Darius Miller back from China Kentuckysportsradio.com

Many of my readers may not know Darius Miller.  But he is a valuable Kentucky basketball senior who played with an international USA team which toured China this summer.  Alan cutler had these statements from Darius:

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by Matthew Hays @ 9:30 pm. Filed under Blue Blooded Opinions





Darius Miller is back stateside and he took some time to answer some questions about his time in China. Alan Cutler took some time to talk to Darius and get his thoughts on the Middle Kingdom. Here are some of the highlights:



At first he didn’t want to talk about the food in China.



“I feel like we take a lot of things for granted here, honestly. We couldn’t even drink the water in our rooms. I feel like a lot of people in the United States take things for granted so it really opens your eyes to see how fortunate we are to live here.”



As far as being a tourist.



“It was a very nice place where we were. They said the city we were in had about 20 million people in it and that there are about three cities that have 20 million people. The overall experience was just crazy.”



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" ... There's a mousetrap in the house ..." Thanks Marge!

Subj: A Journey Called Life..worth the read





A mouse looked through the crack in the wall



to see the farmer and his wife open a package.



"What food might this contain?", the mouse wondered.

He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.






Retreating to the farmyard,



the mouse proclaimed this warning :



"There is a mousetrap in the house!



There is a mousetrap in the house!"













The chicken clucked and scratched,



raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse,



I can tell this is a grave concern to you,



but it is of no consequence to me.



I cannot be bothered by it."



The mouse turned to the pig and told him,



"There is a mousetrap in the house!



There is a mousetrap in the house!"













The pig sympathized, but said,



"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,



but there is nothing I can do about it



but pray..



Be assured you are in my prayers."











The mouse turned to the cow and said,



"There is a mousetrap in the house!



There is a mousetrap in the house!"











The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you,



but it's no skin off my nose."





> So, the mouse returned to the house,



head down and dejected,



to face the farmer's mousetrap



. . . Alone.. .. .









That very night



a sound was heard throughout the house



-- the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.









The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught.



In the darkness, she did not see it.



It was a venomous snake



whose tail was caught in the trap.









The snake bit the farmer's wife.







The farmer rushed her to the hospital.







When she returned home she still had a fever.



Everyone knows you treat a fever



with fresh chicken soup.



So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard



for the soup's main ingredient:







But his wife's sickness continued.



Friends and neighbours came to sit with her



around the clock.



To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.











But, alas, the farmer's wife did not get well...



She died.











So many people came for her funeral



that the farmer had the cow slaughtered



to provide enough meat for all of them



for the funeral luncheon.









And the mouse looked upon it all



from his crack in the wall



with great sadness.







So, the next time you hear



someone is facing a problem



and you think it doesn't concern you,



remember ---







When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.



We are all involved in this journey called life.



We must keep an eye out for one another



and make an extra effort



to encourage one another.











YOU MAY WANT TO SEND THIS



TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER



HELPED YOU OUT...











AND LET THEM KNOW



HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.









- REMEMBER -









EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD



IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY.









OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER



FOR A REASON.











One of the best things to hold onto



In this world is a FRIEND.