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WHAT I WROTE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE



What would it be like if people were really honest
in their diaries — if they wrote in them the things
that in real life they don't even admit to themselves?








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Ethical Dilemma
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A lawyer charged a man $1,000 for legal services. The man paid
him in cash with crisp new $100 bills. After the client left,
the lawyer discovered that two bills had stuck together --
he'd been overpaid by $100.

The ethical dilemma for the lawyer: Should he tell his partner?
 
This Present Moment

We are profoundly unaware of the present. That is, the here and now, the place that we always are,
is the place that we are least likely to see for what it fully is. Blaise Pascal, though living four
centuries ago, keenly diagnosed this human condition. In his work, Pensees, meaning "thoughts,"
he masterfully articulates our seeming lack of interest in the present. Writes Pascal,

Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all occupied with the past and the future.
We scarcely ever think of the present; and if we think of it, it is only to take light from it to arrange
the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means; the future alone
is our end. So we never live, but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it
is inevitable we should never be so.

That is a powerful proclamation, isn't it? The present is never our end. If this is true, Pascal's dour
thought is worth examining. Though we hope and toil for life, we never really live. And indeed,
looking back many of us can recall a squandered time, a time we wish we were more fully attentive,
more fully present. Truly, the now of life is far more significant than we often realize.

In the play Our Town, Thornton Wilder brilliantly depicts the magnitude of the present, the fullness
of each moment amidst the fleeting nature of time in our lives. Emily, a young mother who died in
childbirth, is given the opportunity to go back and observe a single day in her life. She is advised
to choose an "ordinary" day, for even the least important day will be important enough, the dead
remind her. True enough, Emily chooses a day and quickly finds herself overwhelmed by it. Her
ensuing lines are fascinating.

"I can't go on. It goes so fast… I didn't realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed.
Take me back—up the hill—to my grave. But first: Wait! One more look."

"Goodbye, Goodbye, world… Mama and Papa. Goodbye clocks ticking… and Mama's sunflowers.
And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths… and sleeping and waking up. Oh,
earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you."

Upon returning Emily wonders if anyone ever realizes life while they live it—life as it is, "every,
every minute." The response she receives is pointed. "No… The saints and poets, maybe they
do some." (Footnote 1: As quoted by Barry Morrow in Heaven Observed (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2001), 321.)

The image is powerful and the lesson clear. And where this is a fitting reminder to seize each day,
we should ask why the present brims with significance, lest it lead us to the Epicurean's philosophy,
observed by King Solomon, cautioned against by Jesus, noted by Dave Matthews, and largely embraced
today: Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die. (Footnote 2: Ecclesiastes 8:15, Luke 12:13-21) It
is written on our hearts that the present holds much more still.

C.S. Lewis once asked, "Where, except in the present, can the Eternal be met?" This is why the present
is so profoundly important. You see, God is always nearest to us "now." Where Jesus says, "Follow me."
Where He pleads, "Come to me," there is urgency and immediacy in his voice. Now is where He asks us
to draw near; now is when we must decide to follow or not to follow; now is where we rejoice in this day
that He hath made. So indeed, seize the day, for the promises of the One who came in the fullness of
time are boldly written upon every moment.

Jill Carattini
 
The Concert





When the house lights dimmed and the concert



was about to begin, the mother returned to



her seat and discovered that the child was missing.




Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights



focused on the impressive Steinway on stage.



In horror, the mother saw her little
boy sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out



"Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star."



At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly



moved to the piano, and



whispered in the boy's ear,



"Don't quit.""Keep playing."



Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached



down with his left hand and began filling



in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached



around to the other side of the child,



and he added a running obbligato.



Together, the old master and the young novice



transformed what could have been a frightening situation into a



wonderfully creative experience.



The audience was so mesmerized that they couldn't recall what else



the great master played.



Only the classic,



" Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."



Perhaps that's the way it is with God.



What we can accomplish on


our own is hardly noteworthy.



We try our best, but the results aren't always



graceful flowing music. However, with the



hand of the Master, our life's



work can truly be beautiful.

The next time you set out to accomplish great feats,



listen carefully. You may hear the voice of the



Master, whispering in your ear,




"Don't quit." "Keep playing."



May you feel His arms around you and



know that His hands are there, helping you



turn your feeble attempts into true masterpieces.



Remember, God doesn't seem to



call the equipped, rather, He equips the 'called.'



Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than by the



things you acquire. So touch someone by passing this little message

along.

May God bless you and be with you always!



and



remember,



"Don't quit."



"Keep playing."
 
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D I S C L A I M E R If someone should ask if it's legal to download songs
found on various non-commercial sites, such as this one.

Well, I'm neither a lawyer nor a technician,
and I've begun to wonder if it was legal for
us to tape music off the radio back when
tape recorders first came into being.

And were we committing a crime when we recorded
a movie shown on TV with our VCRs? And was it
really legal to buy a dual-deck recorder for the
express purpose of duplicating cassettes?

My answer to all of the above is, "I don't know."

Nonetheless, here is a formal statement in
some kind of legalize that appears to apply
to this kind of file availability:

The songs on this site are copyrighted by their respective artists and are placed here
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