A woman meets a man in a bar. They talk; they connect; they end up
leaving together. They get back to his place, and as he shows her around
his apartment, she notices that one wall of his bedroom is completely
filled with soft, sweet, cuddly teddy bears. There are three shelves in
the bedroom, with hundreds and hundreds of cute, cuddly teddy bears,
carefully placed in rows covering the entire wall!

It was obvious that he had taken quite some time to lovingly arrange
them and she was immediately touched by the amount of thought he had put
into organizing the display. There were small bears all along the
bottom shelf, medium-sized bears covering the length of the middle shelf,
and huge, enormous bears running all the way along the top shelf. She
found it strange for an obviously masculine guy to have such a large a
collection of Teddy Bears, but doesn't mention this to him, and actually
is quite impressed by his sensitive side.

They share a bottle of wine and continue talking and, after a while,
she finds herself thinking, "Oh my God! Maybe, this guy could be the one!
Maybe he could be the future father my children?"

She turns to him and kisses him lightly on the lips. He responds
warmly. They continue to kiss, the passion builds, and he romantically lifts
her in his arms and carries her into his bedroom where they rip off
each other's clothes and make hot, steamy love. She is so overwhelmed that
she responds with more passion, more creativity, more heat than she has
ever known.

After an intense, explosive night of raw passion with this sensitive
guy, they are lying there together in the afterglow. The woman rolls
over, gently strokes his chest and asks coyly, "Well, how was it?"

The guy gently smiles at her, strokes her cheek, looks deeply into her
eyes, and says: "Help yourself to any prize from the middle shelf."
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THOSE WHO WILL LISTEN WILL LEARN
--by Steve Goodier

Advice comes in all shapes and sizes. For instance, someone gave the
sage advice: "If you dance with a grizzly bear, you had better let him
lead." No argument here. Or this, found in a fortune cookie: "You are a
poor, pathetic, gullible fool who seeks advice from bakery products."

Conrad Hilton, hotelier extraordinaire, was asked on national
television if he had one vital bit of advice for listeners. "Please," he said,
"place the curtain on the INSIDE of the tub."

It's been accurately said that there is a lot of advice available for
nothing, and most of it is worth about what we paid for it. But here is
sound guidance, from an unknown author, worth taking to heart:

"If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive; for
that person has helped you learn about trust and the importance of
caution.

If someone loves you, love back unconditionally; that one is teaching
you to love.

Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from those
moments everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to
experience them again.

Talk to people that you have never talked to before -- and actually
listen.

Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high.

Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you
are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe
in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.

You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and
then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.

Most importantly, if you love others, tell them, for you never know
what may come tomorrow.

And learn a lesson in life each day you live."

Even some free advice can occasionally be of profit. Those who listen
will learn.
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WHAT ARE YOU FILLED WITH?
--by Steve Goodier

I recall reading that a man from Virginia Beach filed a law suit
against his hospital. He opted to have surgery in order to lose weight. So he
had his stomach stapled -- a procedure that reduced the size of his
stomach so he couldn't eat as much. A couple of days after surgery he
sneaked down the hospital corridors to the kitchen. There he raided the
refrigerator and ate so much that his staples burst. The law suit? He
claimed it was all the hospital's fault. They should have locked the
refrigerator. No, I don't know how the suit came out...just the staples.

If the first sin was eating the forbidden fruit, then the second was
trying to excuse it. "It's not my fault! SHE made me do it!"

Wonderful things can happen when we decide to be responsible for
everything we put into mouths, everything we put into our minds and
everything we put into our hearts.

Fill your body with the right foods and it will perform well.

Fill your mind with learning and it will not stagnate.

Fill your mind with optimistic attitudes and you will always have hope.

Fill your heart with courage and you will be able to face life with
confidence.

Fill your heart with love and you'll never be alone.

Fill every day will plenty of gratitude and you will always be happy.

Only you can decide how to fill up your life.

Only you can choose what goes into your life. Fill up your mind, your
body and your heart with the very best, and the result can be no less
than magnificent.