Brand new and Written Today
ONCE A MAN- TWICE A CHILD
Writings, ever dark and sometimes grim,
The words that flow I give credit to Him,
These are gracious lines that I must pen,
With thoughts from God and not from men.
My enter thoughts, lost deep within me,
Reflections on paper for my eyes to see…
Some makes me sigh, others I don’t know.
Like shadows cast in time row after row.
My countless thoughts bewilder me…
Like the waves that drifts upon the sea.
How is it that the mind’s eye can see-
These feeling that are hidden in me?
Life is too precious to forfeit one day,
For I may never see tomorrow’s play;
But this I know: each day there is less,
So I’ll do my best, and God will do the rest.
My thoughts, my unbelievable thoughts,
About life and it’s should and it’s ought’s;
Like a child, innocent as the day I was born,
In time, I know, I’ll be as husk on the corn.
God please teach me to live without strife!-
You said “and take heed to yourselves least at
Any time your hearts be overcharged with…
Cares of this life.”
The years shall past and I know not how…
But I do know the time I have is now;
Words you wrote “once a man-twice a child”
And upon my face I can but only smile.
Someday, my heart will not be one of youth,
With uncertainty, or a longing for truth;
Your grace was given and given so divine,
And, if I didn’t understand it all, that’s fine.
Epaphroditus© March 25, 2007
This is a quiz for people who know everything!
Subject: And, You Thought You Were Smart"
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> This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a
> hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions. They are
> straight questions with straight answers.
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> 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
> participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
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> 2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
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> 3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for
> several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted
> every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
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> 4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
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> 5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear
> inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is
> genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside
> the bottle?
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> 6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "
> dw" and they are all common words. Name two of them.
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> 7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name
> at least half of them?
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> 8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen,
> canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
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> 9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning
> with the letter "S."
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> Answers To Quiz:
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> 1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
> participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends . .
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> Boxing
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> 2. North American landmark constantly moving backward.
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> Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each
> year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it
> every minute.)
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> 3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for
> several growing seasons . .
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> Asparagus and rhubarb.
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> 4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside . .
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> Strawberry.
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> 5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle?
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> It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds
> when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle
> is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are
> ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
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> 6. Three English words beginning with dw
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> Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.
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> 7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar . .
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> Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question
> mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis,
> braces, and ellipses.
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> 8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold ! frozen, canned,
> processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh
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> Lettuce.
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> 9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with "s"
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> Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,
> stockings, stilts.
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> PLEASE DO YOUR PART....... Today is National Mental Health Day. You
> can do your part by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one
> unstable person
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> Well, my job's done!........... Ha! Ha!
Now you know why you made the list!!!
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> LIFE IS A JOURNEY. ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND ENJOY THE BREEZE
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> THATS ALL FOLKS!!!!
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