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The Dignity of Labor

I love artists, because I’m a wordsmith and they say things I can never say. Here are two of my favorite paintings about work, both by Caillebotte: http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte1.jpg ;http://www.webstrategies.cc/caillebotte2.jpg.My mother...

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EQfor the Agony and the Ecstasy

“The Agony and the Ecstasy” is the title of a novel about Michelangelo, by Irving Stone. When I encountered the title in middle school, I decided to read the book to find out what “agony” and “ecstasy” might be like, states of existence a...

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ARE YOU WILLING TO PROSPER

Are you willing to prosper in life?Many people have a feeling that prosperity and spiritualitycannot co-exist when, in fact, the two cannot truly existapart. Some think that, at some level, it is "more spiritual"to live in scarcity and lack, to sacri...

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Out of a Job APPLY TO THE UNIVERSE!

Out of a Job? APPLY TO THE UNIVERSE! (2001 June McHardyYou're fired... You're laid off... The business is closed...Oh Lord, what am I going to do now? How will I pay the rent? feed my family? pay the bills?The most frightening thing of all ...

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Can You be an Optimistic Realist

One question you might have when you read this title is, “Why I want to be an optimist?” Or, even, “How could I be optimistic with life the way it is?” or “Who could be an optimist in today’s world? And “today’s world” may mean to y...

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Self improvement Turn Down the Rheostat

I woke up one morning with a terrible sore throat that got worse as the day went on, instead of better, as I had hoped. By the time I realized it was a true case of laryngitis, and all I could do was croak, it was too late to cancel the Cub Scouts wh...

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Is This Love How Can You Know

Ahhh... love! It's what we all seek. Even those who already have it are continually seeking ways to keep it. But what is love, really? How can we know that what we're feeling is not infatuation? What's the difference? If you are curren...

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Why Isn't God Helping You

What's holding you back? What is it that seems to have come between yourself and your dreams of better relationships, better finances, better jobs, better health, etc., etc.?Why isn't God helping you? You cry out every night...God! I can&ap...

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The Secret to a Prosperous Life, Online or Off - Part 3

And therein lies the key to success at anything and everything: NEVER QUIT! As long as you never quit, you cannot fail!Well, by now everyone has realized that the little lady in the story eventually realized all of her fondest dreams and wishes—not...

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HOLD EM OR FOLD EM

Like a great game of poker, knowing when to “Hold Em” and when to “Fold Em” is a great phenomenon to some of us. Our lives and loves are much like a game of poker, you start out with a full pot and slowly over time the rewards either multiply...

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