Everybody KnowsYou can't be all things to all people.You can't do all things at once.You can't do all things equally well.You can't do all things better than everyone else.Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's.So...You have to find out who you are, and be that.You have to decide what comes first and do that.You have to discover your strengths, and use them.You have to learn not to compete with others,Because no one else is in the contest of "being you".Then...You will have learned to accept your own uniqueness.You will have learned to set priorities and make decisions.You will have learned to live with your limitations.You will have learned to give yourself the respectthat is due,And you'll be a being that's vitally alive.Dare To Believe...That you are a wonderful unique person.That you are a once-in-all- history event.That it's more than a right, it's your duty, tobe who you are.That life is not a problem to solve, but a giftto cherish,and you'll be able to stay one up on what usedto get you down.Author UnknownEight GiftsThat Don't Cost A CentTo Give1) THE GIFT OF LISTENING...But you must REALLY listen.No interrupting, no daydreaming,no planning your response.Just listening.2) THE GIFT OF AFFECTION...Be generous with appropriate hugs,kisses, pats on the back and handholds.Let these small actions demonstratethe love you have for family and friends.3) THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER...Funny pictures.Share articles, funny stories and funny greetings.Your gift will say, "I love to laugh with you."4) THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE...It can be a simple "Thanks for the help" note or a full sonnet.A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime,and may even change a life.5) THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT.. .A simple and sincere,"You look great in red,""You did a super job" or"That was a wonderful meal"can make someone's day.6) THE GIFT OF A FAVOR...Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.Helping elderly cross the road can be nice.7) THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE...There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone.Be sensitive to those times andgive the gift of solitude to others.8) THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. ..The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, reallyit's not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You.Thanks ArchieLook out at the world and what do you see? Much of it is a reflection of your own beliefs and expectations. Everything you experience passes first through the filter of your own attitude toward life. That's why one person can see beauty and positive possibilities in the exact same situation where another person sees only despair and hopelessness.The shortcomings you see in others are, to some degree, within you as well. Otherwise you would not be able to see or understand them. The beauty you see in others is in you as well. For beauty is not only in who or what is perceived, but also in who is doing the perceiving.The world around you is in many ways a mirror, and when you present your best face to a mirror, you'll like what you see. Fully expect to live in a world of beauty, goodness and opportunity, and that is precisely where you will be.Ralph Marston