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Which Desserts are you looking at?

9/28/2010

My daughter told me something once that was very wise. I have taken it to heart and applied it many times in my life, in many ways. I have rewrote it in my own words but the principle applies.
She was talking about loving/wanting someone that isn't good for you but it can be applied in other areas too.
"Wanting something/someone that is bad for you so much that you can't see your way past them to leave, is a lot like looking at a dessert table and on it, in the middle, sits this delicious dessert that you really, really want but you know it will make you sick if you eat it. And even though there are many other desserts on the table that you can have, and are okay for you, your focus is so strongly on that one in the middle that you can't see the rest of the perfectly good desserts around it."
To get yourself out of that place in life you need to step back and look at all the other wonderful opportunities and people surrounding you and get your focus off the one thing that is tearing you apart. True love does not bring fear of pain with it.

Thoughts of the day

9/25/2010

The first rule of holes: If you are in one, stop digging

All waters in the ocean could never sink a ship unless it gets inside; likewise, all the pressures of life can never hurt you, unless you let it in.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice. -- John C. Maxwell

"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition." ~Abraham Lincoln~

Joke of the Day

9/24/2010

A burglar has just made it into the house he's intending ransacking, and he's looking around for stuff to steal. All of a sudden, a little voice pipes up, "I can see you, and so can Jesus!"Startled, the burglar looks around the room. No one there at all, so he goes back to his business."I can see you, and so can Jesus!"The burglar jumps again, and takes a longer look around the room. Over in the corner by the window, almost obscured by curtains, is a cage in which sits a parrot, who pipes up again, "I can see you, and so can Jesus!""So what," says the burglar, "you're only a parrot!"To which the parrot replies, "Maybe, but Jesus is a rottweiler!"

Do something different

9/23/2010

Why do we insist on continuing to do the same thing we've always done, getting the same results we've always gotten, when what we really want is something new or different?
If you look back at your past and don't like what you see, then change it. Start right now to do things differently and eventually, when you look back at your past, you will like what you see.
KC
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The Possible Man

9/21/2010

One day I was talking to someone about abusive men and what women see in them, when she said to me that abusive men are what she calls "Possible Men".
When I inquired further she said that Possible Men are the ones that are full of possibility. Women see the possibility and they fall in love with it. Dreams of the future and what it can hold take over, the facts of reality. The only problem is: All this type of man will ever have is possibility, they will never fully become all that you see. Hence the title "Possible Man".

It is never acceptable to allow a man or woman to control you, mentally or physically abuse you or otherwise make you feel like you are not worthy of love.
You are worthy to love and be loved in return

You are worthy to love and be loved in return

Why We should NOT burn the Koran

9/14/2010

I do not speak publicly much on things related to politics but this is something that I feel I must state LOUDLY so that anyone listening will hear:
Some one asked me recently what my thoughts were about burning the Koran.
I think the answer to that question is best answered by a question:
If Someone said they were going to burn bibles as a public way of objecting to something would you take it as a warning and go running away or as a symbol to seek to change?

I think not! I would have the opposite reaction, why then must we insist that others behave differently.

I do not think it is a good idea, it is a bad example for others and only serves to promote negative thoughts of us and lower ourselves to the level of those that use violence to promote their cause.

Jesus did not use violence to object to those of other faith, He used words. In fact the only time where violence was demonstrated was when the money changers were violating the temple of God with the selling practices. Let us be an example of Jesus, not an example of hatred.

As the day ends: You are In Our Memories Always

9/11/2010

So much has been said, so many videos have been made, I know we have all seen the expressions of a country that remembers its fallen friends and families and those left behind to continue on the memory of a day that never should have been and never will we forget. Here is the One video I wanted to share click here

In Adversity What do you Become?

9/9/2010

Today's Post is from a friend Hope you like it as much as I did
A Carrot, an Egg or a Coffee Bean?
by Kevin Lindgren on Thursday, 09 September 2010
~Answer this question~ Are you a Carrot, an Egg or a Coffee Bean?
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...
You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how
things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make
it and wanted to give up She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed
as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and
placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed
carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground
coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying A word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots
out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter,
she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted
that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it.
After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as
she tasted its rich aroma the daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity:
boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting.
However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after
sitting through the boiling water, its insides became hardened. The ground coffee beans
were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door,
how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I?
Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become
soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have
a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have
become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter
and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean?
The bean actually changes the hot water, the very
circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance
and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and
change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their
greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity?

Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May we ALL be like the coffee bean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DEFEAT IS IN DA FEET

9/8/2010

Defeat is all in Da Feet. Everyone gets knocked of their feet from time to time. It is a part of learning and living life. The trick is not to stay down. Just look at most sports programs and you will see the only way you defeat your opponent is if you knock them off their feet and they stay down. So when the winds of life come along and blow you over, and all you want to do is stay down cause the wind of life is to strong to stand in....REMEMBER....DEFEAT IS IN DA FEET! Get back up on your FEET AND MOVE NOW! Don't give into that urge to just stay down, NOT EVEN FOR A SECOND! You will be a much stronger person for it and You can sit back and rest AFTER you knock your opponent off Da FEET and into DEFEAT!
kc