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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.“ -–C.S. Lewis
Every now and then we hear stories about people who overcame great obstacles to ultimately find great success in life.
Some of history’s greatest achievers started out under circumstances that would cause many to lose hope and not even try to succeed in life. Here are just a few examples: [Read more…]
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Everyone that knows me knows I that love technology, and I love it a lot.
I’m the type of person who is always chomping at the bit to see what new innovation pops up next to make our lives easier or more fulfilling.
But truth be told, as awesome as modern technology is, it has some serious downsides as well. And in my humble opinion, one of the most serious downsides of the bunch is how it has impacted the lives of today’s children.
When I was a youngster the world of technology revolved around a “dumb” TV that had no remote and picked up just two channels, a staticky AM radio, a “turn-table” record player (or if you were lucky, a cassette tape player/recorder) and a landline rotary telephone that was tethered to the wall by a short cord… [Read more…]
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“Enjoy the moment. You won’t have it again.” —Frank Sonnenberg
The essence of every life can be boiled down to just one thing: today.
Whether good or bad, what happened in the past is over. It’s history, never to be altered or relived. [Read more…]
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As I mentioned here, the late radio and television commentator Paul Harvey was a master storyteller.
He just had a knack for taking a topic that everyone thought they knew inside and out and adding a completely new twist to it.
Over the course of his long and distinguished career, Mr. Harvey entertained the masses with numerous stories that left one thinking “How did I not know that?”
Well, today’s video features a true “Rest Of The Story” classic. [Read more…]
“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”
–Catherine Pulsifer
For most folks, Thanksgiving is a season of joy.
It’s a day for spending time with loved ones, enjoying the most awesome meal of the year and then spending the rest of the day doing whatever it is that makes Thanksgiving special for each of us.
Truth be told, Thanksgiving isn’t just a name we chose to assign to the fourth Thursday of every November.