Post by Administrator on May 4, 2009 16:28:46 GMT -5
Originally posted By Starfire on Small Block Posse .COM
Starfire
ADDICTED
Member # 6494
(posted May 04, 2009 02:44 PM)
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end,
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
Author:
Michael Josephson
Brilliantly thought & written
When Life Gets You Down (posted by Novalicous)
Saw this on another site and just thought it was very prevelent, as life for me in recent years has been hectic to say the least:
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was..
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed..
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.
Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what
the Beer represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'
The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.
October 27, 2003
TRENTON, N.J. - Up to 350 jobs at General Motors' truck manufacturing plant in Linden could be eliminated as of January, despite a labor contract reached last month that will keep the 66-year-old factory - one of GM's oldest - open until at least 2007.
Guy Messina, president of United Auto Workers Local 595, said Monday that the union had been told General Motors will reduce the number of vehicles produced per hour from the current 51 to 27 because of waning demand for some pickup trucks made in Linden.
The decision, disclosed last Thursday, will mean about 300 to 350 layoffs in January, Messina said.
Union workers are hoping the automaker will commit to producing new vehicles at the Linden factory, such as a planned version of the Hummer luxury sport utility vehicle that is smaller and cheaper than the current Hummer 2.
As part of its new contract with the UAW, the company said it would keep the Linden plant's employees on payroll until at least 2007, when the contract ends. Previously, GM said it expected to close the plant by summer 2005 due to disappointing sales.
"We still have not decided what's going to happen after the summer of '05," said GM spokesman Dan Flores.
Flores said vehicle production is only assigned to the Linden plant through mid-2005. Based on current and projected market demand, he said, the company told Linden workers last week that production will be reduced as of Jan. 5, 2004, when the plant reopens after a holiday shutdown. Flores could not say how many workers will be furloughed.
Local 595 represents about 1,300 workers employed at the plant, including about 850 assembly line workers and various skilled trade workers, plus another 900 people on layoffs because the factory's second shift was discontinued in May 2002 due to slumping Chevy Blazer sales.
Under the four-year contract the company and the union signed earlier this month, the jobs of all 2,200 workers are protected through 2007, Messina said. Workers on layoffs receive between two-thirds and all of their normal salary and benefits, but many perform community service or other duties until they are either reassigned or called back to work.
"That's why we feel we're in good shape to get another product in here, because we can't see GM continuing to pay their salaries without them doing any real work," Messina said.
Trucks made at the Linden plant include the Sonoma four-door crew cab, a pickup with a small bed.
"That's being phased out completely" as of June 2005, Messina said, leaving the plant producing two-door and four-door Chevy Blazer SUVs, plus GMC Jimmys sold in Canada.
ON THE NET
General Motors Corp., www.gm.com
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7117386.htm
{Boy were they wrong!}
Starfire
ADDICTED
Member # 6494
(posted May 04, 2009 02:44 PM)
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end,
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
Author:
Michael Josephson
Brilliantly thought & written
When Life Gets You Down (posted by Novalicous)
Saw this on another site and just thought it was very prevelent, as life for me in recent years has been hectic to say the least:
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was..
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed..
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter.
Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what
the Beer represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'
The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.
October 27, 2003
TRENTON, N.J. - Up to 350 jobs at General Motors' truck manufacturing plant in Linden could be eliminated as of January, despite a labor contract reached last month that will keep the 66-year-old factory - one of GM's oldest - open until at least 2007.
Guy Messina, president of United Auto Workers Local 595, said Monday that the union had been told General Motors will reduce the number of vehicles produced per hour from the current 51 to 27 because of waning demand for some pickup trucks made in Linden.
The decision, disclosed last Thursday, will mean about 300 to 350 layoffs in January, Messina said.
Union workers are hoping the automaker will commit to producing new vehicles at the Linden factory, such as a planned version of the Hummer luxury sport utility vehicle that is smaller and cheaper than the current Hummer 2.
As part of its new contract with the UAW, the company said it would keep the Linden plant's employees on payroll until at least 2007, when the contract ends. Previously, GM said it expected to close the plant by summer 2005 due to disappointing sales.
"We still have not decided what's going to happen after the summer of '05," said GM spokesman Dan Flores.
Flores said vehicle production is only assigned to the Linden plant through mid-2005. Based on current and projected market demand, he said, the company told Linden workers last week that production will be reduced as of Jan. 5, 2004, when the plant reopens after a holiday shutdown. Flores could not say how many workers will be furloughed.
Local 595 represents about 1,300 workers employed at the plant, including about 850 assembly line workers and various skilled trade workers, plus another 900 people on layoffs because the factory's second shift was discontinued in May 2002 due to slumping Chevy Blazer sales.
Under the four-year contract the company and the union signed earlier this month, the jobs of all 2,200 workers are protected through 2007, Messina said. Workers on layoffs receive between two-thirds and all of their normal salary and benefits, but many perform community service or other duties until they are either reassigned or called back to work.
"That's why we feel we're in good shape to get another product in here, because we can't see GM continuing to pay their salaries without them doing any real work," Messina said.
Trucks made at the Linden plant include the Sonoma four-door crew cab, a pickup with a small bed.
"That's being phased out completely" as of June 2005, Messina said, leaving the plant producing two-door and four-door Chevy Blazer SUVs, plus GMC Jimmys sold in Canada.
ON THE NET
General Motors Corp., www.gm.com
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7117386.htm
{Boy were they wrong!}
