Inspiration

“Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. When the doctor slaps your behind, he's ripping your ticket and away you go. As you make each passage from youth to adulthood to maturity, sometimes you put your arms up and scream, sometimes you just hang on to that bar in front of you. But the ride is the thing. I think the most you can hope for at the end of life is that your hair's messed, you're out of breath, and you didn't throw up.”

- Jerry Seinfeld

"Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly NOT a call to violent revolution."

- Philip Yancy, The Jesus I Never Knew

A moving van pulled up in front of the only vacant house in the neighborhood and started unloading.

Curtains twitched up and down the street as ladies peeked out to watch the process.

After about an hour, one of the moving men unloaded a great big piece of white cardboard.

He solemnly held it up for all to see:

"That's all, Ladies."

One of my co-workers got a speeding ticket and was attending a defensive-driving course to have points erased from his license. The instructor, a police officer, emphasized that being on time was crucial and that the classroom doors would be locked when each session began.

Just after one class started, someone knocked on the locked door. The officer opened it and asked, "Why are you late?"

The student replied, "I was trying not to get another ticket."

The officer let him in.