THE GREATEST GIFT

from Peoria / Sun City - February 2023

Dinner and a Movie!

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

Helen Keller

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Oscar Wilde

In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and all we will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.

Maya Angelou

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Henry David Thoreau

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Voltaire

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Mother Teresa

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Dalai Lama

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Vincent

Van Gogh

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

H. L. Mencken

Are you recently retired or unemployed, at loose ends and wondering what your next steps should be? If you’re looking for ways to help other veterans, here are some fun ideas.

As a place to start, ask if the Habitat for Humanity near you is building a home for a veteran. You might end up as a Habitat employee in charge of volunteer resources or running a Habitat ReStore full of building materials.

Look around online for organizations in your area that are raising and training service dogs for veterans. These puppies need to spend the first year of their lives in a loving environment to get them ready for their allimportant service dog training.

Volunteer on an Honor Flight. Keep an eye on the schedule in your area for the Honor Flights, those allexpenses-paid trips that take hundreds of veterans to Washington, D.C. They need volunteers for every trip to escort mostly elderly veterans to see all of their monuments and spend the day together.

Facts

All of the world’s pandas are technically owned by China. The country leases them to zoos in an act called panda diplomacy.

Bananas get their curves by turning skyward as they grow, to absorb sunlight.

Fingers prune in water to give you a better grip.

Michael Buffer has made over $400 million from his trademark catchphrase, “Let’s get ready to rumble!”

In the 2015 film “Jurassic World,” Chris Pratt’s character carries a stainless Marlin 1895 — the only firearm on Marlin’s website that’s rated for a T-Rex.

Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury’s overbite resulted from four extra teeth in his upper jaw. He refused to have them removed, however, for fear the surgery would affect his voice and vocal range.

Pentheraphobia is the fear of your mother-inlaw. There, folks, you now have an official name for it.

During a 1976 strike by Los Angeles medical doctors, the death rate decreased by 18%.

The only people guaranteed to get Super Bowl rings, regardless of a game’s outcome, are the referees, though their rings aren’t nearly as large or valuable as that of the players.