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That may seem like  an unusual title but

I found an unusual short story to tell you

about a sneeze.Most of us have heard the old

expression,when someone sneezes,someone

says,”God Bless You”.    

Shortly after the U S Supreme Court made

it’s decision that there would be no prayer

in schools,a small school in rual Amercia was

prepairing for their graduation.People in

general were concerned that there would be

no prayer to bless the children to start the

journey of life.

As the graduation came to a close,a lone

young senior walked to the center of the stage,

suddenly he sneezed and all 30 of his class

shouted as loud as they could “God Bless You”

All at once the graduation class sneezed,the

senior turned to the parents and visitors an

raised  his arms and the whole building

exploded,”God Bless You”.

This is a true story and happened in the 

state of Iowa, the arthur is unkown,we

did not give the lone seniors name in fear of

goverment…whatever…Only in this great

country… Amercia…Keep up the 24 hour

team.. until next time…..John

P. S.    God Bless You…Sorry I sneezed.

Four important facts about happiness…

1. Happiness is the skill of living a life with

great values.

2.Always notice what makes you happy and

the go after it.

3.Be grateful, be optomistic,have fun  and have

plenny laughter. Be yourself  and have natural

happiness.

4.Invest time into your happiness.Pray for a

good healthy and happy life. Focus on what

you need to be happy,then take the necessary

action to be wing flapping happy.                  

Abe Lincoln said,” People are just about as

happy as they want to be.”

happiness.

Have a great day…until next time…John

Today I was going to talk to you about

procrastination but decieded that I would

wait until later…When we procrasternate

life just passes us by…

You can choose to have a good positive day

or choose to have a bad negative day.Make a

good choice….. choose a day of empowerment.

Don’t just let life happen,choose to take charge

of your life. You can choose love,peace,harmony

and happiness.

Always remember that when you are having fun

and enjoying life you are really just recharging

your batteries.

Some mistakes we make can actually be fun

to solve. So much fun we that we will want

to do the  again and again. Besides life would

not be any fun if we didn’t have all thes problems.

Enjoy this Hour…Have a great 24 hours. Until

next time….John

This well known and successful preacher

friend of mine was very  good  knocking

on doors and simple asking people to come

and join his  church.He had what some folks

called a knack for it.

One day he knocked on a door and a woman

came to answer it with a phone in her handand

was talking.

Come on in and have a seat in the living room

and I will be right with you.She kept talking and

talking,so he picked up a magazine and started

eating sone peanuts from a container.on the

coffee table.

After quite some time she came in and started

to apoligize .Sir, I am sorry I took so long,I was 

talking to my sister long distance. She lives far

away in New York and I don’t get to talk with

very often.

That is quite  alright I understand. In fact

I must apoligize to you, I sat here and ate

all of your peanuts.

Not a problem at all , she said”Peanuts  make

me very ill so I just suck the chocolate off

them.Have a great day, Until next time.John

24 hours is a great way to live……

A good friend of nine recently passed away. At

his funeral service this story was told by the

priest.

Although Sam had been able to get a few years

of soberity in the AA program ,had this little

thing he always did when prayers were said.

Sam would always end by looking up and

saying,Thank You Sam.

One day he had a strong urge to drink again.

He goes to the nearest bar,goes in and orders

a drank. Now came his problen.He  picked up

the drank and put it to his mouth a couple of

times and the set it down,on his third time a

deep voice beside him said,”If you don’t want

to drink that drank give it to me.” A stranger

then grabbed the drank and gulped it down.

Turning to the man Sam ask,”Who are you?”

In a loud voice this total stranger said, My friend

you should know me by now,I AM SAM.

until next time may you 24hours be just

great…. John  

Sam never ended his prayers with Thank you

Sam again and was also able to get 20 more

years of good clean living  in. One Day At A Time

‘

The longer I live,the more I realize the

impace of ATTITUDE on life.Attitude is

more important than facts,the past,

education,money, any circumstances,

success,failure,or what other people say

or do.It is more important than talents,skills

or appearances. Attitude will make or break

a company, church,or home,We have a choice

each day to choose what ATTITUDE that we

want embrace. We cannot change people,

places,the past,or things.We can only change

the one string we have to play and that is our

attitude.Life is ten percent of what happens to

me and ninety percent of how I handle it. Then

it is like this…..I am [should be] in charge of

my ATTITUDE as much as possible,one day at

a time.Yes, one hour at a time.Until next time,

Guess Who?

This material copied from some A A literature

author unknown…..Thanks anyway.

We could all learn a lot from crayons: Some are

sharp,some are pretty,some are dull,some have

weird names and all are different colors…but

they all have to learn to live in the same box

Quote by …Andy Rooney

Enjoy your 24 hours…Guess Who ?

It is time for Nugget #3.It builds relationships.

One strange quality of laughter is that people

who laugh with others start forming a bond

with that person. You have probably heard the

expression…[those who pray together stay

together], well it is also true[those who laugh

together stay together].

 Today’ humor….A long time friend of mine

died one day and went to Haven. As he

approached the Pearly-gates he ask.” where is

the nearest 12 step meeting.”

He was escorted to a large area where

thousands were talking and laughing at

each others stories.

He ask the angle,”Are you sure the are AA’s?

They have to be because none of them will give

thier last name.”

What is this thing called [24 hour team ] all

about? It is stepping up to the plate and

improving your life each day,as your next

24hours undfolds for you. So for in previous

post we have discussed the present,one minute

and one hour. All leading up to a good healthy

24 hours. How do you eat an elephant? Well

you guessed it, one bite at a time is all you

can do.

We all know how very unexpected things can

happen and change our plans and thoughts as

we go through our daily lives.

Each day brings fears, resentments and all

sorts off tragic things. Houses burn down,

some come to foreclosure,cars get wrecked,

friends or family get sick, some die.Friends or

family some times get angry and resentful and

choose to abandon us.These things are endless.

How do we handle them?

Fear and confusion knocked on my door,faith

and love answered and no one was there.

Then resentments and hatred knocked,love

and forgiveness answered and again no one

answered.

Self pity and self loathing also knocked and

understanding and an open mind answered

again no one.. All these negative and dark

thoughts we denied,but hope, charity, love,

patience.good clean living,all stayed.A good

clear mindset combined with faith in yourself

is how to handle life one day at a time. Also it

is good to have faith in the higher power of

your choice,it a good back up.

Mix all these good qualities and make a great

soup for today.

Always be aware that the bad qualities are

poison to your system.Taking a big dose of

resentment can rot your insides out.It’s like

taking poison and expecting  the other person

to die.

You don’ have to be down and out, rich or

poor, to be part of the 24hourteam, Just show

up and enjoy your next 24 hours. Until next

time. John….www.24hourteam.org/blog

The serenity prayer…A large portion of

folks have heard or read the serenity prayer.

It of course is famous for being the AA prayer.

It was first copyrighted by a German preacher.

That was 1928 and in the early 1940′s someone

found it in a New York news paper and gave it

to Bill W.He put is the Grapevine,the AA

news letter at the time and it was widely

accepted.The U.S. navy  used it in WWII.Upon

investigation by AA,it was found in 1800′s

English Literature.the 1700′s German Literature,

the 1600′s Italian Literature and in Austeria on

on a tombstone in the 1500′s. Here  is the short

version that is most used today…God Grant me

the serenity to accept the thing that I cannot

change,the courage to change the things I can

and the wisdom to know the difference… The

longer version…continuesafter repeating the

first part..

Living one day a time.enjoying one moment at

a time,accepting hardship as a pathway to

peace.

Taking as He did,this sinful world, as it is, not

as I would have it.

Trusting He will make all things right,if I

surrender to his will.

That I will be reasonably happy with Him in

this life and supremely happy with Him forever

in the nwxt… Amen