EXISTENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SELF-LOVE, Part 2

For the best subconscious nanosecond's response, I suggest these four literary prose are worth reading repeatedly. They will support our inward peace and rest. "When despair grows in me and I awake in the night at the least sound...

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EXISTENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SELF-LOVE, Part 1

The legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus reportedly said: "You cannot become a great golfer until you have the skill to watch yourself hitting the golf ball." This is like taking your eyes out of your head and watching yourself in...

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OUT OF EGYPT

This Words of Hope blog is especially for those who are experiencing hardship or helping another who is experiencing hardship, feeling defeated. For over 400 years, the Israelites suffered in bondage because of slavery to the pharaoh of Egypt. One...

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WALK IT, DON’T TALK IT

"If you know it and you don't do it, you don't know it." - Mike Nilson The Apostle James short book on walking your talk reminds me of a college basketball game. The showboat talker was fouled with two seconds on...

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ONE OR TWO FISTED LIVING

Solomon has wisdom for those of us willing to listen, learn and do. "Fools fold their hands leading to ruin." And yet. "Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind." Seems to me...

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BOOMERANG 

Today’s culture uses “boomerang” in many settings, especially over the Internet. It is a phenomenon today, a cause and effect, a return to the originator. Even ages ago Paul in the Bible spoke of the no-room-for-misinterpretation boomerang effect:  “Be not...

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WINNING IS NOT LUCK OR ACCIDENTAL

"That was a fluke!"  When someone said that, did you believe them?  Was it a freak course of nature?  Yet, winning is never pure luck or accidental.   Rather, winning is learned behavior. It is a logical, organized system consisting of wisdom, knowledge, understanding, grit and the relentless...

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CONSCIOUS CONTACT

In retrospect, maybe even Super Bowl players (winners or losers) see improvements needed in their play. In life, we are never perfect! After Super Bowl LIV, I was reminded our good habits operate from the subconscious mind, our autopilot system....

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MONTH OF FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY is the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and its predecessor, the Julian calendar. It is the shortest month of the year with 28 days but has 29 days in the Leap Year (next year 2020). February's gemstone is an...

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NOT MY PLAN

“The steps of a man are established by the Lord; when he delights in His way…” – Psalm 37 Children are remarkably amazing. As I reflect on summer 2016, the thousands of youth at NBC Camps move me to a...

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