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Asian Charm: Miracles

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A Very Touching Story

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. 

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. 

She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk He drank it slowly, and then asked,  "How much do I owe you?"You don't owe me anything," she replied "Mother has taught us never to accept payment for a kindness." He said...  "Then I thank you from my heart." 

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Years later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. 

When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. 

He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.

He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked, and something caught her attention on the side as she read these words...... " Paid in full with one glass of milk."  (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You, GOD, that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."

NOW YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES.

You can SHARE this Story on and spread a positive message or ignore it and pretend it never touched you 

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Miracles

Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah's Ark

ONE: Don't miss the boat. 

TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat! 

THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark . 

FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may Ask you to do something really big. 

FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. 

SIX: Build your future on high ground. 

SEVEN: For safety's sake, travel in pairs. 

EIGHT: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. 

NINE: When you're stressed, float awhile. 

TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. 

ELEVEN: No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

"Now that I am old and gray...give me the time to tell this new generation (and their children too) about all the mighty miracles you have done" - PSALM 71:18

The twins, Grace and Maddie on their first birthday. Photo courtesy of their mom,Kylie.

Leaves are the food factories of a plant. The raw materials they use are of the simplest. Carbon dioxide, water and a few mineral ingre­dients. The first, a gas, is all around them in the air and they absorb it through tiny pores in their surface. Water, and the minerals dis­solved in it, is collected by the roots from the ground in which the plant grows. The agents within the tissues of the leaves that process these raw materials are small grains containing that remarkable green substance, chlorophyll. Powered by the energy of the sun, this is able to combine these elements and produce starches and sugars, the foods from which the plant builds its various tissues. The proc­ess is called photosynthesis. Its by-product is oxygen. That gas drifts through the leaf pores into the atmosphere to the benefit of animals. For them it is the very breath of life.

A U.S. Army soldier of Attack Co, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment holds a dove while taking a brief rest at the Afghan local police camp during a patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on October 25, 2012. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) 

An employee kisses Dyushes, a Don Sphynx cat, at the "Cats Republic" art cafe in St. Petersburg on October 21, 2012. The cafe has an exhibition area, a library and a hall where cats live. Visitors can pay $5-10 to play with the cats. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)

''If You Need Help, Ask God.If You Don't,Thank God''...'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."         PSALM 23:6

Surfers wait for waves with dolphins at Bondi Beach in Sydney on September 25, 2012. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)

Most people walk in and out of your life,

But FRIENDS leave footprints on your heart

Give it! Don't just get it!

Rotary Club of Downtown Davao Launches Pink October

The Pink Ladies of Rotary Club of Downtown Davao headed by RCDD President for the year 2013-2014 Atty. Marie Josephine De Vera and graced with the presence of Assistant Governor Florante Santiago of Rotary Club of Davao East. 

Arnold (Honorary Member of Rotary Club of Downtown Davao) with Miss Imee Callao of Asia EMS Institute, Ms. Cecilia of Cecilia Farms (in black anf grey top) and Ms. Chiqui Recto of Hyundai Davao and Davao Bonifacio Motors.

At Starbucks, Abreeza Ayala Mall in Davao City : (From Left to Right) Ms Cecilia, Miss Imee Callao, Assistant Governor Florante Santiago, Mr. Edward of Fuda Cancer Hospital in Guangzhou, China and Ms. Chiqui Recto.

Miss Imee Callao during the Forum of Pink October with Dr. Alex Tan, M.D., FPCS, FPSGS - an expert on Surgical Oncology and RCDD President - Atty. Marie Josephine De Vera.

Asia's Emergency Medical Services Institute, Inc. President and Chairman of the Board Miss Imee Callao with Compass EAST.
The venue of Pink October

Asia's Emergency Medical Services Institute,Inc.: KEEP CALM and SAVE LIVES

Asia's Emergency Medical Services Institute,Inc.: KEEP CALM and SAVE LIVES: Not that we think dogs should wear clothes, but if they did this would be a great outfit to go PINK for OCTOBER ...from the folks at www.za...

ITS PINK OCTOBER IN PINK DAVAO for ROTARY CLUB OF DOWNTOWN DAVAO!

                             

The ladies of Rotary Club of Downtown Davao gearing up for PINK OCTOBER / PINK DAVAO!  

Rotary Club of Downtown Davao with Department of Health at Anti-Dengue Summit 2013

JOINT ROTARY CLUB MEETING with FORMER AMBASSADOR LETICIA RAMOS SHAHANI

WHY PATIENCE PAYS OFF

For the majority of us, patience does not come easily. And when it does come, it’s often fleeting. The rest of the time, we rush, we interrupt, we get exasperated when people squeeze ahead of us in line, we charge things now rather than paying cash later, we curse drivers who impede our progress in the fast lane. I have read some posts of my friends here on FB expressing their frustrations time and again on things that did not happen as they planned.

In 1968, a Stanford University researcher presented each member of a group of preschool children with a single marshmallow. He wanted to see which of them could resist eating it long enough to earn a second treat. Follow-up studies found the children who demonstrated sufficient patience to win the prize experienced greater success later in life. They were more likely than the impatient kids to earn good salaries and less likely to suffer from addictions of all kinds. The researchers’ conclusion: Those blessed with an ability to defer gratification enjoy greater life chances as the result.

From decisions made in haste to words spoken without reflection, impatience can cause a vast amount of pain, waste, damage and conflict (Zamboanga comes to mind).

Even if we are not born with a great deal of patience, it’s a virtue that even the most agitated among us can develop, one that we can hone with focus and practice. Former Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani advocates "PAUSE MUNA, PEACE MUNA". When we are in a situation we cannot control and is filled with conflicting emotions, then its best to pause and KEEP STILL...

I have learned over the years that they key to developing the virtue of patience lies in finding new ways of perceiving your predicament. Here are a few ways you might do that :

1. Changing your perception of things, changes your experience.

Most impatience begins as a preverbal feeling of discomfort. Your face gets hot, or your stomach feels weird. Then negative thoughts begin rolling in like storm clouds — frustrating thoughts about how something or somebody should be moving faster or doing something differently. Our thoughts can cause problems for us. Our conscious mind is searching for an object to blame for our initial discomfort, but this only makes matters worse, because it’s like “pouring kerosene on a fire to put it out."

Interpreting challenging circumstances as novel opportunities doesn’t always come naturally, of course. To make it easier, this is what I do which could also work for you....

a. Bypass blame - Rather than faulting anyone in particular for the fact that you have to wait or adjust your plans, try entertaining the notion that the delay just is. Who knows, it may even turn out to be to your advantage. If not for the wait, perhaps you might have encountered a bigger problem — or accident — instead.

b. Be thankful for small blessings - This is what I always tell my friends. If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, and you have a cell phone that allows you to call and explain your delay to whoever is waiting for you, that’s a blessing. And once you make that call, you’re free to begin embracing more blessings, like the opportunity to listen to some great music while actively strengthening your patience muscles. See if you can sit in traffic without wishing ill upon a single driver, even if several of them manage to get their cars into the moving lane before you do. Try radiating goodwill instead.

Write your own history: Keep in mind that you are always authoring your own experience. Eventually, the irritating circumstances you are dealing with will be over, and you’ll be left with the choices you made in the interim.

2. Expand Your Empathy

Look at situations differently and learn to see the complexity of a situation. This means understanding that human beings live complicated lives in a complex universe, all the variables of which we can’t possibly know or appreciate in the moment. Just remembering this fact may allow us to amplify our sense of empathy with others, and thus to soften a little.

For example, if you’re in a movie-ticket line that’s not moving, you might start feeling testy. But if you are willing to see the complexity of the situation, you might reflect on the fact that even a movie theater has a number of intricate moving parts. Everyone who works there has navigated traffic, weather, relationships, possible health challenges and who knows what else to get to work that day. It’s entirely possible that one or more people scheduled that day did not make it, which could slow down the line or — in the event the remaining workers had to deal with an unexpected problem or distraction — stop it altogether.

Seen in this light, you might appreciate that everyone is doing the best that he or she can under the circumstances. You might also perceive that this holdup is probably an exception to the rule: The fact that things generally work as well as they do is something of a minor miracle.

3. Develop Tolerance from Positivity

It’s easier to have patience when we’re awash in good feelings. One good example is when we’re newly in love, for example, it seems like nothing can disturb our sense of well-being. Late busses, long waits for restaurant tables, canceled flights — we take them all in stride. When we are feeling generally happy, our ability to comfortably tolerate annoyances skyrockets. From this positivity, we develop tolerance. This does not involve gritting our teeth and bearing reality. On the contrary, it involves actively noticing and cultivating positive feelings. Come up with "cheerfulness practices"... mine is saying "thank you" to God and my angels the moment I open my eyes in the morning. I express my gratitude for everything, be it big or small. Yours can be listening to your favorite song, reflecting on the beauty of nature, reading a verse in the bible to start your day... all these can do a lot to lengthen your proverbial fuse.

There will always be things that push us to impatience. But practicing with little annoyances,can build a greater capacity for humor and perspective overall. So when the truly big challenges come along, there’s grace. Waiting for you.