FRIDAYS WITH FRED – PERSONAL LETTERS & DELICIOUS OMELETS

Dear FRIDAY WITH FRED Friends, Today's communication is to lift your spirit and inspire you to positive caring, life-giving, yet enjoyable actions.  Personally, one of my delightful actions is reading and writing letters. I also relish making omelets for others who like...

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FIRST AND LASTS

Briefly, why do we idolize being first and disfavor being last? Often last trumps first. Here are some real-life examples depicting in the end first does not matter. The winner of games believed winning was not just everything but was the only thing....

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – PROBE FOR WISE COUNSEL

Solomon has given us this advantageous bit of wisdom in Proverbs 11:14, "Where there is no advice, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety (or security)." Wow! That tells me I can gain wise guidance from...

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GUARD YOUR HEART & MIND

"Defense is the best offense in basketball and in lifeball" - Fred Crowell One of my father's passions I inherited was a clean car. When I stepped up to the counter to pay for the car wash, the cashier was...

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LIFE EXPERIENCE

"Experience is a term used to name our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde Four pillars form the foundation for my meaning and purpose in life.  Life experience is the fourth and most vital.  These are a few keys I have learned in life...

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FRIDAYS WITH FRED – A WRITTEN LETTER

A WRITTEN LETTER can be an effective way to communicate. Francis Bacon said: "Reading makes us full, speaking makes us prepared, and writing makes us exact." A letter is from one person to others to be read.   For nearly 50 years, letter writing was...

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HEAVY HEART THERAPY

Imagine a valentine heart shape burdened with a heavy backpack running to jump and clear a high bar. Recently I visited a very special person to our family who was heavy in heart and clearing that high bar into hope...

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY – MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE

To review, we have looked at WISDOM along with four negativities to avoid, mainly people who sap us of our real meaning of life and joy. This will determine whether we are really wise. Then we laid the foundation...

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PRINCIPLE OF THE ICEBERG

What you don't see is far more important than what you do see. Imagine the excitement 2224 of the richest people in the world and some emigrants hoping for a new life were feeling the day in Southhampton, England when...

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TOUGH MINDS SOFT HEARTS

A tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. How many coloreds are you going to play at a time in the game tomorrow night? This was the predominant question asked before the big game. The year was 1968. The...

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