Character Builder

Today, think about the wisdom of tackling your problems sooner rather than later. Remember that “this, too, will pass,” but whatever “it” is will pass more quickly if you spend more time solving your problems and less time fretting about them.                          Steve Arterburn

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The Friendly Skies: Observations of a Savvy (yet mild-mannered) Traveler

I never cease to be amazed at the plethora of sometimes entertaining often disappointing experiences of air travel in the US. Forget the disgusting spectacle of domestic bus or mass train travel within this great yet misguided country of ours. I will attempt to refrain from spending any time on the affordable yet disgustingly embarrassing [...]

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A Place Called Success

The road to success is not straight. There is a Curb called Failure, a Loop called Confusion, Speed Bumps called Friends, Red Lights called Enemies, Caution Lights called Family and Flats called a Job. But, if you have a Spare Tire called Determination, an Engine called Perseverance, Insurance called Faith and a Driver called God, [...]

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Whole Again

by Becky Kamm Rebecca Kamm talks to Harville Hendrix, who claims to have solved the mystery of how to live happily ever after. OPRAH Winfrey’s favourite relationship expert is on the phone. Compatible couples cannot fall in love, he explains patiently, because that’s simply not how it works. “Incompatibility is the basis of attraction. What [...]

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Thought of the Day: Walking into Your Fear

Daring to do what is right, not what fancy may tell you, valiantly grasping occasions, not cravenly doubting–freedom comes only through deeds, not through thoughts taking wing. Faint not nor fear, but go out to the storm and the action, trusting in God whose commandment you faithfully follow.       Bonhoeffer

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Daily Wanderism: Forgiveness

Few acts have a greater impact on those who mistreat us and abuse us than our telling them we forgive them..   Bedside Blessings by Charles Swindoll

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Thought of the Day

It is our past problems that prepare us for future opportunities. So someday we may be as grateful for the bad things as we are for the good things because they have paved the way for the life that was found.

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Living Big

I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your [...]

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The Beauty of Pain

by Steve Arterburn “News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and paralyzed, and he healed them.”  Matthew 4:24 Pain is something most of us try to avoid, at all costs. It’s the reason some [...]

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Today is YOUR Day!

Make TODAY the tomorrow you have been waiting for. Seize this very moment and go!

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