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The incredible things we take for granted

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hear nothing but silence from the time you were born till the moment you passed on?

Or what it would be like to see the world and everything in it in black & white, with no ability to “see” color at all?

For various reasons, some folks are born completely deaf and others are born completely colorblind.

But thanks to modern technology many of those people are now able to experience the things they have been missing out on since the moment they made their entrance into the world.  [Read more…]

Failure is inevitable. Don’t waste it.

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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
     –John Maxwell

It’s a simple fact of life that we humans sometimes fail at the things we attempt. After all, no one is perfect.

Some of the wealthiest people on the planet went bankrupt (some of them more than once) before they ultimately achieved their incredible success.

On the flip-side, some of the happiest people I have ever known had to go through some pretty dark times before they found the happiness they so badly longed for.

Here are a couple of examples:   [Read more…]

“Waiting for ships that don’t come in…”

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“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-–Benjamin Franklin

Have you ever known someone who always seemed to be longing for happiness, but they never quite seemed to find it?

That seems to be a common thread among a large percentage of the world’s population.

But it doesn’t have to be that way…

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Life tip: Always call your mom on your birthday

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If you’re like most people you love getting phone calls from your special friends and family members on your birthday.

After all, it’s a very special day that only comes around once a year.

But guess what? You shouldn’t wait for your mom to call you on your birthday. If you’re lucky enough to still have her around you should call her instead.

Why? Because your birthday is just as special and important to your mom as it is to you.

Think about it for a moment…

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Remembering Katherine Johnson: The ‘computer who wore a skirt’

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Some of the most crucial (and most difficult) computations in the field of space travel are used to determine the trajectories and orbits of rockets and various types of space vehicles.

One simple mistake can cause a spacecraft to miss a planned rendezvous with another vehicle or even miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit and explore a comet or some other heavenly body that’s hurtling through space.

And in some situations a mistake in these calculations can even cost the crew members their lives.

Back when space pioneers like Alan Shepard and John Glenn were gearing up for their historic flights, they depended on an amazing lady named Katherine Johnson to calculate the trajectories and orbits of their crafts – and she made those calculations by hand!

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