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Reward Yourself

A man phoned his physician and excitedly exclaimed: "Please come at once, Doctor. My son has swallowed my fountain pen."

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Zig Ziglar

A man phoned his physician and excitedly exclaimed: "Please come at once, Doctor. My son has swallowed my fountain pen."

The doctor replied, "I'll be right over. But what are you doing in the meanwhile?"

"Using a pencil," answered the father.

What we do "in the meanwhile" is of vital importance to our lives - and to the lives of others.  What we do with our leisure time can build our character or destroy it.  It can make our fortune or mar it.