| I N S P I R I N G W O R D S "Ezine Archive" |
 |
PAST ISSUE -- JUNE 30, 2003
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I N S P I R I N G W O R D S
________________________________
Your free bi-weekly ezine from Inspire21.com
ISSN Pending Circulation: Over 13,400
Volume 3 - Issue 12 June 30, 2003
CONTENTS
-------- PUBLISHER'S NOTE > HAPPY 4th of JULY!
-------- VISITOR FEEDBACK > Kind Words & Inquiries
-------- NEWEST ECARDS > See What's New This Issue
-------- INSPIRING WORDS > "AN ODE TO AMERICA"
- And - "A REAL JOB"
-------- UPLIFTING POETRY > "THE SONG OF THE SOLDIER-BORN"
-------- SELECTED QUOTES > "IN HONOR OF INDEPENDENCE DAY"
-------- A LITTLE LEVITY > "Just for Ha-Has!"
-------- Inspire21.com "QuickLinks" > Click'em & Bookmark'em!
-------- How to Unsubscribe, Subscribe & Disable Ezine Mailings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> PUBLISHER'S NOTE
___________________
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves
and under a just God cannot long retain it." - Abraham Lincoln,
16th President of the United States of America
>>> HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEK!
First, I need to explain that we've had 'web server' snafus the
past few weeks, where visitors could not access Inspire21.com
the first three days (June 2-4), then they couldn't send ecards
(which I only learned on June 6th). Ironically, I had uploaded
over a dozen new Father's Day ecards. How embarrassing! The
ecard sending service is still down for now. But, we're working
hard to have this resolved very soon.
The site issues also caused problems sending out our ezine. In
fact, the issue for June 16th never went out (the first missed
distribution since inception, April, 2001). This caused great
anxiety for me personally -- due to the technical difficulties
beyond my control. Hopefully this issue will go out as scheduled
- Monday before the 4th of July. If not, hopefully you will
understand. I will also send a bulletin to all subscribers
announcing the site's repair when everyone can send ecards again.
Thank you for your patience.
---
I now have a personal success coach... Ricky Brandon. Ricky is
a reader of our ezine and has corresponded with me the past few
months. When I checked his site - http://www.mymomentum.com/ -
and noticed his offer for a free interview, I took him up on it
and enjoyed one of the best conversations I've ever had. He and
I had a lot in common and he has already helped me cope with a
number of things that had been weighing heavily on my mind. I'm
extremely excited about the help and inspiration Ricky is already
offering me. I also feel that his email newsletter can add value
to the life of anyone who reads it. I really enjoy receiving it
and want to recommend that you subscribe to it as well. Go to:
http://www.mymomentum.com/newsletter.htm
"The Interview With God" is as beautiful and awe-inspiring as
ever, and I recommend you see this flash presentation soon at:
http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/ -- You can even order a
screensaver of this magnificent presentation for only $6.95.
Why do I mention this? Not because I earn a commission, because
I don't. I simply want to know if any of my visitor/readers may
be interested in screensavers of Inspire21.com Ecards (they'd
change on the screen over a preset time schedule). My coach says
"if I want to keep Inspire21 free for all, I need to create some
products that can be sold to generate revenues to offset costs.
Would anyone be interested in Inspire21.com Ecard Screensavers?
If so, please send a note to me at: mailto:pbarkelew@charter.net
---
That's all for now. I'm taking off the month of July to relax,
refocus and work on other things. Have a great mid-summer!
Blue skies and green lights, everybody!
Pete Barkelew
Publisher
Inspiring Words for the 21st Century
http://www.inspire21.com/
P.S.
Let me *WELCOME* all of my new readers. Thank you for sending
Inspire21 ecards and inviting others to join our ezine group.
It's important that we grow in subscribers, so we can generate
ad revenue from "sponsor" sites, which will help keep our web
site, content and services free for everyone. Thanks, again!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> VISITOR FEEDBACK
___________________
Dear Creator of Inspire 21...
Thank you for more hope, happiness and laughter in one
newsletter than I've had in forty years of reading newspapers.
All the effort and endeavour you have put into Inspire 21 is
much appreciated as are the charming e-cards you provide.
Best wishes and thanks again for everything.
-- Ro Constantin
A fan from the WEald of Kent, in the Garden of England
---
Hello. Sorry to bother you, but I wanted to say thank you for
your wonderful web site. In the short time that I have known of
this web site I have loved it. Some of inspiring stories that I
have read, I have also shared with my Sunday School students,
and they liked them too... Thank you again.
-- Eliana
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS OF INSPIRATION!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> NEWEST INSPIRE21 ECARDS
__________________________
I was able to design a few new Father's Day ecards and had them
available the week before Father's Day. However, anyone who may
have tried to send any of them would not have been able, due to
our recent server problems. Thank you all for your patience.
If you'd like to see the LATEST ECARDS, click here:
http://www.inspire21.com/index4.html
4th of JULY ECARDS: http://www.inspire21.com/index/sofd4.html
GET American & Patriotic ecards by clicking here:
http://www.inspire21.com/index/Amecards.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Message from --- 3.9¢/MINUTE LONG DISTANCE ---
ENJOY 3.9¢ PER MINUTE ON YOUR LONG DISTANCE CALLS!
All Domestic state-to-state calls are just 3.9¢/min.
for the first 10 minutes and only 4.9¢/min. thereafter.
No monthly fees and no switching long distance companies!
YOU CAN ALSO SAVE BIG ON SUPER-LOW INTERNATIONAL RATES, TOO!
Columbia 12¢/min. - Brazil 11¢/min. - Hong Kong 4¢/min.
PLUS, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY TELLING OTHERS ABOUT THIS PLAN! It's a
great way to earn extra income with an automatic, online web-biz.
USE THIS AS A FUNDRAISER for your 501(c)3 non profit group, too!
WOW! SAVE MONEY ON YOUR LONG DISTANCE AND MAKE MONEY, TOO!
For more information, call Terri today at 800-722-9562...
or click here for online details: http://www.georgetaylor.biz/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "INSPIRING WORDS"
____________________
In honor of America's Independence Day, July 4th,
this is a true Editorial from a Romanian newspaper...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"AN ODE TO AMERICA"
-- Author Unknown
Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another
even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the
world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some
of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one
another, and in matters of religious beliefs, and not even God
can count how many they are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people
into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White
House, the army, and the secret services that they are only a
bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty his or her bank accounts.
Nobody rushed on the streets nearby to gape about. The Americans
volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After
the first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking
ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the
national flag. They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in
every place and on every car a minister or the president was
passing. On every occasion they started singing their traditional
song: "God Bless America!"
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on
Saturday once, twice, three times, on different TV channels.
There were Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia
Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen,
Sylvester Stalone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or
producers could ever bring together. The American's solidarity
spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the word.
What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul.
What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell
could say without facing the risk of stumbling over words and
sounds, was being heard in a great and unmistakable way in this
charity concert.
I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive singing of
America didn't sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It
made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for
your country without running the risk of being considered
chauvinist, ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what mean
interests.
I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its rerun for hours
listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred
floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was,
or of the Californian hockey player, who fought with the
terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that
would have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on
earth were they able to bow before a fellow human?
Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of
some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every
phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a
collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a
spirit, which nothing can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land?
Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for
hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases,
which risk of sounding like commonplaces. I thought things over,
but I reached only one conclusion.
Only freedom can work such miracles!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "MORE INSPIRING WORDS"
_________________________
You know, some people still don't understand why military
personnel do what they do for a living. This was an exchange
between U.S. Senators John Glenn and Sen. Howard Metzenbaum.
Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's
also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and
women in the Armed Services (in any country) do what they do
for a living. This is a typical, though sad, example of what
those who have never served think of the Military.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"A REAL JOB"
-- John Glenn vs. Howard Metzenbaum
U.S. Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run
for Senate when you've never held a "real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine
Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane
was hit by antiaircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in
the space program. It wasn't my checkbook; it was my Life on the
line. It was not a nine to five job where I took time off to take
the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me...
as I went the other day to a Veterans Hospital and look at those
men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them they did
not hold a job. You go with me to the space program and go as I
have gone to the widows and orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom
and Roger Chaffee and you look those kids in the eye and tell
them that their dad didn't hold a job. You go with me on Memorial
Day (coming up) and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery,
where I have more friends than I'd like to remember and you watch
those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this
nation, and you tell me that those people didn't have a job.
I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees
every day of your life thanking God that there were some men -
SOME MEN - who held a job. And they required a dedication to
purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was
more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what
made this country possible. --- I HAVE HELD A JOB, HOWARD! ---
"What about you?"
For those who don't remember, During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum
was allegedly an attorney representing the Communist Party USA!
------
Get More Inspiring Stories from our friends at HeartTouchers!
Click here: http://www.storiesfrommyheart.com/past_stories
------
Keep a positive attitude for life, family, work and relationships.
Inspire21.com & "Inspiring Words" can help you achieve this goal.
Inspire21.com's Free eCards: http://www.inspire21.com/ecards.html
Now Email Inspiring Stories: http://www.inspire21.com/indexi.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A special message from -- CLICKBANK E-BOOKS
LEARN VIRTUALLY ANYTHING - IMMEDIATELY - WITH ONLINE E-BOOKS!
ClickBank is the #1 online distribution center for over 10,000
digital products and services that are delivered entirely over
the Internet. You'll find ebooks on virtually anything you want
to read about - and you can have it within seconds of your order
online. Click: http://www.cbmall.com/?storefront=inspire21
Learn how to make your own Screensavers - Click:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?inspire21/screensavr
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "UPLIFTING POETRY"
_____________________
This is for all of the soldiers, past, present and future,
who fight for freedom and liberty anywhere in the world.
-----------------------------------------------------------
"THE SONG OF THE SOLDIER-BORN"
-- BY Robert W. Service
Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant;
Wail of the pines and a wind with the shout of a giant;
Night and a trail unknown and a heart reliant.
Give me to live and love in the old, bold fashion;
A soldier’s billet at night and a soldier’s ration;
A heart that leaps to the fight with a soldier’s passion.
For I hold as a simple faith there’s no denying;
The trade of a soldier’s the only trade worth plying;
The death of a soldier’s the only death worth dying.
So let me go and leave your safety behind me;
Go to the spaces of hazard where nothing shall bind me;
Go till the word is War — and then you will find me.
Then you will call me and claim me because you will need me;
Cheer me and gird me and into the battle-wrath speed me...
And when it’s over, spurn me and no longer heed me.
For guile and a purse gold-greased are the arms you carry;
With deeds of paper you fight and with pens you parry;
You call on the hounds of the law your foes to harry.
You with your “Art for its own sake,” posing and prinking;
You with your “Live and be merry,” eating and drinking;
You with your “Peace at all hazard,” from bright blood shrinking.
Fools! I will tell you now: though the red rain patters,
And a million of men go down, it’s little it matters...
There’s the Flag upflung to the stars, though it streams in
tatters.
There’s a glory gold never can buy to yearn and to cry for;
There’s a hope that’s’ as old as the sky to suffer and sigh for;
There’s a faith that out-dazzles the sun to martyr and die for.
Ah no! it’s my dream that War will never be ended;
That men will perish like men, and valour be splendid;
That the Flag by the sword will be served, and honour defended.
That the tale of my fights will never be ancient story;
That though my eye may be dim and my beard be hoary,
I’ll die as a soldier dies on the Field of Glory.
So give me a strong right arm for a wrong’s swift righting;
Stave of a song on my lips as my sword is smiting;
Death in my boots may-be, but fighting, fighting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "SELECTED QUOTES"
____________________
In honor of the 4th of July, America's 'Independence Day'...
-------------------------------------------------------------
"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are
created equal." -- Thomas Jefferson
"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me
liberty or give me death." -- Patrick Henry
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have."
-- Harry Emerson Fosdick
"The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the
power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a
slave." --Samuel Adams
"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -
honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human
achievement." -- Nelson Mandela
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our
own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive
others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."
-- J.S. Mill
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong
impulse to see it tried on him personally." -- Abraham Lincoln
"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom, must, like men,
undergo the fatigue of supporting it." -- Thomas Paine
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any
government, and to protect its free expression should be our first
object." -- Thomas Jefferson
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the
vigilant, the active, the brave." -- Patrick Henry, 1775
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter
and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
-- Abraham Lincoln
"The basis of a democratic state is liberty." -- Aristotle
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Our flag is our national ensign, pure and simple, behold it!
Listen to it! Every star has a tongue, every stripe is
articulate." -- Robert C. Winthrop (1809-1894)
"Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see that banner in the sky."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be
afraid. What can mortal man do to me?" -- Psalm 56:4 (NIV)
----
If you have a favorite Quote or Bible verse you would like to
see designed by Inspire21.com, please submit it soon by email,
and be sure to include the credit line/author. Thank you!
Send your favorite quotes to: feedback@inspire21.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "A LITTLE LEVITY" - Just for Ha-Has!
_______________________________________
ONLY IN AMERICA
1. Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an
ambulance.
2. Only in America are there handicap parking places in front of
a skating rink.
3. Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way
to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while
healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America do people order double cheeseburgers, large
fries, and a diet coke.
5. Only in America do banks leave both doors open and then chain
the pens to the counters.
6. Only in America do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in
the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America do we use answering machines to screen calls
and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone
we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns
in packages of eight.
9. Only in America do we use the word 'politics' to describe the
process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics'
meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
10. Only in America do they have drive-up ATM machines with
Braille lettering.
----
True Story from the Meridian, Mississippi Star...
George Phillips of Meridian Mississippi was going up to bed when
his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed,
which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the
back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were
people in the shed stealing things.
He phoned the Police, who asked "Is someone in your house?"
George said "no."
Then they said that all patrols were busy, and that no one was
available at this time, and that he should simply lock his door
and an officer would be along when one became available. George
said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and then phoned the Police
again.
"Hello. I just called you a few seconds ago because there were
people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now
cause I've just shot them all." Then he hung up.
Within five minutes three police cars, 2 Armed Response units, a
Helicopter and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence.
The police caught the burglars red handed.
One of the policemen said to George: "I thought you said that
you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available?"
-----
Get more "LEVITY"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SUPPORT INSPIRE21.COM DEVELOPMENT
If you would like to contribute to the development of the site
and its content, and will do so without any reservation, you
can make a credit card donation, via PayPal, by CLCIKING HERE!
Or, you can mail any support you care to offer (prayers and kind
words graciously excepted as well) by sending it to:
"Inspire21.com Development Fund"
169 Tuxedo Rd., Athens, GA 30606-3133
Thanks for your consideration! -- Pete Barkelew
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSPIRE21 QUICK LINKS
________________________
Use these links to bypass the Welcome Pages and go directly
to the section(s) you want... then Bookmark them for future use!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Get an ECARD-A-DAY from Inspire21.com
SEARCH - Inspire21.com
Inspire21's Ezine Archive
Inspire21's Ecard TOPICS
Inspire21's Newest Ecards
Scripture/Religion
American & Patriotic
Networking Ecards
Inspire21's INSPIRING STORIES
Inspire21's WHAT'S NEWS
Inspire21's Visitors' COMMENTS
Inspire21's Ezine Readers' COMMENTS
Inspire21's "A Little Levity"
Custom Calligraphy Services
Subscribe to "Inspiring Words" - Inspire21's Free Ezine
UNsubscribe to Ezine
About Pete Barkelew - Creator of Inspire21.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MISSION STATEMENT
_________________
This free, opt-in ezine is designed for all people who subscribe to
the principles of inspiration, motivation and personal development.
It is devoted to the preservation and distribution of famous quotes
and Bible verses - inspiring words that have stood the test of time
and helped thousands of people be, do and have more in their lives.
PRIVACY STATEMENT - This ezine list is built on integrity and trust.
Your email address is valued, private and safe. Rest assured, we
will never share it with anyone without your knowledge and consent.
Inspire21.com is supported by Ad Sponsors (like those above), and
we stand behind every ad we run here. If you ever have a problem
with any business advertised in this ezine, please contact us and
we will try to get it resolved ASAP. -- Pete Barkelew
If you ever have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please
email to: feedback@inspire21.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE
__________________
"Inspiring Words" is provided Free to all subscribers, and emailed
every other Monday morning, by Inspire21. Subscribers are entitled
to email all eCards and any other free services at Inspire21.com.
Subscribers are welcome to unsubscribe at any time, or they may
disable/enable mailings (during vacations, work overloads, etc.).
To SUBSCRIBE to "Inspiring Words" please GO HERE!
To UNSUBSCRIBE to "Inspiring Words" click here.
Thank you for your interest and support.
"May the best of your dreams be the least of your rewards"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
© 2003, Inspire21.com. All rights reserved worldwide.
