THE DASH

I READ OF A MAN WHO STOOD TO SPEAK

AT THE FUNERAL OF A FRIEND

HE REFERRED TO THE DATES ON HER TOMBSTONE

FROM THE BEGINNING ...TO THE END

HE NOTED THAT FIRST CAME HER DATE OF BIRTH

AND SPOKE THE FOLLOWING DATES WITH TEARS,

BUT HE SAID WHAT MATTERED MOST OF ALL

WAS THE DASH BETWEEN YEARS... (continue reading)

When things in your life seem
almost too much to handle,
when 24 hours in a day is not enough,
remember the mayonnaise jar
and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before hisphilosophy class and had some items
in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly,
he picked up a very large
and empty mayonnaise jar
and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students
if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then... (continue reading)