CRY SOME – LAUGH MORE

The mature in emotional intelligence can shed tears and also laugh often.  Both crying and laughter have a healing effect and seem to cure a "multitude of ills." Laughter makes the heart glad!  Joy is God's gift to us. When...

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RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF APPRECIATION

"The ability to appreciate is a learned behavior. Mastery of this skill of seeing the full worth  in people, in creation and all life is the difference between being a positive or a negative human being." Fred Crowell January 22,...

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BE A GIVER NOT A TAKER

This remarkable, majestic, mysterious world in which we live is governed by physical, psychological and spiritual laws which are both seen and unseen.  The law of give and take falls under the law of cause and effect.  In other words,...

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WIN AT SCHOOL

Millions of USA students enroll in schools across the continent in September with the hope of winning!  Unfortunately, far too many will lose the battle to win. Questions: Why so many failures? Why does one Spokane area school district have...

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HAPPY LAND IS NOT A DESTINATION

Walt Disney grew up an unhappy child. His father did not make life fun for the young Walter Disney. Walter developed a dream. In the mid-1950's, he told his brother, Roy, he was going to build a theme park that...

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START WHERE YOU ARE

All too often it is asked, "Where do I begin to change the world?" The simple question demands a simple answer:  Start where you are. Dr. Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist, says:  "If you want to change the world, start with...

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COVENANT vs CONTRACT

The difference between a covenant and a contract is as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon. A covenant is a commitment that can never ever be broken. There is never a circumstance which permits one to break covenant. The...

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How do you want to live?

A noted clinical psychologist believes if you don't know the why you can never discover the how.  Based on this belief, the why becomes the fundamental crucial question.  Why do you want to live? Looking back over my 75 years of trying...

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UNITY

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! - Psalm 133:1 Unity is 10 times more difficult to achieve than disunity. As a career-long leader in team building, I stand amazed at the difficulty of...

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I JUST CALLED TO TELL YOU

Stevie Wonder made famous the song, I Just Called To Say I Love You with the popular lyrics, "I just called to say I love you; I just called to say how much I care." How does it impact you...

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