11. Don't pick every sour grape
September 22, 2015
It is semi unvoidable to pickup some sour grapes along the way, but if you don't watch out, you can get swamped with sour grapes which is probably going to be to your own detriment and a turn off to people you are dealing with. There are always going to be other avenues to go with, but an accumulati...
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12. Keeping an eye out
September 22, 2015
I was at the gym, and lifting some light weights, acutally it was75 pounds total that I was lifting, and a gentleman lifting nearby commeneted and said to me, " light weights". The ensuring conversation was fine, but he subseqently said, " take it as motivation.Since this little exhange, I have been...
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13. Praying your problems
September 17, 2015
One Timothy Chaper 2 says, I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. In facing off with your own problems, which o...
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14. There should be a like factor
September 16, 2015
In figuring out what to do and personal strategies, one component to keep an eye out for is the like factor. Goals could be equivalent to the finish line, and that is a wanted view, but the view all the way along on the race should have or at the least have some moments that resonate as liking, eve...
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15. Out of the ring on the first jab
August 17, 2015
I bumped into a friend at the gym, who was a little perturbed about his potential date from the website, whom when he mentioned he was originaly from a certain section of Queens, New York,she surmized that he would be thug, or wiseguy being that he was from there. I said he needs to jump the cords ...
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16. Angels can help
March 09, 2015
For sure, everybody needs help, at any number of levels. You can't do it all by yourself, no matter what the endeavor. An available resource are those mysterious but powerful and intelligent beings called angels, who are here to help. Hebrews Chapter 1 verse 14 says, using the New Am...
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17. A review of the movie Four Seasons
February 25, 2015
This is a 2014 movie staring Keith Robinson as Xavier, who is a bit of a Don Juan with a plan for the year to hang with 4 women, one for each season, each for about 90 days and then take it from there. He hangs out with Derrick, as his cafe which he owns and manages, and Derrick is kind of a...
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18. A review of The Left Hand of God
February 08, 2015
This 1955 movie stars Humphrey Bogart as a Catholic priest who shows up at Catholic Mission in China, a country which is now being contested by warlords and the nascent Communist Party although the infighting is not full blast but in pockets. He arrives in tough conditions in the middle of t...
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19. A review of My Reputation
February 05, 2015
This is a 1946 film starring Barbara Stanwyck as Jessica, a recent widow who’s husband has been ill for two years and now she is left with two young boys, but the family included on her mother’s side as well as her husband had been wealthy and they had been members of exclusive clubs in the Chicago ...
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20. A review of Mogambo
February 05, 2015
This 1953 film has a setting of safari land Africa and includes mega stars Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, and Clark Gable in a setting to match. Where the film really delivers is the setting itself, and it almost serves like a documentary of local culture and mores as well as wildlife scenes that...
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