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Subject: "The List" - October26, 2006

"I Believe in You!"

A message of Hope, stories from the road.

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Hello, my friend!

The big day is coming!

On November 20th, my son Keith celebrates ten years cancer free.

I can remember celebrating his last chemo treatment like it just happened..

We had a big party. Then another milestone gathering when he hit five years.

I can't imagine ten years has passed. In those ten years he grew up. He got married.

and he plans one day to have children. But that will take a miracle and about $10,000.

As I have told you before, his cancer treatments destroyed his chance of reproducing.

Knowing that we made plans to store in advance and they have used all but one sample.

Enough for a try or two...$10,000 and a miracle indeed.

So, this November 20th is big time stuff!

I want to make it even bigger.

May I ask a favor of you?

A note of encouragement and congratulations sent to him would be wonderful.

I will present them to him on his big day. from my "Friends I've never met."

He talks about his "Eleven Twenty" and believes we all have one. He wrote this...

"Eleven Twenty"Š
By Keith Perks

Eleven Twenty is a moment.
It's an opportunity. It's a chance.

It's an event in life
that changes everything.

It can encourage you,
strengthen you, and push you
to do things you've never done before.

It can make you be
everything you ever wanted to be.

Eleven Twenty is nothing you ever expected
...and everything you ever needed.

ŠKeith Perks 2002

Write to:

Keith Perks

P.O. Box 1702

Shavertown, Pa. 18708-1702

We will be forever grateful!

Bob and Marianne

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Perks Pearl of Wisdom

"I asked a much older friend of mine her secret to living so long.

She replied, "Breathing. Keep breathing."

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Thanks, my friend!

Bob and Marianne

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Today's Message:

"The list"
by Bob Perks

"Did you make the list today?" "No, it seems I'm not on it. Oh, I
didn't want to be any way."

"Hey, he removed my name from the list!

"There's a list of names here and they are the finalists."

"From this list, we will pick the lead role for the play."

"Yes, I have a reservation for 2. What? My name's not on the list?"

"He's making a list and checking it twice. He's gonna find out who's
naughty or nice!"

Lists are important it seems. We get excited when we see our names on
certain lists and depressed when we don't. I've been on lists I wish I
hadn't been on. I've made lists that surprised me, too.

Here's one I want you to think about. One of my friends wrote:

"Bob,
Recently in my hometown a 15 year old girl committed suicide. Her note
named all the school classmates who had made fun of her."

Imagine for a moment finding your name on that list. How horrible that
would be.

What if our actions were tallied each day? At the end of the day your
name would end up on one list or another. What if someone was keeping
track of all you said and did?

Let's pretend for a moment that there were three lists. One was a list
of all who were compassionate, caring, loving, giving people who made a
difference in the world they lived in. Not just those striving to save
the world, but the average person who took the time to listen to a
stranger. The person who smiled at a passerby. The people who called
to check on a friend who was ill. The volunteers who gave their time to
their community. The ones who didn't respond to anger with a word of
anger in return, but prayed and forgave another for their actions.

List two is everyone who turned away from the cry of the hungry, the
lonely, the lost. The people who pushed and shoved their way through
life so that they could get ahead. The people who in an emergency
thought only of themselves and stood in line first, knowing they really
didn't need it but thought they deserved it. The people who curse the
homeless for the "good tax dollars we waste on them." The people who
won't forgive and carry grudges and hate in their hearts forever. The
people who perpetuate racism and prejudice by repeating those stupid
demeaning jokes, "all in fun". Those people who joined in with the rest
of the crowd and mocked, ridiculed and laughed at another.

The third list...is just as bad. They choose to do nothing. "I mind my
own business. I stay out of it. It's not my responsibility. The world
is going to hell and somebody should do something about it. But not
me."

Imagine for a moment that those lists were made public.

Imagine for a moment that everyday you were permitted to see the lists
of your friends and all whom you came in contact with that day.

What list would your name appear on?

Imagine again that beautiful 15 year child sitting with a piece of paper
in the last moments of her life. Tears and anguish, pain and sobbing
filled her final moments as one by one she wrote their names on the
list.

Did you make "The list today?"

Which one?

"I believe in You!"

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"I wish you enough!"
Bob

Bob Perks is a professional speaker, author and vocalist.
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"I wish you enough!"
written by Bob Perks (c) 2001

"I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye."