The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
I am going to be serious just for a few lines: How to make a happier life: -mend a quarrel -seek out a forgotten friend -dismiss suspicion -write a long overdue note -hug someone tightly and whisper, "I love you!" -forgive an enemy -be gentle and patient with an angry person -express appreciation -gladden the heart of a child -make the time to keep a promise -make or bake something for someone anonymously -release a grudge What it is like to be a Canadian: Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Michael the archangel found him resting on the seventh day. "Where have you been?" Michael asked. God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and pointed proudly through the clouds, "Look what I have made!" "It is a planet and I have put life on it. I am going to call it Earth and it is going to be a place of balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael. God explained, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there, I've place a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people. This one will be extremely hot and arid and this one will be very cold and covered with ice." The archangel was impressed and then pointed to a large landmass in the top corner, "What is that one?" God smiled, "That is Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous, and they are going to be well-liked when they travel around the world. They will be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving. They will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I am also going to give them super-human, undefeatable hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them." Michael gasped in wonder and admiration and then asked, "What about balance, God? You said there will be balance!" God replied wisely. "Wait until you see who I'm putting next to them!" A mother was watching her three year-old son in the bath. He was washing himself and when he came to his testicles he asked his mommy if they were his brains. "Not yet!" she replied! Have a great weekend!4/29/2005
