How to Be Successful and Satisfied
Success is:______. How would you fill in the blank?
"That's easy," you might say. "Success is ... for an athlete, winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, or a gold medal: for an entertainer, winning an Oscar, a Grammy, or an Emmy; for a businessperson, being a top executive with one of the Fortune 500 companies: for a university student,... >Read More
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buisness,
Culture,
God,
happiness,
hope,
Rusty Wright,
satisfied,
Self,
spiritual growth,
success,
World
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My Son Who is in Heaven
At 19 weeks I gave birth to a little boy. We named him Jacob. We said hello and goodbye in the same hour. He is not a miscarriage or an almost-child, he is my son. This letter was written three years after his birth. This is a glimpse into my mother’s heart, a letter written to Jacob my son... >Read More
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baby loss,
beth scholes,
death,
faith,
Family,
family issues,
grief,
heaven,
hope,
infant loss,
loss of child,
miscarriage,
sadness,
spiritual growth,
spirituality,
still birth
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Step
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” ~Mother Theresa
He is unaware of my presence. His eyes are closed, the patterned quilt above him faintly rising and falling. The small clock radio at his bedside blares an old country station, but the silence is overwhelming. Grandchildren innocently look out from photographs haphazardly...... >Read More
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change,
happiness,
hope,
kindness,
Self,
Shaun Smith,
World
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9/11 and You
My sister had a 9:00 a.m. appointment at the World Trade Center.
On September 12.
Since September 11, 2001, I've often wondered what might have happened had her appointment been a day earlier or the terrorist attacks a day later. I could have been walking the streets of New York City with her picture.
What were your feelings that tragic...... >Read More
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9/11,
disaster,
faith,
hope,
LIFE,
Men,
Remembrance,
Rusty Wright,
september 11,
terrorism,
tolerance,
understanding,
Women,
world trade center
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The Power of Words
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words . . . can wound forever.
Pictures of me as a little kid are really cute –– curly blond hair, a quick smile and eyes always looking for the next adventure. I had the confidence that comes from knowing you are truly loved. If we painted pictures at school, I painted... >Read More
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changed lives,
Claire Colvin,
depression,
help,
high school,
hope,
low self-esteem,
self-esteem,
suicide
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Starting Over: Facing the Future after Significant Loss
February 13th fell on a Tuesday that year, but it seemed like my unlucky day.
My wife of twenty years was divorcing me; it would be final in two days. February 1, my employer had shown me the door—on the twenty-fifth anniversary of my employment. Now, on February 13, I was in my physician’s office getting test results. Unaware of... >Read More
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chronicl illness,
divorce,
health,
hope,
loss,
Men,
relationships,
Rusty Wright,
Women
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Fatima's Testimony
**The names in this testimony have been changed to protect the identies of those involved.**
Fatima shivered in her cell as she reviewed her desperate circumstances. Her husband Hasan was confined in another part of the Greek prison. What was he thinking right now, she wondered? Did he regret fleeing persecution? Was he remembering the time...... >Read More
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changed lives,
closet issues,
faith,
hope,
Men,
religions,
spirituality,
Women,
world events
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Five Things Science Can't Explain
Science has contributed innumerable benefits to human life on planet Earth. We... >more
Finding Hope in a Chat Room
Alone and discouraged, I sat staring at a computer screen. I was... >more
What Do You Fear?
