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Ten Tips For Giving Criticism
John Maxwell Clarify your motive. The goal of confrontation should be to help, not to humiliate. Three key questions will help expose your true motives. First, ask yourself, Would I criticize if it were not a personal matter? Sometimes we react differently when we are emotionally or personally involved. Here’s what I mean: Sluggo:”That new […]
Making Music With What’s Left
Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org Itzhak Perlman is a famous violinist. Years ago he gave a performance in New York. During the concert, one of the strings on his violin broke. The sound could be heard throughout the auditorium. The music suddenly came to a stop. The audience waited […]
Special Feelings
Things that make your toes tingle, your heart flutter, and your face glow with happiness 1. Falling in love. 2. Laughing so hard your face hurts. 3. A hot shower. 4. No lines at the Super Walmart. 5. A special glance. 6. Getting mail. (or e-mail.) 7. Taking a drive on a pretty road. 8. […]
Risks
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss. To risk love is to risk being […]
Important List
1. The best way to get even is to forget. 2. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death 3. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts. 4. Some folks wear their halos much too tight 5. Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained on earth… 6. […]
I Choose
It’s quiet. It’s early. My coffee is hot. The sky is still black. The world is still asleep. The day is coming. In a few moments the day will arrive. It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun. The stillness of the dawn will be exchanged for the noise of the […]
Prayer For A Deliberate & Accepting
by David Smith Father in heaven, it amazes me how You thought of me before I was. According to Your eternal purpose,You, in the fulness of time, have arranged for me to be. You did not, do not, will not need me. Yet I am, so I know You must have wanted to make me. […]
Count Your Blessings My Friend
Count your gardens by the flowers, Never by the leaves that fall; Count your days by goldenhours, Don’t remember clouds at all. Count the nights by stars, not shadows Count your life by smiles, not tears, Count your age by friends not years.
Italy Moves To Declare Night Sky Heritage Ofhumanity
It seems that the Europeans are taking action to ensure that the night sky is protected as far as environmental heritage goes: On Wednesday 12 March 2003 at 15:55 local time the Italian Parliament approved in Commission for Foreign Affairs a resolution which “commits the Italian government” of the premier Silvio Berlusconi “to promote at […]
Facing Our Fears With Faith
Religion in Daily Life By the Rev. Edward Chinn, D.Min. http://www.allsaintstorresdale.org American soldiers in Central Iraq “dream of things from normal life, like lingering over Krispy Kreme doughnuts and hot coffee, with no one shooting at you and sand that stays were it belongs” (The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 2003). Overseas, the men and women […]
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