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Lessons Learned Hard Many of us seek consolation in the words of Frank Sinatra, “I did it my way.” I say many of us because I feel this trap has snared more than just me. Oh, it is a trap, alright, a way to defend our defiance, combat accountability, and excuse our own stupidity.Maybe, we don’t even say it aloud if our inflated egos and economic attainments h ...The Greatest Love and Self-image The Greek language had three words for “Love” First there was “eros,” from which we get “erotic.. This was, of course a purely selfish love. Then there was “Phileo” (Philadelphia), or “brotherly love” This is the love of one family member for another. But the Bible added a new one--”agape” “Agape is a giving love, entirely unselfish. ...Inspirational Thoughts on Kindness and Love Our society continues to technologically evolve at a breakneck pace, but at what cost? Has the rush of daily life caused us to forget or de-emphasize traditional themes in life such as kindness and love?Inspirational Thoughts on Kindness and LoveThey often say a moment of kindness is repaid many times over. Love, of course, is the ...Have You Drawn A Line In The Sand? Over the years, I have been brought to my knees a number of times facing problems, challenges and failure. I can tell you, with a great deal of personal certainty, that no one – I mean no one – escapes this life without some adversity, problems or failure. The value in these is to learn and grow. There is another benefit as well: it tests your r ...Commercial Gymnastics Summer Camps? Just What is a Commercial Gymnastics Camp?There are two types of Commercial gymnastics camps. There are the large commercial camps that only operate in the summer and are designed to attract large numbers of gymnasts for huge profits. There are also other gym programs, ranging from YMCA programs to regular gyms to college program ...Changes In Our Life - Can Not Be Avoided But Can Be Enjoyed Changes in our life, can not avoided but can be enjoyed! Am glad that it’s not just a dream; that I can reach out to you and hope to touch your life. A lot is going on every where and things are changing rapidly. So today, I want us spend some time one the word change. We all experience moments of change in our lives. Usually it starts at a poin ...A New Life A few days ago, I received a copy of my birth certificate in the mail. Nothing unusual, except I’m 57 years old and had not ever seen it. Some when during the packing and moving to bring a whole family to the new world, my birth certificate got lost.When I read the house address where I must have lived just after I was born, I thought abo ...Count Your Blessings Each day brings a new beginning. It’s a new leaf in the story of your life. It can be bright, cheerful and positive, with the courage to face another day, whatever it may bring with enthusiasm.Or, let the dark clouds hover and you shiver in the cold. Let yourself be overcome with the jitters. Wallow in all the negative issues in your li ...Writing Inspirational Poems and How They Must Inspire Writing poetry is not so difficult, but writing really good poetry is something, which takes talent and deep thought. Some poets can rattle off poems in streams of thought, just give them a cup of coffee and a good view of the meadow, while others take weeks to finish the next line. What makes one poem better than the next?Well first let’ ...World Kindness Day Once upon a time, in ancient India, a beggar favored a certain foot of land in a village square. He wanted to be rich, but he only knew dire poverty. One day he died on the spot where he had been begging for decades. The villagers decided to bury him on the spot where he had spent decades begging. They marveled when they found that only a few fe ...Top 15 Inspirational Quotations Get inspired and lift your spirits with these positive quotations that will surely stimulate your soul and perhaps motivate your mind..."No bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings."-- William Blake"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." -- Les Brown"Genius is 99 ...The Bee Stings of Life "...Man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires" (James 1:20); "Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret--it leads only to evil" (Psalm 37:8).We expect to conquer the mountains in life and we are brought down by bee stings. And we get very angry about it, too. After all, if God keeps putting minor thing ...Write Better Fundraising Letters by Making a Scene (Includes Examples) Successful fundraising letters are exciting to read. They take you to crack houses, battlefields, logging protests, prisons, floods and other places you will never set foot yourself. Effective donation request letters show you the organizations you support engaged on the front lines in the battle to right wrongs, correct injustices and make the ...What You May Not Know About House Churches As many of you are aware, I am a strong advocate of The Church, the 'ekklesia.' Though many have heard that word, surprisingly few are aware that it is NOT a religious term. Actually, it is a Greek word that means "the called out ones." It referred to a forum of Roman men - a council - that the Roman Empire would send into any region that its ar ...
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