Good Intentions
Thinking you would like a square meal will not in itself earn you one. Thinking you would like a strong body will not without effort on your part make you an athlete. Thinking you would like to be kind or successful will not bring you gentleness or achievement if you stop with mere thinking. The arrows of intention must have the bow of strong purpose to impel them.
The road to hell, they assure me,
With good intentions is paved;
And I know my desires are noble,
But my deeds might brand me depraved.
It’s the warped grain in our nature,
And St. Paul has written it true:
“The good that I would I do not;
But the evil I would not I do.”
I’ve met few men who are monsters
When I came to know them inside;
Yet their bearing and dealings external
Are crusted with cruelty, pride,
Scorn, selfishness, envy, indifference,
Greed, why the long list pursue?
The good that they would they do not;
But the evil they would not they do.
Intentions may still leave us beast-like;
With unchangeable purpose we’re men.
We must drive the nail home, and then clinch it
Or storms shake it loose again.
In things of great import, in trifles,
We our recreant souls must subdue
Till the evil we would not we do not
And the good that we would we do.
By St. Clair Adams
Scrapbooking – Stained Glass Mosaics
Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page. Stained glass is especially pretty in the most formal or heavily religiously themed scrapbooks.
Stained glass is available at most craft stores. As are pattern shears, required to cut the stained glass panes.
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Recall of Children’s Necklaces
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Children’s Necklaces
Units: About 55,000
Importer: Selected Trading Corp., of Miami, Fla.
Hazard: The recalled necklaces contain high levels of lead, posing a serious risk of lead poisoning and adverse health effects to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: None
Description: The recalled choker-style necklaces are silver-colored hearts, crosses and clovers that hang from a blue, maroon or black velvety cord. The jewelry’s packaging is white cardboard with “In Style” printed on the front, and UPC number 041838140766 on the back.
Sold at: Dollar General Stores from January 2003 through December 2005 for about $1.
Manufactured In: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately return the recalled jewelry to the nearest Dollar General Store for a refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Dollar General at
(800) 336-6292, visit the firm’s Web site at www.selected-trading.com or e-mail the firm at mrubin@selected-trading.com
To view this recall online, please visit our website at: cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06150.html
