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09/13/2026

The Best Day of My Life

Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life, ever!



There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; but I did! And because I did I'm going to celebrate!



Today, I'm going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have had so far the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships because they have served to make me stronger.



I will go through this day with my head held high, and a happy heart. I will marvel at God's seemingly simple

gifts: the morning dew, the sun, the clouds, the trees, the flowers, the birds. Today, none of these miraculous creations will escape my notice.



Today, I will share my excitement for life with other people. I’ll make someone smile. I'll go out of my way to perform an unexpected act of kindness for someone I don’t even know. Today, I'll give a sincere compliment to someone who seems down. I'll tell a child how special he is, and I'll tell someone I love just how deeply I care for her and how Much she means to me.



Today is the day I quit worrying about what I don’t have and start being grateful for all, the wonderful things

God has already given me. I'll remember that to worry is just waste of time because my faith in God and his Divine Plan ensures everything will be just fine.



And tonight, before I go to bed, I'll go outside and raise my eyes to the heavens. I will stand in awe at the beauty of the stars and the moon, and I will praise God for these magnificent treasures.



As the day ends and I lay my head down on my pillow, I will thank the Almighty for the best day of my life. And I will sleep the sleep of a contented child, excited with expectation because I know tomorrow is going to be the best day of my life, ever!



By Gregory M. Lousig-Nont, Ph.D.

From Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul

Copyright 1996 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery & Nancy Mitchell, R.N.

Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/11/2026

I Was There

You say you will never forget where you were

when you heard the news on

September 11, 2001.



Neither will I...



I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled

room with a man who called his wife to say

"Good-bye." I held his fingers steady as he

dialed. I gave him the peace to say,

"Honey, I am not going to make it,

but it is OK...I am ready to go."



I was with his wife when he called as she

fed breakfast to their children. I held her up

as she tried to understand his words and as

she realized he wasn't coming home

that night.



I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor

when a woman cried out to Me for help.

"I have been knocking on the door of your

heart for 50 years!" I said. "Of course I will

show you the way home ,

only believe in Me now."



I was at the base of the building with

the Priest ministering to the injured and

devastated souls. I took him home to tend

his Flock in Heaven.

He heard my voice and answered.



I was on all four of those planes,

in every seat, with every prayer. I was with

the crew as they were overtaken.

I was in the very hearts of the believers

there, comforting and assuring

them that their faith has saved them.



I was in Texas, Kansas, London. I was

standing next to you when you heard the

terrible news.

Did you sense Me?



I want you to know that I saw every face.

I knew every name - though not all know

Me...Some met Me for the first time on

the 86th floor.



Some sought Me with their last breath.

Some couldn't hear Me calling to them

through the smoke and flames;

"Come to Me...

this way...take my hand."



Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.

But, I was there.



I did not place you in the Tower that day.

You may not know why, but I do. However,

if you were there in that explosive moment in

time, would you have reached for Me?



September 11, 2001, was not the end

of the journey for you.



But someday your journey will end. And I will

be there for you as well. Seek Me now while

I may be found. Then, at any moment,

you know you are "ready to go."



I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.



Remember..I love you…



God



Written by

Ms Stacey Randall

Copyright 2002

09/09/2026

$20 dollar bill

A well-known speaker started off his seminar

by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked..............

"Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you

but first, let me do this.

He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, ''Who still wants It?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"

And he dropped it on the ground

And started to grind it Into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

"Now, who still wants It?"

Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.

No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it

Because it did not decrease in value.

It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives,

we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt

by the decisions we make and

The circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless.

But no matter what has happened or

What will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased,

You are still priceless to The Lord

The worth of our lives comes not

In what we do or who we know,

But by WHO WE ARE.

You are special- Don't EVER forget it."

Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/08/2026

YOUR CROSS

Whatever your cross, whatever your pain,

There will always be sunshine after the rain.

Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall,

But God’s always ready to answer your call.

He knows every heartache, sees every tear,

A word from His lips can calm every fear.

Your sorrows may linger throughout the night,

But suddenly vanish at dawn‘s early light.

The Savior is waiting somewhere above

To give you His grace and send you His love.

Whatever your cross, whatever your pain,

God always sends rainbows after the rain.

—-Andrew Chase

Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/07/2026

Friends

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.



The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.



They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath.



The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.



After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.



The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"



The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."



LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.



They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.



Take the time to live! Do not value the THINGS you have in your life, but value WHO you have in your life.

Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/03/2026

I Wonder

I wonder what I would have done,

Had I been there in that crowd;

Would I have spoken up for Him,

In a voice clear and loud?

Would I have walked beside Him,

Down that dirty, rock-strewn road?

Would I have tried to steady Him,

As He stumbled with His load?

Would I have let Him lean against me?

Would I have gladly borne his weight?

Could I have helped in any way,

To ease His great heartache?

Could I have said the proper words,

To comfort His aloneness,

To show I shared His sorrow,

To attend to His forlornness?

I wonder if I'd been there,

Would I have stroked His tear-stained cheek,

And kissed His bloodied hands,

And washed his bloodstained feet?

Would I have rubbed His aching shoulders,

Put soothing lotion on His back,

Tended to His open wounds,

And supplied the water that He lacked?

I know I was not good enough,

To volunteer to take His place,

But could I have helped Him bear that cross,

And kept the sweat from His dear face?

Would I have put my arms around His mother,

And hugged her to my breast?

Could I have shielded her from viewing,

Her precious Son's tormented death?

Could I have helped prepare His body,

And have bathed Him with perfume?

I wonder if I'd been there,

Would I have waited by His tomb?

No doubt that Easter Morning,

I would have shouted, "HE IS RISEN!"

And I know I would have thanked my God,

For that most joyous of occasions.

I'm so sorry that He suffered,

And I am sad it was that way,

But I know it was God's plan for man,

And because of it ... we're saved.

The only thing I could have done,

I suppose, had I been there,

Would have been to state my love for Him,

And tell Him I cared.



Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/02/2026

It’s In The Valleys I Grow

Sometimes life seems hard to bear, full of sorrow, troubles and woe.

Its then I have to remember that it’s in the valleys I grow

If I always stayed on the mountain top and never experienced pain,

I never would have appreciated God's love and would be living life in vain.



I have so much to learn and my growth is very slow,

sometimes I need the mountain tops, but it’s in the valleys I grow.

I do not always understand why things happen as they do,

but I am very sure of one thing, my Lord will see me through.



My little valleys are nothing when I picture Christ on the cross.

He went through the valley of death,

His victory was Satan's loss.

Forgive me Lord for complaining, when I am feeling low.



Just give me a reminder,

that it’s in the valleys I grow.

Continue to strengthen me Lord, and use my life each day,

to share your love with others and help them find their way.



Thank you for the valleys Lord, for there is one thing I surely know,

The Mountain tops are glorious,

but it’s in the valleys I grow.

Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

09/01/2026

The Spoon

A pastor had dinner at the home of a couple in his church. After he left, the wife said to the husband, “I think he stole our spoon!” This bothered her for a whole year.

A year later the couple had the pastor for dinner again. Unable to resist, the wife asked, “Did you steal our spoon last year?” The pastor replied, “No, I put it inside your Bible.”



Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

08/31/2026

Food For Thought

When I was a little boy, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad.

I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: "Baby, I love burned biscuits."

Later that night, I went to tell Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Momma put in a hard day today and she's real tired. And besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"

You know, life is full of imperfect things..... and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper, cook or the best anything.

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults — and choosing to celebrate each other's differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you the kind of relationship where a burnt biscuit is not a deal-breaker!

We could extend this to any relationship in fact – as understanding is the base of any relationship, but it a husband, wife, or parent-child, sister-brother, or friendship!





Mandi Collier
Bear's Inspiration Page
www.bearsinspirations.homestead.com

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