Message-ID: <8939410.1075854388349.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:47:00 -0800 (PST) From: darron.giron@enron.com To: kristi.giron@cfisd.net, hollyw@email.msn.com Subject: FW: Paul Harvey Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Darron C Giron X-To: kristi.giron@cfisd.net, hollyw@email.msn.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Darron_Giron_Jun2001\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Giron-D X-FileName: dgiron.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Darron C Giron/HOU/ECT on 03/29/2001 10:47 AM --------------------------- Dawn C Kenne 03/29/2001 10:34 AM To: Jennifer Baer , krlsmom@hotmail.com, Pam B Boxx/HOU/ECT@ECT, "Bythewood, Richard" , "derek campbell" , "Sandy Dial" @ ENRON, Linda J Ewing/HOU/ECT@ECT, maxnbev@wesnet.com (Max Fledderjohann), mafrit@cvtv.net (Marie Fritsche), Darron C Giron/HOU/ECT@ECT, kristi.giron@cfisd.net, HeightsHappy@aol.com @ ENRON, "Keeling, Ingelisa" , "B. Kenne" @ ENRON, "don e kenne" @ ENRON, plmichaud , "Ray Vincent" @ ENRON, @ ENRON, ewardle@calpine.com, gwilson@salliemaesolutions.com, Terry wilson @ ENRON, "Tracey Wilson" @ ENRON, Ed Zajicek cc: Michelle Bythewood Subject: FW: Paul Harvey Well said............... ---------------------- Forwarded by Dawn C Kenne/HOU/ECT on 03/29/2001 10:32 AM --------------------------- " Patti Desmarais" on 03/29/2001 12:45:01 PM Please respond to pmdesmar@earthlink.net To: "ann mcmillan" , "DAWN" , "Donna Long" , "JULIE" , "Karen Gorman" , "KATHY" , "KAY" , "STEVEN&BECKY" , "STINNETT Tracey" , "TERRI" , "TRISH" cc: Subject: FW: Paul Harvey > [Original Message] > From: SMITH, MARIE-FRANCE A. (JSC-OC) > To: pmdesmar@earthlink.net ; ROLLINS, LETICIA A. (JSC-OC) ; PENN, MARY M. (SUZI) (JSC-BD) ; TETLEY, SANDRA J. (JSC-BJ) ; ROLLINS, WILLIAM A. (BILL) (JSC-XA) ; WTC@earthlink.net > Date: 3/29/01 7:39:29 AM > Subject: FW: Paul Harvey > > > The Paul Harvey Philosophy > > These things I wish for each of you..... > We tried so hard to make things better for our kids > that we made them worse. > > For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them > to know about hand-me down clothes and homemade ice > cream and leftover meatloaf sandwiches. I really would. > > I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you > learn honesty by being cheated. > > I hope you learn to make your bed and mow the lawn and wash > the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car > when you are sixteen. > > It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born > and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye > fighting for something you believe in. > > I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. > And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of > the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with > you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want > to see a movie and your little sister wants to tag along, I hope > you'll let her. > > I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and > that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy > days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your > 'driver' to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding > with someone as uncool as your Mom. > > If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to > make one instead of buying one. > > I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you > learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and > subtract in your head. > > I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your > first crush on a girl, and when you talk back to your mother > that you learn what Ivory soap tastes like. > > May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand > on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don't > care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if > a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not > your friend. > > I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your > Grandma and go fishing with your Uncle. > > May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. > > I hope your Mother punishes you when you throw a baseball > through a neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses > you at Christmas time when you give her a mold of your hand. > These things I wish for you: tough times and disappointment, > hard work and happiness. > > To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. > > "We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them." > > Paul Harvey - "Good Day"! --- --- pmdesmar@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.