ARE YOU A FUTUROLOGIST?

"People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to." - Robert Half

Futurologists are people who predict what will happen in the future: some of their predictions may come true, while others may not. For example, its been predicted that some babies born today will live to the age of 150. Check this out. In 1962 Decca Recording Company rejected the Beatles. They said, "We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." In 1977 Ken Olson, Chairman of Digital Equipment Co., said, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

Anyone who has been around for any length of time - no matter how recent - must have heard of the Beatles massive success after it was predicted they'd fail. Ken Olson's prediction about the "non-need" of computers in the home is so wrong. Almost everyone today in the world, has a

TATTOOS II

"People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to." - Robert Half

 Continued from yesterday:

This tattooed man was tired and worn-out - sweat trickling down his face. I reached into my purse for a ten-dollar bill. "Can I take it to him, Mom?" My son pleaded. "Be careful, honey." I warned handing him the money. I watched, as he rushed over to the man. With a smile, he handed it to him. The man was startled: he stood took the money, and put it in his pocket. "Good," I thought to myself, "now he will at least have a hot meal tonight." I felt satisfied, proud of myself. I'd made a sacrifice and now I could go on with my errands. When Nick got back into the car, he looked at me with sad, pleading eyes. I knew I had to do more

Many times, God brings us across needy people, in order to slow us down, from trying so hard to get all our needs met, to getting us meet other people's needs. We can't be kind to everyone,

TATTOOS

"People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to." - Robert Half 

He was scary. His cardboard sign, his dog and tattoos running up and down his arms, and neck. His sign said he was, "stuck and hungry" and needed help. I always fall for anyone needing help. My husband both loves and hates this quality in me. It often makes him nervous: if he saw me right now, he’d be nervous but he wasn’t with me right now. I pulled my van over, and in my rear-view mirror, I reasoned this man: tattoos and all. He wore a bandanna, tied over his head. Anyone could see he was dirty. Nobody else was stopping for him. I could see the other drivers take one look and immediately focus on something else – anything else.

Mabinty Kanu said, "Never look down on anyone because of their present situation. Sometimes the people you look down