Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
                
                
                
                    The story is told of a monastery in Portugal, perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff and accessible only by a terrifying ride in a swaying basket. The basket is pulled with a single rope by several strong men, perspiring under the strain of the fully loaded basket. One American tourist who visited the
                    
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                    Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Bob Hope (Comedian):  His activities for a day:
My heart beat 103,369 times
My blood traveled 168 miles
I breathed 23,040 times
I inhaled 438 cubic feet of air 
I at 3 and one half pounds of food
I drank 2 pounds of liquid
I perspired 1 and a half pints
I generated 450 tons of energy
I spoke 4800
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book, Margin:  Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Live,  Dr. Richard Swenson lists 13 physical symptoms of excess stress.  I was amazed to find over half of them going on in my own life.  Here are the thirteen:
Stimulation of the cardiovascular
                    
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                    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 8, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A professor of psychology had no children of his own, but whenever he saw a neighbour scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, "you should love your boy, not punish him."
One hot summer afternoon the professor was doing some repair work on a concrete driveway leading to his garage. Tired
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
                
                
                
                    It had been a long hard winter in the Rockies. The snow piled deeper and deeper. The temperature dropped below zero and stayed there. The rivers froze over. People were suffering. The Red Cross used helicopters to fly in supplies. 
After a long hard day, as they were returning to their base, the
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 6, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I know that sometimes it seems that everybody and his brother wants something from you.
IT HAD BEEN A HARD WINTER IN THE ROCKIES.  THE SNOW PILED DEEPER AND DEEPER.  THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW ZERO AND STAYED THERE.  THE RIVERS FROZE OVER.  PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING.  THE RED CROSS USED
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Carroll on May 20, 2011
                
                
                
                    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART
I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center?
She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Douglas on Mar 4, 2008
                
                
                
                    A couple of years ago when the Kirby’s were here from India I let Kallie drive up I-17.
I could not have picked a worse time…. 
Rush hour traffic….
Most of you probably know just how it is on I-17 from about the 101 to Anthem Way…
Bumper to bumper…. Big trucks… little trucks…
Cars of all
                    
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                    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LITERAL HELL
When it comes to believing in hell I think of the story of Dr. Maurice Rawlings a noted and celebrated coronary care doctor, who writes of his conversion to belief in a literal hell in Beyond Death’s Door. In 1977 he was giving a stress test to a man who was having chest pains. In the
                    
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                    HOW YOU FINISH
James was excited as he turned the two hundred mark heading towards home. Two and three-quarter laps had gone and he was still in the lead. His one and only goal was to win this race and he was full of confidence that he could do it. His thoughts race ahead to the podium, the
                    
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                    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Nov 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Dr. Maurice Rawlings, is a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, and his colleagues are constantly treating emergency patients, many of whom have had near-death experiences. A study of these cases by Dr. Rawlings was reported in
                    
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