(MW 2057) The Easiest Quiz You'll Ever Take... I Think

MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#2057 Wings Over The Mountains of Life

The World's Easiest Looking Quiz
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(Answers at the bottom. Hey - NO Cheating!)



1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?



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Answers To The Quiz

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

2) Which country makes Panama hats?
Ecuador.

3) From which animal do we get catgut?
From sheep and horses.

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
Squirrel fur.

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs.

7) What was King George VI's first name?
Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936, he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert.

8) What color is a purple finch?
Distinctively crimson.

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
New Zealand.

10) How long did the Thirty Years War last?
Thirty years, of course. From 1618 to 1648.



MountainWings Note:
It's amazing how the simple is not so simple and the obvious is not so obvious.

Also, when you've been wrong nine times, you don't trust yourself anymore and even when truth is presented to you, because of past failures, you doubt the obvious







...you doubt you.

Don't let past failures convince you that you can't be right, that you can't do it, that success isn't destined for you.


We don't fail because we don't succeed,
we fail because we quit,
believing that we can't win.



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I Appreciate You

MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
#10253         Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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I Appreciate You
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I recently received an email from a friend. The email only contained three commonly used and familiar words, yet these three words from my friend had a different feel. This simple powerful phrase shook me. It was a MountainWings Moment.

"I appreciate you" is what the email read. I gazed at this short sentence and read it over and over again. I could feel the transforming, uplifting power of these three words.

I have been thanked countless times, which is always proper and in order when someone does something for you. It is simply showing gratitude or giving credit for something that you are
responsible for.

To appreciate means to recognize the significance, quality, or magnitude of. (Appreciate freedom) To be fully aware of or sensitive to; realize: (I appreciate your problems) To be thankful or show gratitude for: (I appreciate your help) To admire greatly; value  To raise in value or price.

My friend was not appreciating me for something I did or said to or for him personally or professionally. He was not appreciating a particular problem that I had or appreciating my help on a matter.

I appreciate YOU is what the email read. That means I am appreciated, I am admired greatly, I am valued, and I am raised in value. He recognizes the significance, quality and magnitude of me, and who I am. He is thankful and shows gratitude for me.

As I absorbed the power of these three words and allowed them to penetrate and saturate my inner being, I considered whom the email was from. One of the many life lessons is to always consider the message and the source of messages that enter into your life constantly. Could this be just careless from the hip speaking? Did he have any idea how powerfully profound and life- changing this one short statement would be? Well, consider the source of the message.

The email was from a man who gives so much of himself, so much of his resources, his talents, and abilities to help and uplift others. He is not only my friend, he is also my Pastor of the local church, the Pastor of a worldwide church called Airjesus.com, and he is also the writer of MountainWings.com. He voluntarily receives no salary from the local church or the worldwide Internet outreach ministries in which he funded from his own resources. He is truly a Pastor in the true sense of The Word.

Yet, he says to me, "I appreciate you."

That also means YOU (The one reading this issue). Remember the definition of appreciate. You tend to invest in the things that you find value in, and he invests heavily in you and me. Our Heavenly Father also invests heavily in us.

Feel the power of "I APPRECIATE YOU." Tell someone or many, and mean it.

Dip into your rich resources and invest in them; whatever those resources may be.

Most of the MountainWings.com subscribers will never meet the founder, creator and writer of MountainWings. Yet, he sees value in you, me, and all people. Just click on any of the links and see for yourself.

My Pastor and friend

I APPRECIATE YOU.

~A MountainWings Original by Wesley Shorter~


from The Mountain: Wesley Shorter wrote this to me in July 2006, more than four years ago. I hesitated to publish it and even now I had made edits to remove all references to myself. I put them back. Not for self glorification but for you to understand that I do appreciate YOU, the readers of MountainWings.

Tell someone soon that you appreciate them, and mean it.

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TO MY FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:

I APPRECIATE YOU! I appreciate your patience in waiting for new entries while I deal with my computer issues. I appreciate your open-mindedness while you read my ramblings of randomness. I appreciate you following me along my journey of randomness and self-discovery. But most of all I APPRECIATE YOU for who you are and what you do for me! Thank you!

Tell someone that you appreciate them, and mean it!

Drink, Steal, Swear, and Lie

MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
#10201          Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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Drink, Steal, Swear, and Lie
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I met this guy while I was in Albuquerque, and he has a motto
he lives by every day. He said, "Listen carefully and live by
these four rules: Drink, Steal, Swear, and Lie."

I was shaking my head No! but he then told me to listen while
he explained his four rules. So here they are:

1. Drink from the everlasting cup every day.

2. Steal a moment to help someone who is in worse shape than
  you are.

3. Swear that you will be a better person today than
yesterday.

4. And last, but not least, when you lie down at night
  thank God you live in America and have freedom.


I am not as good as I should be, I am not as good as I could
be but THANK GOD I am better than I used to be!


~Author Unknown~


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