PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

photo by Rod Ramsey

Between the Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys, I'm reading today that "nearly $500 million--directly and indirectly--rains down on" Los Angeles when it hosts.  Really?     news          

Principle in the type:  "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."      The White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland

POWER NO POWER

photo by Arturo Pardavilla III

Not a big fan of the government-run-gambling-thingy-programs that go on.  I know, it can be tempting though.  I didn't cave, did you?   Here's what you were thinking when you threw your hard-earned money at the Powerball, right? 



                                  

Principle in the type:  "May I plead with us not to be hurt--and certainly not to feel envious--when good fortune comes to another person?   We are not diminished when someone else is added upon.  We are not in a race against each other to see who is the wealthiest or the most talented or the most beautiful or even the most blessed."  Jeffrey R. Holland    

GET IN MY BELLY

photo by Ricardo Diaz

At Porto's bakeries in Glendale and Burbank, California, "It's not about building money or becoming rich, that's just a byproduct of hard work," says Betty Porto.   story       And I can attest that their hard work makes a divine cheese and guava danish!   You can just take my word on this.

Principle in the type:  "That is not to say that you have to experience everything to find truth and fulfill your potential. . . . Thankfully, or own experiences are not the only ones we have to rely on.  This is one of the reasons we pass down wisdom from generation to generation . . . "               Jennifer Burrows Nielson