Dust
Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
To paint a picture or write a letter,
Bake a cake or plant a seed,
Ponder the difference between want and need.
Dust if you must, but there's not much time,
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
Music to hear and books to read,
Friends to cherish and life to lead.
Dust if you must, but the world's out there
With sun on your face and wind in your hair,
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come around again.
Dust if you must, but bear in mind
Old age will come and it's not kind,
And when you go - and go you must -
You, yourself, will make more dust.

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?"

The girl said, "No."

And the guy lived happily ever after and went golfing and fishing a lot.

THE END

A teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents
to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the
kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories.

"Johnny, do you have a story to share?"

"Yes, ma'am, my daddy told a story about my Aunt Carol. Aunt Carol
was a pilot in Desert Storm and her plane got hit. She had to bail
out over enemy territory and all she had was a small flask of whiskey,
a pistol and a survival knife. She drank the whiskey on the way down
so it wouldn't fall into enemy hands and then her parachute landed
right in the middle of twenty enemy troops. She shot fifteen of them
with the gun until she ran out of bullets, killed four more with the
knife, 'til the blade broke and then she killed the last one with her
bare hands."

"Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "What kind of moral did
your daddy teach you from that horrible story?"

"Stay away from Aunt Carol when she's been drinking."
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Subject: The Ring..........
>
>An older, white haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday
>evening with a beautiful young gal at his side.
>
>He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his
>girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a
>$5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, "I don't think you
>understand, I want something very special." At that statement, the
>jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over.
>
>"Here's a stunning ring at only $40,000" the jeweler said. The young
>lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The
>old man seeing this said, "We'll take it."
>
>The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, by
>check." I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I'll write
it
>now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick
>the ring up Monday afternoon," he said.
>
>Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweler phoned the old man. "There's
no
>money in that account." "I know," said the old man, "but can you
imagine
>the weekend I had?"