Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Fire Proof --the movie (never leave your partner)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (NIV)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” (NIV)
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Christmas Spirit E. C. Baird
I am the Christmas Spirit.
I enter the home of poverty, causing pale-faced
children to open their eyes wide in pleased wonder.
I cause the miser’s clutched hand to relax and thus
paint a bright spot on his soul.
I cause the aged to renew their youth and to laugh
in the glad old way.
I keep romance alive in the heart of childhood and
brighten sleep with dreams woven of magic.
I cause eager feet to climb dark stairways with
filled baskets, leaving behind them hearts amazed at the goodness of the world.
I cause the prodigal to pause a moment on his wild,
wasteful way, and send to anxious love some little token that releases glad
tears—tears which wash away the hard lines of sorrow.
I enter dark prison cells, reminding scarred manhood
of what might have been, and pointing forward to good days yet to come.
I come softly into the still, white home of pain;
and lips that are too weak to speak just tremble in silent, eloquent gratitude.
In a thousand ways I cause the weary world to look
up into the face of God, and for a little moment forget the things that are
small and wretched.
I am the Christmas Spirit.
E. C. Baird, Christmas Spirit
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
The Rainy Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It rains, and the
wind is never weary;
The vine still clings
to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the
dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark
and dreary.
It rains, and the
wind is never weary;
My thoughts still
cling to the moldering Past,
But the hopes of
youth fall thick in the blast
And the days are dark
and dreary.
Behind the clouds is
the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the
common fate of all,
Into each life some
rain must fall,
Some days must be
dark and dreary.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Zig-Ziglar-10-quotes-that-can-change-your-life -- Forbes
10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”
8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
7) “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”
6) “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
5) “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
4) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
3) “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
2) “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
1) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”
9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”
8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.”
7) “There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.”
6) “People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
5) “Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
4) “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
3) “A goal properly set is halfway reached.”
2) “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
1) “If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
How to Develop Persistence
How to Develop
Persistence --- Napoleon Hill
a.
DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. Knowing what one wants is the first
and, perhaps, the most important step toward the development of persistence. A
strong motive forces one to surmount many difficulties.
b. DESIRE. It is
comparatively easy to acquire and to maintain persistence in pursuing the
object of intense desire.
c.
SELF-RELIANCE. Belief in one's ability to carry out a plan
encourages one to follow the plan through with persistence. (Self-reliance can
be developed through the principle described in the chapter on
auto-suggestion).
d. DEFINITENESS
OF PLANS. Organized plans, even though they may be weak and
entirely impractical, encourage persistence.
e. ACCURATE
KNOWLEDGE. Knowing that one's plans are sound, based upon
experience or observation, encourages persistence; "guessing" instead
of "knowing" destroys persistence.
f. CO-OPERATION.
Sympathy, understanding, and harmonious cooperation with others tend to develop
persistence.
g.
WILL-POWER. The habit of concentrating one's thoughts upon the
building of plans for the attainment of a definite purpose, leads to
persistence.
h. HABIT.
Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part
of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies,
can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage. Everyone who
has seen active service in war knows this.
HILL, NAPOLEON (2009-12-16). Think and Grow Rich (p. 143).
White Dog Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Monday, October 22, 2012
The Thirty Major Causes of Failure --- Napoleon Hill
THE THIRTY MAJOR
CAUSES OF FAILURE --- HOW MANY OF THESE ARE HOLDING YOU BACK?
1.
UNFAVORABLE
HEREDITARY BACKGROUND.
2. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE.
There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose,
or definite goal at which to aim. Ninety-eight out of every hundred of those
whom I have analyzed, had no such aim. Perhaps this was the MAJOR CAUSE OF
THEIR FAILURE.
3.
LACK
OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY.
4.
INSUFFICIENT
EDUCATION.
5. LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.
Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all
negative qualities.
6.
ILL
HEALTH.
7.
UNFAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES DURING CHILDHOOD.
8. LACK OF PERSISTENCE.
Most of us are good "starters" but poor "finishers" of
everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs
of defeat. There is no substitute for PERSISTENCE. The person, who makes
PERSISTENCE his watch-word, discovers that "Old Man Failure" finally
becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with PERSISTENCE.
9. NEGATIVE PERSONALITY.
There is no hope of success for the person who repels people through a negative
personality. Success comes through the application of POWER, and power is
attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative
personality will not induce cooperation.
10. PROCRASTINATION.
This is one of the most common causes of failure. "Old Man
Procrastination" stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting
his opportunity to spoil one's chances of success. Most of us go through life
as failures, because we are waiting for the "time to be right" to
start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be
"just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you
may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
11. LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE.
Sex energy is the most powerful of all the stimuli which move people into
ACTION. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it must be controlled,
through transmutation, and converted into other channels.
12. UNCONTROLLED DESIRE FOR "SOMETHING
FOR NOTHING."
13. LACK OF A WELL DEFINED POWER OF DECISION.
Men who succeed reach decisions promptly, and change them, if at all, very
slowly. Men who fail, reach decisions, if at all, very slowly, and change them
frequently, and quickly. Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers.
Where one is found, the other may usually be found also. Kill off this pair
before they completely "hog-tie" you to the treadmill of FAILURE.
14. ONE OR MORE OF THE SIX BASIC FEARS.
15. WRONG SELECTION OF A MATE IN MARRIAGE.
16. OVER-CAUTION.
The person, who takes no chances, generally has to take whatever is left when
others are through choosing. Over-caution is as bad as under-caution. Both are
extremes to be guarded against. Life itself is filled with the element of
chance.
17. WRONG SELECTION OF ASSOCIATES IN
BUSINESS.
18. SUPERSTITION AND PREJUDICE.
Superstition is a form of fear. It is also a sign of ignorance. Men who succeed
keep open minds and are afraid of nothing.
19. WRONG SELECTION OF A VOCATION.
20. LACK OF CONCENTRATION OF EFFORT.
21. THE HABIT OF INDISCRIMINATE SPENDING.
The spend-thrift cannot succeed, mainly because he stands eternally in FEAR OF
POVERTY. Form the habit of systematic saving by putting aside a definite
percentage of your income. Money in the bank gives one a very safe foundation
of COURAGE when bargaining for the sale of personal services. Without money,
one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it.
22. LACK OF ENTHUSIASM.
Without enthusiasm one cannot be convincing. Moreover, enthusiasm is
contagious, and the person, who has it, under control, is generally welcome in
any group of people.
23. INTOLERANCE.
24. INTEMPERANCE. The most
damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and
sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.
25. INABILITY TO COOPERATE WITH OTHERS.
More people lose their positions and their big opportunities in life, because
of this fault, than for all other reasons combined. It is a fault which no
well-informed business man, or leader will tolerate.
26. POSSESSION OF POWER THAT WAS NOT
ACQUIRED THROUGH SELF EFFORT.
27. INTENTIONAL DISHONESTY.
28. EGOTISM AND VANITY.
These qualities serve as red lights which warn others to keep away. THEY ARE
FATAL TO SUCCESS.
29. GUESSING INSTEAD OF THINKING.
Most people are too indifferent or lazy to acquire FACTS with which to THINK
ACCURATELY. They prefer to act on "opinions" created by guesswork or
snap-judgments.
30. LACK OF CAPITAL.
This is a common cause of failure among those who start out in business for the
first time, without sufficient reserve of capital to absorb the shock of their
mistakes, and to carry them over until they have established a REPUTATION.
HILL, NAPOLEON (2009-12-16). Think and Grow
Rich (p. 113). White Dog Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
| Fifteen things I learned as a Bishop by Charles E. Lucas |
| 1. God is exceedingly kind, exceedingly patient, & exceedingly generous. |
| 2. God can make a way when there is no way. |
| 3. This world is designed to deliver to us whatsoever we desire. |
| 4. Tithing always opens the windows of heaven. |
| 5. Temple service always brings perspective, peace & increased personal power. |
| 6. The faithful women of the church are its richest blessing. |
| 7. Every calling blesses lives. |
| 8. We are all special & we all deserve to give & receive special treatment. |
| 9. The Lord loves each of us individually. |
| 10. Family life is God’s life. |
| 11. Obedience is the 1st law of heaven. |
| 12. The scriptures & sincere prayer are a winning combination. |
| 13. The service we give to others sanctifies us. |
| 14. The atonement makes whatever happens to us in this life acceptable & for our benefit. |
| 15. Everybody is blessed with the ability to bounce back. |
Saturday, September 29, 2012
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