7. I have learned that if someone in America and in China point
            "up" simultaneously, they're pointing in opposite directions.

        8. I have learned that even if Jesus physically ascended at the
            speed of light, he is still in our universe 2000 years later.

        9. I have learned after a fire that I can live well without an entire
             office of "stuff" I previously thought was indispensible.

      10. I have learned that it's better to ask some dumb questions
             than to commit some even dumber mistakes.

     11. I have learned to appreciate the poetry of any sport that is
             being played at a championship level.

     13. I have learned that conflict can be the first step to reconciliation.

     14. I have learned that relationships are the most important part of life.

     15. I have learned that a hearse is practically never towing a U-Haul,
             because "you can't take it with you when you go."

     16. I have learned that the greatest cure for personal stress is a
             satellite photo of earth taken from space.

     17. I have learned that the opposite of love is not hate, but apathy.

     18. I have learned that loving others is something I can choose to
            do, even when I don't particularly feel like doing so.

     19. I have learned that not having any choices to make is a choice
            that people sometimes make for themselves, and others.

     20. I have learned that my own morality is my own, and so not
            always shared by others.

     21. I have learned that it's often easier to tell others what's wrong
             than to model what's right.

     22. I have learned that personal integrity resides beneath the
            layers of ethics and morality we frequently wrap around it.

     25. I have learned that only God is forever, and that everything
            else is negotiable.

     26. I have learned that a worm in dirt inevitably thinks the whole
            world is dirty, and that people sometimes think a lot like worms.

     27. I have learned that being and doing are each necessary to
            living a balanced existence.

     28. I have learned that the road less traveled is usually the one
            with the clearest markings and the smoothest pavement.

     29. I have learned that how most people react to the reading of
            a loved one's will is the clearest indication of their own personal
            foundation.

     30. I have learned that time and health is far more precious than gold.

     31. I have learned that the attitudes we share can equally bring life or
            death to others.

     32. I've learned that it's far better to laugh than to cry, because both
            laughter and tears come from the same place of the soul.

     33. I've learned from the historic examples of others that daring to
            be fully human can cause people to call you divine.

     34. I've learned that genuine worship takes place at the altar of
            meeting human need.

     35. I've learned that even many of the good things in life can be
            misused as weapons against others.

     36. I've learned that sometimes more loyalty comes from a pet
            than a relative or a friend.

     37. I've learned that life is a journey without end, and a perpetual
            odyssey which cannot be grasped except by an appreciation
            for paradox.

     38. I've learned that no team succeeds if composed solely of
            the same type of players.

     39. I've learned that hatred of others takes a lot more energy
            than acceptance.

     40. I've learned that all change takes place in the present.

     47. I've learned that technology is simply a tool that can be used
            for good or ill.

     48. I've learned there would be far fewer people in the world if
            child-birth was left to male volunteers.

     49. I've learned there's an important distinction to be made between
            credentials and genuine competence in any field of human
            endeavor.

     50. I've learned the most beautiful sound in the world is the music
            of another human voice that shatters the reality of lonliness on
            a given day.

     51. I've learned that the best coaches know to stay on the sidelines
            while the team reaps the glory on life's playing fields.

     52. I've learned that wealth is no substitute for warmth.

     53. I've learned that daring is no substitute for sharing.

     54. I've learned that wealth, like freedom, is a relative term.

     55. I have learned that offering items from a web site requires a  
            willingness to ship around the entire world!

     56. I have learned that the human mind is like a parachute in that
            neither one functions at optimum levels until having been fully
            opened.

     57. I have learned that the universe is a boomerang, throwing
            back at us whatever we intend with a force greater than our own.

     58. I have learned that only tasks can be managed; people must
            be led.

     59. I have learned that a leader who is too far out in front of his/her
            people tends to blend in with the horizon and loses effectiveness.

     60. I have learned that you cannot lose control of that which you have
            never controlled in the first place -- like another human being.

     63. I have learned that it takes an entire village to raise a child; and
            only one critic to undermine the self-esteem of that same child.

     64. I have learned that genuine wisdom comes only from 
            life-experience, while knowledge comes from learning.

     65. I have learned to ask the professionals I hire whether they
            attended and were alert during the classes that pertain to my
            particular situation!

     66. I have learned that no matter what I have learned, someone
            inevitably learned it long before I did -- including this very
            statement!

     67. I have learned that strangers are simply people who have
            many of the same hopes, dreams and challenges as do the
            people I already know.

     68. I have learned that being responsible sometimes requires a
            reminder that I am able to respond.

     69. I have learned that delegating responsibility without accountability
            is a prescription for frustration and failure.

     70. I have learned to increase my own sense of gratitude by writing
            "thank you notes" in the memo section of the checks I send
            each month.

     71. I have learned that I cannot always choose the circumstances
            I face; but can always choose how I react amid each circumstance
            I face.

    72. I have learned that "No" is a complete sentence.

    73. I have learned that love is the universal andidote to fear.

    74. I have learned that "evil" is what occurs when we "live" in reverse!

    75. I have learned that it's far easier to adapt old lessons to new
           situations than to invent something new and untested for each
           situation.

    76. I have learned that every plan I make is only useful until the next
           bend of the road reveals new alternatives along life's journey.

    77. I have learned that only I can determine the reality I face on a
           given day.

    78. I have learned that our children are affected by our moods.

    79. I have learned that children are not simply our future, but are
           a vital part of the present as well.

    80. I have learned that not everything disguised as education is
           worth learning.

    81. I have learned that money is like any other tool. It never work
           well when misused, anymore than a hammer can serve as a saw.

    82. I have learned that genuine wealth resides within personal
           satisfaction.

    83. I have learned that heaven is not a place, but a human condition.

    84. I have learned that every bureacracy was once a creative idea that
           sought to be cloned.

    85. I have learned that the world would be a better place without the  
           words "could", "should", "ought" and "try". You ought to believe
           this, too; and you could if you would only try. You really should try!

    86. I have learned that it is far easier to blame others than to assume
           personal responsibility for my beliefs and my actions. It's also
           stiffling!

    87. I have learned that abundance is always an option.

    88. I have learned that running on adrenaline is like running on a
           battery pak. Eventually, power is depleted and life either needs
           to be recharged or discarded.

    89. I have learned that corporations do not make decisions. People
           within corporations make decisions.

    90. I have learned that all coaching is personal coaching.

    91. I have learned that not everyone who says they are ready for
           change is ready for the results that change brings.

    92. I have learned that genuine faith is not something I have, like
           coins in my pocket; but is something that has me, instead!

    93. I have learned that all religious systems have personal fulfillment
           as a goal.

    94. I have learned that anything and anyone can be worshiped as a
           god. All that's required is one's ultimate allegience.

    95. I have learned that there is no separation between the sacred
          (or holy) and the profane (or secular). There is only one creation.

    96. I have learned that the only "primitive" thing about most ancient
           peoples was their technology, and not their humanity.

    97. I have learned that it's often more difficult to be than to do.

    98. I have learned that many people say things at funerals they
           would never say in real life!

    99. I have learned that computers, like cars, are wonderful when
           they work!