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03/13/09 10:42 PM	#3575
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) I got the message. Right now I only live in this moment.

03/13/09 10:43 PM	#3576
David Short U CONN!

03/13/09 10:43 PM	#3577
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) Goodnight Mickey and Cara. Sleep well! love ya!

03/13/09 10:43 PM	#3578
David Short PITT

03/13/09 10:44 PM	#3579
Sherri Short (Chappell) GOD said, I AM not in the past, and I AM not in the future. I AM Not I was or was not or I will or will not.

03/13/09 10:44 PM	#3580
David Short NOT U OF L

03/13/09 10:44 PM	#3581
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) David, there can only be 1 winner.

03/13/09 10:44 PM	#3582
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) He said, "I AM"

03/13/09 10:45 PM

#3583

Donn Dissell

Hello ladies and gents,
I got this from my sister. In light of what has been going on with our families, I thought I would take a minute to post it...Shake It Off And Step Up

Author: Unknown
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule.

The mule fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the mule 'braying' - or - whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened...and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back...a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back...HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up!" he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought "panic" and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!

You're right! It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, STEPPED TRIUMPHANTLY OVER THE WALL OF THAT WELL! What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him...all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.

THAT'S LIFE! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity...THE ADVERSITIES THAT COME ALONG TO BURY US USUALLY HAVE WITHIN THEM THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT AND BLESS US! Remember that FORGIVENESS--FAITH--PRAYER-- PRAISE and HOPE...all are excellent ways to "SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP" out of the wells in which we find ourselves!

- Author Unknown

03/13/09 10:45 PM	#3584
Sherri Short (Chappell) Mark says that is tough, but probable U CONN

03/13/09 10:45 PM	#3585
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) Hey Mark: NOT U of K

03/13/09 10:45 PM	#3586
Nicole Short (Hallman) Hey Aunt Debi! =) Feeling better?

03/13/09 10:47 PM	#3587
Sherri Short (Chappell) Way to go Donn. Can we get an AMEN???

03/13/09 10:47 PM	#3588
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) Lisa, you could of read Donn's poem and not had to sit through the whole movie!

03/13/09 10:48 PM	#3589
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) Amen Bro Donn

03/13/09 10:49 PM	#3590
Debra Lou Short (Dissell) hanging in there Nicole. Thanks for asking! Where are those pics???

03/13/09 10:49 PM	#3591
David Short DONN LIKE THE POEM

03/13/09 10:50 PM	#3592
Sherri Short (Chappell) Leave Lisa to decide on her own. She might like it as much as I did.

03/13/09 10:51 PM	#3593
Sherri Short (Chappell) You kids have fun. I am signing off. It is hard to quit this forum. Goodnight.

03/13/09 10:51 PM	#3594
Donn Dissell Sherri, You said BYE to Matt and said I would see you later. Well guess what, you didn't come back and I went to E-town :-(

03/13/09 10:54 PM	#3595
Sherri Short (Chappell) Hey Donn, I am going back to Florida. See you again real soon. Thanks for everything. Take care of my sister.

03/13/09 10:54 PM	#3596
Donn Dissell Big Daddy, Great Quotes Nicole, Grats' on the house Mark, Louisville = Final four

03/13/09 10:54 PM	#3597
David Short SIGNING OFF FROM THE OVAL OFFICE SEE YA LATER LOVE EVERYONE

03/13/09 10:55 PM	#3598
Sherri Short (Chappell) Mark wants to know if you are dreaming or had a dream?

03/13/09 10:55 PM	#3599
Donn Dissell Bodine, Great to have you here...we miss you!!

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