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New term, usage coined by me (I think), nevertheless, used by me. If you say or post something that makes me think and has the potential to bring nourishment to my mind, soul, spirit, it is a CHEWABLE VITAMIN – It needs some chewing (thought, meditation, work within) and it has great potential. I am…

Napoleon Hill said, “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now." Adrian Rogers said, "It's always to soon to quit, never too soon to start. " So start where you are right now and build faith into your life and thinking. The first challenge is to FIND A REASON and to FOCUS on…

Perhaps this can encourage someone who is passing through a personal desert or living through a profound drought of dream and drive. There are some mighty oaks around you that can speak to your soul, "You can do it; you can be it; you can!" Deserts Green  For every river flowing free There is a…

Someone reading this is considering quitting. It is not their job that they are tempted to walk out on, or necessarily their marriage, or anything that anyone will immediately notice. It is something far more important … their dreams. Someone is about to give up on their dreams and it will show gradually and in…

When I first wrote and posted this article, I was unaware of the dance contest phenomena such as "Dancing with the Stars" that hold so many in such a tight grip of interest. I pass through from time to time and catch a routine or two. Some win; some lose. Some get better; some fall…

This email came to me years ago … back in "the day." Yet, it gave me a chuckle again: Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Company merge to become Hale Mary Fuller Grace. Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers merge to become Polly-Warner-Cracker. 3M and Goodyear merge to become…

Feed your dreams; starve your fears. Whichever one you feed will grow. Fears will grow to control you and clip your wings. Dreams will consume you and cause you to soar. It is your choice. You will feed that to which you give the most attention and credit. If you live by fear, you will…

"…godliness with contentment is great gain." – I Timothy 6:6 "The fear of the Lord leads to life. Then one rests content, untouched by trouble." – Proverbs 19:23 "… I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Philippians 4:11 Clearly there is something about this business of contentment. Once we gain it, we can…

"No great advance has ever been made in politics, science, or religion without controversy." Lyman Beecher There is one exception: 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received…