Nothing At All About Barbecue…
You’re probably wondering what’s this all about?
Nothing at all about barbecue…?
“What The Hey, I Thought This Was A Barbecue Blog…?”
I mean after all, this is a barbecue blog, isn’t it?
We’ll sure– but from time to time I’d like to add a little twist or turn to make things a little more interesting…
Besides, barbecue is really about people anyway, right?
It’s an event, a gathering!
“Who Are All These People And Why Am I Wearing This Dorky Apron?”
People enjoying tasty food, good music and ice cold drinks!
So I thought instead of food, music or cold drinks– I’d be your bright ray of sunshine through words.
You see, today I received this message in my in-box from a man named Christian Godefroy.
Christian Godefroy
You may have never heard of him before but he’s someone you should get to know.
Christian is a very successful Swiss marketer who has sold goods and services in excess of $300 Million dollars.
He also publishes a website you can find right here called www.positive-club.com.
So when I started to read his story I was very moved by his words and thought I’d share them with you.
Now I’m not at all one of those people who forwards cheesy e-mails to my friends.
In fact, I’m generally the place those e-mails go to die and never forwarded along again.
But I thought in this case, the story really resonated with me so I thought I’d pass it along to you.
Look, we all go through rough patches in life.
I know I have had my fair share but you need to look at everything as having a purpose.
There are no failures…only results!
When one door closes its up to YOU to open the other. No one is going to do it for you.
So I’ll leave you with Christian’s words and hopefully a smile on your face!
Now go smoke something, Bill Parlaman
“When The Door Of Happiness Closes, Another Opens”
By, Christian Godefroy
Maybe we have to meet a few wrong
people before meeting the right one so
that when we finally meet the right
person, we will know how to be
grateful for that gift.
When the door of happiness closes,
another opens, but often times we look
so long at the closed door that we
don’t see the one which has been opened
for us.
The best kind of friend is the kind
you can sit on a porch and swing with,
never say a word, and then walk away
feeling like it was the best
conversation you’ve ever had.
It’s true that we don’t know what
we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s
also true that we don’t know what we’ve
been missing until it arrives.
Giving someone all your love is never
an assurance that they’ll love you
back! Don’t expect love in return; just
wait for it to grow in their heart but
if it doesn’t, be content it grew in
yours.
It takes only a minute to get a
crush on someone, an hour to like
someone, and a day to love someone, but
it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Don’t go for looks; they can deceive.
Don’t go for wealth; even that fades
away. Go for someone who makes you
smile because it takes only a smile to
make a dark day seem bright. Find the
one that makes your heart smile
There are moments in life when you
miss someone so much that you just want
to pick them from your dreams and hug
them for real!
Dream what you want to dream; go
where you want to go; be what you want
to be, because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things you
want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make
you sweet, enough trials to make you
strong, enough sorrow to keep you
human, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others’ shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you, it
probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people don’t
necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.
Happiness lives for those who cry,
those who hurt, those who have
searched, and those who have tried, for
only they can appreciate the importance
of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a
kiss and ends with a tear. The
brightest future will always be based
on a forgotten past, you can’t go on
well in life until you let go of your
past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that when you die,
you’re the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those
people who mean something to you, to
those who have touched your life in one
way or another, to those who make you
smile when you really need it, to those
that make you see the brighter side of
things when you are really down, to
those who you want to let them know
that you appreciate their friendship.
And if you don’t, don’t worry, nothing
bad will happen to you, you will just
miss out on the opportunity to brighten
someone’s day with this message.
If you’ve enjoyed this, please pass it along to a few of your friends, and if you have any comments please leave them right here on my blog.