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Practice Makes Perfect

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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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Special Father’s Day Thought

Gravitas

“Dad”, Lucas said as he settled into his seat at the dinner table, with a serious look about him, “can we talk?”

I felt a twinge of anxiety. Things have been challenging lately; we were forced to move him to a new preschool due to his old one closing, and we’ve been dealing

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All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten

from “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum

Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand

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