Lost

Peter was to learn an important lesson, it would nearly cost him is life.

Peter was educated he had gone to good schools and he could read and write well like most people. He also like a lot of people thought that people who can’t read and write are dumb.

Peter had yet to learned that the measure of a persons worth has very little to do with just two life skills of reading and writing. His view of the native people that lived in his area was that they were stupid and ignorant. He thought they didn’t know much. His prejudice stemmed from the mistaken thinking that all education comes from being literate.

For an educated person Peter made the cardinal mistake of not telling anyone of where he was going to ride his trail bike. He was so used to just going when he felt like it he just did it again. The difference was normally his family knew where he used to ride but this time everything was different.

Peter had been wondering how to get to the top of the escarpment. The view would be spectacular and make for some great photos but the cliff face made it impossible to get up there with out climbing gear.

This idea so persisted in Peters mind that finally he bought a topographical map which shows all the contours of the land. By this method he hoped to learn if there was a way of going around the back of the towering cliffs and coming in from the back side.

He was very disappointed to see that there was no way to ride his trail bike around the escarpment which ran for hundreds of kilometers in both directions from where he lived.

He knew the natives lived up there. How they got up and down to town was a mystery to him.

Just as he was about to throw the map away he saw a way. It was a bit crazy but there was one way in.

The map showed a river gorge that ran right through the line of cliffs. A new idea was forming in Peter’s mind.

“If I put my bike in a boat and travel twenty kilometers upstream there was just one place which showed a slow sloping incline from the river to the top of the escarpment.

Not telling anyone what he was about to do was foolish and an educated young man should have known not to have made this basic mistake.

It took quite a lot of planning to ready the boat. Loading fuel for the boat motor was different than for the bike. Food and water also was prepared, then when the boat trailer was connected to his car he set off to the boat ramp.

Unloading the boat made Peter nervous as three years ago a big crocodile had taken a lady at this place and she had never been seen again.

Finally, by shifting the position of the bike laying on its side inside the boat Peter balanced the load and fired up the outboard and set off. He didn’t want to get his cell phone wet so foolishly he left it in the car at the boat ramp. How useful it would have been!

Most trail bike riders go in pairs for safety; again Peter made a mistake that so scare him he would never make that same mistake again.

By using a map Peter found the spot where he needed to unload the bike. He nudged the boat onto the river bank. This place was so dangerous as he had to get into the water to pull the boat ashore. Getting the heavy bike out of the boat on his own was very hard slow work and Peter was carefully watching the water for signs of crocs as he worked.

Finally he could rest with the boat pulled up the bank where it could not be seen and rested it against a tree. Peter ate some food and had a long drink from one of his three bottles. He wanted to refill it from the river but the fear of crocs stopped him

Fun time to relieve stress

Baking or Cooking Lessons

The old cliché goes that “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” well, this should be changed I guess to a more appropriate quote-the way to ANYONE’S heart is through the stomach!

Taking Baking or cooking lessons is a fun and very functional treat! Imagine giving your mom a cake for Mother’s Day or cooking a great pot roast for your dad’s birthday. It saves on a lot of money and the effort adds a lot advantage for you. Remember, it’s the thought that counts!

You can also eventually turn this experience into a small money-making venture. You can host bake sales, or join bazaars by selling cookies, cakes, and other pastries, even set lunches and snacks! Turn your hobby into a business and you’ll never go wrong.

Dancing Lessons

Dancing is said to be the expression of the soul. Taking dance classes is fun! Some people take it to lose weight, to learn to be graceful, to meet new friends, or just plainly have fun!

Others though are also known to take dance lessons for future “ monetary gains.” Some dance students take all levels of dancing classes to be able to teach dancing to kids in the future.

The fun part of taking dancing classes is choosing which genre fits you. There’s a wide roster of dance summer workshops out there!

Go for a more sophisticated ballet class, or a more upbeat hip hop and breakdance sessions, or the very graceful jazz dance. Go extreme and take belly dancing or Flamenco classes!

Swimming Lessons

It is true that it is never too late to learn how to swim or possibly even scuba dive! Taking swimming lessons will help you feel relaxed and composed during cruises or even short ferry rides. No more panicking while imagining the fate of Jack and Rose when good ol’ Titanic sank.

Learning how to swim also broadens your beach experience! Gone will be the days where you just strut down the sands while waving to your friends who are enjoying the cool ocean. Now you can look good in your swimming gear while actually SWIMMING!

How to live another year

Here are few lessons I have learned to help keep things perspective:

• Take a major slug of humility. That has got to be my daily waker-upper. I've found it's crucial to realize that if I am late the world will not come to an end. If I am unable to lay hands on a draft I just wrote, there will not be a stockmarket crash. My day is just one hundreds of million people in the world. That's salvation during many a dicey moment.
• Don't hug a grudge to death. The man who can forgive is doing all those around him, and especially himself, a huge favor. There are people who rip off your work, welsh on their promises. That should guide your dealings with them in the future. But you can be wary and still forgive. The point of forgiving is to let yourself off the hook, let down your burden.
• Be realistic. Most people who feel like one-armed paperhangers at the end of the day have only themselves to blame. There is no such thing as a superhero. Do what you reasonably can. Setting impossible goals helps no one at all.
• Forgive envy. It is a poison just like strychnine. If you want to hurt yourself, think of all the people who have more money or power than you do. But if you want to live another year, think of what you have you don't deserve, and for which you should be prostate with gratitude.
• Get enough rest. I invariably get more done, feel happier and get along better with my fellow workers when I am rested. Whoever cheats on rest by working excessive hours is simply embezzling from himself.
  
• Play by the rules. The world is not set up for me or you to get all we can as fast as we can, and let the devil take everyone else. Other people have places here too. There are rules that protect them, especially rules about stealing.
  
• Laugh at yourself. There is almost nothing so bad that a joke can't come from it. There's one good thing about dying. If you can laugh at what's happening to you, you're living right.
  

Pets are meaningful

Dog and cat are usually the pets you brought at home. Do you think it can help you to lessen your budget or it can make an additional listing to your expenses? Sometimes it is impractical but sometimes it can be practical. Why impractical? Because pets are just like a baby, you spend time to take good care of them and money for their needs. Pets are practical since they bring you with joy in your soul. It would clear all the burdens you carry in life even though the foods and vaccines are very expensive but you won’t mind as long you enjoy it. There are times your busy looking for the best name, the best shampoo, soap, and powder to make your pets nice. How wonderful to take good care of it. They have a good attitude towards you. When your away at home for many years and you came back pets are still remembering you. They never forget the moment you shared with them.That is why pets are meaningful to everyone's life.

Raising Money - Wise Kids

Six rules for raising money-wise kids

1. Teach saving. No childhood is complete without a piggy bank. For children as young as three, home banks help make a game out of saving money. Encourage your child to take part of his savings to the bank. By age six, children should be able to understand that a bank is not taking their money but keeping it safe and adding to it. Open an account in the child's name. Let him have his own passbook and be responsible for it. These experience can help make saving money in the lifetime habit.
2. Give children an allowance. It takes a year to become a smart and responsible consumer. When children receive a regular allowance, they begin learning early a basic rule of life: no money, no spending. You want your child to yearn for purchases and yes even to experience frustration. Yearning are positive feelings, some of fun in acquiring is the wishing itself. Getting everything on demand isn't nearly as satisfying.
3. Involve kids in housework. Kids have a natural sense of industry that goes largely untapped. Though in some cases you may need to insist that they help out, in others it's merely a matter of allowing them to. Children's work will be imperfect, don't criticize. Set reasonable time limits for chores, but remember that attention spans vary age and job. Follow this rule of thumb for stick-to-itiveness: two minutes for a two-year-old, three minutes for a three-year-old and so on up for the age ladder. Gradually, children build up the self-discipline to complete even the not so fun jobs.
4. Don't use cash to bribe or punish. It's an easy trap to fall into. If you recognize yourself in these examples, you might want to reconsider what you are teaching. The only way we can get our children to clean their room are by threatening to dock their allowance. I don't think children should be paid for routine chores. This gives them the mistaken in impression that all work will bring monetary rewards. Ask any volunteer or homemaker if that's true! Children should, however, experience the joy of receiving a reward when they have contributed someone extra. Remind them that being a member of the family means helping out but that in case, you are hiring their labor rather than an outsider's. Then, after determining that the job is well done, pay promptly. Children raised on a steady diet of outside rewards for good school work can't experience the personal exhilaration of a job well done. Try to motivate kids with hugs, kisses, verbal praise, a congratulations card.
   
5. Don't be secretive about finances. Children need not know every detail of the family budget, but how can they accept limitations unless they know where the limits come from? I realize that parents often fears sharing such information because kids can be blabber-mouths-but they can be taught to respect privacy. Once your children are in their early teens, you may want to hold a family finances summit, explaining that what you discuss is strictly confidential, and that any member who violates this rule won't attend future meetings. Sketch out a general idea of where your money must go on a regular basis. This will not only teach kids the myriad monthly claims on your income, but motivate them to be part of the solution to money problems.
6. Tell children about your work. When children don't know how their parents earn the family income, it weakens the connection between money and work in their minds. Elementary school age kids are not too young to hear about what it's like to work for a living. If you enjoy job, share your excitement. If you are frustrated with your work, tell your children that there still may be satisfactions-salary, security or that it's a stepping stone in your career path. Take your kids with you to work on occasion. A half-day, or a visit when workload's lighter, will give them a good idea. If your work place does not welcome small visitors during regular hours, bring them on a Saturday morning.

Raising self-reliant children requires parents at time to lead with their heads and not their hearts. That's the challenge you face, but the effort will pay off as you see your kids develop a respect for the work ethic and a sound financial sense.

How to make a happy home?

Everyone of us has a dream of having a perfect family to live on, but the big question is "how" that's the first thing comes to mind. Sometimes we are struggling to fight the events happen to a our daily lives, we are hoping that later GOD will provide the things that we wanted for. There's a lot of expectations and worries that we think it could be possible to be true. We try to face the facts that life is full of mystery and whatever we did in life to make it perfect it could not be. And that's what a home become happy if both in the family have respect, trust, cooperation and give time in sharing the good ideas. I believe this will succeed. But I read your mind that your looking for the best answer for the question and people make happy if they have money. I tell you guys money would not buy happiness.