Smile -- It's Raining

What I have learned from Noah

#1. Don't miss the boat.

#2. Don't forget that we're all in the same boat.

#3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

#4. Stay fit. Noah was 600 years old when God put him to work.

#5. Don't listen to critics, just get on with what has to be done.

#6. Build your future on high ground.

#7. For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

#8. Speed isn't always an advantage;
the snails were on the same Ark as the cheetahs.

#9. When you're stressed, float awhile.

#10. Remember that the ark was built by amateurs;
the Titanic was built by professionals.

#11. Remember that woodpeckers inside
are a larger threat than the storm outside.

#12. Take care of your animals as if they were the last ones on earth.

#13. Stay below deck during the storm.

#14. If you have to start over, have a friend by your side.

#15. No matter how bleak it looks,
there's always a rainbow on the other side

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My friends,

I with all this rain, a touch of levity will add a healthy perspective.

"A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength"
Proverbs 17:22

"A glad heart makes a happy face;
    a broken heart crushes the spirit"
Proverbs 15:13

There are some things that must always be laughed at in life:

#1. Laugh when people tell a joke (Otherwise you might make them feel bad)

#2. Laugh when you look into a mirror (Otherwise you might feel bad)

#3. Laugh when you make a mistake (If you don’t, you’ll forget how unimportant the whole thing really was)

#4. Laugh with small children (It will restore your delight in the simple things of life - kids laugh at dogs nuzzling their ears, mud in their hair....)

#5. Laugh at situations that are out of your control (you can either laugh, cry or get mad -- you will live longer if you laugh)

#6. Laugh at anything arrogant (laughing adds perspective to the absurd -- it keeps things real)

#7. Laugh when all your carefully laid plans get changed (because now you're free to breathe and be spontaneous -- stop and look around -- admire beauty for a change)