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Achas Veachas:
Via FB:
Pesach Cleaning Questionnaire
Yudit Friedman:
In order for this questionnaire
To work the way it should,
You must be very honest
As I knew you would.
Go through the questions-
One, two and three,
Think through each one
Very thoroughly.
1. How many times
In the past year
Have you served supper
In the chandelier?
How you’ve done it
I’d like to ask
It surely wasn’t
An easy task.
Seating the whole family
On the fixture all around,
Making sure that place up there
For every kid was found.
The serving must have also been
No easy feat;
Getting portions up on top
For every child to eat.
In the end, when all was done
Some crumbs stayed, I fear…
And so now you must start
Scrubbing your chandelier!
2. How often have you served
Your guests some food and drink
In the mirrored cupboard
Above the bathroom sink?
It must have been embarrassing
Trying to fit in,
Especially if the guests you had
Weren’t very thin!
In the end, I hope they enjoyed
Your hosting, nonetheless,
But now you found the leftovers
And have to clean up the mess.
3. Just a few weeks ago
Did you have an urgent feeling
To serve the Purim meal
Upon the kitchen ceiling?
You must have used electric tape
Or maybe crazy glue
For everything to stick up there,
A real Venahapoch Hu!
In the end you all jumped down
But worthwhile it hasn’t been,
‘Cuz now out comes the ladder,
And the ceiling you must clean!
If you answered yes
To any of these three,
Go ahead and puff and pant
And be as busy as you can be!
But if you answered negative
Then stop fooling around,
Look for chametz only
Where it can be found!
tageed-lee:
One of my favorites...
The Dash by Linda Ellis copyright 1996
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
that they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own,
the cars…the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect
and more often wear a smile,
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read,
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent YOUR dash?
jj1000:
--- Quote from: tageed-lee on March 19, 2015, 10:05:44 PM ---One of my favorites...
The Dash by Linda Ellis copyright 1996
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of birth
and spoke the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
that they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own,
the cars…the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect
and more often wear a smile,
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read,
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent YOUR dash?
--- End quote ---
Awe-some! Thanks for sharing.
Sport:
--- Quote from: Achas Veachas on March 19, 2015, 09:52:35 PM ---Via FB:
Pesach Cleaning Questionnaire
Yudit Friedman:
In order for this questionnaire
To work the way it should,
You must be very honest
As I knew you would.
Go through the questions-
One, two and three,
Think through each one
Very thoroughly.
1. How many times
In the past year
Have you served supper
In the chandelier?
How you’ve done it
I’d like to ask
It surely wasn’t
An easy task.
Seating the whole family
On the fixture all around,
Making sure that place up there
For every kid was found.
The serving must have also been
No easy feat;
Getting portions up on top
For every child to eat.
In the end, when all was done
Some crumbs stayed, I fear…
And so now you must start
Scrubbing your chandelier!
2. How often have you served
Your guests some food and drink
In the mirrored cupboard
Above the bathroom sink?
It must have been embarrassing
Trying to fit in,
Especially if the guests you had
Weren’t very thin!
In the end, I hope they enjoyed
Your hosting, nonetheless,
But now you found the leftovers
And have to clean up the mess.
3. Just a few weeks ago
Did you have an urgent feeling
To serve the Purim meal
Upon the kitchen ceiling?
You must have used electric tape
Or maybe crazy glue
For everything to stick up there,
A real Venahapoch Hu!
In the end you all jumped down
But worthwhile it hasn’t been,
‘Cuz now out comes the ladder,
And the ceiling you must clean!
If you answered yes
To any of these three,
Go ahead and puff and pant
And be as busy as you can be!
But if you answered negative
Then stop fooling around,
Look for chametz only
Where it can be found!
--- End quote ---
She obviously never met my kids.
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