Daily Thoughts for January 2015

The following is the compendium of thoughts I have read through. Now, I am willing to share it with you. I am hoping that you will reflect on God's message for you.



JANUARY 1, 2015

"Choose which seems best and, in the doing, it will become agreeable and easy" -Pythagoras

JANUARY 2, 2015

"A comfortable home is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience."-Sydney Smith

JANUARY 3, 2015

"Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy"-Ralph Waldo Emerson

JANUARY 4, 2015

"It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by examples"
                                -Seneca

JANUARY 5, 2015

"The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously"
                           -Samuel Butler

JANUARY 6, 2015

"Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation"
                                           -W. H. Sheldon

JANUARY 7, 2015

"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them"--Harold J. Smith

JANUARY 8, 2015

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are"- John Wooden

JANUARY 9, 2015

"The world reflects what you need to see, not only what you want to see"- Anonymous

JANUARY 10, 2015

"The price of greatness is responsibility"

                                       - Sir Winston Churchill

JANUARY 11, 2015

"Life isn't about what happens to us. It's about how we perceive what happens to us"

                                                                - Anonymous

JANUARY 12, 2015

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no ones definition of your life: define yourself."

                                             -Harvey Fierstein

JANUARY 13, 2015

"A fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."
                        -Benjamin Franklin

JANUARY 14, 2015

"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world"- Anonymous

JANUARY 15, 2015

"Everything you're looking for lies behind the mask you wear"
                                                     - Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 16, 2015

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
                                          - Theodore Roosevelt

JANUARY 17, 2015

"People excel and learn, not because they are told so, but because they want to"- Peter Senge

JANUARY 18, 2015

"When you give up your own truth to win at someone else's game everyone loses"-Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 19, 2015

"Your relationships reflect your fears and limits. How can anyone ever give you what you won't allow?"- Stephen C. Paul

JANUARY 20, 2015

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way"

                                                                 -Karen S. Magee

JANUARY 21, 2015

"Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece"-Dale West

JANUARY 22, 2015

"The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have"

                                                                   - S. Richardson

JANUARY 23, 2015

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk"- Dali Lama

JANUARY 24, 2015

"Follow the three R's: Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Responsibility for all your Actions"-Dali Lama

JANUARY 25, 2015

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck"-Dali Lama

JANUARY 26, 2015

"Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship"

                                             - Dali Lama

JANUARY 27, 2015

"The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow"- Will Garcia

JANUARY 28, 2015

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless" -Mother Teresa

JANUARY 29, 2015

"Those who confess ignorance show it once. The person who conceals it shows it many times"

                                                     -Anonymous

JANUARY 30, 2015

"We cannot achieve more in life than what we believe in our heart of hearts we deserve to to have"-James R. Ball

JANUARY 31, 2015

"There is no limit to what we can be accomplished when no one cares who gets credit"-John Wooden

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STORY TELLING: Criteria and Guidelines

The following are the guidelines and criteria we used in our "story telling event" in class. Hope this will be of great help for those who are looking for mechanics on this craft.

1. Contest piece must be original or be adapted from the original.
2. Delivery must not less than 5 minutes nor more than 7 minutes.
3. The contestant is free to use the stage and show rapport with the audience.
4. No other parts of the body must touch the floor, except the feet.
5. Appropriate costume to identify the character must be worn.
6. Criteria for judging are:
            Elements of the Story/Degree of Difficulty  (20%)
            Craftsmanship/Interpretation (40%)
            Delivery (30%)
            Over-all Impact and Rapport (10%)

POETRY INTERPRETATION: Criteria and Guidelines

The following are the criteria and guidelines we crafted for our class Poetry Interpretation Contest.

1. All pieces should be restricted to romance or ballad genres of poetry.
2. Interpreter must memorize his/her contest piece.
3. The use of props, power point presentation and background music is under the contestant's        discretion.  However, messy props and the use of fire are strictly prohibited.
4. The delivery must not be less than five (5) minutes nor more than 7 minutes.
5. Appropriate costume to identify the character should be used.
6. The judging will be based on the following: 
              Interpretation (40%), 
              Delivery (30%),                            
              Craftsmanship (20%)  
              Stage Presence (10%).
7. The decision of the judges is FINAL and irrevocable.