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Early Education, the parental role

Little kids have minds like sponges.  Here are some things infants figure out in their first year of life.  All of them are totally non-exceptional, ordinary things all babies learn.  On the other hand, they are truly amazing accomplishments.

In their first year of life, children learn to make their wishes known, to reach

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Charity without Wisdom

I’m going to tell you about my generous, Christian, do-gooder cousin because you may learn something from her example. She is in fact the most generous, selfless person I have ever known, but she is not always too discerning about who she should do good things for.  Over the years she has opened her

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The Writer

I wanted to be a writer but found myself working at a newspaper office as the bookkeeper.  A couple of times I handed little articles to the newspaper owner that he accepted to run in the editorial column.

At that time, the newspaper office had a staff of three reporters. The boss kept asking them

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Practice Makes Perfect

A dramatic ballad singer studied under a strict teacher who insisted that he rehearse day after day, month after month the same passage from the same song, without being permitted to go any further. Finally, overwhelmed by frustration and despair, the young man ran off to find another profession. One night, stopping at an

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I’ve learned….

To all my friends: Read all the way to the bottom!

If you will take the time to read these. I promise you’ll come away with an enlightened perspective. The subjects covered affect us all on a daily basis!

They’re written by Andy Rooney a man who has the gift of saying so much

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There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk

There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk: In Five Easy Chapters

CHAPTER ONE I walk down a street and there’s a big hole. I don’t see it and fall into it. It’s dark and hopeless and it takes me a long time to find my way out. It’s not my fault !

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I Don’t Believe A Word Of It

Howard Hendricks From As Iron Sharpens Iron

By the fifth grade, I was bearing all the fruit of a kid who feels insecure, unloved, and pretty angry at life. In other words, I was tearing the place apart. However, my teacher Miss Simon apparently thought that I was blind to this problem, because she

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Three Stings

George got stung by a bee and said, “I wouldn’t have got stung if I’d stayed in bed.” Fred got stung and we heard him roar, “What am I being punished for?” Lew got stung and we heard him say, “I learned somethin’ about bees today.”

The Importance of Your Hands

An old man, probably some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the park bench. He didn’t move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands.

When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if he was ok. Finally, not really wanting to

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Three Men Cross a River

One day, three men were hiking and unexpectedly came upon a large raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so. The first man prayed to God, saying, “Please God, give me the strength to cross this river.” Poof! God gave him

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