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Follow Your Dreams,
But Always Carefully
It's funny how life can
change so quickly. There is
an old saying about the best
laid plans 6f mice and men
and there is probably no state-
ment that could be more true.
I've seen many changes
in my life over the past cou-
ple of years. Some of the
changes were for the better,
while others have not. As life
changes I've really started,
for the first time in my life,
to understand many things
that I've been told over the
years but didn't pay a great
deal of attention to.
First of all, I've learned
that no one is invincible.
When I was younger, I
thought I would live forever.
Life was justTun and games
and whatever happened
today would not affect tomor-
row. Now I have learned that
is not true. I've lost many
friends in the past two years,
some older and some
younger. I learned as I've
often heard, no one is prom-
ised tomorrow.
I've .also learned how
important friends and family
really are. We should cherish
every moment we have
them, because we can be so
happy today and tomorrow can
be apart, battling a family
tragedy, or just going through
a rough time when we need our
friends and family.
Probably however, the
most important lesson I've
learned is that it does not mat-
ter what our goals in life are,
what our dreams in life are,
or what our plans in life are,
we can't control life. Life
plays by it's own set of rules.
TRUST ME, I'm not com-
plaining and I don't want any-
one to think I am. I'm simply
trying to point out that hind-
sight is always better than
foresight, especially when it
comes to life.
Everyone makes mis-
takes in life, as well we know.
Making a mistake, I believe,
is God's way of helping us
learn. Yes, it is true that expe-
rience is a marvelous thing.
It is that funny little thing
that enables us to make mis-
takes. The tragedy of mak-
ing a mistake is that when we
make it, if we fail to learn
from it so we never make the
same mistake again.
I've made my share of
mistakes in my life, and I'm
pretty sure as long as I live
I'll continue to make them.
However, I try extremely
hard to learn from my mis-
takes and gain knowledge
from them.
Usually, we make mis-
takes in life because we are
ambitious and trying to bet-
ter ourselves, we are follow-
ing our dreams, or because
we are simply reacting rather
than really thinking things
through. In my opinion, that
is simply the human nature
that makes us dream and then
chase the dream in an attempt
to make it come true.
IT IS ALSO TRUE that
every individual has differ-
ent dreams and goals. For
some it is success, others seek
love and happiness, while
others seek power. The truth
is, it does not matter what the
dream or goal is, the thing to
remember is that every per-
son has one. They may not
realize it, but they do.
So, our entire agenda for
life is established based upon
reaching our heart's desire
or goal in life.
As for me I always want-
ed ehing irrlffp'erc:
I have come to learn that life
is not perfect and most mis-
takes in life are made because
we are attempting to make
life perfect.
Don't get me wrong, there
is nothing wrong with want-
ing perfection, but some-
times what we perceive as
perfection is not what is real-
ly perfect for us. That, how-
ever, is a column for another
day.
I guess what I'm tryhag to
say is that we should all set
goals for our lives, we should
have hopes and dreams, but
we should be wise enough to
realize that our goals, heart's
desires and dreams are not
always what is best for us or
those around us. We should
realize that while we have set
our goals and have our
dreams that life is kind of like
a game of cards. You should
take the hand that is dealt you
and do your absolute best to
make it work in your favor.
I guess what I'm trying to
say was best said by Irish
playwright, George Bernard
Shaw aw quoted in the 1903
Superman movie. "There are
two tragedies in life. One is
not to get your heart's desire.
The other is to get it."
So, my advice to each of
you would be simply this.
Live each day as if it were
your last, but never lose sight
of your hopes and dreams.
However, be sure you are
smart enough to realize that
your goals and dreams may
not be what is right for you.
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PAGE 4 - HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - Nov. 6, 2003
Here's The Truth About
From Lewis Grizzard's
collection "Won't You Come
Home, Billy Bob Bailey?"
Nearly every society has
had its element of cruel and
sadistic monsters, preying on
the helpless and innocent. We
call ours "dentists."
Get ready for this,
because I don't want you to
be caught off guard. The
American Dental Association
has launched a new propa-
ganda scheme aimed at peo-
ple who will do anything to
stay out of a dentist's office
- people like me.
We are no small group.
According to its own figures,
the ADA says only half of the
population goes to the dentist
each year.
The purpose of. this
scheme is to get the other 50
percent strapped into that
chair so the dentist can scrape
and pull and drill and make
the poor suckers hurt and
bleed and then charge them
for his trouble.
THE SCHEME includes
sending out ADA "ambassa-
dors" all over the country to
tell you incredible lies, such
as, it doesn't hurt to go to the
dentist anymore.
One of those "ambassa-
dors" is a lady dentist named
Sheva Rapoport, of
Allentown, Pa. I read a news-
paper account of some of the
baloney she is peddling.
Get a load of this song and
dance. According to Dr.
Rapoport:
• Dentist's offices now
offer a more pleasant envi-
ronment than before.
• Dentists are now more
aware of their patient's feel-
ings.
• Dental equipment has
improved.
- If you ask for one, a d¢n-
tist will provide you with a
cost estimate before he starts
excavating in your mouth.
Big deal. So dentists have
put in Muzak and hung a few
pictures, and now you can
find out about their outra-
geous prices ahead of time.
What the ADA wants to
do is double root-canal sales,
and I, for one, will not be
fooled by its clever trick.
Do not listen to the ADA,
America. Listen to your
Uncle Lewis, who knows all
there is to know about den-
tists, because he was held
prisoner by one until he was
old enough to escape without
parental consent. \\;
The truth about dentists
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• Dentists like to fill your
mouth with cotton and then
ask you, So who do you like
Monday night, the Cowboys
or the Steelers?
• Dental equipment will
be improved only when the
heinous drill is totally silent,
has a rubber tip and tickles
rather than feels like some-
one has attacked your mouth
with the first cousin to a jack-
hammer.
• Beware an
a nervous twitch.
• Beware any
is missing one or
gers.
• Beware any
is wearing an
amount of leather and
chair has straps.
• Beware dating
assistants. They kiss i
their teeth and floss ini
lie.
• Despite what
says, there are
than having you teeth
• I would gladly list
pie, but it's late and I
go gum dinner.
BY SPECIAL
WITH HIS WIDOW,
HOME NEWS IS CARRYING
ED COLUMNS BY THE LATE
GRIZZARD, WHO GREW UP IN
BY MORELAND,
MOST WIDELY READ
WRITER OF HIS TIME.
• When a dentist says, "-'BOOKSANDTAPESARESTILL
"This may sting a little," he maLmor
really means, "How high can PRODUCTIONS, P.O. BOX
you jump?" ATLANTA, GA 31118-1266
• Oral Roberts University BOOK AND MUSIC STORES
is not a school of dentistry. WIDE.
The Bible Is Never a Book of
In an e-mail I received a
couple of months ago David
Cloud reported on a Sept. 18,
2003 issue of the
WorldNetDaily.
A portion of he e-mail goes
like this, "Canada's House of
Commons passed a contro-
versial bill yesterday
opposed by religious believ-
ers and free-speech advo-
cates who say it will cromi-
nali¢ .:expression
aga]nsf l6rfibeual behav-
ior.
• The bill, passed 141-110,
adds sexual orientation as a
protected category in
Canada's genocide and hate-
crimes legislation, which
carries a penalty of up to five
years in prison.
It's been a good week for
equality in Canada says the
bill's sponsor, Dvend
Robinson, an openly homo-
sexual member of
Parliament• As
WorldNetDaily reported,
opponents fear of Robinson's
bill becomes law, the Bible
will be deemed 'hate litera-
ture' under the criminal code
in certain instances, as evi-
denced by the case of
Saskatchewan man fined by
a provincial human rights tri-
bunal for taking out a news-
paper ad with Scripture ref-
erences to verses about
homosexuality. The bill new
goes to the Senate, which usu-
ally rubber stamps the House
legislation."
Is the Bible a book of hate?
Are those who speak out
against the abominations of
our day hate-mongers? I do
not know the outcome of the
hate.
However, there is some-
lfion, but I :: thingthatmudeplaln.
want to address the idea of While the Biblereeals God's
the Bible as a book of hate. If
anyone has read the Bible at
all, you will know the most
famous of all Bible verses is
found in John 3:16.
The Bible says, "For God
so loved the world, he gave
his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life." While I am
not a scholar, I do know
enough about the Bible to say
that the Bible is not a book of
hate.
The Bible is God's love let-
ter to mankind. It is history,
which is His story. The Bible
gives us the account of how
God created man, man fell,
but God sent his Son, Jesus,
to redeem man. The Bible is
a book of love, not a book of
love for man, it also reveals
God's disdain for sin. Romans
1:18 says, "For the wrath of
God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who
hold the truth in unright
If you would read that
verse closely, you would see
that the wrath of God was
against the ungodliness of
men. God hates si n , but yet
He loved the sinner so, he sac-
rificed his only begotten son
on the cross of Calvary. Dear
friend, what I want you to
understand in this.
Just because the Bible
condemns it, just because the
Bible tells us what is right
and what is wrong, it does not
make it a book of hate. The
Bible is our guide book to
Heaven, it is our
that leads away from
nal destiny in hell.
Bible condemns sin,
should be firm with its
sage, but the Bible
reveals to us the
To those that have
dren, think with me.
your child does
contrary to what you
told him, do you
hateful to point out his
If you child picks Up a
beer, smokes a joint,
al
ils, dangers and
those things, are you
him?
No, the opposite is
because you love
warn him. The same is
with God. When God
us of things that are
he is doing so not
hatred, but to
his love. Yes, this
fouled up and calls evil
and good evil.
But, may we never
the mistake of thinking
hates people. While God l
sin and while he
sin is an abomination,
stand that God loves
even you, and sent
Jesus, to die for you.
50 Years Ago
m m! mm
In the
Hogansville
• UNUSUAL YULE - The front
of the Nov. 5, 1953 Hogansville
under a headline of "A Sure Sign
Christmas Is Not Far
story about Sheriff's deputies findin(
gallons of moonshine near
Road.
*FAME! - HogadsvUle was
on the Wayside Inn program on
IV.
• FUN TIME - A full page ad for
Hogansville Belk-Gallant store
claimed, "Santa's Toyland
Tonight." Children were invited to
see the new offerings, which
dolls from $1 to $1.75,
$13.95 - $22.50 and the
favorite; cowboy hats.
• EASY TO QUALIFY: An ad
Hogansville Finance Company
'/anted: 500 people who need a
of $10 or more."
tised some scintillating flicks,
"Eight Iron Men" with the subtitle,
the One Who Walks
showing was H.G. Wells' "War of
Worlds" and "Apache Rose
not only Roy
Trigger, the Smartest Horse in
Movies ."
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