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CHAPTER 2001

When this year began, there were people in Floridadigging through ballots upon ballots searching forchads they could count.Near the end of this year, a firefighter, policeofficer or just some guy named Chad stood up to becounted on that September day...

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The IF Word

I recall as a child being mildly scolded after coming home from Kindergarten and telling my mother all about the new word I had learned - the "F" word. Spray painted across some garage door on the way to school, I guess I thought it sounded like a ne...

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Best Gift For Your Child

This in my opinion is the best gift parents can give to their children. And it doesn't cost anything, causes no botheration. The events that I am going to describe started when my daughter Shruti was about 6 years old (now she is 17). One day sh...

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Whatever You Fear Has Already Happened

That huge elephant, I thought to myself for the 100th time, tethered on that tiny stake. They can weigh up to 7 tons, and there was this huge elephant rocking back and forth, kept from moving more than a few feet by … an electric fence? 25 armed me...

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Who's Got The Power In Your Life

Have you ever attempted to do something and failed?I'm not talking about something outside of yourcapabilities. I doubt that any of us could run a 4 minute mileor bench press 400 pounds.What I'm talking about here is trying to do somethingw...

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Just Breathe~ Is This Your Missing Link

Breathing is the vital force of life. It is considered to be the mind-body bridge. Breathing is something that is done everyday, unconsciously; yet the majority of people do it improperly. When babies breathe, it is instinctive. Watching a healthy ba...

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What Do You Truly Value Most

What Do You Truly Value Most?By Brian MaloneyBelieve it or not, values are in the core of all of us. Theseunderrated rankings tell more about us than we could everimagine. Yet, many of us overlook this extremelyimportant portion of our lives.Why do ...

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The Doomsday Device ... The physical brain in action.

Our physical brains quickly and easily handle mundane sequences of operations, or "processes" without question. It repeats processes like a machine: A»B»C»...»Z». Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines the word "process" to mean "a series of act...

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Are YOU Ready for Bonza Bottler Day

BONZA BOTTLER DAY is any day when the date and the month have the same number in this case, JULY 7. Bonza, I'm told, means "excellent" or "really great" in Australian, and there's some suggestion that "bottler" means the same. Bonza Bottle...

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Life on the Front Burner

How many times in your life have you had to put something 'on the back burner', letting an idea or a project simmer in the background while you focused on something else? How often were the things that went on the back burner your personal ...

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