in the U.S.
If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.
Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.
If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?
Wilma Rudolph born on Jun 23
(1940-1994) US track athlete
As a sprinter, she was the first woman to win three gold medals, 1960 Olympics
=================================
I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . .. pneumonia . . .. Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
Rita Rutner
When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
Men can read maps better than women can. Cause only the male mind could conceive of one inch equaling a hundred miles.
To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior'.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.
Gracie Allen born on Jul 26
(1906-1964) US comedienne
She starred, with husband George, in the "Burns and Allen Show," 1922-1958.
=================================
I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.
Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.
They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
Bella Abzug born on Jul 24
(1920-____) US lawyer, politician
Battling Bella was the first Jewish congresswoman; wide-brimmed hats are her trademark.
=================================
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
All of the men on my staff can type.
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century -- and the economy -- around.
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
Notice:
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
By the Order of the Author
Per G.G., Chief of Ordinance
(Borrowed from Mark Twain)
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
http://www.janaruth.biz/
http://www.laughandlivehappier.com/
http://www.laughingworld.blogspot.com/
Below are some of my favorite quotes by women. I hope that you enjoy.
Carol Burnett born on Apr 26
(1933-____) US actress, comedienne
She is one of the classic funny women who hosted her own show, "The Carol Burnett Show," 1966-77; won five Emmy's.
=================================
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it' s always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure."
Why is it no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?
When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.
I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
MAE WEST
=================================
Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
I like my clothes to be tight enough to show I'm a woman... but loose enough to show I'm a lady.
I like two kinds of men: domestic and imported
I used to be Snow White... but I drifted
I've been rich and I've been poor... Believe me, rich is better
Marilyn Monroe born on Jun 1
(1926-1962) US actress
She was the ultimate pin-up girl who starred in "Some Like It Hot," 1959 and "Bus Stop," 1956.
=================================
A career is born in public -- talent in privacy.
I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, "There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest."
I have too many fantasies to be a housewife . . . . I guess I am a fantasy.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a 1000 dollars for a kiss and 50 cents for your soul.
I don't want to make money. I just want to be wonderful.
Judy Garland born on Jun 10
(1922-1969) US actress, singer
She is best and most fondly remembered as "Dorothy" in "Wizard of Oz," 1939.
I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
How strange when an illusion dies, it's as though you've lost a child.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
Gail Godwin born on Jun 18
(1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
She is best known for "Glass People," 1972.
=================================
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Art doesn't come in measured quantities: it's got to be too much or it's not enough.
Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.
Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.
The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning.
Katharine Graham born on Jun 16
(1917-____) US newspaper executive
She is owner and publisher of "The Washington Post" and "Newsweek," and one of the most influential women in the U.S.
If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.
Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.
If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?
Wilma Rudolph born on Jun 23
(1940-1994) US track athlete
As a sprinter, she was the first woman to win three gold medals, 1960 Olympics
=================================
I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . .. pneumonia . . .. Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.
Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do you go back home and take a job? What do you do to keep your sanity? You come back to the real world.
Rita Rutner
When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
Men can read maps better than women can. Cause only the male mind could conceive of one inch equaling a hundred miles.
To attract men, I wear a perfume called 'New Car Interior'.
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.
Gracie Allen born on Jul 26
(1906-1964) US comedienne
She starred, with husband George, in the "Burns and Allen Show," 1922-1958.
=================================
I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.
Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.
They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
Bella Abzug born on Jul 24
(1920-____) US lawyer, politician
Battling Bella was the first Jewish congresswoman; wide-brimmed hats are her trademark.
=================================
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
All of the men on my staff can type.
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century -- and the economy -- around.
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
Notice:
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
By the Order of the Author
Per G.G., Chief of Ordinance
(Borrowed from Mark Twain)
Jana Ruth
Author of Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life
http://www.janaruth.biz/
http://www.laughandlivehappier.com/
http://www.laughingworld.blogspot.com/
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