Promise to believe in yourself

 "If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."Vince Lombardi"People become really quite remarkable when...

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The Encouragement of Love

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott There are times that a strong faith in God or the guidance and encouragement from those we love and look...

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Our greatest glory

Life and death situations have always been the most difficult circumstance for me to deal with, although I have had to deal with those situations way too many times in my life. The following post was written a short time after my mom had a heart attack.  Other than the time I found myself...

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Freedom and success . . . the other side of fear of failure

Fear of failure . . . despite rational thinking, education, talent and ability . . . makes the exhilaration of victory and success impossible. Fear can cause a potentially successful person to accept mediocrity . . . if you don’t take the risk, you’re guaranteed not to face failure. The other...

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Courage to love

Put letting yourself be loved on your resolution list for the coming new year "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore." Christopher Columbus, was a Genoese explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the...

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Courage

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. Samuel Johnson There have been days when getting out of bed took courage. In my greatest depths of depression, my energy was totally sapped . . . it will...

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