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If I Were Called

If I were called to teach, I'd give it my best.If I were called to preach, I'd better pass the test.If I were called to reach, I'd do it with much zest.If I were called to each, I'd surely need some rest.Mt. 11:29b~~We, often, hol...

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Doing Favors versus Being Of Service

At the end of interviews, Oprah Winfrey asks people “what do you know for sure?” I know exactly what I will tell her when she asks me that question. One thing I know for sure is that the grandest changes in our lives come from subtle shifts in ou...

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How To Change Your Attitude

There is more attitude around than the 'traditional 'positive / negative attitude. As you read through this article, you will begin to understand what the components of attitude are and how can use these to have an attitude that serves you....

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An Angel's Special Christmas Gift

Towering ponderosa pine trees reached up to touch a blue December sky. Their top branches waved to billowy white clouds sailing over the snow-covered Colorado forest. Sniffing the sweet-scented Ponderosa bark filled my head with the aroma of Christma...

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Up Your Down Cycles i-mail article

UP YOUR DOWN CYCLES (i-mail article)by Doug C. Grant"I told you...and told you...and told you. Now look at yourself."It was Other-Self again with one of his nagging i-mails. As usual, I was in no mood for another holier than thou lecture. But unlike ...

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What Are YOU Making It Mean

What Are YOU Making It Mean?Helaine Iris© 2002“You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as WE are” -Herb CohenIt all started with a perfectly innocent question from my husband. “Honey, can we compare our calendars, I have som...

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Get Out, Get Noticed, Get A LIfe

“If you build it, they will come.”- the voice in “Field Of Dreams” - Works well in the movies, but in real life, it just doesn’t quite work out that way.Business owners know it. They understand that once they build their shop, they need to ...

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Forgiveness is Not the Same as Trust

In a presentation the other day which rambled over topics of self-help, the speaker at one point asked the group, “Why do we forgive?” “For ourselves,” the group muttered.“You’re only the third group I’ve spoken to who’s known that,...

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Narcissism - Treatment Modalities and Therapies - Part I

Question:Is the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) more amenable to Cognitive-Behavioural therapies or to Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic ones?Answer:Narcissism pervades the entire personality. It is all-pervasive. Being a narcissist is akin to be...

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Reactions to Traumatic Events Part 1

What to expect. Men.The other day I was talking to a guy’s guy whom I know well. He is a glib and facile talker, hard drinker and intellectually astute man. We were on the phone and I had never heard him sound so down. “What’s up?” I asked ve...

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