What you do not want done to yourself, do not to others. Confucius 551 – 479 BC Many years ago, I was at a birthday party for one of the younger children in our extended family. There were a couple of young girls, probably about five years old, and apparently there was some sort of disagreement. All I saw was one young girl hit the other one. The young girl that got hit wasn’t hurt; at that age, they really aren’t strong enough to do physical damage with just their hands. But she definitely got her feelings hurt, judging from …
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver 1864 – 1943 Most of us know that the D-Day invasion was a pivotal turning point in World War II. It occurred on June 6, 1944 and involved nearly 4,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and over three million soldiers. Months of planning went into the operation. There’s a little known but highly valuable lesson concerning the invasion that I’d like to share with you. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the leader of the allied troops. Eisenhower knew that the invasion would be met …
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Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It’s a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don’t have. It’s so simple — yet so difficult for the human mind to comprehend. Bill P. and Lisa D. Authors, Hazelden Publishing One of my daily rituals is to read the newspaper, and one part of the newspaper I always read is the comics. Sometimes I find real humor in the comics, and there are also times when the humor contains a gem of wisdom. I remember one episode several …
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