Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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Finding Peace Of Mind
Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are:
· The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness.
· Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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PATIENCE IN WAITING
Here’s one I am sure you can relate to. You’re in a hurry to get somewhere and your wife or girlfriend, or kids don’t share your sense of urgency. There you are waiting at the door or in the car for them to get ready to go. Now what are you experiencing inside? Are you
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2011
"MAKE ME!"
They had behaved badly in class but they were equally disruptive in the detention room, swearing, acting tough and defying anything I said with a smart comment. Unacceptable behaviour. I have never really had a problem with anger, but the closest I came was in that classroom. Teaching
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
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Frank Bernadone bore the emotional wounds of his time in the military.
His unit had already been through four years of battles when they came to Perugia. The town was heavily fortified, leading his unit’s assault against it to be disastrous. A bloody day of fighting culminated in what was almost
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
The BBC (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3157570.stm) did a study five years ago and published some interesting conclusions. According to the October 2, 2003 article, the happiest localities in the world are (in order): Nigeria, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador and Puerto Rico.
What might surprise
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
Ministry Area Profile 2006 -- Compass Report 10/24/2006
Estimated 2006 households likely to be primarily concerned with:
The Basics: Maintaining personal health – 42.6%
Hopes and Dreams:
1) Achieving long-term financial security – 56.8%
2) Finding time for recreation/leisure – 31.7%
3) Other
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 4, 2009
Several workplace-related studies in 2008 suggest that the majority of working Americans aren’t all that fond of whom they work with.
• When asked if a colleague has ever tried to make them look bad, 50 percent of respondents said yes; 48 percent said no; 2 percent said they didn’t know.
• When
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Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
In our church there are several couples who built houses last year. All of them lived in rental homes until their new homes were completed. How many of them do you think spent a lot of time fixing up those rental homes? Yes, they wanted it to be clean and comfortable and functional, but they did
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The storm was raging. A little boy was away from home visiting. The parents in the home where he was visiting were away. He was in the home with other small children. He was so afraid. The lightning would flash and the thunder roar. He would cry, shudder, and say, "I wish I were at home." But still
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Contributed by Dana Chau on May 26, 2002
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A lecturer was giving a talk to students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students’ answers ranged from 20 grams to 500 grams.
The lecturer replied, " The absolute weight doesn’t matter. What matters
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AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD EXPERIENCE
David Ring was born with cerebral palsy. He had complications at birth and he was technically dead for 18 minutes after delivery. No oxygen reached his brain and a portion was permanently damaged.
His family’s story was catastrophic – his father had
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Contributed by John Tung on Mar 28, 2007
The importance of the personal over the legal is seen in the fact that God wants us to be personally involved with our children, and not just legally fulfill our obligations to them. When our kids were younger, I remember Elizabeth telling me once before that when I am home I am home in body, but
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