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terça-feira, 20 de agosto de 2013

Why A Man Should Never Complain.



Why A Man Should Never Complain.

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home.
He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed, "Dear Lord, I go to 
work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. 
I want her to know what I go through, so please create a trade in our bodies.
" God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish.

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast 
for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed 
their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to 
the cleaners and stopped at the bank to draw out money to pay the power bill and 
telephone bill, drove to the power company and the phone company and paid the bills, 
went grocery shopping, came home and put away the groceries. 
He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. Then it was already 1 p.m. and he hurried 
to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. 
Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. 
Set out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the
ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.
At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing greens for salad, breaded the pork chops 
and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, 
folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 p.m. he was exhausted and, 
though his daily chores weren't finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love 
-- which he managed to get through without complaint.
The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, 
"Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay 
home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back."
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I 
will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You'll have to wait 9 months, 
though. You got pregnant last night!"

segunda-feira, 5 de agosto de 2013

Two powerful tools

Silence and smiles are two powerful tools


♥~"Silence and smiles are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems and Silence is the way to avoid many problems.~ ♥

quarta-feira, 31 de julho de 2013

ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE

English as a global language, a good or bad thing?

by Anna­Maria Smolander


The English language is everywhere. The language of most of the Internet sites around the world is English. We are using this language to write our articles on this site, even though I am positive that English is not the first language of everybody using this website. It is not my first language, I come from Finland. I learned English at school. It is the most widely studied language in the world.

It is the language of media, medicine and business. Computing uses English as does the international airtraffic control. But is the spread of this language a good thing or a bad one, is the spread of one such a powerful language a disadvantage or an advantage?

This is a difficult question to answer. Academics in the field of linguistics have tried to find the best solution for this puzzle for decades now. One disadvantage which is often mentioned in this context is the fact that many languages have died because of the spread of English. Many still have lost a large number of speakers and are bound to be doomed in the near future. These are the disadvantages, and while they certainly seem gloomy, there are many advantages of having a global language.

Doctors, for instance, from around the world can communicate with each other while using one language. As a consequence of numerous people knowing this language there are less misunderstandings which of course in medicine could be fatal. People from all corners of the world can communicate easier because they share a common language. Media can more easily tell us the most recent news from all over the world. People can use the Internet as a tool for research, which means more people are being educated about different issues.

I am happy that my son will speak this wonderful language as his first language, I am sure that I will learn a lot from him when he enters school in the UK. However, I wish that my son would also be able to speak Finnish as this is my mother tongue. It is important for a person's identity to remember their roots, and language is a very integral part of one's identity. Are people whose languages are being lost because of the dominance of the English language losing their identities then? As you can see
the question is a difficult one to answer, and in my opinion there is no right or wrong answer.



Source: http://www.helium.com/items/146578­english­as­a­global­language­a­good­or­bad­thing

terça-feira, 2 de julho de 2013

Being Optimistic




Train Your Brain to Be Optimistic


♥~"Which one are you? Are you tired of life leaving you behind, and regretting the fact that if you just refused to be so pessimistic, that you could be much further along in your life right now? If so, it may be time to turn a new leaf. After all there isnt much sense in living a life that you yourself know isnt really worth living. So make a pledge to yourself and give it some importance. Tell someone you love that you are going to stop being so caught up in your own fear that you forget to live. What has being pessimistic ever offered you in your life that you could have probably gotten with much more ease if you just chose to be more optimistic along the way? Look for the positive and do your best to avoid thinking and living negatively on a day to day basis. Be an optimist, and really get a good vision for how you will live an optimistic life.~ ♥Love Quotes - My blogs.